Friday, February 27, 2009

Paul Stanley Confirms Kiss Will Enter The Studio Next Week

Yesterday (February 26th) Paul Stanley was interviewed by Fox Business Network. During the interview Paul confirmed that Kiss will enter the studio next week to record the upcoming studio album. The release is planned for the fall. Watch the interview here:


Thursday, February 26, 2009

Kiss Toy Guitar On Ebay


A Kiss toy guitar in perfect condition (still sealed!) is now available on Ebay. These guitars are really cool and it's not often you see them in this good condition. Check it out here: http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=2&campid=5336117729&toolid=10001&customid=&ext=320344852938&item=320344852938

Paul Stanley On Fox Business Network Today

At 5.45 PM EST today (February 26th) Paul Stanley will be the guest on the Fox Business Network show The Happy Hour.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Gene Simmons Make-Up In Swedish Ad Campaign


The Swedish audio vendor Hi-Fi Klubben does an advertising campaign with this picture of a person wearing Gene Simmons' make-up. As far as I know this campaign is not cleared with Kiss so if someone from the Kiss headquarters reads this the vendor might be in problems...

Gene Simmons at NAMM University

A few weeks ago, Gene Simmons held a speech at the NAMM University "Breakfast Of Champions". A video from this speech can be found here: http://www.namm.org/namm-show-live/articles/breakfast-champions-gene-simmons

Never-Seen-Before Footage From Kiss Australian Tour 1980 Released

Once again, the internet vendor Elite Works has released some extremely cool never-seen-before Kiss footage in order to promote their Ebay auctions. This time we can watch some highlights from the Australian tour 1980.

Among the new auctions, there is a blood cup used by Gene Simmons on stage in 1996. Check the auction out here: http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=2&campid=5336210921&toolid=10001&customid=&ext=160317040426&item=160317040426

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Eric Singer Project's European Tour Ended

The day before yesterday (February 22nd) Eric Singer Project did their last show on the European tour. This took place at Nosturi in Helsinki, Finland in front of 700 persons. The European tour has taken the band through Germany, Italy, Norway, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium and Czech Republic.

A fan filmed clip of "Love It Loud" from the Helsinki show can be seen here:

Kiss Kompendium Released In October

October 27th is the release date of the giant compilation of all Kiss comics. This will feature the adventures of the band's four superhero characters defeating evil with comic icons like Spiderman, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, the Hulk, and Wolverine. This compilation is reported to include 1280 pages! The book can be pre-ordered here:

KISS Kompendium

Monday, February 23, 2009

Kiss On Peruvian TV

As you know by now, Kiss will play in Lima, Peru April 14th. Peruvian TV showed this segment a few days ago:

Kiss Costume At Rio De Janeiro's Carnival


Kiss Army Brasil has sent this photo of a costume that will be used at the carnival in Rio De Janeiro. The samba school "Salgueiro" will make a tribute to Kiss and they will parade tonight (February 23rd).

Sneak Footage Of Family Jewels Season 4

A&E TV has posted sneak footage and photos from the upcoming season of Gene Simmons' Family Jewels. Check this out here: http://www.aetv.com/genesimmonsfamilyjewels/
The complete third season of Family Jewels is now available on DVD and this can be bought here:

Friday, February 20, 2009

Ace Frehley On Facebook

First Ace's website was launched. Then we saw him joining Myspace. And since yesterday Ace is also to be found on Facebook. Check it out here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ace-Frehley/56216285377

Rare Photos Published On Ace's Webpage


The official Ace Frehley webpage http://www.acefrehley.com/ has been updated with twelve more rare photos, such as this one from the Dunkin' Donuts commercial in 2007. This was Ace's last performance in the make-up. Check http://www.acefrehley.com/12-pics/ for more photos.

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Kiss Film Cell

I just found these on the internet. Quite a nice thing to hang on your wall.
KISS Special Edition Mini Cell


KISS Special Edition Mini Cell

New Eric Singer Interview

The Belgian TV channell ACTV made an interview with Eric Singer and Bruce Kulick at the Spirit Of 66 Club in Vervries, Belgium before the Eric Singer Project show February 16th. Watch it here:

Exposed II Footage Surfaces

18 clips that are said to be done for "Exposed II" have surfaced on Youtube. It's meet & greet, soundchecks and backstage footage. One of the clipe can be seen here:

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

35 Years Ago Today


Today is February 18th 2009. This means it's exactly 35 years ago since Kiss' debut album was released. The album simply called "Kiss" was released February 18th 1974. Let's celebrate this by playing the album nonstop all day!

