Friday, December 24, 2010

Kiss On Fire would like to wish everyone a Merry Kissmas!
I will be away on vacation so the blog won't updated until January 14th next time.

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Eddie Trunk's Kissmas Radio Special

On Saturday (December 25th) Eddie Trunk's Kissmas Radio Special is broadcasted at 11 PM EST. The show can also be heard at www.q1043.com.

Gene Simmons On Lopez Tonight

Yesterday (December 21st) was the guest at the TBS show "Lopez Tonight".
Here you can see the clip.

Gene To Speak In Canada Again

Gene has now mentioned that he will be the keynote speaker at the Branded Tour in Moncton, Canada in January. He published this Tweet just a few minutes ago:

Will be Keynoting an amazing event in Moncton, NB, Canada on January 14th- .brandedtour.ca

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Gene Simmons Streaks On Golf Course

Several newspapers around the world are today publishing photos of Gene Simmons streaking after he lost a bet on a golf course. The photos can among other places be seen here: http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/klick/article8309087.ab

Gene On His Polaroid Collection

Yesterday (December 20th) Gene Simmons was interviewed on the Woody & The Wake-Up Call show on the WCOL radio station. Gene then mentioned this collection of the nearly 5,000 polaroids he says he's got of his conqeusts... Listen to the interview here:
http://tmz.vo.llnwd.net/o28/newsdesk/tmz_audio/122010_gene_simmons.mp3

Monday, December 20, 2010

Happy Birthday Peter!


Today Peter Criss celebrates his 65th birthday!

News On Gene's Box Set

There is been talk about the huge Gene Simmons box set for a long time and it has been said it will be released during 2011. Just a few minutes ago Gene posted this update on his Twitter page:

My Monster Boxed Set coming along. Deal to be announced early next year. Details forthcoming.

Ace Frehley On Gibson Party

In late October the new Gibson guitar was unveiled at a party in New York. Footage from this party featuring Ace Frehley has now been released, check it out here.

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Gene Simmons Will Do Steel Panther TV Series

It has been known for some time that Gene Simmons is into the LA based band Steel Panther. Now Gene reveals that a TV series is in the making. Just a few minutes ago Gene posted this message on his Twitter page:
Developing TV Series for STEEL PANTHER, with Zodiak (production company), and Republic/Universal.

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Remix Of Kulick / Simmons Song

Bruce Kulick has posted a a remix of the BK3 song "Ain't Gonna Die" on his webpage. This remix is made by Chew Fu and the song features both Bruce Kulick and Gene Simmons. Check it out here: http://www.kulick.net/message.shtml

Friday, December 17, 2010

Gene Simmons Doing Colonoscopy Today

Earlier today (December 17th) Gene posted this message on his Twitter page:

10 am = Colonoscopy...1 pm = Lunch. 2:30 pm film GENE SIMMONS FAMILY JEWELS Season VIII (Season 7 !!!) .... Season VI currently running.

And yesterday Shannon Tweed posted this message on her Twitter page:

Gene's getting his colonoscopy :) Yesterday I was in such a good mood & I realized it was because I didn't hear him chewing all day Ahhh...

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Paul Stanley On LA TV

Here's a clip of Paul Stanley at the KNBC Los Angeles channel that was aired yesterday (December 15th).

View more news videos at: http://www.nbclosangeles.com/video.

Spanish Kiss Interview

The Spanish MSN / Rock Metal TV has recently published a Kiss interview that was conducted in June 2008. Check it out here: http://video.es.msn.com/watch/video/entrevista-con-kiss/1qheft46z?showPlaylist=true&from=IV2_es-es_Musica

Gene Simmons On A Diet

Gene Simmons has updated his Twitter page with this comment:

Liquid diet all day...Colonoscopy tomorrow...Someone please get me a Whopper.

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

New Kiss Casket

As reported here earlier, the licensee Eternal Image will produce a line of Kiss memorial products. Kissonline has now posted this photo of the very first casket, just as it left the factory floor.

Bruce Kulick In New MTV Book

"MTV Ruled The World: The Early Years Of Music Video" is a new book by the author Greg Prato. In the book you will find more than 70 interviews with rock stars about MTV's early days. One of the rock stars is no one else than Bruce Kulick.

Gene Simmons At Steel Panther Show

Just a few minutes ago Gene updated his Twitter page with this comment:

Monday night -- Steel Panther/Key Club, went with Miss Tweed, Young Nick, Writer/Direc Troy Miller and a roomful of crazies.

Preview Of Gene Simmons' Family Jewels

Here's a clip from the upcoming episode of Gene Simmons' Family Jewels (broadcasted on Sunday the 19th).

