El logo de Kiss en Alemania es distinto del resto del mundo, a causa de comparaciones con la simbología nazi. [...] Las dos "s" finales del logo de la banda tenían cierto parecido, sin quererlo, a las siglas de las Schutzstaffel. [...] El código penal alemán multa o encarcala a todo aquel que "distribuya a nivel doméstico o use públicamente" símbolos del partido nazi. Como es obvio, Kiss no tenía nada que ver con esta terrible ideología y, por supuesto, tampoco querían ir a la cárcel, así que no tenían muchas más opciones que cambiar su logo.
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Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_(band)#1971%E2%80%931975:_Early_years
In early January 1973, the group added lead guitarist Ace Frehley. Frehley impressed the group with his first audition, and was asked back for a second audition. A few weeks after Frehley joined, the classic lineup was solidified as the band to be named Kiss.[20] They also began experimenting with their image, by wearing makeup and various outfits.[21]
The Kiss logo
Stanley came up with the name while he, Simmons, and Criss were driving around New York City. Criss mentioned that he had been in a band called Lips, so Stanley said something to the effect of "What about Kiss?"[22] Frehley created the now-iconic logo, making the "SS" look like lightning bolts, when he went to write the new band name over "Wicked Lester" on a poster outside the club where they were going to play.[23] (Some of Wicked Lester's artwork included one lightning bolt for the "S" in Lester.[24]) Later, Stanley designed the logo with a Sharpie and a ruler and accidentally drew the two S's nonparallel because he did it "by eye". The art department asked him if he wanted it to be redrafted to be perfect and he said, "It got us this far, let's leave well enough alone. Our number one rule has always been no rules."
The letters happened to look similar to the insignia of the Nazi SS, a symbol that is outlawed in Germany by Section 86a of the German criminal code. However, Simmons and Stanley, both Jewish, have denied any intentional likeness to Nazi symbolism in the logo. Since 1979, most of the band's album covers and merchandise in Germany have used a different logo, in which the letters "SS" look like the letters "ZZ" backwards. This logo is also used in Austria, Switzerland, Lithuania, Hungary and Israel to avoid controversy.[26][27]
The band's name has repeatedly been the subject of rumors pertaining to alleged hidden meanings. Among these rumors are theories that the name is an acronym for "Knights in Satan's Service", "Kinder SS", or "Kids in Satan's Service". Simmons has denied all of these claims