No longer is making the long pilgrimage to NYC necessary to pay your respects to the famous KISS landmark, you can do it virtually from your own home.
Anyone walking along 8th Avenue in New York City might get a sudden jarring feeling that they are being watched by some slightly leery goons in face paint and ill-fitting suits.
That’s because the corner of 23rd Street and 8th is the location for Kiss’s third studio album cover.
The idea originally came from a photo-shoot for Creem magazine – depicting Kiss as superheroes, who would eventually swoop down to save an audience from the perceived ‘horrors’ of a John Denver concert.
One picture required the band to dress in their mild-mannered ‘Clark Kent’ suits, and photographer Bob Gruen took this picture as they were heading back to their car from the studio.
The only member of the band to actually own a suit was drummer Peter Criss, left, which explains why the rest of the band can barely fit in their borrowed threads (Gene Simmons, right, also borrowed the photographer’s wife’s pair of clogs).