Pro-Mark drumsticks and Revolver magazine have joined forces to bring you the "Faces of Metal" contest and make it possible for you to purchase the drumsticks used by three of today's hardest hitters. In addition, you could win $500 in Pro-Mark gear and receive a personal phone call from one of these Pro-Mark artists: Jason ...
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KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons was a guest on the "Frank Skinner Show" in London, England on Wednesday (October 12). Check out pictures from Globe Photos. As previously reported, Britain's Channel 4 recently gave the go-ahead to a second series of "Gene Simmons' Rock School". The show, which follows Simmons as he tutors teens ...
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DARKANE — who formed in the late '90s and hail from Helsingborg, Sweden — have performed only once before on North American soil and were received with raving applause at 2001's Milwaukee Metalfest XV. With their first full-fledged tour of North America set to launch on October 28 at Granada in Lawrence, Kansas, guitarist and ...
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ContactMusic.com is reporting that Latin rocker Carlos Santana has slammed outrageous KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons by questioning his musical ability and branding him "Las Vegas entertainment." Santana is appalled by the standard of Simmons' music and insists the rocker hides his lack of skill behind layers of gothic clothing and black make-up. Santana says, "He's ...
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More details have been revealed regarding the upcoming "Hard Rock Treasures" "rockumentary" DVD, due on November 21 via Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Featuring exclusive interviews with some of the most important rock bands ever, including DEEP PURPLE, LED ZEPPELIN, METALLICA, KISS and many more, "Hard Rock Treasures" follows Don Bernstein, Head of Collections for ...
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Spin magazine recently published an exclusive interview with MARILYN MANSON. Several excerpts from the chat follow: Spin: How different is the career you've had from the one you envisioned back in Florida in the late '80s? Marilyn Manson: "I can't say I envisioned how it would turn out precisely, but I always thought — after ...
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KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons was photographed at the Rex Cinema and Bar in London, England on September 30 for the "Gene Simmons' Rock School" TV launch party. Check out pictures from Wire Image. As previously reported, Britain's Channel 4 recently gave the go-ahead to a second series of "Gene Simmons' Rock School". The ...
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Sweden's OPETH have been forced to cancel the first couple of dates on their previously announced U.S. tour due to delays in the bandmembers obtaining the necessary visas to enter the country. The band's official statement on the matter reads as follows: "It is with regret that the first couple of dates on the OPETH ...
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Digital Spy is reporting that the Britain's Channel 4 has given the go-ahead to a second series of "Gene Simmons' Rock School". The show, which follows the KISS bassist as he tutors teens in the ways of rock and roll, began in the U.K. last Friday (Sept. 30) with a respectable 2.1 million ...
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Mirror.co.uk is reporting that lizard-tongued lothario and "Rock School" star Gene Simmons is easily pleased. The 56-year-old KISS bassist was shown photos of female reality TV stars for www.channel4.com/music and asked which were his type. Gene admitted: "I'm the wrong guy to ask because I would mount almost any woman. The most beautiful woman is ...
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Sweden's OPETH will be holding an in-store signing at SCRAPE Records in Vancouver, Canada on Friday, October 14. Come down and meet the band, get pictures taken, and get your OPETH (and related) albums signed! There will be some freebies and giveaways too. The in-store is scheduled for late afternoon, See the store's
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EMI U.K. has set an October 10 release date for "Rock School - Music from the First Series", a collection of original rock tracks featured in the hit TV show "Gene Simmons' Rock School" (called simply "Rock School" in the U.K.). "Rock School - Music from the First Series" (view cover here) track ...
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According to KissOnline.com, the new live KISS two-disc DVD set, "Kiss - Rock The Nation Live!", will be available in stores on December 6 through Image Entertainment. Shot in High Def, the DVD will feature the hottest songs from the Washington, D.C. and Virginia Beach, VA concerts, filmed during last year's Rock The Nation tour. ...
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Kiss Kollector Online is reporting that Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons appeared at the 5th Anniversary of the G2E Global Gaming Expo which took place on September 13 at the Convention Center in Las Vegas. The KISS stars were on hand for the unveiling of the KISS slot machine created by Progressive Gaming ...
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SUPLECS' new full-length album, "Powtin' on the Outside, Pawty on the Inside", will be released on on November 8 via Nocturnal Records. The long-awaited CD will be supported with national tour dates to be announced shortly. "Powtin' on the Outside, Pawty on the Inside" was produced by CORROSION OF CONFORMITY's inimitable frontman Pepper Keenan (also ...
