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KISS Fragrance Products Coming Next Month

Over the next few weeks, KISS' official web site, KissOnline.com, will bring you new KISS fragrance product photos and info on various promotions that will celebrate the release of the KISS fragrance line. Pictured at this location are the women's and men's KISS fragrance bottles. The countdown begi...

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GENE SIMMONS To Guest On CNN EUROPE's 'The Quest'

According to a posting at KissNews.de, KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons will be the featured guest on CNN Europe on September 26 at 9:00 p.m. CET on "The Quest" program. Simmons and his family — Shannon Tweed (the woman he's been "happily unmarried" to for 23 years),and their children, Nick, 18,...

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ANGELCORPSE Announces New Drummer, Begins Work On New Material

ANGELCORPSE is currently working on two albums' worth of new material with its new drummer Gina Ambrosio. "We will be re-signing with Osmose Productions," guitarist Gene Palubicki said in a statement. "We have not decided on what date we will enter the recording studio but it will be sometime before...

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Norwegian Politicians Vs. W.A.S.P.

On September 18, Los Angeles-based shock-rockers W.A.S.P. are scheduled to play a headlining concert at the Kvarteret venue in Bergen, Norway. Local politicians are now launching an attack on the heavy metal band's stage show and are urging the local promoter to cancel the concert. According to iBer...

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GENE SIMMONS: New Audio Interview Posted Online

KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons recently spoke to WashingtonPost.com about his long career in music and his new A&E hit series "Gene Simmons Family Jewels". One of the things Gene reveals is that Paul Stanley will do a solo tour first before KISS goes out on tour next year. On when the long-a...

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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD Guitarist To Focus On Solo Project TENET

STRAPPING YOUNG LAD has emerged from this year's Ozzfest as one of the festival's most-talked-about acts primarily due to the sheer abrasiveness and intensity of their live performances. The group will now take a short break as frontman Devin Townsend (vocals, guitars) welcomes his first child into...

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GENE SIMMONS Says 'Family Jewels' Is A Ratings Success

The premiere episode of KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons' new reality show for the A&E network, called "Gene Simmons Family Jewels", was the most-watched series premiere of any A&E show since the launch of "Dog the Bounty Hunter" in August of 2004. There have been 12 new prime-time series...

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GENE SIMMONS Accused Of 'Stealing' Name For Son's Band

Aversion.com reports that transgendered punk icon Jayne County isn't taking too kindly to KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons "stealing" her backing band's name for his son's new band. Simmons unveiled his son's new band on his "Gene Simmons Family Jewels" show, dubbing the 17-year-old rocker's outfi...

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TWISTED SISTER Guitarist Denies He Was Ever In Pre-KISS Band With PAUL STANLEY, GENE SIMMONS

Vassil Varbanov of the "Varbanov Supermarket" program on the Bulgarian rock station Tangra Mega Rock recently conducted an interview with TWISTED SISTER guitarist J.J. French. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Varbanov Supermarket: We heard about this amazing concert that you had something...

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GENE SIMMONS And SHANNON TWEED Talk With MSNBC: Video Available

KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons and his longtime live-in girlfriend Shannon Tweed spoke with MSNBC's Rita Cosby about his reality show, his stance on marriage, his infamous tongue, and Mel Gibson. Watch the segment, which originally aired on "Scarborough Country" on Wednesday (August 9),at MSN.c...

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ONE 90 GRAIN's Debut Album To Be Co-Produced By BLACKFOOT Singer

ONE 90 GRAIN, the Spartanburg, South Carolina-based "Southern progressive metal" band featuring former SHAITAN MAZAR drummer Brett Goode, will trek to Muscle Shoals, Alabama in October to begin tracking its debut album with Jay Johnson, the current lead singer and guitarist for the legendary souther...

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GENE SIMMONS Is A Secret 'Doodler'

KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons is a secret "doodler," who likes to furiously scribble down his creative ideas on little pieces of paper, says Steve Petersen, head of Big Machine Design (BMD),a Hollywood company that produced the main title graphics for Simmons' new TV show "Gene Simmons Family...

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KISS: Five-Pin Hilt Series Now Available

HardRock.com has just launched the latest KISS pin series in its Hard Rock Online Shop. Introducing a new and exclusive 5-pin series of your favorite rockers — the 2006 KISS Hilt Series pins! Larger, more detailed and posed to rock you into your next fantasy, the 2006 KISS Hilt Series pins are the p...

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GENE SIMMONS' Son On Dad's Hair: 'It Kinda Looks Like A German Military Helmet'

The official web site for "Gene Simmons Family Jewels" — the unscripted TV show about KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons' life — currently features a lot of great video footage from the series. For example, there's a video in which Gene's son Nick shows the viewers around in Gene's office/KISS museu...

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GENE SIMMONS' 'Rock School' Students To Release Single Next Week

THE UPRAW, the all-girl band created in the wake of Gene Simmons' Channel 4 reality show "Rock School", are set to release their first single on Broeknrule Records [sic]. The single, "Make My Way", is released on August 1, available on all major download platforms, including iTunes and Napster. The...