Slaughter In The Vatican
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- Posted: Fri, 04 May 2012 05:50:15 +0000
sojikai
Slaughter In The Vatican
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We've had this discussion a million times here, so I'm not sure what the quality of this thread will be.
And I'm not sure if you are referring to the first metal band, or just the first group (band/musician) to scare people/Satan.
And I'm not sure if you are referring to the first metal band, or just the first group (band/musician) to scare people/Satan.
People thought KISS were a Satan kind of band just 'cause of their make up, but they're Hard Rock.
Not really.
They got that reputation for several reasons.
The entire word is capitalized. This lead people to believe that it was an acronym for something. With the last two letters in the logo resembling the Nazi SS insignia, people thought that whatever the letters stood for must be something dark and sinister. Rumors quickly spread that "KISS" stood for "Knights In Satan's Service". What with Gene's armor and legendary axe-shaped base, as well as the band's excessive use of pyrotechnics, this fit extremely well. The whole "blood dripping from Gene's freakish tongue" thing helped things along. In an interview, he even stated that he wondered what human flesh tastes like. Plenty of religious types would ask him whether or not he was a devil-worshipper, and he never gave an answer, for publicity reasons. It's better publicity to let them wonder.
Not to mention the whole "loud = dangerous = Satan" thing that's been going on since rock and roll first came to be.