KISS fans have expressed disappointment after Nick Jonas was cast as the lead in a biopic movie about the band.
The singer has signed on to play frontman Paul Stanley in the KISS movie, Shout It Out Loud, set to be directed by Charlie's Angels and Transformers director, McG.
However fans of the glam-rock group were quick to express confusion and in some cases unhappiness over the appointment of Nick, 32, believing his clean-cut image clashed with the rock and roll aesthetic.
"This casting just assures I will never watch this," one person commented on a Reddit post about the casting news, while another simply added, "Oh f**k no" and a third wrote, "Absolutely not, that's awful".
Others noted the band had enjoyed its fair share of controversy over the years. Several of its members openly admitted they had taken advantage of their star status to sleep with up to 5,000 women, while the band also caught flak for marketing a KISS-themed coffin.
"Absoultely (sic) ridiculous casting," a commenter declared. "But then we are talking about the band who replaced their lead guitarist with a roadie."
Elsewhere, commenters complained too many music biopics had been released lately. Movies about the lives of Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, Bob Marley and Amy Winehouse were all released in the last two years.
"I'm sure a lot of people must love them but I cannot describe how happy I would be if they just stopped making most musician biopics," one wrote.