At the age of 20, after her father was left paralyzed from an accident, Tweed began entering beauty pageants, eventually placing third in 1978's Miss Ottawa pageant (via Famous Canadians). The daughter of a mink rancher, Shannon Tweed was born in Newfoundland in March 1957. While their initial popularity would wane in the early '80s, the group would find resurgence again with the popularity of "hair metal." Wearing wild space-age costumes, intricate makeup, and giant platform heels, as well as theatrics like appearing to spit blood, KISS owned the mid '70s, selling everything from multiplatinum albums to 12-inch dolls for little kids.
Born Chaim Witz in August 1949 in Haifa, Israel, Gene Simmons along with Paul Stanley formed the heavy bass- and guitar-driven group KISS in 1973.
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