Emma Swain | Mercury
Does anyone happen to have Paul Stanley’s boots?
The Australian arm of the worldwide KISS Army is on a nationwide search to find a pair of boots belonging to he of the excruciatingly tight pants and painted face.
And it’s a search that has led right here to Maitland.
During a KISS tour to Australia in 1979, a pair of Stanley’s knee-high boots was given away on Donnie Sutherland’s hit music show Sounds Unlimited. As it turns out the lucky winner of the boots was a fresh-faced young man from Maitland.
“We’re desperately trying to find his man (who was about 19 years old at the time) because these boots are highly sought after,” Steve Corbett, 5 Star Sergeant Major with the KISS Army, said.
“At this stage we have a few leads but nothing substantial.
“There is definitely some footage somewhere locked away on an old VHS cassette so we’re on a mission. I can actually remember watching that particular episode.”
If the boots are unearthed, Mr Corbett said they will feature in an exhibition of KISS memorabilia.