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Gene Simmons In New York Post

New York Post has published a short piece about Gene Simmons at the Joy Behar Show. Read the story here: http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/behar_chews_out_simmons_l6ME8i2IwkMdoOeYAqrrwL#ixzz18255ptxj%EF%BB%BF

Monday, December 13, 2010

Original Gene Simmons Fangoria Portrait For Sale

Earlier this year the Fangoria magazine did a special Kiss issue. The artist Brad Parker painted one portrait of each Kiss member and the magazine had four different covers. The original painting for the Gene Simmons cover is now up for sale at Ebay. Check the auction out here: http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5574699997&toolid=10001&campid=5336752238&customid=&icep_item=180600204719&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg

Friday, December 10, 2010

Gene Simmons Speaks About American Idol

Gene Simmons has told OK Magazine that he is not too impressed about Jennifer Lopez being in the jury of American Idol. Read more here: http://www.okmagazine.com/2010/12/gene-simmons-on-idol-i-dont-think-jennifer-lopez-is-going-to-mean-a-thing/

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Bruce Kulick In Hawaii

Bruce Kulick has posted a message on his website where he reports from his visit to Hawaii. Check it out here: http://www.kulick.net/message.shtml

Monday, December 6, 2010

Gene Simmons On Joy Behar Show

A couple of days ago the Joy Behar Show at CNN showed a segment featuring Gene Simmons. A clip can be seen below. A previously unreleased clip of Gene discussing Hanukkah can be seen here: http://www.facebook.com/KISSopolis/posts/133990066659209#!/video/video.php?v=10150128941437738&oid=105838869677&comments

Gene Simmons Family Jewels Season 6

Yesterday the sixth season of "Gene Simmons Family Jewels" premiered. Here's a clip of some unseen couch interviews.

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Paul Stanley On The NOH8 Campaign

As reported here before, Gene Simmons supports the NOH8 anti-bullying campaign.
Here you can see Paul Stanley's video message supporting the campaign.

Friday, December 3, 2010

Gene Simmons On CNN

Gene Simmons and Shannon Tweed were the guests at CNN*s "Parker Spitzer" show where Gene expresses his thoughts on Barack Obama.

Gene Simmons In New York

Gene Simmons has updated his Twitter page with this comment:

In NY for media... saw A TEAM film on plane... actually a solid action movie. Who knew?

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Eric Carr Book Released


The long-anticipated book "The Eric Carr Story" by Greg Prato is now released. This 256 pages book features the life story of The Fox with interviews with many of the people around him and Kiss. You can order the book here:
Eric Carr

Treasure Concerts Featuring Vinnie Vincent Available

The website Wolfgang's Vault has uploaded three concerts from 1977 with Treasure. This band featured Vinnie Vincent on guitars and vocals. Checkt his out here:

Legendary concert performances available for download at Wolfgang's Vault

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Kiss Memorial Products Coming Soon

You'll never stop getting surprised of the Kiss merchandise... We are all aware of the Kiss casket. Now the company Eternal Image will market a limited edition line of official KISS branded memorial products. The will include caskets, cremation urns, bronze memorials, memorial prayer cards, registry books, memorial candles, and pet cremation urns.

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

More Gene On Access Hollywood

Here's more footage from the Access Hollywood interview with Gene Simmons and Shannon Tweed.







Monday, November 29, 2010

Gene And Shannon On Access Hollywood

December 5th sees the premiere of the new season of Gene Simmons Family Jewels. Because of this, Access Hollywood has made a new interview with Gene Simmons and Shannon Tweed which you can see here.

Gene Simmons On New Limp Bizkit Album

During a live web chat with his fans, Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit mentioned that their upcoming album "Gold Cobra" will include an intro written by Fred Durst and Gene Simmons.

Eric Singer In Watch Time Magazine

The Watch Time Magazine has done an interview with Eric Singer about his huge interest in watches. Read more here.

Friday, November 26, 2010

New Kissmas Merchandise Available

The Official Kiss Store has got some nice additions to the Kissmas merchandise. Check this out here.

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Mega-Rare Kissin' Time Single On Ebay

The mega-rare Portuguese version of the "Kissin' Time" single is now up for auction at Ebay. Check it out here.

Peter Criss Interviewed By The Real Radio Show

Frankie Dee of "The Real Radio Show" a few days ago did an eight minute long interview with Peter Criss. You can now watch this here.

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Vinnie Vincent DVD Coming Soon

February 22nd next year sees the release of the unauthorized DVD "Kiss - Invasion (A Look At The Lost Egyptian God, Vinnie Vincent)". As you can tell from the title this is a DVD focused on Vinnie Vincent and it features interviews and convention appearances. The DVD can be pre-ordered here.

19 Years Ago Today

Today we remember Eric Carr who sadly passed away exactly 19 years ago. Eric was born July 12th 1950 and as we all know he lost his battle against cancer November 24th 1991.

Gene Simmons And The X Factor

The English newspaper Daily Star has published a story where they say that Gene Simmons isn't too impressed by the jury of the TV show "The X Factor". Gene is quoted saying “I think I could be the sole judge on The X Factor, I’m more qualified than anybody on the show. " (The story can be read here)
However, Gene Simmons has now published this comment on his Twitter page:
Media lies... "Simmons slams Cowell." Never happened... Cowell is the only qualified guy.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Paul Stanley Make-Up In How I Met Your Mother

In yesterday's episode of the CBS TV show "How I Met Your Mother" Paul Stanley's make-up was worn by the character Robin. Kissonline has posted this picture. The episode can be seen here: http://www.cbs.com/primetime/how_i_met_your_mother/

Vinnie Vincent's Treasure Album On CD

Finally the Treasure album from 1977 is available on CD. From today (November 23rd) the CD is available on Amazon. The album can be ordered here.

