Kiss Kollector Online reports: "Although he often stated he never touched alcohol (or drugs or tabacco) and would never do any promotion or anything whatsoever for alcohol (or drugs or tabacco), [KISS bassist/vocalist] Gene Simmons now appears in a commercial for Miller Lite beer! Click here, enter your date of birth, ...
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DARKANE drummer Peter Wildoer has posted the following tour report on the band's official web site: "First of all, I have to say that this tour has been far more better than I could ever have expected. We've done and seen so many cool things that the memories will last a lifetime. The crowds at ...
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According to FOXNews.com, former KISS manager and longtime fugitive Jesse Hilsen remains in jail after support magistrate Nicholas Palos did not vacate Hilsen's arrest warrant in New York Family Court on Tuesday (Nov. 22). Instead, Palos ordered that Hilsen appear in Family Court on Dec. 9 if and only if he's released by federal authorities ...
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According to The Sacramento Bee, two burglary suspects who allegedly tried to steal three one-of-a-kind guitars signed by rock stars Eddie Van Halen, Gene Simmons and the members of AEROSMITH were arrested after a high-speed chase early Tuesday (Nov. 22). Dante Ray Ciardella, 40, and Dawn McAlister, 37, were reportedly in the parking ...
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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD drummer Gene Hoglan has posted the following tour update at the band's official web site: "What's happening? We're pulling into Tulsa, Oklahoma, and I've got my eyes peeled for that 900 ft. Jesus. I don't see anything. But hey man, if Jesus saves, I'd like to know where he shops... "Our three ...
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Julie Hilden, a FindLaw columnist who graduated from Yale Law School in 1992 and practiced First Amendment law at the D.C. law firm of Williams & Connolly from 1996-99, believes that a former girlfriend's slander suit against KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons ought to have been dismissed. Plaintiff Georgeann Walsh Ward claims that during a VH1 ...
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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD drummer Gene Hoglan has posted the following message on tehe band's official web site: "Houston, you have a problem. STRAPPING's stinky tourbus is parked at the Meridian. I suggest 'flame.' Damn, and I bought some sorta de-funking agent yesterday, too. "On a personal note, yesterday was my one-year anniversary since I last ...
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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD drummer Gene Hoglan has posted the following tour update on the group's official web site: "So, last night, we're at the Norva, in Norfolk, Va. It's one of the nicer clubs in North America, with real friendly people, a HUGE greenroom with loads of cool amenities, and a JACUZZI in the headliners' ...
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Steiner Sports Marketing has signed an exclusive agreement with the legendary rock group KISS. "We are always looking to expand our horizons as a company, and the opportunity to join forces with KISS was an easy one," Chris Amoroso, Executive Vice President of Steiner Sports Marketing, said. "We enjoyed great success in the past when ...
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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD drummer Gene Hoglan has posted the following report from the group's tour with FEAR FACTORY, SOILWORK and DARKANE: "Couple days ago, most boring day off ever. Washed the fuck outta my clothes. Wow, exciting. Yesterday, we played Slayerville [sic], New Jersey, at the Starland Ballroom. A cell-reception black hole. I did FEAR ...
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Samuel Maull of Newsday.com has issued the following report: A woman who claims to be a former girlfriend of KISS rocker Gene Simmons can proceed with a defamation lawsuit in which she says he made her sound like a "sex-addicted nymphomaniac" during a VH1 television show, a judge has ruled. State Supreme Court ...
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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD drummer Gene Hoglan has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Howdy folks! It's yer big buddy Gene here, ready to open a can o' whoopass on ya! Oh, wait a minute — I'm being informed it's lima beans. Eww. "Sorry it's been a few days since I've been ...
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On Tuesday, November 15, OPETH will be guests on Norwegian National Radio P3. The program is called "Pyro", and two of the band's members will play their favorite songs from the history of rock. "Pyro" airs between 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. CET. OPETH will be guests in the last hour, and the show can ...
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Backstage Auctions will be presenting the 2005 "KISS My Auction" event which will feature hundreds of items from the private collections of more than a dozen original KISS crew and company members from the glorious days of the 1970s. "KISS remains one of the top collectible bands today and with a large array of items ...
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DARKANE guitarist Christofer Malmström has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "It's been a few days since I was on the computer! We've played Grand Rapids where I had lots of trouble with my gear, but I think the rest of the guys had a good show. Then we had a ...
