{"id":32214,"date":"2025-06-30T07:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T05:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/kiss-48-years-ago-many-firsts\/"},"modified":"2025-06-30T07:20:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T05:20:00","slug":"kiss-48-years-ago-many-firsts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/en\/kiss-48-years-ago-many-firsts\/","title":{"rendered":"KISS 48 years ago: Many firsts&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/30-06-Kiss_LoveGun-550x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/30-06-Kiss_LoveGun-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/30-06-Kiss_LoveGun-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/30-06-Kiss_LoveGun-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/30-06-Kiss_LoveGun-636x636.jpg 636w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/30-06-Kiss_LoveGun.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>It was exactly 48 years ago to the day that <strong>KISS<\/strong> fired the &#8220;Love Gun&#8221;. 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