KISS

Plugged in while rockers take the plug out.

"I didn’t think he was going to do anything that good," bandmate Paul Stanley admitted.

Six-string virtuoso recalls choice words for Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley.

Kiss star admitted he "basked in the drama" on the 1978 LP.

Simmons left his demonic persona behind in favor of hosting an all-star, genre-hopping party.

Simultaneously released debuts "probably put the final nail in the coffin of the band," he later concluded.

Records by current and former members of "the hottest band in the land."

How one of the most iconic images in rock history came to fruition.

"Sammy! Oh, my God, you can't f---ing do that, man," exclaimed Paul Stanley.

Sometimes the choice is obvious, sometimes it's a matter of "least great" and sometimes it's a race to the bottom.