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Launch Radio Networks reports: Is an all-new KISS on the horizon, one that doesn't have any original members? It's possible, according to the band's manager. According to the New York Times, KISS manager Doc McGhee "has been toying with the idea of recruiting an entire band to...don the band's famous makeup." McGhee said, "KISS is ...
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KISS Army Norway's Norwegian KISS tribute album, "Gods of Thunder – A Norwegian Tribute to KISS", has entered the Norwegian national album charts at position No. 13. By comparison, "Alive III" peaked at No. 15, and as odd as it might seem, albums like "Creatures of the Night", "Smashes Thrashes and Hits", "Animalize" and "Carnival ...
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OPETH's new album, "Ghost Reveries", has entered the Swedish national chart at position No. 9 (the group's previous midweek chart position — after two days of sales — was No. 4). The group's updated "Ghost Reveries" first-week chart positions around the world are now as follows: #9: Sweden #11: Finland #21: Norway #35: Australia #38: ...
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CNBC's Jane Wells was in Las Vegas at Mandalay Bay and the Hard Rock on Tuesday (Spt. 13) and caught up with Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of KISS to talk about their new gaming machine, "Rock and Roll All Nite!". "We have to be proud to have our name and likeness on anything and ...
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Los Angeles-based BBKO Ltd. has officially announced the active participation of KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons as co-managing director of the company. BBKO is a 21st-century boxing venture that seeks to broaden the sport beyond its traditional ring by infusing it with equally hard-hitting entertainment. The company was originally co-founded, and its business plan developed, by ...
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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD drummer Gene Hoglan (DARK ANGEL, ex-DEATH) has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "Hey everybody, it's your big buddy Gene here, here to give all of you a long-awaited update! An UPDATE, you say? On a STRAPPING site? Can you believe it? As of this writing, The Dev ...
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KISS members Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley are expected to appear at this year's Global Gaming Expo being held in Las Vegas September 13-15, 2005. Simmons and Paul Stanley will be on hand at the Expo for the roll-out of their new specialty tables game, Rock and Roll All Nite!, from Progressive Gaming. More information ...
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In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the first KISS live album, "Alive!", Kiss Kollector Online has posted portions of an exclusive interview with "Alive!" photographer Fin Costello, which will appear in its entirety in the November issue of KISS Kollector magazine, along with some of Fin Costello's photos (including a never-before-seen behind-the-scenes ...
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OPETH's official web site has been updated with the following first-week national chart positions for the group's new album, "Ghost Reveries": #4: Sweden (midweek chart; after two days of sales) #11: Finland #21: Norway #35: Australia #38: Netherlands #39: Germany #62: United Kingdom #64: USA #72: France #84: Denmark OPETH frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt had the ...
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KISS guitarist Tommy Thayer recently answered a few questions from fans via his official web site. The Q&A session follows: Q: Gene [Simmons] has said KISS will take 2 years off and Paul [Stanley] is planning a solo tour, what will you do specificly with that long off? Tommy Thayer: "I'm always busy. Believe it ...
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OPETH's latest album, "Ghost Reveries", has sold just under 15,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release (according to Nielsen SoundScan) to debut at position No. 64 on next week's The Billboard 200 chart. This is substantially more than the first-week tally of the band's previous album, "Damnation", which shifted a ...
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OPETH's latest CD, "Ghost Reveries", has entered the national charts in the following countries: #11: Finland #35: Australia #62: U.K. As previously reported, OPETH's video for the track "The Grand Conjuration", featuring a special guest appearance by STRAPPING YOUNG LAD drummer Gene Hoglan, has been posted online at Roadrun.com. The song comes off ...
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KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons recently took out to answer a couple of fans' questions via the band's official web site, KissOnline.com. Read on: Q: With all the classic KISS costumes through the years, what's your favorite era of Gene Simmons? Gene Simmons: "I never considered anything we wore 'costumes'... I wore outfits. An outfit is ...
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KISS frontman Gene Simmons has sent a short handwritten letter to KISS Kollector Online in which he addresses certain topics that KISS fans have been wondering, or even complaining, about over the last few months. The text of the letter reads as follows: "Many of you want to know when KISS will record ...
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KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons recently spoke to The New York Post about "Gene Simmons' Rock School", VH1's new show about a group of prissy, young British boarding-school students trained in classical music who spend several weeks learning how to be mini rock gods under the tutelage of "Mr. Simmons." "You don't have to know how ...
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