Kiss

As the film's titular star, Joaquin Phoenix identified with the face-painted rockers.

Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley do their best Cousin Itt impressions while maintaining the band's mystique.

"There are some fans who love that record," he admits. "To me it was dishonest."

Underappreciated gems from Led Zeppelin, Thin Lizzy and Montrose make the list.

Guitarist says he would have gotten an operation for the chance to join his favorite band.

It's one of two songs Adams cowrote from Kiss' 1982 album 'Creatures of the Night.'

Guitarist says success was "the beginning of the end" for the original lineup.

Paul Stanley laid down the law before agreeing to end Kiss' decade-long studio hiatus.

It's one of two tracks Canadian cowrote for 'Creatures of the Night' before he made it big.

Even more oddly, six years later Gene Simmons appeared on the big screen in the exact same outfit.