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Greg Prato of Billboard.com recently spoke to KISS frontman Paul Stanley and guitarist Tommy Thayer about the group's double-disc concert DVD, "Rock the Nation Live!, due on Dec. 13 via Image Entertainment. Taped this summer in Washington, D.C., and Virginia Beach, the DVD features core members Stanley and Gene Simmons flanked by Thayer ...
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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD drummer Gene Hoglan has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Yesterday, we spent a very uneventful day-off in Cleveland. Stayed at a Radisson right across the street from Jacob's Field, where the Indians play. Country artist Keith Urban was playing at whatever enormo-arena also across the street, so ...
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Sweden's OPETH will be the featured guests on this weekend's episode of "Headbanger's Ball". The two-hour program will air Saturday, November 5 beginning at 10:00 p.m. on MTV2. OPETH are currently touring in support of their new album, "Ghost Reveries", available now on Raodrunner Records. As previously reported, OPETH's video for the track "The Grand ...
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For over 30 years, Waring Abbott has been one of the leading photographers. He worked with the likes of KISS, LED ZEPPELIN, LOU REED, THE WHO, STYX, BEE GEES, Clint Eastwood and many others. In 2002, the legendary photographer released a photo book titled "Kiss - The Early Years", which featured extensive liner notes by ...
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A video clip of OPETH frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt teaching the crowd how to growl death metal-style at the band's October 30 show in Worcester, MA has been posted online at this location. OPETH are currently touring in support of their new album, "Ghost Reveries", available now on Roadrunner Records. OPETH utilized the services ...
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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD drummer Gene Hoglan has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "Hey, since I seem to be able to write my own headlines on Blabbermouth, I figured I'd throw oot a few...'Hoglan cures cancer-develops Death Ray in the process.' 'Hoglan replaced by trained monkey-admits monkey can probably do as ...
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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD drummer Gene Hoglan has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Happy Halloween, ya freaks! Well, we made it to Minneapolis, and we're playing The Quest Club tonight, which was originally owned by Prince. Tonight, it gets owned by a band with an equally goofy logo — US! That's ...
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NEIL TURBIN'S DEATHRIDERS, the new band fronted by original ANTHRAX vocalist Neil Turbin, are continuing work on material for their debut album, tentatively titled "Diary of a Metal Thrashing Madman", to be released in 2006. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Relentless", "Face Your Fears", "Riders of the Apocalypse", "The Test of Time", ...
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According to The New York Times, former KISS manager Jesse Hilsen pleaded guilty Monday (Oct. 31) to a federal misdemeanor charge that he failed to pay child support. Hilsen, 65, has been in prison for the past year and three months awaiting trial on charges that he failed to pay support to his ...
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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD drummer Gene Hoglan has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Here we are at Pop's in Sauget, Illinois. The town of Sauget is basically a giant parking lot, housing Pop's Niteclub, and 4 strip bars. Legend has it that Pop owns Sauget, strip bars included, and is not ...
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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD drummer Gene Hoglan has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "As you all know, STRAPPING is hittin' the road. Actually, we've hit it. We're in Lawrence, Kansas tonight, as the 'Category 5-Fifteen Years of Fear' shitstorm blows into town. I am gonna do my best to document this ...
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Ex-KISS manager Jesse Hilsen, a former Upper East Side shrink who has been described as New York City's "worst deadbeat dad," has been offered a plea deal by the feds that could allow him to walk free and keep his psychiatry license, The New York Post reports. Hilsen could get time served after spending the ...
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POISON drummer Rikki Rockett has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "So I've decided to do a Podcast. For those of you not familiar with what a Podcast is, the Wikipedia Encyclopedia describes it, in part as follows: Podcasting is a method of publishing audio and video programs via the Internet, ...
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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD drummer Gene Hoglan has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "First off, all of us in the extended STRAPPING family would like to wish Jed [Simon, guitar] and his lovely bride, Susanna, congratulations on their recent nuptials. They were married in New Jersey on Sunday, October 2, in ...
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KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons donated a custom-made casket to the family of Staff Sgt. Jerry Bonifacio Jr., a Vacaville, California resident who was killed Oct. 10 in Iraq, for Bonifacio's burial. Check out pictures: Photo#1, Photo#2. According to TheReporter.com, Bonifacio, who loved heavy metal music and comic books, had mentioned to ...
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