![]() ![]() ![]() Pepper featuring Kiss Super Bowl Sunday commercial which aired all year. Minikiss was such a hit, in fact, that in 2010 they were featured in the Dr. “We stood on top of the bar, and we sung five songs from the actual Kiss CD. “Our first show was lip-syncing to a Kiss CD and playing blow up guitars like you see at parties,” Louis wrote in a biography. ![]() Over the next month, Louis worked on searching for band members, costumes, and makeup that would fit the role. When Louis told Andy about his desire to create a miniature Kiss tribute band, he thought it was a fantastic idea. The first gig Minikiss participated in was on 30 October 1996 when a friend, Andy Hirsh, who was a manager at a NYC club called The Lava Lounge told Louis he needed a new act that year. Minikiss began as a novelty act as four little people dancing on a bar in costumes and make-up, lip-syncing to the lyrics by their full-size counterparts. “I was moving and came across my vinyl records and found my Kiss Alive! album and it just hit me: Minikiss,” said Louis. “Kiss was created in NYC and Minikiss was born in NYC.”īut it was actually by happenstance that Louis came up with the idea to form the band. “I would like to start by saying I had the biggest love for 80s hair/metal bands and my first love was Kiss and Gene Simmons,” said Louis. A post shared by MiniKiss Fatale, the founding band member, says he was originally inspired to create Minikiss because Kiss had always been his favourite rock band. ![]()
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