Monday, November 22, 2010

Paul Stanley On New Pushking Album

As reported here, Paul Stanley was the guest vocalist at the Russian band Pushking's album from 2009. Paul will also guest on their upcoming album "The World As We Love It" which will be released February 1st.

Kiss Army Day In Terre Haute

The Mayor of Terre Haute, Indiana yesterday proclaimed Sunday as "Kiss Army Day". Here's footage of the mayor's proclamation.

Kiss Army 35 Years

It is now 35 years since the Kiss Army was founded. This happened in Terra Haute, Indiana and the local TV station has made a news piece about this. Check it out here.

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Gene Simmons At M For Montreal

Here's footage of Gene Simmons at the M For Montreal conference that took place a few days ago.

Friday, November 19, 2010

Casablanca Achievement Award For Sale

On Ebay you can now find this cool piece of unusual Kiss memorabilia. This is an "empolyee achievement award" from Kiss' record label Casablanca Records. This was given to the employee Keith Allen in the late 1970s. Check the auction out here:

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Paul Stanley At The LA Auto Show

The Lotus Forums has published this photo of Paul Stanley visiting the LA Auto Show where he looked at the new range of Lotus cars. Read more here.

Gene Interviewed By The Montreal Gazette

More media from Canada... This time it's the newspaper The Montreal Gazette who was made an interview with Gene Simmons. Read it here.

Canadian Radio Interview With Gene And Shannon

The Saskatoon radio station Rock 102 FM made an interview with Gene Simmons and Shannon Tweed when they were in Canada earlier this week. You can listen to the interview here:
http://www.rock102rocks.com/podcasts/2010-11-12/shannon-tweed-and-gene-simmons

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

New Kiss Candy

Kiss Coffeehouse has now released two new Kiss candy products. These are called Riff Rocks and the first flavor is dark chocolate/peanuts/pretzles/raisins and the other one is milk chocolate/peanuts/pretzles/raisins. Read more at http://www.kisscoffeehouse.com/.

Gene To Speak In Montreal

Gene Simmons will be the keynote speaker at the festival showcase M Pour Montreal. This takes place November 20th and it's a free event. Read more here.

Bruce Kulick Going To Chile

December 11th Bruce Kulick will perform in Santiago, Chile. More details can be heard in this video message from Bruce.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Gene Simmons And Shannon Tweed In Saskatoon

Gene Simmons has posted this photo on his Twitter page showing himself and Shannon Tweed at Shannon Tweed Lane in Saskatoon.

Here is the lovely Shannon Tweed posing in front of Shannon T... on Twitpic

Monday, November 15, 2010

New Signed Ace Frehley Art

Earlier this month Ace Frehley did a signing session for Kiss Museum where he signed some posters as well as new original artwork. These items are now up for auction at Ebay. Check it out here: http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5574699997&toolid=10001&campid=5336736495&customid=&icep_item=230549785245&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg

Gene In The Anti-Bullying Campaign

As reported here earlier, Gene Simmons is supporting the NOH8 campaign for anty-bullying. Here's a new video message supporting the cause.

Gene Simmons As Goalie In Hockey Game

Here's footage of Gene Simmons playing as goalie for the Saskatoon Blades. This is for a filming of "Gene Simmons Family Jewels".

Friday, November 12, 2010

Third Swedish Lotto Commercial

The third and final commercial for the Swedish Lotto featuring Kiss has now been released. If you don't get the joke then "kiss" is the Swedish word for "pee".

Ace Frehley At Rock'n'Roll Fantasy Camp

Ace Frehley is confirmed as one of the star musicians at the 2011 Rock'n'Roll Fantasy Camp taking place in Bahamas February 17th-20th. Other musicians include Tommy Lee and Lita Ford. Read more here.

Gene Supports Anti-Bullying Campaign

Gene Simmons supports the NOH8 campaign for anty-bullying. You can also support this important cause here: http://www.noh8campaign.com/article/itgetsbetter

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Gene Has Got More Speaking Engagements

Gene Simmons has updated his Twitter with these new messages:

In the New Year, I'm booked to do 4 Speaking Engagements.

We talk about the word Entrepreneur, which isn't just an unwieldy French word that's difficult to pronounce and spell.

It's a mindset, with no rules.

How you implement the mind set. How you soak up the tools needed to implement the mindset. How you become an effective Entrepreneur.

Gene Simmons To Host Event In Dallas

February 2nd a big event called "Aces & Angels - Salute To The Troops" will take place in Dallas, TX. Gene Simmons will be the host of this event. Read more here: www.aces-angels.org

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

New Bruce Kulick Guitar Lessons

Bruce Kulick has posted four new video guitar lessons on his webpage. Check them out here.

Gene Working With Steel Panther

Gene Simmons has posted this comment on his Twitter page:

Working with Republic/Universal's Monte Lipman on STEEL PANTHER. Setting up a TV deal for them.

Bruce Kulick At Rock N Roll Fantasy Camp

Bruce Kulick has posted a report from the three day Rock N Roll Fantasy Camp in San Francisco. Check it out here.

FBI Investigates Attack To Gene's Page

Gene Simmons' official webpage has been hacked and FBI is now investigating if this might be done by a group attacking websites connected to antipiracy and entertainment groups. Read more here.

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Paul Stanley At The Freedom Awards

Here's footage of Paul Stanley and Erin Sutton attending The Freedom Awards in Los Angeles November 7th.

