Never got into Kiss, heck for that matter, I never understood them... They were more theater than rock for sure, I'm more into music than seeing a show... I can't argue that they have a large following, but I march to the beat of a different drummer and went the other way
As long as it was something my parents hated I was into it, lol. GNR was one I played a lot along wit AC/DC, Ted Nugent, Ozzy, Van Halen, etc... The list is a lot longer but you get the idea. I wore out a few Meatloaf tapes along with a lot of Bob Seger tapes too.