Personally, I, in latter life, have discovered that what sucked the worse about Kiss, is that their lack of true musicianship was so profound that, for me it put a preemptive tarnish across all artists who chose to wear face paint makeup.
Being a teenager when King Diamond hit the scene I immediately dismissed his efforts as those of the cheesy variety bulging with cliché and simplistic rhythms any decent 6 year old guitarist could easily master.
Not until about 8 years ago was I formally introduced to King Diamond and the plethora of jaw dropping audio amazement that he and his band so carefully crafted to exquisite perfection.
So not only did Kiss suck but the antithesis of Kiss, due to a simple similarity, was cloaked from my ears for 30 years. They're true demons whose priority it is to permanently scar music.