Win A Signed Kiss Guitar

Kisspickworld is doing a contest where the first prize is a guitar signed by all four current Kiss members. No purchase is necessary. Check it out here: www.kisspickworld.com.

Update From Gene Simmons

Gene Simmons has posted these two comments on his Twitter page re

Been working every day, on and off on my Box Set... unreleased songs from over 30 years!!! Lots of toons. Maybe 200. Soon.

And, shooting Season VI of Gene Simmons Family Jewels... Look for 10 new episodes of Season V (additional episodes) early December on A&E.

Monday, November 8, 2010

New Kissmas Merchandise

This new Kissmas merchandise is now available at the Official Kiss Online Store.

Gene Simmons To Speak At Brand Expo

Gene Simmons will be the keynote speaker at the Atlantic Brand Confabulation taking place in New Brunswick, Canada January 14th. Read more at www.thebrandedtour.ca.

Friday, November 5, 2010

Kiss In How I Met Your Mother?

Gene Simmons has updated his Twitter page with this comment:

HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER tv show wants to use KISS makeup in an episode.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Kiss In Upcoming Gulliver's Travels Movie

This Christmas' major movie is "Gulliver's Travel" featuring Jack Black. The trailer has now been released and the Kiss song "Rock And Roll All Nite" is featured as well as a really funny miniature version of Kiss. All of this can be seen at the end of the trailer.
Check the trailer out here.

Gene Simmons Works On His Box Set

Gene Simmons has for a long mentioned that he will do a box set of unreleased material. A couple of hours ago Gene updated his Twitter page with this comment:

Working on overview of my boxed set. Literally hundreds of songs... Bigger project than I had imagined.

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

1974 Press Kit On Ebay

The first Kiss press kit from 1974 is up for auction at Ebay. Included in the auction is also a ticket to the Kiss show with Blue Oyster Cult in April 1974. Check the auction out here.

More Footage Of Simmons And Thayer Playing The Doors

Here's footage of Gene Simmons, Tommy Thayer and Nick Simmons performing at the Honored Tillman Foundation November 1st.

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Tommy Thayer And Nick Simmons Jam With Robbie Krieger

Yesterday the charity for the Honored Tillman Foundation took place at the Moorpark Country Club in California. Nick Simmons and Tommy Thayer jammed with Robbie Krieger of The Doors. Footage can be seen below. Gene Simmons mentioned this in these two tweets:

Tonight -- charity for the Honored Tillman Foundation. Young Nick rocked the house, with The Doors' Robbie Krieger and Tommy Thayer.

Beautiful Shannon there and so were our GSFJ tv crew. Will post foto tomorrow.

Monday, November 1, 2010

Bruce Kulick And John Corabi Doing Beth

During yesterday's Kiss Expo in Atlanta, Bruce Kulick and John Corabi played a one hour long acoustic set. The closing song was "Beth", check it out here.

The Lawsuit Against Gene Simmons

Radaronline has posted the deposition and the court documents regarding the lawsuit against Gene Simmons made by ESPN makeup artist Victoria Jackson. The files and more details can be found here.

Pretty Boy Floyd's Kiss Tribute

The Kiss tribute "Kiss Of Death" by Pretty Boy Floyd is now released. The track listing is the following:

Room Service
I Stole Your Love
I Love It Loud
Goin' Blind
Deuce
Creatures Of The Night
Detroit Rock City
Firehouse
Love Gun
Shout It Out Loud
Christine 16
Strutter'
Let me Go Rock N' Roll
Black Diamond


Here's Shout It Out Loud.

Gene Simmons Jock Piece On Ebay

This is one of the strangest Ebay auctions in a long time. A 1975 jock piece that Gene Simmons sent to a female DJ including the letter and envelope is up for auction. Check it out here.

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Kiss Day On German Biography Channel

Today (Sunday October 31st) is a day totally devoted to Kiss on the German Biography Channel. Read more here.

Friday, October 29, 2010

Gene And Shannon At Charity Event

Gene Simmons has posted this photo on his Twitter page showing himself and Shannon Tweed at the charity event Rally For Kids With Cancer.

Here we are at the RALLY FOR KIDS - Children's Cancer Ch... on Twitpic

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Ace Frehley And The Gibson Firebird X

Earlier today Gibson Guitars presented their new model Gibson Firebird X. Ace Frehley was one of the guitar heroes that attended the press conference in New York.

New Gene Simmons Interview

The TV and movie news site World Screen has published a new very interesting interview with Gene Simmons. Read it here.

Gene's Black Eye

Gene Simmons has posted this photo on his Twitter page. As reported earlier, Gene fainted due to dehydration and hit his head while falling.

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Kiss Custom Chopper Give-Away

Kiss HDTV will do a give-away of a custom Kiss Chopper. Enter the competition here.

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Gene Says He's Fine

After being hospitalized yesterday, Gene Simmons seems to be totally fine again. He has now published this new Twitter comment:

Yes. I'm fine. Rumors aside.. I was exhausted, dehydrated & passed out at the airport. Miss Tweed was by my side. All is well. Back to work.

