The offical Kiss thread

Hard Luck Woman is one of my all time favorite songs by Kiss

Man so much KISS to get and so little funds to get them with lol

ultmetal wrote:

There's some good songs on the Peter disc too. Hard Luck Woman, Baby Driver, Black Diamond, Strange Ways (underrated Ace song), Getaway, Black Diamond, Mainline...all killer Peter songs.

Unfortunately the bad songs outweigh the good ones though. If I were to pull just the songs you mentioned, yea, it would be good disc. But as it stands now, I can't sit through the whole thing without hitting the skip button. It's the weak link in the 4 disc set.

so, here we go today.

20:45 right now, begins in Sheffield UK, new Bionic Doom era of KiSS over Europe.

see ya'll there in EU shows.

Gene Simmons is at it again. From sleazeroxx:

Quote :

Glam rockers Kiss are taking credit for Lady Gaga's outrageous style, branding the Poker Face hit-maker a "female version" of their band.

The Detroit Rock City hit-makers admit they'd love to enlist Gaga as the fifth member of the group, insisting they inspired the 24 year old's flamboyant persona and stage costumes.

Gene Simmons says, "She's not Lady Gaga, she's really Lady Kiss. I love the vibe, the big mouth and the big visuals. She's the most exciting thing to happen since us. She's a female version of us. One of the first things we learned was to treat the audience as the guv'nor (boss). When they buy a ticket they become your boss. We just work here. She realizes that her fans deserve the best you got because they pay your wages."

Ay-carumba!!

Oh God...

damn, what about Madonna in 80s ?

Gene is delusional as usual. Lady Gaga ripped off her look from Dale Bozzio of Missing Persons, not from KISS.

And the whole "aesthetic concept" behind Lady Gaga is pretty much as pretentious as your average Frenchie. I think early 1980s NWoBHM bands like Cloven Hoof and Hell had much more in common with KISS (aesthetically speaking) than Lady Gaga will ever have.

I think Lady GaGa role model is more likely Madonna then KISS. Gene needs to stop buying into his own press.

manny wrote:

Gene needs to stop buying into his own press.

That's exactly what I thought.

tohostudios wrote:

manny wrote:

Gene needs to stop buying into his own press.

That's exactly what I thought.

Actually, Gene is the one selling, not buying the press

thejokeriv wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

manny wrote:

Gene needs to stop buying into his own press.

That's exactly what I thought.

Actually, Gene is the one selling, not buying the press

I would agree with that. Nothing better than a little self-lit controversy to get the print.

blabbermouth:

According to AOL's Noisecreep, KISS has announced the next leg of its U.S. tour
in support of the band's latest studio album, "Sonic Boom",
featuring stops in both amphitheaters and arenas.

Instead of
selecting an established band as support, KISS has teamed up with
Guitar Center to discover a talented, unsigned act. The Guitar
Center On-Stage competition will allow unsigned rock bands to
compete for a chance to open for KISS at 22 different tour stops.
The winning band will
also receive a $10,000 Guitar Center shopping spree. Unsigned
bands can begin registering June 1.

KISS tour dates:

Jul.
23 - Cheyenne, WY - Cheyenne Frontier Days
Jul. 24 - Minot, ND -
North Dakota State Fair
Jul. 29 - Pittsburgh, PA - First Niagara
Pavilion
Jul. 30 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Center
Jul. 31
- Hershey, PA - Hershey Park Stadium
Aug. 06 - Philadelphia, PA -
Susquehanna Bank Center
Aug. 07 - Boston, MA - Comcast Center
Aug.
09 - Indianapolis, IN - Indiana State Fairgrounds
Aug. 13 - Buffalo,
NY - Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
Aug. 14 - Wantagh, NY -
Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
Aug. 15 -
Scranton, PA - Toyota Pavilion
Aug. 19 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan
Arena
Aug. 20 - Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
Aug. 21 -
Washington DC - Jiffy Lube Live
Aug. 27 - Virginia Beach, VA -
Virginia Beach Amphitheater
Aug. 28 - Charlotte, NC - Verizon Wireless
Amphitheatre
Aug. 29 - Raleigh, NC - Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion
at Walnut Creek
Sep. 02 - Milwaukee, WI - Marcus Amphitheatre
Sep.
03 - Chicago, IL - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Sep. 04 - St.
Paul, MN - Minnesota State Fair
Sep. 10 - Toronto, ON - Molson
Canadian Amphitheatre
Sep. 11 - Detroit, MI - DTE Energy Music
Theatre
Sep. 12 - Cleveland, OH - Blossom Music Center
Sep. 17 -
Houston, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Sep. 18 - Dallas, TX -
Pizza Hut Park
Sep. 19 - San Antonio, TX - AT&T Center
Sep. 22
- Sandy, UT - Rio Tinto Stadium
Sep.
24 - Phoenix, AZ - Cricket Wireless Pavilion