Never-Seen-Before Footage Released Again

For the third time, "Elite Works" have posted never-seen-before professionally filmed vintage Kiss footage in order to promote their Ebay auctions. Check out some really cool footage from the Australian tour 1980 here:



There are some really nice items in these auctions, for instance this one for the rare Rock And Roll Over promo sampler:
http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=2&campid=5336210921&toolid=10001&customid=&ext=160315950304&item=160315950304

More Details Regarding The Kiss Show In Santiago, Chile

As mentioned before, Kiss will play in Santiago, Chile April 3rd. The Chilean newspaper El Mercurio has now confirmed that the event is Pepsi Fest and that it will take place at Movistar Arena. Other acts include Sonic Youth and Peter Gabriel. Read the entire article (in Spanish) here: http://www.emol.com/noticias/todas/detalle/detallenoticias.asp?idnoticia=345105

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Ace Frehley Launches Myspace

Ace Frehley has launched his official Myspace site. Check it out here: http://www.myspace.com/acefrehley

New Comment From Gene Regarding The Upcoming Kiss Album

Deuce News (http://deucenews.jimdo.com) has posted the following quote from an interview with Gene Simmons made by the Argentinian newspaper Pagina 12:

We are making a new album produced by Paul, because I do not have the patience to get into a studio and stay there for six months. Who better than Paul for that? The idea is to make the record quickly, like we did at the time of Destroyer, Rock And Roll Over and Love Gun. But we must be prepared, so we are now working on songs when we have time. Maybe in March we will go in a studio and recorded two or three songs. The idea is to work well, little by little, we can not spend too much time in the studio, it has to be fast.

The entire interview (in Spanish) can be found here: http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/suplementos/no/12-3877-2009-02-13.html

Monday, February 16, 2009

Kiss Zippo Lighters On Ebay


In 1998, when Psycho Circus was released, a very limited amount of Kiss Zippo lighters were made. 500 numbered sets were made and each set included six lighters = one each of the band members + one with the icons + one with the Psycho Circus album cover. One of these very rare sets is now available on Ebay, check it out here: http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=2&campid=5336221247&toolid=10001&customid=&ext=230325859405&item=230325859405

Kiss South American Tour


Kiss Army Brasil (http://www.kissarmybrasil.com.br/) has posted this newspaper ad for the upcoming show in Sao Paulo. The South American tour now looks like this:

April 3rd: Santiago, Chile
April 5th: Buenos Aires, Argentina
April 7th: Sao Paulo, Brazil
April 8th: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
April 14th: Lima, Peru
April 17th: Caracas, Venezuela

Thursday, February 12, 2009

New Tommy Thayer Video Interview Online

Glammetal.com has posted a very interesting video interview with Tommy Thayer made at NAMM a few weeks ago. Tommy talks about the upcoming album and other interesting stuff. The video can be found here. http://www.glam-metal.com/tommythayer.html

Kiss Remote Control Van On Ebay


The remote control van from 1978 is one of my favorite Kiss toys. You can some times find it on Ebay etc but not that often with the original box in good condition. This is one of the best I've seen. Since this is the Canadian version the text is both in English and French. Check the auction out here: http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=2&campid=5336085736&toolid=10001&customid=&ext=120376853660&item=120376853660

Paul Stanley Signature Guitar Models On Sale


The European internet guitar vendor Thomann has got a sale on the Washburn Paul Stanley signature guitars. This guitar is now € 185, it used to be € 649. Check this guitar and other good deals here: http://www.thomann.de/partner_redirect.html?partner_id=79625

Bruce Kulick To Australia

Bruce Kulick will do some clinics in Australia soon. The dates are the following:

April 1st - Melbourne
April 2nd - Brisbane
April 3rd - Adelaide
April 4th - Sydney

Ticket info etc can be found here: www.allansmusic.com.au/Promos/Events/default.aspx

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

The New Kiss Book Is Now Released

The book "I Wanna Rock And Roll All Night" is now released. It's a 112 pages book and it's available for $28.13 at Amazon.