Gene Simmons At Rally For Kids Charity

Despite being hospitalized yesterday, Gene Simmons is active today with the Rally For Kids charity. He has now published these three comments on his Twitter page:

Rally For Kids charity event to raise money for children suffering with cancer. Check out GeneSimmons.com for fotos and story.

Went with Miss Tweed to catch Young Nick singing Iggy Pop's The Stranger at Bardot, in Hollywood....imagine Jim Morrison singing a Pop song.

Beautiful Sophie arrived just in time. Cameron Dias was in the audience... didn't see her there.

Gene Simmons Hospitalized

Yesterday (Monday October 25th) Gene Simmons was briefly hospitalized at the Centinela Hospital in Inglewood, California. Appearatently Gene fainted and hit his head while falling. He was rushed to the hospital. Luckily enough Gene could leave the hospital shortly afterwards.
Shannon Tweed has posted this comment on her Twitter page:

Thanks for asking,Gene is fine,he was just tired & dehydrated fr TRYING 2 beat me in the Rally4Kidswith Cancer! Vacation is not his thing.

Monday, October 25, 2010

New Unauthorized DVD Soon Released

December 7th sees the release of the unauthorized interview compilation DVD named "Kiss Meets The Press". The DVD can already be pre-ordered at Amazon.

Gene At Rally For Kids With Cancer

Kissonline has posted these photos of Gene Simmons attending the Rally For Kids With Cancer in Los Angeles last Saturday.

Friday, October 22, 2010

Gene Sees Retired Extremely Dangerous Film

Gene Simmons has updated his Twitter page with these two comments:

Tonight, we went to see RED. "Retired Extremely Dangerous" film, based on the DC comic book.

It rocked. Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, John Malkovich and Morgan Freeman. Well written. Well Directed. Solid movie.

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Eric Singer On German Magazine Cover

The German musicians magazine Drums & Percussion has put Eric Singer on the front cover of their latest issue. The entire magazine can be read online here. There you will find the nine page interview (in German).

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

OKEJ Book Featuring Kiss Soon Released

In the 1970s the biggest music magazine in Sweden was POSTER. This magazine played a big part in breaking Kiss in Sweden. In the 1980s the biggest music magazine was OKEJ. And this magazine was also very important when it came to promoting Kiss in Sweden. Kiss were many times on the front cover of OKEJ and there were a lot of exclusive interviews. Later this month a coffee table book about OKEJ will be released. This book will be in Swedish but there is definately enough cool photos to make this enjoyable even if you don’t read Swedish. The book can be pre-ordered at CDON.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Samantha Fox Remembers Her Time With Paul

The internet magazine Rock Confidential has published a new interview with 80s pop singer Samantha Fox. In 1989 she dated Paul Stanley and she mentions this love affair:

We had a great love affair. I went on tour for six months on a bus with a band. Me and Paul tried to see each other when we could. He was then on tour with KISS. After that tour I became a tax exile because I was paying so much tax and all of my money was basically going to managers and the tax man. I went to live in Spain for a year and our love affair just kind of fizzled out. There were no arguments or bad feelings. It was just a case of being apart. I have great memories of Paul. He's a really nice guy. He's a bit older than me but what can I say? I'm sure he lied about his age then! KISS is still a fantastic band and in 1989 they'd done far more than I'd done. Listening to their stories and his wisdom was fantastic.

Read the entire interview here.

Doro Pesch Mentions Gene And Tommy

The German metal queen Doro Pesch is celebrating her 25th anniversary as an artist. In a new interview with Brooklyn Rocks she mentions her collaboration with Gene Simmons and Tommy Thayer:

It was an honor to work with Gene Simmon and Tommy Thayer on my second solo LP (1990). I was a huge Kiss fan and Gene was an incredible motivator who taught me so much about music. Tommy Thayer, who is now in Kiss, played most of the guitars on the record.

Read the interview here.

Monday, October 18, 2010

Gene Eats Asian

Gene Simmons has updated his Twitter page with this comment:

Had lunch with Rich Abramson, and Neil Stiles from Variety at Mr. Chow's. Next table was Kate Hudson and others. No hello's.

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Tommy Thayer Inducted In Oregon Music Hall Of Fame

Tommy Thayer has posted a report with some nice photos on his webpage about Black 'N Blue's induction into the Oregon Music Hall of Fame. Check it out here.

Ace Frehley Perfoms New York Groove At Hockey Game

October 15th Ace Frehley performed "New York Groove" before the hockey game at Madison Square Garden. At 7:45 in this video clip you can watch the performance.

Friday, October 15, 2010

Ace Frehley To Perform At New York Rangers Game

Tonight (October 15th) Ace Frehley will perform "New York Groove" at Madison Square Garden before the hockey game between New York Rangers and Toronto Maple Leafs.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Detroit Metal City DVD To Be Released In The US

As mentioned here before, the Japanese film "Detroit Metal City" - where Gene Simmons plays a small part - was released in Japan last summer. November 9th the film will be released on DVD in the US. The DVD can now be pre-ordered at Amazon.

Pretty Boy Floyd To Release Kiss Tribute

According to the band's Facebook page, Pretty Boy Floyd will release a Kiss tribute called "I Love It Loud - A Tribute To Kiss" October 26th. No more information is available right now.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Gene Is Busy

Gene Simmons has updated his Twitter with this comment:

Every day full of meetings. Not a complaint. I'm a lucky guy.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

New Kiss Iphone And Ipad Skins

Kissonline reports that these new Iphone and Ipad skins are available at the Official Kiss Store.

