Kiss Make Big Bucks In Merchandising

KISS, one of the most influential rock bands of all time, will gross a reported $10 million from the sales of all KISS-related retail items. During 1997, KISS' camp immersed the market with novelty items ranging from the standard T-shirts and posters to the more outrageous place mats, dartboards and even condoms, USA Today reported.

Some of the KISS products start as low as $6 (a KISS makeup kit) to the higher end items like a $650 leather jacket or a $1,300 golf bag.

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Song Stories

“Oh Sherrie”

Steve Perry | 1984

Steve Perry's girlfriend Sherrie Swafford was actually in the studio when Perry began writing this song--his lone Top Ten hit as a solo act--with two co-writers. The trio began at midnight one night with just "Oh, Sherrie!" and "hold on, hold on." Three hours later, they had a complete song. Swafford, however, had to wait until the next day to hear it. "Sherrie actually got tired and went to bed," Perry said. She also appeared in the video, but their relationship did not hold on for long.

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