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KISS Coffeehouse Owner Pays Tribute To One Of His Favorite Bands

Brian M. Galvin, owner of the Kiss Coffeehouse in Myrtle Beach, SC, was recently interviewed by Fresh Cup magazine, a coffee industry trade journal. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Fresh Cup: How did you get the idea to open a KISS-themed coffeehouse? Brian M. Galvin: I have been a KISS f...

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GENE SIMMONS, LEMMY Are Among 'Ugliest Musicians Ever'

According to KissNews.de, Gene Simmons (KISS),Lemmy (MOTÖRHEAD) and Alex Van Halen (VAN HALEN) are among the "ugliest musicians ever," as chosen by Blogcritics, an online magazine, a community of writers and readers from around the globe. The complete Top 12 list is as follows: 01. Shane MacGowan (...

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KISS: SoundScan-Era Record Sales Revealed

Ken Barnes of USA Today has posted the SoundScan-era sales of KISS, one of the bands most unfairly excluded from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Like RUSH and DONNA SUMMER (two other artists excluded from the Hall),KISS' sales heyday came long before 1991, when SoundScan began tabulating record sal...

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Killing Peace

You know, it won't win you any friends among the back-patch-and-MALICE-button set, but it's okay once in a while to admit that some of those quasi-legendary '80s bands were… well… second-tier. Not that it should affect one's enjoyment of their classic albums — hell, I'm a huge XENTRIX fan despite my...

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KITTIE Drummer: 'I Still Have So Much To Prove In The World Of Music'

Blasting-Zone.com recently conducted an in-depth interview with KITTIE drummer Mercedes Lander. Several excerpts follow: Blasting-Zone.com: What was the main motivation behind starting your own label? Mercedes Lander: "We've always been a do-it-yourself band with everything. On our last three record...

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PAUL STANLEY: GENE SIMMONS' 'A**hole' Is 'Not The Album I Would Have Hoped He Made'

Cameron Adams of Australia's Herald Sun recently conducted an interview with KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Herald Sun: You're touring your first solo album in 28 years, "Live to Win". How is it playing without wearing make-up and no special effects? Paul...

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GENE SIMMONS, PAUL STANLEY Talk About Comic Books

News broke this morning of the creation of the Kiss Comics Group and its inaugural title, "Kiss 4K". A joint venture between Platinum Studios and the hugely popular, multi-platinum American rock band KISS, the new title will be the first KISS comic ever produced in concert with the band themselves....

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ANGELCORPSE Guitarist: 'Hell Goes Before Us, Hell Is Within Us, And Behind Us Hell Follows'

The reunited ANGELCORPSE has finished mixing its new album, entitled "Of Lucifer and Lightning". "It is everything ANGELCORPSE fans would expect and more from our fourth album," states guitarist Gene Palubicki. "These songs are several years in the making and just as our previous albums always had s...

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GUNS N' ROSES: New BUMBLEFOOT Special Podcast Posted Online

TalkingMetal.com has posted episode 125 of their "Talking Metal" podcast. In this special episode, titled "Mr. and Mrs. Bumblefoot", hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy are joined by GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal and his wife Jen on location at Bumblefoot's recording studio. Intervi...

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KISS: More Information Revealed About Comics-Group Venture

Platinum Studios, Inc., an entertainment company that controls the world's largest independent library of comic book characters, and Kiss Catalog Ltd., the billion-dollar merchandising empire created and managed by original members Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, announced the creation of a new world...

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Report: KISS Seals Comics Deal With PLATINUM STUDIOS

Borys Kit of the Hollywood Reporter reports: The rock group KISS has partnered with comic-book production company Platinum Studios to create a new comic-book entertainment company called the Kiss Comics Group. This is not the first time there have been comics featuring the members of the band, but i...

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THE HAUNTED Frontman: 'I'm A Lesbian And Proud'

THE HAUNTED's MySpace page has been updated with the following interview: Answering Questions: Patrik Jensen (guitar) Q: You my friend, are becoming a damned icon to some kids. Is that good or bad, or just weird? Jensen: I doubt that is the case. I dont have jetblack hair, a neo-Rocky hairdo, my gui...

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TWISTED SISTER In Talks To Record 'A Twisted Christmas, Too'

As an epilogue to his 2006 Bananiversary Celebration, rock 'n' roll comic C.C. Banana has interviewed all five members of TWISTED SISTER. In the last of this series of holiday-themed interviews, C.C. Banana speaks with TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider about their current album "A Twisted Christmas...

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RON KEEL, JASON MCMASTER Confirmed For GUNS N' ROSES Tribute Album

Versailles Records has announced that Ron Keel will appear alongside Grammy-winning pianist Randy Cantor on a remake of the GUNS N' ROSES track "Don't Cry" as part of the label's forthcoming "Double Talkin' Jive: A Hard Rock Tribute to Guns N' Roses", the second volume of the tribute series to Axl,...

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TWISTED SISTER Guitarist Calls AXL ROSE A 'Piece Of Sh*t'

As an epilogue to his 2006 Bananiversary Celebration, rock & roll comic C.C. Banana has interviewed all five members of TWISTED SISTER. In the first of these five holiday-themed interviews, C.C. Banana speaks with founding TWISTED SISTER guitarist Jay Jay French about their current album, "A Twi...