Did the band l/act Kiss have hit? Article states they did

[GON]

Came across an article.saying Kiss lead singer regrets Kiss's biggest hit. The headline caught my eye I didn't think Kiss had any hits. I thought Kiss was more of a act, a show, not a musical band.

Is Kiss a act or a musical band?

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-kiss-song-gene-simmons-regrets/

 

[rstcso]

They had quite a few hits in the 70s which carries them through to this day.

 

[GSCJR]

As a child, I remember listening to Kiss Alive! on vinyl, it was captivating, it felt like you were there. I've seem them in person, more than once, with and without makeup.

K I

 

[chainblu]

Depends on your definition of "Hit". If making Billboard's Hot 100 counts, then yes, they had several.

 

[mccandish]

"Beth" and "Rock and Roll All Nite" were pretty successful.

 

[Dgzrt]

Detroit Rock City . The second Album I bought. Still good to this day .

 

[Dgzrt]

Kiss “Destroyer” the second Album I bought . Detroit Rock City ! Still good to this day !

 

[mk378]

"I Was Made for Lovin' You" was their third highest charting song. "Rock and Roll All Nite" (and party every day) and the slow song "Beth" (I hear you calling) were higher. "Beth" reached #9 their only Top 10 hit.

 

[Nukeman7]

Two of their biggest hits from the mid-70's.

 

[02SE]

I have several KISS CD's. I still play them occasionally. They and several other bands that I liked, and still do, have a specific look or style. So I'd say they are a band AND an act.

 

[CKN]

"Beth" and "Rock and Roll All Nite" were pretty successful.

The third single from the band's Billion Dollar Babies album was also its third highest-charting effort, reaching number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 behind only "School's Out" (number seven) and "I'm Eighteen" (number 21). It also helped power the album to the top of the Billboard 200 chart for the first and only time in Cooper's career.

 

[KCJeep]

Yep, they were a real band that relied heavily on a theatrical show. When I was in junior high, virtually everything that could bear a logo had KISS all over it.

For the cool kids anyway. I was not one of the cool kids. Still in therapy over that and my intense jealousy of @Zee09 .

 

[I<3oil]

Uhhhh

 

[SevenBizzos]

Yeah, this is one of those bands that was really popular without producing many mainstream hits.

 

[GSCJR]

The third single from the band's Billion Dollar Babies album was also its third highest-charting effort, reaching number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 behind only "School's Out" (number seven) and "I'm Eighteen" (number 21). It also helped power the album to the top of the Billboard 200 chart for the first and only time in Cooper's career.

Alice Cooper was never a member of Kiss.

 

[wings&wheels]

KISS brings back fond memories of being a 12 y/o knucklehead without a care in the world and not realizing just how good it was!

And they do sound better on vinyl.

 

[SC Maintenance]

They have sold millions and millions of albums, so I would say that counts.

Hard Rock Bands seldom top the charts. AC/DC has never had a number one hit, but I think there second all time in album sales to the Beatles. I think GNR only hit the top of the charts once, yet sold out every huge stadium in the world for like 3 years straight.

Not really a huge fan, but I would still say they were very succesful.

Surely this is some sort of "gotcha" post?

 

[Bottom_Feeder]

'I Was Made For Lovin' You' was Kiss's late-70's disco song. Quite a few bands of the era made at least one.

 

[CKN]

Alice Cooper was never a member of Kiss.

Yes-Quoted the wrong post.

 

[mr_boring]

They were pretty big. Far below Aerosmith, Zeppelin and Queen (and nowhere near The Stones or Floyd), I'd put them somewhere around Black Sabbath and Alice Cooper. Sabbath and Cooper put on 'shock shows' like KISS but IMO KISS put out crap music. Sabbath and Cooper were actually very talented - as bands.

I was never a KISS fan. Or a Stones fan - so take that with a grain of salt.

Eagles, Zeppelin, Queen, AC/DC, Aerosmith - all much better bands but I bet KISS sold darn near as much merchandise as those 5 put together, and there was a LOT of merchandise floating around from those 5. Sabbath might have come close, maybe Pink Floyd. Sabbath or Floyd and any one of those other 5 would have sold more merch I would guess. Even 3rd graders in 1978-1988 were BEGGING for KISS shirts. That was the success of their act.

But yeah, KISS was legit a huge band with a lot of albums and tickets sold for about 3-4 years. They died about as quickly as they rose though. The other bands either had longevity or spawned Ozzy.

tl;dr - to answer the question of act or band, the answer is "both".