And after that tour Gene Simmons moved the goalposts, saying how it was a “a farewell to Kiss in its ORIGINAL LINEUP”. In the recent years Simmons has made comments that the band could continue without him and Paul Stanley as a “franchise”, so the goalposts could be moved again. Kiss’s masks and makeup symbolize different personas, so that could be used for the reason for turning into a “franchise”. It has also been heavily speculated that Slipknot is going to do something similar in the coming years.