Monday, October 11, 2010

Ace Frehley Update

Ace Frehley has updated his Twitter and Facebook pages with this comment:

Thanks to everyone who came out to see Ace at Spooky Empire! Regarding the price on guitar signatures, collectors say that Ace's signature doubles it in value, so we felt we charged a fair price, much lower than what was charged in the past. Ace also made sure there were many other items priced that were affordable for all.

27 Years Ago Today

Today it's 27 years since Kiss performed for the first time without their make-up. October 11th 1983 Kiss played in Lisbon, Portugal and this was the opening night of the Lick It Up tour. At this show Gene was spitting blood during "God Of Thunder". This is the only time he has done that without make-up. It was clear that this routine didn't work unmasked.
Here's footage of "Detroit Rock City" from this show, 27 years ago today.

Gene Simmons Speaks At College

The San Bernardino Sun reports that Gene Simmons held a lecture at the Pitzer College where he taught the students the facts of life. Read the entire article here.

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Kiss 51st Best Selling Tour

Pollstar has published a list of the most successful tour of 2010 so far. AC/DC is in the top of the list with more than 1.8 million ticket sold. Kiss can be found at 51st place with 210,000 tickets sold. Check out the entire list here.

Friday, October 8, 2010

Gene Simmons Leaving Cannes

Gene Simmons and Shannon Tweed are now leaving Cannes after a few days there. Shannon Tweed has now published this photo of Gene where he doesn't look too happy carrying Shannon's bag...
Look how happy Gene is to be carrying my bag!LOL on Twitpic

Peter Criss On Eddie Trunk's Radio Show

Tonight (October 8th) at 11 PM EST Peter Criss will call into Eddie Trunk's radio show "Friday Night Rocks". The show will be streamed here.

Ace Frehley On Rock And Roll Fantasy Camp TV Show

October 16th VH1 Classic will show the Rock And Roll Fantasy Camp TV Show. Ace Frehley is one of the artists and he can also be seen in this trailer.

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Gene Mentions Upcoming Album

Artisan News Service has made this new Gene Simmons interview where he mentions Kiss releasing a new album next year.

New Kiss Merchandise Available

Kissonline reports that these new Kiss merchandise items now are availabe at the Official Kiss Store.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Gene Simmons In English Newspaper

The English Daily Record newspaper has today published an exclusive interview with Gene Simmons. Check it out here.

Ace Frehley Performing New York Groove

Yesterday (October 5th) Ace Frehley took part in a celebrity panel about drug use at The Carnegie Hall in New York. After the panel Ace and Eddie Ojeda of Twisted Sister performed "New York Groove". Check it out here:

Paul Stanley Mentions New Album

Paul Stanley has published a message on Kissonline where he thanks the fans for this tour and he also says this:

A whole lot more coming, including another album and another tour.

Gene Simmons In France

Shannon Tweed has published this photo on her Twitter page showing her and Gene Simmons going to lunch at Restaurant La Place de Mougins in France.

Out to lunch @place de mougins on Twitpic

Gene Simmons On Australian TV

The Australian "Today" TV show has broadcasted a new Gene Simmons interview, check it out here.

Kiss On TV In Mexico

Here's a Mexican TV report from the Kiss show in Guadalajara.

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Gene Simmons At MIPCOM

As reported earlier, Gene Simmons is in Cannes, France for the MIPCOM conferene. Here is footage of Gene discussing entertainment brands at the conference.

Shannon Tweed In Cannes

Shannon Tweed found this Family Jewels wall and posted the photo on her Twitter page.
Look who's here on Twitpic

Gene Has Arrived In Cannes

Just a few minutes ago Shannon Tweed published this photo of her and Gene Simmons in Cannes, France. Gene will be the keynote speaker at a TV conference there.

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Monday, October 4, 2010

Gene On His Way To France

Gene Simmons has published this posting on his Twitter page:

On my way to Cannes to be Keynote Spkr at MIPCOM. Int'l TV Con... buyers & sellers... And Miss Tweed with me!!! And shooting GSFJ episode

Bruce Kulick Playing Unholy

Bruce Kulick is in Australia where he is doing some shows and clinics. At The Australian International Music Show Bruce performed "Unholy", check ut out here:

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Ace Frehley's Book To Be Released In April Next Year

April 26th 2011 is set as the release date for Ace Frehley's upcoming memoir book "No Regrets". The book can already be pre-ordered here: No Regrets

Friday, October 1, 2010

Rare Turkish Kiss Single On Ebay

The mega-rare Turkish 7 inch single Hard Luck Woman / Detroit Rock City is now up for auction at Ebay. This is the only Kiss single every produced in Turkey. Check the auction out here.

Gene Simmons In New NME Interview

The English pop magazine NME has done a new interview with Gene Simmons where he talks about the new Guitar Hero game. Read the interview here.

Thursday, September 30, 2010

New Kiss Halloween Merchandise

These new cool Kiss Halloween items are now available at Kiss Offical Store.

Mexican TV Report

Here's a Mexican TV report from the Kiss show in Monterrey earlier this week.

