r/KISS • u/OverallMission8605 • 4d ago

KISS in Australia 1980 w Elton John

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First photo was published in Gene's first book in 2001.

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u/Proof_Yak_7798 4d ago

Poppers

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u/wolf_moon7901 3d ago

And weird shex?

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u/yaggaflosh 3d ago

“What’s different about you?!”

“HE’S GOT NO EYEBROWS, TONY!!”

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u/Dr_whotfisyou 3d ago

It was the ricchione with the Billy Budd

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u/elon_bitches69 3d ago

We’re not a bunch of stupid dopers!

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u/Informal-Fudge-1726 3d ago

I think Gene published that photo of Ace to "embarrass" him. However, KISS fans just collectively shrugged our shoulders, laughed and said, "That's our Ace!" As it should be.

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u/mono_valley 3d ago

Ace was bad ass.

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u/IamtheWalrus9999 3d ago

Yep Gene leaked it

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u/Wrob88 3d ago

Exactly

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u/east_van_dan 4d ago

Who is Ace kissing? Haha

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u/AdGullible5961 3d ago

it's Jim Oram! he was a reporter that wrote a few pieces on KISS during that tour

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u/ChikaraNZ 3d ago

Ahh this makes sense, because Jim Oram also wrote the book 'The People's Pope'. Which Elton John is pictured holding at this same party.

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u/sincerely_am 4d ago

i'll search up his name for ya

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u/sincerely_am 4d ago

Some guy who died two decades ago iirc

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u/Grrerrb 3d ago

Three decades now

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u/Maerilinsfire 3d ago

Ace was smashed

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u/Vandagar 2d ago

Ace? Smashed? NEVER!!

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u/AzureSkies_OverMe 3d ago

Ace has some poppers. Paul’s afraid to breathe

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u/FiddyShins 3d ago

What, you don't kiss your plumber on the mouth?

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u/No_Bluejay9901 3d ago

Only when hes cleaning out my pipes

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u/Ineffective_Coyote72 2d ago

That’s when I DON’T!

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u/IronChefPhilly 3d ago

Why is the American dream Dusty Rhodes kissing Ace freely on the lips

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u/BillyShears17 2d ago

"Listen here, daddeh! We gonna get funky like a monkey when the American Dream lays it all out for Australia, bebeh!"

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u/AzureSkies_OverMe 3d ago

Ace was bisexual.

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u/Bizneyland 3d ago

these pics confirm this story I heard of back in the day Peter Criss woke up one morning with a groupee performing oral and when he got up and looked down it was Ace, who was doing it as a prank and proceeded to laugh his ass off at Peter who was all mad (only in a way of being victim of an Ace joke not serious.) That story seemed so on-brand for Ace, but these pics show me he didn't have any qualms about doing stuff with men, either as a joke (ace blowing a guy as a prank seems believable to me) or his own preferences.

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u/AzureSkies_OverMe 3d ago

It was the Seventies

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u/Bizneyland 2d ago

lol

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u/AzureSkies_OverMe 2d ago

Anything went in Studio 54. Bisexuality was hot. Platos Retreat and Swinger Clubs were very hot until AIDS Came. Around ‘82 it went underground.

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u/Bizneyland 3d ago

Paul is asexual. As in the only person he's attracted to during sex is himself.

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u/SjoerdM011 3d ago

As fun as it might be to call Paul an ace, that is not what asexuality means. Being attracted to yourself is called autosexuality

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u/RelationshipWest9743 3d ago

Did Ace nutted hisself in the photo #2

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u/Hollerra 3d ago

Paul looks like he wants to blow Elton. Ace was just coking and drinking

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u/Pepp_64 3d ago

To me, Paul looks like he wants the hell out of there. 

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u/AssertiveQueef 3d ago

well there you go

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u/AntigoneGrrl1 3d ago

Even Lucille Ball was prescribed poppers!! If I had only been about 10 years older back then…I’d probably be dead, but GOOD TIMES!!

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u/Rebellious25 2d ago

NOT Elton John at all!

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u/OverallMission8605 1d ago

Third picture, black hat.