“I was speechless to see that kind of God-given ability. You never forget something like that”: Kiss frontman Paul Stanley on the 1969 gig that made him realise what it meant to be a rock star

Paul Stanley.

As a teenager living in New York City in the ’60s, Paul Stanley saw many legendary performers on stage – from the greatest rock bands to the stars of soul and blues. But there was one show above all others that had a profound effect on his life.

In a 2019 interview with Outlaw magazine, Stanley discussed his early years and they key influences that shaped Kiss, the band in which he found fame and fortune in the ’70s.