A 42-year-old KISS fan from Frankfurt was dismissed from the German reality TV show "Big Brother" because his tattoo of the original KISS logo was deemed too similar to the symbol used by Nazi stormtroopers during World War II. In an official statement, RTL 2, the German TV station responsible for ...
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La Source is reporting that KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons is among the special guests expected to appear at the Malaysian Grand Prix on March 20 in Kuala Lumpur. A number of other international celebrities have acknowledged they will be attending the Grand Prix, including Carmen Electra from "Baywatch", the world's most watched actor Jackie Chan, ...
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Brian Moran of WCNC.com has written a commentary on last week's episode of NBC's "The Apprentice", featuring a guest appearance by KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons. An excerpt from his write-up follows: "Gene Simmons' effort in this show probably deserves its own column but I'll do my best with a paragraph or two. When the gang ...
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KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons is among the ten of the "biggest names" in the rock and rap music industry who will join Donald Trump and the remaining 10 candidates during NBC's star-studded "Apprentice" (March 10, 9-10pm ET). Candidates join forces with music television network Fuse as they petition these 10 celebrities to donate a "personal ...
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Cathy Kightlinger of Indystar.com has issued the following report: KISS fans from around the globe rolled into Indianapolis over the weekend to lick up the atmosphere at an Eastside hotel. Dan Foley, a 41-year-old police officer from Wyandotte, Mich., has been to dozens of these events — and looked like it. Dressed like ...
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GENE SIMMONS' "Asshole" and GARY MOORE's "Back To The Blues" are among the first DualDisc titles being released in Europe this spring/summer by Silverline Records, Immergent and Myutopia. DualDisc is an innovative music product that combines a CD and DVD on a single disc. In addition to a full-length audio album on the CD side, ...
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Lunar Moth Entertainment has announced the grand opening of TributeAlbums.com. TributeAlbums.com will salute various icons in music, film, television, and anything pop culture. First up is a unique tip of the hat to '70s rock superheroes KISS. A cover song is a song recorded by an artist other than its original artist. A KISS cover ...
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A new book, "Extreme Metal II", is due for global publication in April 2005 by Omnibus Press. The author is Joel McIver, whose best-selling 2004 opus, "Justice For All: The Truth About Metallica", was the first book to express in depth the disappointment that thousands of metal fans feel about the band's recent music. "Extreme ...
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According to a posting on the KISS fan site KissNews.de, KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley was among the attendees at the annual Clive Davis pre-Grammy party at the Beverly Hills hotel last Saturday (Feb. 12) in Beverly Hills, California — one day prior to the 47th Grammy Awards. Stanley attended the party with girlfriend ...
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KISS' official web site has posted a scan of a classic March 25, 1976 article from Rolling Stone magazine covering the band's (at that time) newly released "Destroyer" LP, which set new heights for KISS and reflected producer Bob Ezrin's vision of the band as a cultural phenomenon. Read the article: Page#1,
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The maniacal Canadian extremists STRAPPING YOUNG LAD will embark on a massive U.S. headlining tour this spring with THE AGONY SCENE, MISERY SIGNALS and REFLUX in the support slots. The trek kicks off on April 5 and will make a stop at the legendary New England Metal and Hardcore Fest on April 23. This tour ...
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Former VINNIE VINCENT INVASION drummer Bobby Rock has joined the New York-based metal band CARNIVAL OF SOULS. "CARNIVAL OF SOULS needed to replace their former drummer [W.A.S.P. skinsman Stet Howland] with someone who could be a team player and contribute mentally as well as physically to be part of this high-energy metal band," Rock said ...
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Cameron Edney of the Yahoo! group Inside_Out666 recently conducted an interview with KISS guitarist Tommy Thayer. A transcript of the interview follow: Inside_Out666: I'd like to start by talking a bit about BLACK 'N BLUE. Can you tell us how the band formed? Tommy Thayer: "BLACK 'N BLUE formed in Portland, OR in ...
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'70s and '80s photos of ALICE COOPER, AEROSMITH, Gene Simmons (KISS) and LED ZEPPELIN are among the pictures that will be displayed at photographer James Fortune's first exclusive Rock Star Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona on April 1-2. James will be available in person at the gallery the evening of April 1, and will hold his ...
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MINI-KISS, a tribute band featuring little people (from 3-foot-11 to 4-foot-4 in height) covering KISS songs, in full make-up, while playing fake wooden guitars, performed in concert at the Cutting Room in New York City on Saturday (Jan. 29). Check out pictures from LFI. MINI-KISS is the brainchild of KISS fan Joey Fatale, ...
