When Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley, Paul Stanley and Peter Criss formed Kiss in 1973 they wanted to create the band that they always wanted to see. They wanted the best, so they tried to create the best and Kiss already said that their idea was to create something like “The Beatles on steroids”, with every member of the band singing a few tracks.
Kiss managed to do that on the classic formation since besides Gene and Paul, who were the main lead vocalists, Ace and Peter also were the singers in many tracks, although it took Frehley a few years to gain confidence and finally sing. In the following formations other members like Eric Carr, Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer also had their chance to sing.
But it is not always easy to identify who was the singer in every track Kiss recorded, so Rock and Roll Garage created a complete guide for you to know who was the lead vocalist in each Kiss song.
Who was the vocalist in each Kiss song: the complete guide
Kiss (1974)
Side one
- “Strutter” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Nothin’ to Lose” (Gene Simmons and Peter Criss on vocals)
- “Firehouse” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Cold Gin” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Let Me Know” (Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley on vocals)
Side two
- “Kissin’ Time” (Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley and Peter Criss on vocals)
- “Deuce” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Love Theme from Kiss” (Instrumental)
- “100,000 Years” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Black Diamond” (Paul Stanley and Peter Criss on vocals)
Hotter than Hell (1974)
Side one
- “Got to Choose” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Parasite” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Goin’ Blind” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Hotter than Hell” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Let Me Go, Rock ‘n’ Roll” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
Side two
- “All the Way” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Watchin’ You” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Mainline” (Peter Criss on vocals)
- “Comin’ Home” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Strange Ways” (Peter Criss on vocals)
Dressed to Kill (1975)
Side one
- “Room Service” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Two Timer” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Ladies in Waiting” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Getaway” (Peter Criss on vocals)
- “Rock Bottom” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
Side two
- “C’mon and Love Me” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Anything for My Baby” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “She” (Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Love Her All I Can” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Rock and Roll All Nite” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
Destroyer (1976)
Side one
- “Detroit Rock City” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “King of the Night Time World” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “God of Thunder” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Great Expectations” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
Side two
- “Flaming Youth” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Sweet Pain” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Shout It Out Loud” (Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Beth” (Peter Criss on vocals)
- “Do You Love Me?” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Rock and Roll Party” (Instrumental)
Rock and Roll Over (1976)
Side one
- “I Want You” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Take Me” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Calling Dr. Love” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Ladies Room” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Baby Driver” (Peter Criss on vocals)
Side two
- “Love ‘Em and Leave ‘Em” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Mr. Speed” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “See You in Your Dreams” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Hard Luck Woman” (Peter Criss on vocals)
- “Makin’ Love” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
Love Gun (1977)
Side one
- “I Stole Your Love” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Christine Sixteen” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Got Love for Sale” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Shock Me” (Ace Frehley on vocals)
- “Tomorrow and Tonight” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
Side two
- “Love Gun” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Hooligan” (Peter Criss on vocals)
- “Almost Human” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Plaster Caster” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Then She Kissed Me” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
Dynasty (1979)
Side one
- “I Was Made for Lovin’ You” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “2,000 Man” (Ace Frehley on vocals)
- Sure Know Something” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Dirty Livin'” (Peter Criss on vocals)
Side two
- “Charisma” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Magic Touch” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Hard Times” (Ace Frehley on vocals)
- “X-Ray Eyes” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Save Your Love” (Ace Frehley on vocals)
Unmasked (1980)
Side one
- “Is That You?” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Shandi” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Talk to Me” (Ace Frehley on vocals)
- “Naked City” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “What Makes the World Go ‘Round” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
Side two
- “Tomorrow” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Two Sides of the Coin” (Ace Frehley on vocals)
- “She’s So European” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Easy as It Seems” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Torpedo Girl” (Ace Frehley on vocals)
- “You’re All That I Want” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
Music from “The Elder” (1981)
Side one
- “The Oath” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Fanfare” (Instrumental)
- “Just a Boy” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Dark Light” (Ace Frehley on vocals)
- “Only You” (Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Under the Rose” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
Side two
- “A World Without Heroes” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Mr. Blackwell” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Escape from the Island” (Instrumental)
- “Odyssey” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “I” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Finale” (Instrumental)
Creatures of the Night (1982)
Side one
- “Creatures of the Night” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Saint and Sinner” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Keep Me Comin'” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Rock and Roll Hell” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Danger” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
Side two
- “I Love It Loud” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “I Still Love You” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Killer” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “War Machine” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
Lick It Up (1983)
Side one