More Exclusive Pro-Shot Footage On YouTube

Elite Works who are selling some rare Kiss memorabilia on Ebay keep putting up exclusive Kiss snippets on YouTube to promote the auctions. One really cool pro-shot Asylum era shot can be seen here:

One of the auctions is for an original 1973 Coventry poster and it can be found here:
http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=2&campid=5336210921&toolid=10001&customid=&ext=160314211580&item=160314211580

New Radio Interview With Paul Stanley

Yesterday (February 10th) Paul Stanley was interviewed on "The Jim Kerr Rock and Roll Morning Show" at Q1043. You can listen to the entire interview here: Q1043

People Magazine Exclusive About Paul's And Erin's Daughter

As Kiss On Fire reported on Monday, Paul and Erin's daughter has been born. The birth date was January 28th. Her name will be Sarah Brianna. Read the People Magazine exclusive here: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20258034,00.html
http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/klick/article4378039.ab

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Signed Attack Of The Phantoms Poster On Ebay


I have always liked all merchandise that came out around the Kiss Meets The Phantom Of The Park movie. There was a really nice poster and this is now available signed by all four. Check it out here: http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=2&campid=5336100525&toolid=10001&customid=&ext=110348080977&item=110348080977

Kiss To Play In Montreal

July 13th Kiss will play at The Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. Tickets will be released on Saturday (February 14th). As previousy mentioned, Kiss will perform in Halifax, Canada July 18th. More details can be found here: http://geg.ca/show/event/2883

Monday, February 9, 2009

Congratulations To Paul!

Paul Stanley's and Erin's daughter was born early last week. Eric Singer confirmed this during one of the Kiss expos this weekend. No more details are available now but I will get back with more info.

Footage From Eric Singer Project's Soundcheck In Kaiserslauten

The signature "Priderhandy" has posted this footage of Eric Singer Project's soundcheck before the show in Kaiserslauten, Germany last Friday.

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Kiss Fan Fired For Wearing Kiss T-Shirt

The Belgian newspaper Het Belang Van Limburg reports that 20 year old Kiss fan Yannick Houbben has lost his job because he wore a Kiss T-shirt. He works at a kindergarten and a father to one of the kids had made complaints about the T-shirt. Yannick Houbben will now sue the kindergarten. The article can be found here: http://www.hbvl.be/Limburg/3700/artikel-lees-meer-raquo.aspx?art=%7B12d29ac9-1ae2-48a0-a5cd-4c46681411c4%7D

Set List From Friday's Eric Singer Project Show

Eric Singer Project's European tour started this Friday (February 6th) Kissnews has posted the set list from the show, it looks like this:

Parasite (KISS)
Love (Union)
Under My Wheels (Alice Cooper)
Unholy (Kiss)
Live Wire (Mötley Crüe)
Domino (KISS)
Highway Star (Deep Purple)
Master and Slave (KISS)
Power To The People (Mötley Crüe)
I Wanna Be (Union)
Man in the Moon (Scream)
Helter Skelter (Beatles)
Ace of Spades (Motorhead)
I Love It Loud (KISS)
Black Diamond (KISS)
Tie Your Mother Down (Queen)

A full report (in German) can be found here: http://www.kissforum.de/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?p=264897#264897

Saturday, February 7, 2009

Interview With Mark St. John's Sister

Today (February 7th) would have been Mark St. John's 53rd birthday. Deuce News has made a new interview with his sister, read it here: http://deucenews.jimdo.com/deuce-n-views-interviews/.

Rare Japanese Solo Promo 7 Inch On Ebay


I wasn't aware that this even existed. On Ebay you now can find a Japanese 7 inch promo featuring "Radioactive" from Gene's solo album and "Don't You Let Me Down" from Peter's solo album. The weird thing is that this promo 7 inch has got three different sleeves. Check the auction out here: http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=2&campid=5336059091&toolid=10001&customid=&ext=380102380379&item=380102380379

Venezuelan Kiss Show Formally Announced

The Kiss show April 17th at La Riconda Hippodrome in Caracas, Venezuela is now formally announced by Kissonline. More details can be found at the promoter's website, www.solidshow.com.

