Stanley founded the band in 1971. Well, it's either that or working for a living. KISS is always accused of being sort of manipulative in its intent, as opposed to just sort of going out there and doing whatever it feels, and I will grant you that that's exactly what we are. I'd like to think that religion doesn't have one on us, and I'd prefer to have KISS-tianity, as a matter of fact.
Religion is . . .
I was born Jewish. It's like whether or not you define yourself as black or not is not the point. The minorities have less of a choice of how they define themselves. Because you are an accident of birth. There are males who are born males who feel like females and vice versa, and there are racist families who have children who don't feel that way.