The KISS Impersonators started out as a group of kids looking for something to do on Halloween. The group made their first appearance at Patterson Elementary School in Fremont, California on Halloween night 1976. At the time, it was just something to do on Halloween, but it soon became an obsession. An obsession that would last eight consecutive years until KISS removed their make-up for the Lick It Up album in 1983. In 1986 the group reformed for a 10 Year Anniversary appearance.

During their ten year span, the group made nine Halloween appearances throughout Fremont, put on two lip synch concerts, had two dress up days for photo shoots, made the front page, and community section of their local newspaper (1980, 1983), and had a total of fifteen different members. Only one member, the groups leader Troy Correia, lasted all ten years.

Year after year Troy motivated the group. He took them from Levi outfits to costumes that looked exactly like the real costumes KISS were wearing at the time. Making patterns from scratch and using his imagination to create what he saw in photos of KISS, Troy created a group that were years ahead of any of the modern day KISS Tribute Bands. The group reached local celebrity status around their hometown of Fremont, California.

The KISS Impersonators were and are a special group. Follow their journey in this written history of the group and see the photos as they progressed through the years.

This website launched on Halloween night 2013, thirty-seven years after the group made their first appearance. We hope you enjoy it.

Look for more material to be added to the site in the future...