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Kiss Join With Hello Kitty for Upcoming Animated Series

Sterling Whitaker — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 21:21:16 +0000

Lock up your daughter’s TiVo! The hottest band in the world — Kiss — are teaming up with Hello Kitty for a new animated series on the Hub Network titled (what else?) ‘Kiss Hello Kitty’ — and no, we did not just make that up. The iconic rock group have never exactly been reticent about, [...]

Top 5 Scariest Rockers [PICS & VIDEO]

Puff — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:03:29 +0000

With Halloween being right around the corner, I figure this would be a good time to throw together a list of the scariest and most frightening performers on the planet. Now, there are a lot of people that make this list, but as always, some folks had to be left off. If there is someone [...]

Kiss' Gene Simmons to Sing National Anthem Before Oakland Raiders 2012 Football Season Opener

Chad Childers — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 17:00:34 +0000

A fully made-up Gene Simmons would look right at home in the Oakland Raiders “black hole,” but come Monday (Sept. 10), the Kiss bassist will be out on the field singing the National Anthem instead. Simmons appearance is part of the pre-game festivities before the season opening game with the San Diego Chargers. Rapper Ice [...]

Kiss Warming Up for 'The Tour' with Military Audience in Virginia

Chad Childers — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 23:00:06 +0000

Kiss have made it more and more of a priority in recent years to salute America’s veterans and service men and women, and that will continue Thursday night (July 19) with a special private show at Bristow’s Jiffy Lube Live on the eve of opening night in Virginia.

Kiss' Paul Stanley Says Television Presence Leads People to Overestimate Gene Simmons' Role in the Band

Chad Childers — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 01:00:00 +0000

Yes, Gene Simmons does share vocal duties with Paul Stanley in Kiss, but Paul feels that he may get a little overlooked from time to time due to the presence that is Simmons.

Gene Simmons Pays Tribute to War Veterans on 'Family Jewels'

Kyle Dowling — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 17:00:31 +0000

July 9′s episode of ‘Gene Simmons Family Jewels’ — titled ‘Kiss A Vet’ — begins at Gene’s restaurant chain Rock & Brews, which is known for hiring veterans before anyone else. There he honors the vets with a $25,000 check.

Paul Stanley of Kiss on Ace Frehley and Peter Criss: 'I Was Never Really Friends With Them'

Billy Dukes — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 01:00:50 +0000

Kiss frontman Paul Stanley says former bandmates Peter Criss and Ace Frehley became “impossible” and “intolerable” and that he hasn’t talked to either in years. If fans were hoping for another reunion, it’s not going to happen.

KISS Has Their Own Cruise?!? WTF!!!

Puff — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:08:28 +0000

For some reason or another, rock bands these days think that it is necessary to have their own cruise. There is a classic rock cruise, a Weezer cruise, and now a Kiss cruise. Friday, the first KISS Kruise launched from Miami to the Bahamas. The unlikely luxury cruise includes several concerts by KISS, both with [...]

Kiss Will Hit the High Seas for a Five-Day Kiss Kruise

Chris M. Junior — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:10:59 +0000

The official Kiss fan club is known as the Kiss Army, but when the band’s most loyal supporters set sail with the band, do they become the Kiss Navy?

Perhaps that question will be answered on Oct. 13. That’s when the first-ever Kiss Kruise — featuring two performances by the group, social activities with select members and more — departs from Miami and heads to the Bahamas and back.

Gene Simmons and Shannon Tweed Send Out Invitations for October 1 Wedding

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 14:28:20 +0000

Gene Simmons proposed to his long time girlfriend, actress Shannon Tweed, in the last episode of last season’s ‘Gene Simmons Family Jewels.’

But viewers of the reality show won’t have to wait until next season, which premieres October 4, to see if Tweed said yes, ending their 28 years of being “happily unmarried.” Multiple news organization have gotten their hands on an invitation to the Simmons/Tweed wedding, which will take place on October 1 at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

The invite comes from the couple’s kids, Sophie and Nicholas, who ask “classy cocktail attire” be worn, while acknowledging “we know some Rockster attire will be worn.” Check out Simmons’s dramatic proposal, below.

Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons to Cover Early History of Kiss in Upcoming Book

Chris M. Junior — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 18:39:25 +0000

Who better to tell the story of Kiss‘ early years than the two members who have been with the band for its entire run?

Guitarist Paul Stanley and bassist Gene Simmons are working with journalist Ken Sharp on a forthcoming book titled ‘Nothin’ to Lose,’ which chronicles the band’s birth through the success of the double-disc concert collection ‘Alive.’

Gene Simmons Finally Proposes to Shannon Tweed

Kayla Keys — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:48:27 +0000

Gene Simmons may finally take the plunge with long time girlfriend, Shannon Tweed. Yeah, if you've ever watched Gene Simmons: Family Jewels on A&E it's like they are already married, but that he's actually proposed it's a pretty big deal.

Simmons, who has repeatedly stated that he would never "tie the noose," and after 28 years together and raising 2 kids might actually meet Shannon Tweed at the alter.