KISS frontman Paul Stanley is just one of numerous rock and metal musicians who are coming forth to celebrate METALLICA’s iconic self-titled 1991 album, also known as the “Black” album, as it celebrates it’s 30th anniversary. In conversation with Classic Rock Magazine, the KISS singer/guitarist explains how the members of his band were turned on...
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DAVID LEE ROTH Replies To GENE SIMMONS’ Recent Comments About Him
David Lee Roth has very few choice words for Gene Simmons after the KISS bassist’s recent comments about the VAN HALEN singer. Roth had joined KISS as their support act for the February/March 2020 North American leg of the band’s farewell tour, yet is not making any further appearances on the current KISS run. When...
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Watch KISS Kick Off Their Summer 2021 Tour In Mansfield
KISS resumed their “End Of The Road” farewell tour last night (Wednesday, August 18) at the Xfinity Center in Mansfield, Massachusetts. The concert marked the band’s first full-length live appearance in front of an audience since March 2020. KISS frontman Paul Stanley tweeted after the show: “FIFTEEN THOUSAND PEOPLE TONIGHT! Mansfield, You left me humbled....
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VIDEO: COREY TAYLOR And His Band Members Wear KISS Makeup For Springfield Concert
Corey Taylor and his band members sported full KISS makeup for their concert last night (Monday, August 16) at the Gillioz Theatre in Springfield, Missouri. Earlier today, the SLIPKNOT vocalist posted a picture on his Twitter page of a pre-show photo of him with his band taken on Monday, with the message: “Last night we...
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GENE SIMMONS Says DAVID LEE ROTH Was The ‘Ultimate Frontman’ But Doesn’t Know What Happened To Him
KISS bassist/singer Gene Simmons recently sat down with Rolling Stone where he confirmed that crooner David Lee Roth is no longer the support act for the remainder of KISS’s farewell tour. The VAN HALEN frontman opened for KISS on their February/March 2020 North American leg of “End Of The Road” tour, however he will not...
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GENE SIMMONS Of KISS Says He Supports Mandatory Vaccinations
KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons recently spoke with Ultimate Classic Rock and spoke about his feelings toward the current COVID-19 pandemic. “My druthers would be that everybody is mandated to get vaccines,” he said. “I hope everybody is going to be wearing their masks. But we can only control what we can control and different states...
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KISS Announce Their Second Las Vegas Residency Which Kicks Off In December
KISS will kick off their second Las Vegas residency beginning in December of this year. The news of KISS’s return to Las Vegas was broken by Gene Simmons during an interview at Animazing Gallery at The Venetian Grand Canal Shoppes, previewing his “ArtWorks” collection of paintings and sketches. Asked if KISS will be coming back...
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Former SOULFLY Guitarist MARC RIZZO Announces New Band HAIL THE HORNS; Cover KISS’s ‘God Of Thunder’
Guitarist Marc Rizzo (SOULFLY, CAVALERA CONSPIRACY) has launched the new band HAIL THE HORNS, alongside bassist Tony Campos (STATIC-X, FEAR FACTORY, SOULFLY) and drummer Christian “Opus” Lawrence (DEAD BY WEDNESDAY, ELLEFSON). The trio have recorded a cover of the KISS classic “God Of Thunder”, with Campos handling lead vocals. The track was recorded by Joey...
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GENE SIMMONS’ Original Art Pieces To Be Displayed At Las Vegas Gallery
KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons has joined forces with Nicholas Leone of Animazing Gallery at Grand Canal Shoppes at The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas for the debut of Gene Simmons ArtWorks October 14 through 16. The gallery showing will include a broad variety of artwork by Simmons — from sketches and drawings to small and...
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DEE SNIDER On GENE SIMMONS Saying ‘Rock Is Dead’: “I Wish He Would Just Shut The Hell Up”
Remember when a few years ago, KISS bassist/singer Gene Simmons told Esquire magazine that “rock did not die of old age. It was murdered. Some brilliance, somewhere, was going to be expressed and now it won’t because it’s that much harder to earn a living playing and writing songs. No one will pay you to...