CNN's Jake Tapper asks KISS co-founder and musician Gene Simmons if the KISS comic books really used the band's blood in the red ink, like the cover claims. | CNN

KISS shocked fans in 1976 with “Beth”, a tender ballad co-written by Peter Criss, Stan Penridge, and producer Bob Ezrin. Primarily Peter Criss’s song, it revealed a whole new side of the band, stepping away from the amps and face paint. Often underrated, “Beth” belongs in the same family of timeless ballads as “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” (Bob Dylan), “Only Women Bleed” (Alice Cooper), “Dream On” (Aerosmith), and Elton John’s “Tiny Dancer.” Nearly 50 years later, it still proves that even the lou

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