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KISS Isn’t An Acronym

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Anyone that grew up with KISS has a different idea of what it could stand for. The most popular theory is that it’s an acronym for “Knight’s In Satan’s Service.” Others think it could stand for “Keep It Simple, Stupid.”

The band members have denied all guesses that the word is an acronym. The more likely version is that they named the band KISS after meeting a member of a band named Lips. No one is sure why they chose to capitalize the word, but all it has done was open up the band to thousands of hypotheses.

Keep reading to see if this early post-punk band were actually Nazi sympathizers.