10 Great Songs By HATED Hard Rock Bands

10. Love Gun - KISS

KISS have gotten their fair share of mudslinging despite their arena god status. While the KISS army has built up fairly large over the years, there are many who pass the band off as a cheap gimmick that hack songwriters used to attain fame and fortune. Not every KISS tune has hit it out of the park, but when they were on, they could tear the place apart.

Fresh off the success of albums like Rock and Roll Over and Destroyer, Paul Stanley landed in Los Angeles with the complete idea for "Love Gun" in his head. Heading straight to the rehearsal studio, the entire song was written in a few minutes down to the final breakdown.

Given the band's spotty track record, a song written in that short amount of time seems like a catastrophe, but the riff packs as much punch as any other hard rock act around.

While the verses might just be a bit of levity in between the choruses, it simply doesn't get any better than the marching rhythm that this track is built upon. Putting it over the top is Ace Frehley, whose outro solo sends the song up into the space for the last few seconds.

Sure, KISS can be gimmicky, but songs like these show that you should never count them out completely.