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KISS: 'Alive! 1975 – 2000' Box Set Sells 9,000 Copies First Week

The "Kiss Alive! 1975 – 2000" box set sold just over 9,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 167 on next week's The Billboard chart. "Kiss Alive! 1975-2000" comes with the first three "Alive" albums from 1975, 1977, and 1993, as well as the December ...

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KISS: Autographed Banner Being Auctioned For Charity

A rare autographed KISS banner is being auctioned off as part of MusiCares online Grammy charity auction through December 7. The banner is 46" X 60" and there were only 25 of these banners created by ProStars. This is number two of that very limited edition. To bid on the banner, visit this ...

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Ultimate KISS Fan Enlisting KISS Army To Write And Record Ultimate Tribute Song

Bob Brunson, the "ultimate KISS fan" as seen on the A&E show "Gene Simmons Family Jewels", is launching a fan-based songwriting project and promotion called "Friends With Painted Faces". The idea is to have KISS fans everywhere write down and email, in a few lines, what KISS has meant to them ov...

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FU MANCHU Announces New Album Title

Orange County fuzz-rock quartet FU MANCHU have set "We Must Obey" as the title of their tenth studio album, which will be released on Feb. 20, 2007 (a day earlier in Europe) via Century Media Records. The complete track listing is as follows: 01. We Must Obey 02. Knew It All Along 03. Let Me ...

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GENE SIMMONS: DICK CLARK 'Was Kind Enough To Us In The Beginning When No One Else Gave A Squat'

Syndicated newspaper columnists Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith report that KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons shows his serious and, yes, sentimental side while recalling his first meeting with Dick Clark. "When KISS first started we came out to Hollywood for our very first time. We appeared on...

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Report: High School Friends Meet GENE SIMMONS, Plan KISS Tribute Concert

Diane A. Rhodes of The Press-Enterprise reports: Sammy Bubley is a sophomore at Hemet High School. He likes rock and roll music and has a group of friends that share his love of rock band KISS. Five of the teens met band member Gene Simmons last month in Riverside. About 3,000 people swarmed ...

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Former RIP Editor LONN FRIEND To Guest On 'The Classic Metal Show' This Weekend

Lonn Friend, the former editor of RIP magazine, will be the special guest of "The Classic Metal Show" (web site) this Saturday (November 25) between 9:00 p.m. and 3:00 a.m. (EST). Friend will be discussing his book "Life On Planet Rock", which was published in July through Morgan Road Books. As exec...

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Ex-KISS Guitarist BRUCE KULICK reports On PAUL STANLEY's L.A. Show

Former KISS and current GRAND FUNK RAILROAD guitarist Bruce Kulick has posted the following message on his official web site: "Got lots to tell you all so let me start with of course KISS news. I was at Best Buy last night to pick up the new 'Alive' four-CD set. Great packaging quotes, and I ...

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KISS Responds To Complaints Of 'Alive!!! 1975-2000' BEST BUY Bonus Track Problem

KISS' official web site has been updated with the following message: "Not 15 minutes after the KISS 'Alive!!! 1975-2000' CD set went on sale [Tuesday] morning [Nov. 21], we started receiving fan emails informing us that the Best Buy store version did not contain the advertised bonus tracks '2000 Man...

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KISS: PAUL STANLEY And GENE SIMMONS Interviewed For 'The Dick Clark Auction'

KISS members Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons taped an interview for "The Dick Clark Auction" that will premiere this Saturday, November 25. The interview was done in New York on Halloween and the guys appear in makeup. A portion of the proceeds from the auction go to The Neil Bogart Foundation. The de...

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KISS Releases 'Alive' Box Set

Launch Radio Networks reports: KISS follows up the success of their "Kissology" DVD set with a new live album box set that comes out today (Tuesday, November 21). The box set "Kiss Alive! 1975-2000" comes with the first three "Alive" albums from 1975, 1977, and 1993, as well as the December 31, 1999...

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ANDREW DICE CLAY: GENE SIMMONS 'Looks Like He's Wearing A Coyote On His Head'

Comedian Andrew Dice Clay has slammed KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons for allegedly refusing to fund his movie project, calling Gene "an asshole of a human" with a "shit reality show" and stating that Simmons "looks like he's wearing a coyote on his head." Watch a one-and-a-half-minute clip of An...

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KISS Drumstick Pen Now Available

According to a posting on KISS' official web site, a KISS solo faces drumstick pen (photo) was released Monday (Nov. 20) by new KISS licensee Coopersburg Sports. The company has also submitted several other items for approval. More details will be available soon. KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons r...

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GEOFF TATE, JACK FROST: Audio Interviews, Concert Photos Posted Online

TakingMetal.com has posted episode 110 of their "Talking Metal" podcast. This special episode reports on QUEENSRŸCHE's VH1 Save The Music benefit concert at the New York City Hard Rock Café this September. Features include an interview with guitarist Jack Frost (SEVEN WITCHES, THE BRONX CASKET COMPA...

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Former RIP Editor LONN FRIEND To Guest On KNAC.COM

Lonn Friend, the former editor of RIP magazine and former editor-in-chief of KNAC.COM, will be the returning special guest of the Junkman on KNAC.COM Monday, November 20 at 3:00 p.m. PST. Friend will be discussing his book "Life On Planet Rock" as well as his days as the editor-in-chief at KNAC.COM...