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Former PLASMATICS and THE WENDY O. WILLIAMS BAND drummer T.C. Tolliver has joined Asbury Park, NJ-based heavy rock act HAT TRICK OF MISERY. Tolliver played on the PLASMATICS Capitol Records release "Coup d'Etat", produced by Dieter Dirks and engineered by Michael Wagener. Tolliver later went on to become the drummer in THE WENDY O. WILLIAMS ...
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Norway's Imhotep Zine recently asked more than 60 heavy metal and hard rock musicians to answer the following two questions related to last month's shooting death of PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott: 1) Can aggressive music led people to kill others? 2) Is there any connection between heavy music and violence / killings ...
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KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons will be a guest celebrity judge on next Tuesday's (Jan. 25) edition of "American Idol". The show is expected to feature plenty of high- and lowlights from auditions in New Orleans, Louisiana last September. Simmons joined judges Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson in evaluating prospective contestants, providing plenty of ...
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Pablo Fernandez of the Calgary Sun reports: It wasn't Detroit Rock City, but a trip to L.A. to meet his music idol was the next best thing for a Red Deer teen. Fighting a deadly disease, Vaughn Tayler's dream of meeting his idol Gene Simmons came true, thanks to a foundation that grants ...
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A brand new STRAPPING YOUNG LAD track, entitled "Shitstorm", has been made available for download at this location. "Shitstorm" comes off the group's highly anticipated fourth studio album, "Alien", due on March 22 via Century Media Records. Beginning February 8, the first segment of "The Making of Alien" will be online and a ...
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"Mr. Romance", comedy/reality series created by KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons, is set to premiere Monday, March 14 at 10 p.m. on Oxygen TV, according to Broadcasting & Cable. A contest for the Harlequin romance books' next coverboy, "Mr. Romance" will feature twelve beefy guys competing in a "romance boot camp" for a $50,000 cash prize, ...
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KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons attended the 2005 Adult Video News Awards on Saturday (Jan. 8) at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas and the 2005 AVN Adult Entertainment Expo on Saturday (Jan. 8) and Sunday (Jan. 9) at the Sand Expo Center in Las Vegas. Also present at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo was BIOHAZARD ...
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Samuel Maull of The Associated Press is reporting that a woman who says she is a former girlfriend of KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons is suing him for slander, saying the bass guitarist made her sound like a "sex-addicted nymphomaniac" during a "rockumentary" on VH1 television. Georgeann Walsh Ward, 53, of Chester, N.Y., says in court ...
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ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian recently spoke to Denmark's Antenna webzine about dealing with the media and the group's reasons for re-recording their classic songs for their latest CD, "The Greater of Two Evils". A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: Antenna: I've heard from so many musicians in the past years that ...
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Adult film star Taylor Wane (photos from Film Magic) recently spoke to RockConfidential.com about her relationship with KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons. An excerpt from the interview follows: RockConfidential.com: I've seen you out and about with Gene Simmons a lot. Judging from our conversation today I think you and Gene have a ...
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KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons has been named one of the worst rock-star actors of all time, according to IrishExaminer.com. Madonna, who has enjoyed phenomenal success as a pop superstar, but whose efforts on the silver screen have been met with an icy response from both critics and fans, landed at the top of the Top ...
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BEAUTIFUL CREATURES bassist Kenny Kweens recently spoke to South Mississippi's SunHerald.com about the group's already-completed sophomore album, tentatively due next year. Toby Wright, who has worked with KORN, KISS, 3 DOORS DOWN and ALICE IN CHAINS among others, mixed the U.S. version of "Deuce", a CD two years in the making. "It's a ...
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SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "Hello Sepulnets of the world, "We are in Europe with MOTÖRHEAD and it's being a great tour, we are playing sold out audiences; most important, a lot of them have never seen SEPULTURA before. We did 15 dates in U.K., ...
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Maniacal Canadian extremists STRAPPING YOUNG LAD have finalized the track listing for their highly anticipated new album, "Alien", now set for a March 22 release. The follow-up to the group's critically acclaimed 2003 release "SYL" was recorded at the Armoury and Greenhouse Studios (both in Vancouver) as well as in mainman Devin Townsend's studio in ...
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The family of slain DAMAGEPLAN/ex-PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott has requested a "Kiss Kasket" (photo) for Abbott to be buried in, KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons revealed during an appearance on Fox News' "The Big Story Weekend Edition with Rita Cosby" on Saturday (Dec. 11). The coffin features the faces of the four founding ...
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