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LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-DEC 20, 2018…PETER CRISS OF KISS

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO PETER CRISS, THE ORIGINAL DRUMMER OF KISS. TODAY CRISS IS 73 YEARS YOUNG. BORN PETER CRISCUOLA , HE WAS KNOWN AS ‘THE CATMAN”. CRISS CAME UP WITH THE MAKE UP CONCEPT BECAUSE HE FELT HE HAD 9 LIVES SURVIVING HIS ROUGH BROOKLYN UPBRINGING. HE LEFT KISS IN 1980. HE MAINTAINS HE QUIT, GENE SIMMONS SAYS THAT HE WAS FIRED.

HERE’S CRISS WITH KISS FROM A SHOW IN 1978