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'METAL' MIKE CHLASCIAK Talks About SEBASTIAN BACH, HALFORD, PAINMUSEUM

Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with guitarist "Metal" Mike Chlasciak (HALFORD, PAINMUSEUM, SEBASTIAN BACH). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Ultimate-Guitar.com: I want to start this interview by asking you what's it like working with Sebastian Bach? Metal Mike: I've b...

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GENE SIMMONS: PETER And ACE Were Kicked Out Because They Were 'Drug Addicts And Alcoholics'

Joseph Hudak of TVGuide.com recently conducted an interview with KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: TV Guide: Your family life is conventional, but your relationship with Shannon [Tweed] is anything but. Do you consider your relationship with her an open o...

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'Gene Simmons Family Jewels' To Premiere In Canada With Three-Hour Mini-Marathon

This fall, Canada's MuchMoreMusic serves up "Gene Simmons Family Jewels" for all the nation to see. The first flash is a six-episode mini-marathon beginning August 18 at 6:00 p.m. ET, followed by weekly doses on Sundays at 8:00 p.m. ET. Cocky. Ballsy. In-your-face. This KISS legend is full of unabas...

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LIFE OF AGONY Drummer Seeks Musicians For New Project

LIFE OF AGONY drummer Sal Abruscato and Gene Blank of LOURDS are looking for a vocalist and bassist for a new project. The band's style is described as "gritty, dark, melodic abrasive, hard rock/metal." Applicants: * Must be 21 and up. * Must be able to submit MP3s and/or web site URL that has sampl...

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SHARON OSBOURNE's Father Buried In His Birthplace

Britain's This is Lancashire reports that more than 100 mourners converged on Agecroft Jewish Cemetery last week for the funeral of well-known former music mogul Don Arden. Absent from the ceremony, however, was the 81-year-old's daughter, Ozzy Osbourne's wife Sharon, who was reportedly "too traumat...

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PETER CRISS Says 'Jealousy' Causes GENE SIMMONS To Belittle Ex-KISS Members' Abilities

Rod Harmon of HeraldTribune.com recently conducted an interview with original KISS drummer Peter Criss. An excerpt from the chat follows: HeraldTribune.com: Your last recording experience, "Psycho Circus" (by KISS in 1998) was very much a confrontational one, where you and Ace were barely involved....

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PAUL STANLEY 'Sounded Great' At Friday's Soundcheck, Says Swedish Guitarist

Video footage of KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons explaining to the audience at KISS' July 27, 2007 concert in San Jacinto, California that guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley would be unable to perform the show and announcing that the rest of the band would go ahead and play the the concert as a thre...

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The Dark Secrets Of SHARON OSBOURNE's Dad Revealed

Mick Wall of Britain's Daily Mail reports: Like everybody else who ever knew him, I'd heard about Don Arden, who died last week, long before I met him: he was the self-styled Al Capone of Pop, as he enjoyed being known. He was the music-business gangster who'd hung fellow pop impresario Robert Stigw...

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KISS Performing Without PAUL STANLEY: First Video Footage Posted Online

Three video clips have surfaced from Friday night's (July 27) KISS concert where the group performed as a three-piece. As previously reported, KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley was forced to pull out of the show in San Jacinto, California, about 90 miles (145 km) east of Los Angeles after his hea...

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GENE SIMMONS, PAUL STANLEY Expound On Technology; Video Available

Cisco has posted a short video clip of Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of the rock band KISS expounding on technology. Watch it at this location. In the clip, the costumed crooners weigh in on the current state of "the connected life," which happens to be the theme of Cisco's new corporate positioning...

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PAUL STANLEY: I'm Proud Of Rest Of KISS For Carrying On Without Me

KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley was forced to pull out of a show in California on Friday (July 27) after his heart started beating at more than twice the normal level, he said on his web site. According to Reuters, the apparent tachycardia happened while the band was rehearsing for a performanc...

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KISS: Photos From Last Night's 'Historic' Concert Available

KISS' official web site, KissOnline.com, has been updated with the following report: "Last night an extraordinary page was written in KISStory. At the Soboba Casino in San Jacinto, California, last stop of the band's 2007 'Hit & Run' mini-tour, KISS performed as a TRIO for the first time ever. I...

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PAUL STANLEY Hospitalized Prior To California Gig; KISS Performs As Three-Piece

Paul Stanley was unable to perform at KISS's show earlier tonight (Friday, July 27) in San Jacinto, CA. According to unconfirmed reports, he was sent to a local hospital after it was determined that his heart was beating at 200 beats per minute and he was given a shot in an attempt to slow it ...

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Baseball League To 'KISS' Its Season Goodbye

According to Spinner.com, the Brockton Rox of the independent Can-Am baseball league will pay homage to KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons on his birthday (August 25) with a blowout dedicated to Simmons and his band. "Kiss the Season Goodbye" night — which falls, logically enough, during the last we...

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PETER CRISS: 'I'm A Kid Inside And The Music Keeps Me Young'

Mario Tarradell of The Dallas Morning News recently conducted an interview with original KISS drummer Peter Criss. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On the reminiscent nature of his new solo album, "One for All": "As I have grown and become a real adult — kind of — it's an album of ...