Friday, February 6, 2009

Footage From Gene Simmons' Launch Party For Money Bag

Las Vegas Weekly did a short interview with Gene Simmons during last week's launch party for his new Money Bag clothes line. The launch party took place at the Hard Rock Hotel And Casino. Watch the interview here:

New Kiss Merchandise


The official Kiss store has added some new cool merchandise, such as these guitar pick earrings. Watch more new stuff here: http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-3080132-10556144

Kiss In The Chronicle Herald

The Canadian newspaper The Chronicle Herald has published an article regarding Kiss coming to Halifax. The concert promoter Harold MacKay is quoted saying the following: "Obviously these will be rock ’n’ roll bands; there won’t be any rap acts on the bill. Actually, Gene Simmons has made it very clear in the contract that they must approve all of the bands that play for us." Read the entire article at http://thechronicleherald.ca/Metro/1104540.html.

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Bruce Kulick To Indianapolis Kiss Expo

Bruce Kulick is confirmed as the special guest at the Indianapolis Kiss Expo taking place March 15th. The tribute band Mr. Speed will perform the entire Hotter Than Hell album and there will of course be the usual vendors etc. More details can be found at www.getalifeinc.com.

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Kiss In Today's Aftonbladet

Sweden's biggest newspaper Aftonbladet has today published a text about Kiss. It focuses on groupies and it features some quotes from the Music News interview with Paul Stanley. http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/klick/article4321390.ab

Exclusive Video Clips On YouTube

Some extremely cool, never seen before Kiss clips have surfaced on YouTube. We are talking about the first LP commercial with Paul wearing the bandit make-up, a shot with Gene without make-up in 1980 etc.
These clips are published to promote an Ebay auction with some rare vintage Kiss memorabilia. Check one of the auctions out here: http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=2&campid=5336210921&toolid=10001&customid=&ext=160313400591&item=160313400591
Watch one of the clips here:

Kiss South American Tour 2009

There seems to be some confusion regarding the upcoming Kiss show in Lima, Peru. The correct date seems to be April 15th. That would mean that the tour now looks like this:

April 3rd: Santiago, Chile
April 5th: Buenos Aires, Argentina
April 7th: Sao Paulo, Brazil
April 8th: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
April 15th: Lima, Peru
April 16th: Venezuela

The Argentinian version of Rolling Stone Magazine says that 10,000 tickets were sold to the Buenos Aires show (The Quilmes Rock Festival) the first day. Read the article (in Spanish) here: http://www.rollingstone.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1096061&utm_source=tarin&utm_medium=ban&utm_campaign=rank

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Handwritten Gene Simmons Lyrics On Ebay


A while ago some handwritten Gene Simmons lyrics could be found on Ebay. It seems like they never got sold since they now are available again. Check the auctions out here:



More Shows Added To The Kiss South American Tour

It seems like a show in Lima (Peru) has been added to the South American tour. That would mean that the tour looks like this:

April 3rd: Santiago
April 5th: Buenos Aires
April 7th: Sao Paulo
April 8th: Rio de Janeiro
April 9th: Lima

Please note that the shows (except Buenos Aires) aren't officially confirmed yet.

Kiss Show In Halifax Made Official


As mentioned several times before, Kiss will play in Halifax, Nova Scotia (Canada) July 18th as part of the "Halifax Rocks 2009". Kissonline has now made the show official. Tickets will be released on Thursday (February 5th). Kiss Army members can buy tickets already today (Tuesday).

Monday, February 2, 2009

New Paul Stanley Comment Regarding Upcoming Kiss Album

According to Kissonline, Paul Stanley is quoted saying the following regarding the new album:
"It's a KISS album in the most true and classic sense - we're recording it in analog, not digital, and writing it ourselves". http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/musik/article4311777.ab

Paul Stanley To Guest On Upcoming Pushking Album

According to Deuce News, Paul Stanley will be one of the guest vocalists on the upcoming album from Russian rock band Pushking. Other guest musicians include Alice Cooper, Ian Gillan and Andrea Bocelli. Read more at www.deucenews.jimdo.com.