Gene Simmons On Fox News

Fox News yesterday (September 29th) showed this new Gene Simmons interview where he discusses the Guitar Hero game.

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Gene Simmons On Lindsay Lohan

The gossip magazine Hollywood Life has published a story where Gene Simmons is quoted saying the following about Lindsay Lohan: “I think she needs to be b*itch slapped for her own good”. Read the entire story here.

Kiss Makes $ 500,000 Per Show

According to The Smoking Gun, the average fee for Kiss during the US summer shows was $ 500,000. This puts them at the second place after Rascal Flatts. Read more here or check out the money chart.

Gene Simmons Q&A In USA Today

USA Today has published an interesting Q&A with Gene Simmons, you can find this here.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

The Envy Visits Gene Simmons

Here's a brand new video showing the Canadian rock band The Envy visiting Gene Simmons and Shannon Tweed.

Monday, September 27, 2010

Tommy Thayer Nearly Burned By Flamethrower

During the Kiss show in Fontana last Saturday, Tommy Thayer was very close to get severly hurt by a flamethrower that accidently went off while Paul was introducing "Firehouse". Check this clip, you will find the incident at approx 41 seconds.

Gene Simmons Doing Guitar Hero Voice Today

Gene Simmons has updated his Twitter page with this comment:

I'm the voice of Guitar Hero 6: Warriors Of Rock. Mon, Sept 27 at Paramount Studios... big party. Maybe you can get in...

Kiss Is Everywhere

The Swedish mobile phone operator Halebop has now started airing this TV commercial featuring a guy in a Kiss Alive 35 T-shirt.

Gene And Shannon In Phoenix

Shannon Tweed has published this photo of her and Gene Simmons at the Best Buy in Phoenix.
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Kiss Fontana Show Broadcasted On Internet

The Kiss show in Fontana, California Friday the 25th was broadcasted live on the internet. Below you can see "Rock And Roll All Nite" from the broadcast. Due to a curfew, Kiss has to cut some songs out of the set. They played the following songs:

Modern Day Delilah
Let Me Go Rock´n Roll
Firehouse
Say Yeah
Crazy Crazy Nights
Calling Dr. Love
Shock me
Love Gun
I Love it Loud
Dettroit Rock City
Lick It Up
I Was Made For Lovin' You
Rock´n Roll All Nite

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Tommy Thayer Interviewed

The classic rock radio station 92.3 KGON has done a new interview with Tommy Thayer where he talks about the induction into the Oregon Music Hall Of Fame. Check it out here.

Friday, September 24, 2010

The Swedish Kiss Lottery Commercial

The Swedish advertising trade magazine Resumé has today published an interview with the marketing manager Birgitta Bosell-Biström at the gaming company Svenska Spel who has done the lottery commercials featuring Kiss. She is quoted saying the following:

We shot the commercial a Friday evening when the band performed in New Jersey. We didn't think of the fact that is was Friday rush hour so we were nervous they wouldn't make it in time. But just before dusk they arrived and the recording went very well. Afterwards Gene Simmons asked if he was allowed to blog about the campaign.

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Gene Simmons In Unusual Lawsuit

On Point News reports that Gene Simmons is sued by an ESPN makeup artist. She claims that Gene grinded his groin into her. However, Gene says that this would be impossible since he wore his stage costume and this is “the equivalent of a suit of armor”! Read more here.

Alternative Swedish Kiss Lotto Commercial

As mentioned here before, a TV commercial for the Swedish Lotto game featuring Kiss started to air last Monday on Swedish TV. The gaming company "Svenska Spel" has also made another version that hasn't been aired yet. Check it out here:

Gene Simmons At Guitar Store In Phoenix Today

Gene Simmons has posted the following update on his Twitter page:

Thurs, Sept 23rd - Phoenix Raptor Guitars- I will be signing my AXE Basses there. Come by and say hello.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Tommy Thayer At 7-Eleven

Tommy Thayer has posted this photo on his webpage where you can see him in front of the Kiss Big Gulp display at a 7-Eleven in Arlington, Texas.

Paul Stanley In New Guitar Documentary

Kevin Bacon is hosting a new guitar documentary movie called "Turn It Up!". Paul Stanley is one of the musicians who appear in this documentary. Watch the trailer here.

Kiss Show To Be Broadcasted On Internet

The Kiss show September 25th in Fontana, California will be streamed on internet. Check this link for more information: http://apps.facebook.com/nightclubcity

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

New Kiss Toddler Hoodies

This new Kiss toddler zip up hoodie is now available at the Official Kiss Store for $ 24.95.

New Paul Stanley Interview

Paul Stanley has been interviewed by The Arizona Republic. Read the interview here.

Monday, September 20, 2010

Kiss In Swedish Lotto Commercial

The state-owned Swedish gaming company Svenska Spel has done a new TV commercial for their Lotto game where Kiss are featured. Check it out here.

Gene Simmons "Discovers" 15 Year Old Girl

Gene Simmons mentions on his website that he has been in meeting with the 15 year old rapper girl Reema Major regarding a possible signing to Simmons Records. Read more at www.genesimmons.com.

Sunday, September 19, 2010

New Kiss Coffeehouse Commercial

Check out this brand new commercial for the Kiss Coffeehouse in Myrtle Beach.

