VIDEO: Gene Simmons Gives Demon Makeup Lesson

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Maria Ives

Halloween is just around the corner, and dressing up as a member of KISS is always popular. However, if you don’t have a lot of experience applying makeup, it might be a bit of a challenge.

Enter Gene Simmons, who celebrates his birthday today (August 25.)

Check out this very detailed video below of Gene applying his trademark Demon makeup to his daughter, Sophie. (He even says what makeup you should use, too!) With a little practice, we bet you’ll be able to do the Demon makeup as well as Gene himself.

The Who’s Live at Leeds was released on May 16, 1970, and it’s one of the greatest live albums of all time.

It saw the band adding heavier guitars to their mod-era classics and to some early rock and roll chesnuts, and it holds up to any of their studio albums. Through the ‘70s, and ever since, rock bands have been releasing live documents of their concerts, and while some of them are little more than “greatest hits” collections with crowd noise, the albums on this list are essential parts of their respective artists’ discographies.

Scroll through the gallery below and see where some of your favorites are ranked in our greatest live albums list.

40. Billy Joel - ‘Songs In The Attic’ (1981)

Columbia/Legacy

39. Yes - “Yessongs’ (1973)

Atlantic

38. The Kinks - ‘One For The Road’ (1980)

Arista

37. Thin Lizzy - ‘Live And Dangerous’ (1978)

Mercury

36. Rush - ‘Exit… Stage Left’ (1981)

Mercury

35. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - ‘The Live Anthology’ (2009)

Reprise

34. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - ‘Live Rust’ (1979)

Reprise

33. Lynyrd Skynyrd - ‘One More From The Road’ (1976)

MCA

32. Janis Joplin - ‘The Woodstock Experience’ (1998)

31. Ozzy Osbourne - ‘Randy Rhoads Tribute’ (1987)

Sony/Legacy

30. The Runaways - ‘Live In Japan’ (1977)

Mercury

29. Queen - ‘Live Killers’ (1979)

UMG

28. Iron Maiden - ‘Live After Death’ (1985)

EMI

27. The Rolling Stones - ‘Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out’ (1970)

UMG

26. Otis Redding - ‘Live In Europe’ (1967)

Volt/Atco

25. The Yardbirds - ‘Five Live Yardbirds’ (1964)

Columbia

24. Pearl Jam - ‘October 31st, 2009 – The Spectrum, Philadelphia’ (2009)

Pearl Jam

23. David Bowie - ‘Live Santa Monica ‘72’ (2008)

Rhino/Parlophone

22. AC/DC - ‘If You Want Blood, You’ve Got It’ (1978)

Atlantic

21. Nirvana - ‘Live At Reading’ (2009)

Geffen

20. Talking Heads - ‘Stop Making Sense’ (1984)

Sire/Warner Bros.

19. Johnny Cash - ‘At Folsom Prison’ (1968)

Columbia

18. Elton John - ‘11-17-70’ (1971)

Mercury

17. Bob Dylan - ‘The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Live 1966, ‘The Royal Albert Hall’ Concert’ (1998)

Sony/Legacy

16. Cheap Trick - ‘At Budokan’ (1979)

Epic

15. Bruce Springsteen - ‘Hammersmith Odeon, London ‘75’ (2006)

Sony/Legacy

14. Deep Purple - ‘Made In Japan’ (1973)

Warner Bros.

13. U2 - ‘Under A Blood Red Sky’ (1983)

UMG

12. Aretha Franklin - ‘Live At Fillmore West’ (1971)

Atlantic

11. Motorhead - ‘No Sleep ‘Til Hammersmith’ (1981)

Mercury

10. Bob Marley & The Wailers - ‘Live!’ (1975)

Island Records

9. Peter Frampton - ‘Frampton Comes Alive’ (1976)

A&M

8. Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - ‘Live Bullet’ (1976)

Capitol

7. KISS - ‘Alive’ (1975)

UMG

6. Santana - ‘The Woodstock Experience’ (2009)

Sony/Legacy

5. The Allman Brothers Band - ‘At Fillmore East’ (1971)

Capricorn

4. James Brown - ‘Live At The Apollo, 1962’ (1963)

Polydor

3. Jimi Hendrix - ‘Live At Monterey’ (1986)

Sony/Legacy

2. Led Zeppelin - ‘How The West Was Won’ (2003)

Atlantic/Swan Song

1.The Who - ‘Live At Leeds’ (1970)

MCA

Rock’s Greatest Live Albums: Top 40 Ranked

The Who’s Live at Leeds was released on May 16, 1970, and it’s one of the greatest live albums of all time.

Scroll through the gallery below and see where some of your favorites are ranked in our greatest live albums list.