For many, many, many years, rumor had it that KISS stood for "Knights In Satan's Service," causing many conservative parents to wring their hands when their kids got into KISS' music. To be fair, their intense makeup, Gene Simmons' absurdly long tongue, and the fact that their performances featured band members spewing fire didn't help dispel this rumor. But according to Snopes (and the band members), this is simply not true.
The real story is quite a bit more innocent than the main rumor about KISS' name. When Peter Criss joined the band, he mentioned that he used to be in a band called Lips. According to Criss' memoir, Makeup to Breakup, this inspired Paul Stanley to call the band KISS. But Criss was against it at first, saying, "Get the f*** out of here. That's a terrible ... name" (per Rolling Stone). But he later relented, noting, "Good kissing makes for good laying. It's sexual, it's cool."
So there you have it: The origin of KISS' band name is about as opposite from "Knights In Satan's Service" as possible!
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