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Peter Criss To Appear At Eddie Trunk Show

Eddie Trunk reveals on his blog that Peter Criss is scheduled to appear at his show October 8th. Read more here.

Friday, September 17, 2010

Gene Simmons Introducing The Envy

As mentioned here before, Gene Simmons was in Toronto earlier this week for the show with The Envy at The Tattoo Rock Parlour. Here's footage of Gene introducing the band.

Kiss Bracelets And Rings Coming Soon

Kissonline reports that these Kiss silicone rubber band bracelets and rings will be available at retailers in the US in October.

Paul Interviewed By San Antonio newspaper

Here you can find a new Paul Stanley interview made by My San Antonio.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Gene Simmons Speaks About Guitar Hero

Gene Simmons has done this new interview on his involvment in the new Guitar Hero.

The new Guitar Hero can be ordered here:

Interesting New Gene Simmons Interview

Mike Ragogna of The Huffington Post has published an interesting and quite long question and answer piece with Gene Simomons. Gene mentions that he is a fan of the English band Muse and that he receives one thousand demos per month. Read the interview here.

Kiss On Swedish Idol TV Show

Yesterday (September 15th) the sixth episode of the Swedish ”Idol” TV show was shown on Swedish national TV4. This is the Swedish version of ”American Idol”. Last year’s winner was Erik Grönwall and he then performed ”Shout It Out Loud”. Andreas Carlsson (who wrote some of the songs to Paul Stanley’s ”Live To Win” album) is a member of the jury and he arranged so that Grönwall got to meet Kiss when they performed in Stockholm this summer. This was featured in yesterday’s episode which can be seen here (the Kiss part is at about 10:45): http://www.tv4play.se/noje_och_humor/idol?videoId=1.1812759
Paul Stanley wrote one of the songs on Erik Grönwall’s debut album, this can be bought here:

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

New Tommy Thayer Interview

The San Antonio Current has made a new interview with Tommy Thayer. Check it out here.

Gene Simmons In Toronto Tonight

Tonight (September 15th) The Envy will perform at the Tattoo Rock Parlour in Toronto. Gene Simmons will attend the show. He has posted the following message on his Twitter page:

Come by and hang out with me & the guys. Doors are at 10:00 PM @theenvy plays at 11:30 PM

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Eric Singer In GQ Magazine

Eric Singer has posted this photo on his webpage. This is from an upcoming interview in GQ Magazine.

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Gene Simmons To Speak At Music Conference

Gene Simmons will be the keynote speaker at the American Music Conference. This takes place in Los Angeles November 19th. Read more here.

Eric Carr's Mother Passes Away

Concetta "Connie" Caravello, mother of Eric Carr, unfortunately passed away September 3rd. She was 81 years old. An obituray can be found here.

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Paul Stanley Visits Norman's Rare Guitars

The Californian vintage guitar store Norman's Rare Guitars has posted this clip of Paul Stanley and his son Evan trying out some guitars.

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Kiss In German Movie

Here's the promotion clip for the upcoming German movie "Annelie", directed by Antej Farec. The story is about some misfits who kidnap Kiss (played by a Kiss tribute band) in order to save their home.

Elvis / Kiss Parody

Check out Elviss Simmons And The Memphis Strutters. Quite fun but I'm sure that the Kiss camp will stop this...

Monday, September 6, 2010

Dylan McDermott Mentions Kiss

The actor Dylan McDermott was interviewed by Jimmy Kimmel a few days ago. Watch this clip where he mentions he was a member of Kiss Army and having seen the band 13 or 14 times.

Crew Footage Of Show Start

Kissonline has posted this really cool clip filmed by the band's crew of the start of the show. This is from the show at Jones Beach in August.

Sunday, September 5, 2010

Ace Frehley At Horror Weekend

Ace Frehley is confirmed as one of the guests at the Spooky Empires Ultimate Horror Weekend. This takes place in Orlando, Florida October 8th-10th. Read more here.

Friday, September 3, 2010

Gene Simmons Interviewed By Chicago Tribune

Yesteday (September 2nd) The Chicago Tribune published a brand interview with Gene Simmons. Check it out here.

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Kiss Track Jacket Available

This new Kiss Active Sportswear Track Jacket is now available at the Official Kiss Store for $ 79.95.

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Peter Criss At Film Expo

Peter Criss is confirmed as one of the guests at the Chiller Theatre Toy, Model And Film Expo that takes place at the Hilton in Parsippany, New Jersey October 29th-31st. More detals can be found here: www.chillertheatre.com.

TV Report Featuring Kiss In Atlanta

WSBTV in Atlanta has shown this nice piece from yesterday's concert.






Kiss In Atlanta

Yesterday (August 31st) Kiss performed at The Lakewood Amphitheatre in Atlanta, GA. The set list was the same as on the previous shows on the tour. Here is fan filmed footage of "Say Yeah".

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Kiss Headphones Available Now

The official Kiss Super Bass Headphones have now been released. They are available at The Official Kiss Store for $ 49,95.

Kiss Dr. Pepper 7-Eleven Cups

The 7-Eleven chain of stores now offers these nice Kiss Dr. Pepper cups. These are available at 7-Eleven stores all over the US. If you live outside the US you can now buy the cups at Ebay. Check this out here.