Tickets for many
shows go on sale June 4 via Live Nation.

The members of KISS
will donate a dollar from every ticket sold to the Wounded Warriors
Project. This charity benefits the United States Armed Forces.

September in Detroit!!!!

Aug in DC!!!!!

Philly!

Supposedly tickets go on sale June 4, but I imagine that's just for the earlier shows. I can probably swing getting tickets on the 4th, but I'd rather have a bit more money in my account before I do so (this coming Wednesday's paycheck mostly belongs to rent!).

If i were still living in CT id probobly go see them in Uncasville but no Nashville dates and I bet the tickets are through the roof

Addy wrote:

If i were still living in CT id probobly go see them in Uncasville but no Nashville dates and I bet the tickets are through the roof

I imagine it will cost a kidney to get tix..

i keep hearing about "section 7" or something where they have [some?] lawn seats for 7.00. if you're willing to do that, it's a great deal.

Just saw this in the GC mailer I get with my 25% percent off coupon
22 bands (unsigned) in 22 cities for the next leg of the Alive 35 tour

http://eventful.com/competitions/kiss2010/register

James B. wrote:

Just saw this in the GC mailer I get with my 25% percent off coupon
22 bands (unsigned) in 22 cities for the next leg of the Alive 35 tour

[url=http://eventful.com/competitions/kiss2010/register

http://eventful.com/competitions/kiss2010/register[/quote[/url]]

Does it state anywhere in the official rules that Gene owns your band name, song rights and girlfriends after your performance?

In the now long list of rocker's writing their autobiograhies, add one more to the list:

Original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley has signed a deal with Gallery Books, a subsidiary of Simon & Schuster, to release "No Regrets," a look back at his "life of sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll." Gallery plans to release the title under the VH1 Books imprint in the summer of 2011.
Commented Frehley: "I think Sinatra said it best… 'Regrets I've had a few, but then again, too few to mention.'"
Jennifer Bergstrom, Vice President, Editor-in-Chief of Gallery Books, said "'No Regrets' is sure to be the next must-read rock-and-roll memoir."
One of the most popular rock guitarists of the 1970s, Frehley became an inspiration to a generation of guitarists with his lead-guitar prowess and atmospheric Les Paul sound.
Ace Frehley performed with KISS from its inception in 1973 until his first departure in 1982 before rejoining KISS in 1996 for a very successful reunion tour. Frehley's second stint lasted until 2002 as Ace went back to being a solo artist again, but the stories and memories still remain from touring in one of rock and roll's most successful acts of all time.
One the red carpet just before his performance with Slash at the at the sixth annual MusiCares MAP Fund benefit concert on May 7 at Club Nokia in Los Angeles, Ace Frehley talked about putting his memoir together and how he got help remembering some of his old stories that he might have forgotten.
"It's gonna be memoirs, you know," he told the Artisan News Service.
"I just turned 59, [so] I think it's about time I start getting the stuff out and writing it down on paper before I forget it.
It's hard for me to remember a lot of the stuff, so what I've been doing is getting together with people I used to work with, and they usually have better memories of situations than myself. Getting together with old bodyguards... They have the best stories about me... stuff I don't remember."