On 31. December 1973, Paul Stanley played his first of three shows with the bandit make-up. The first version of the bandit make-up, was just a black Lone Ranger mask, with silver edges, and silver around the eyes, while the second version was more diamond shaped than the first version. There were also white make-up around the eyes, with black eyeliner.

Paul used the bandit make-up live on these dates:
31. December, 1973 – Academy Of Music, New York.
8. January, 1974 – Fillmore East, New York.
26. January, 1974 – Academy of Music, New York.

Paul also used the bandit make-up on these dates:
26. December, 1973 – Rehearsal and label signing at the Fillmore East, New York.
25. January, 1974 – Photo Session with Raeanne Rubenstein, New York.

Paul Stanley:
“Unfortunately, Neil chose that moment to approach me about something bugging him about my Starchild character. “I was wondering if we could tweak your makeup a little,” he said.
“What? Why?”
“Your makeup is … well, it’s a little… effeminate. Maybe you can ditch the star and try something else?”
To be a good sport, I agreed to experiment with a mask, some- thing closer to Zorro or the Lone Ranger. After the show Neil said, “Can you also maybe lumber around onstage? You know, like a caveman or something?”
Fuck this.
“Why would I do that? It’s not what I’m about.”
I just didn’t understand his objections. I was proud to be the Starchild, and I didn’t see how any of what I did had the slightest thing to do with my sexuality, or my perceived sexuality. If any- thing, I thought hints of androgyny demonstrated confidence and comfort with my sexuality. And besides, people were drawn to it, so who cared what they read into it? It was just the way of the world back then a lot more people were afraid of anything that might be taken for gay. In fact, that would become more clear in the follow- ing years. In that regard, Neil was right about how my character might be interpreted. It’s just that I didn’t care. We didn’t play by the rules. And I wasn’t going to yield to received wisdom or irrational fear. My idealized vision of a frontman was definitely not a Neanderthal.
I went back to the star after that single show in January 1974.”

– “Face the music: A life exposed” by Paul Stanley.

Paul Stanley:
“Neil Bogart didn’t like my makeup design and didn’t like my prancing around onstage. He thought it was effeminate and wasn’t masculine and was afraid of us being lumped in with other bands like that. So he wanted me to change it. Being a team player, I said, “Okay.” In five minutes I came up with an alternative bandit design that had no rhyme or reason. It meant absolutely nothing and that’s probably why it didn’t work. If Kiss were just a matter of putting makeup on your face then their would be other bands still doing it. I had that makeup design for probably a month and the said, “Screw this, Neil will just have to live with it.” I went back to what felt right and was right and that was the star.”
– “Nothin’ To Lose: The Making of Kiss” 1972-1975 by Ken Sharp, Paul Stanley & Gene Simmons. It Books 2013.

Video of Paul Stanley playing his last concert with the bandit makeup 26. January 1974.