- “Exciter” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Not for the Innocent” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Lick It Up” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Young and Wasted” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Gimme More” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
Side two
- “All Hell’s Breakin’ Loose” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “A Million to One” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Fits Like a Glove” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Dance All Over Your Face” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “And on the 8th Day” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
Animalize (1984)
Side one
- “I’ve Had Enough (Into the Fire)” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Heaven’s on Fire” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Burn Bitch Burn” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Get All You Can Take” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Lonely Is the Hunter” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
Side two
- “Under the Gun” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Thrills in the Night” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “While the City Sleeps” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Murder in High-heels” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
Asylum (1985)
Side one
- “King of the Mountain” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Any Way You Slice It” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Who Wants to Be Lonely” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Trial by Fire” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “I’m Alive” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
Side two
- “Love’s a Deadly Weapon” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Tears Are Falling” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Secretly Cruel” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Radar for Love” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Uh! All Night” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
Crazy Nights (1987)
Side one
- “Crazy Crazy Nights” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “I’ll Fight Hell to Hold You” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Bang Bang You” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “No, No, No” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Hell or High Water” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “My Way” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
Side two
- “When Your Walls Come Down” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Reason to Live” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Good Girl Gone Bad” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Turn On the Night” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Thief in the Night” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
Hot in the Shade (1989)
Side one
- “Rise to It” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Betrayed” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Hide Your Heart” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Prisoner of Love” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Read My Body” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Love’s a Slap in the Face” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Forever” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Silver Spoon” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
Side two
- “Cadillac Dreams” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “King of Hearts” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “The Street Giveth and the Street Taketh Away” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “You Love Me to Hate You” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Little Caesar” (Eric Carr)
- “Boomerang” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
Revenge (1992)
- “Unholy” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Take It Off” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Tough Love” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Spit” (Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “God Gave Rock ‘n’ Roll to You II” (Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Domino” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Heart of Chrome” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Thou Shalt Not” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Every Time I Look at You” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Paralyzed” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “I Just Wanna” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Carr Jam 1981” (Instrumental)
Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions (1997)
Side one
- “Hate” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Rain” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Master & Slave” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Childhood’s End” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “I Will Be There” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Jungle” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “In My Head” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “It Never Goes Away” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Seduction of the Innocent” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “I Confess” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “In the Mirror” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “I Walk Alone” (Bruce Kulick on vocals)
Psycho Circus (1998)
“Psycho Circus” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
“Within” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
“I Pledge Allegiance to the State of Rock & Roll” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
“Into the Void” (Ace Frehley on vocals)
“We Are One” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
“You Wanted the Best” (Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley and Peter Criss on vocals)
“Raise Your Glasses” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
“I Finally Found My Way” (Peter Criss on vocals)
“Dreamin'” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
“Journey of 1,000 Years” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
Sonic Boom (2009)
- “Modern Day Delilah” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Russian Roulette” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Never Enough” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Yes I Know (Nobody’s Perfect)” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Stand” (Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Hot and Cold” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “All for the Glory” (Eric Singer on vocals)
- “Danger Us” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “I’m an Animal” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “When Lightning Strikes” (Tommy Thayer on vocals)
- “Say Yeah” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
Monster (2012)
- “Hell or Hallelujah” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Wall of Sound” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Freak” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Back to the Stone Age” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Shout Mercy” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Long Way Down” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Eat Your Heart Out” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “The Devil Is Me” (Gene Simmons on vocals)
- “Outta This World” (Tommy Thayer on vocals)
- “All for the Love of Rock & Roll” (Eric Singer on vocals)
- “Take Me Down Below” (Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley on vocals)
- “Last Chance” (Paul Stanley on vocals)
This was the final Kiss record, the band came to and in 2023, 50 years after their foundation. They will continue digitally as “avatars” and the first show like that might happen in 2027.