The offical Kiss thread

Fat Freddy wrote:

And just to stoke the fires of hype a little more, KISS unveiled their ridiculously expensive new coffee-table volume, the KISS Monster Book, in London today.

The price of this limited edition collectible? $4,250. That's not a typo, folks. FOUR THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS. Uhhhh, yeah, I think I'll pass. Damn, and I thought the $158.95 price tag for the KISSTORY book was a ripoff back in the 90s!!

Press conference footage:

(Random observation: Why did the media even bother putting microphones in front of Singer and Thayer during this press conference? Did they really expect either of them to have anything to say?)

one can only marvel at the Kiss merchandising machine...

S.D. wrote:

If Ace was involved it might be a different story...maybe.

maybe ACE is/was a "ghost" session player on the new cd

I am sure if ACE gave Gene a Benjamin or two, he'd allow it to happen ?

James B. wrote:

S.D. wrote:

If Ace was involved it might be a different story...maybe.

maybe ACE is/was a "ghost" session player on the new cd

I am sure if ACE gave Gene a Benjamin or two, he'd allow it to happen ?

i thought he was dead

can you imagine how Gene would try can cash in if that was actually true??

The new CD is available for pre-order on Amazon.com. I guess that means Monster will not be a Wal*mart exclusive. That's good news.

Finally! The Deluxe edition of "Destroyer" is set to be released on August 21. That should keep me satisfied until the Monster is unleashed.

another Kiss lovefest:

Paul Stanley would never be friends with Peter Criss or Ace Frehley again or reform the original line up of the band with them, reports FemaleFirst.co.uk.

The KISS singer would never allow the band's former guitarist and drummer - who left in the 80s, but rejoined the band between 1996 and 2002 and 2001 respectively - to play with the group again and claims they were never very close even in their 70s heyday.

Paul exclusively told BANG Showbiz: "Friends? No I was never really friends with them. The band was never about friendship, the band was about commitment to a cause, but friendship? We were all very different people.

"I loved them for what we created together, I certainly don't love them today. But the band as it is today is far more the embodiment of what we started than what we became."

When asked when he had last spoke with his former bandmates, Paul said: "I spoke to Ace probably three years ago. Peter I haven't spoken to in probably a decade."

Paul also expanded on the reasons why he could never see the band - now made up of himself and original bassist Gene Simmons with drummer Eric Singer and guitarist Tommy Thayer - play with their original line up.

He said: "They were instrumental in what we created as a team, but they became impossible and intolerable, on more than one occasion necessitating their removal. And unfortunately when people don't really learn from their mistakes they repeat them. At some point you just lose tolerance. It's ultimately disrespectful to the fans to not give them what they deserve. I don't miss them."

Paul was speaking at a preview of the new KISS Monster Book, a huge three foot by two foot tome which features full color photos from the band's 40 year history, and is limited to 1,000 copies worldwide. For more information, visit KissMonsterBook.com.

Meanwhile KISS are slated to return with 'Monster', the 20th studio album in their historic career, set for release in October through Universal Music Enterprises. The album's first single, the full-throttle, autobiographical rocker "Hell Or Hallelujah," was released digitally on July 2 internationally and on July 3 in North America.

Courtesy of www.sleazeroxx.com

Yowza...if that were the case then I don't think Ace and Peter would have been with the band that long then.

I have hard time believing that...Paul may not care for them now, but back in the day I can't believe they were not buds.

Psychotron wrote:

Yowza...if that were the case then I don't think Ace and Peter would have been with the band that long then.

I have hard time believing that...Paul may not care for them now, but back in the day I can't believe they were not buds.

I think KISS was always a "business" first and a band second. Back in the 70s Ace and Peter were considered valued employees, now they've been replaced by less expensive alternatives.

S.D. wrote:

Psychotron wrote:

Yowza...if that were the case then I don't think Ace and Peter would have been with the band that long then.

I have hard time believing that...Paul may not care for them now, but back in the day I can't believe they were not buds.

I think KISS was always a "business" first and a band second. Back in the 70s Ace and Peter were considered valued employees, now they've been replaced by less expensive alternatives.

and they say corporations are the only unfeeling entities.

KISS is a corporation with Gene and Paul as the CEOS.

S.D. wrote:

I think KISS was always a "business" first and a band second.

I think they were a band at first to the members and a failing business venture to Neil Bogart. Then in late 1975 that all changed.

I am sure that is true, thou I do think in the early days Paul was friends with Ace, but Peter seems to have been a pain in the ass to deal with by both Paul and Gene.

I didnt think Paul really needed to go on about Ace and Peter. It was enough to say that they dont get along but I guess he is trying to drum up publicity for the book.

exact33 wrote:

I didnt think Paul really needed to go on about Ace and Peter. It was enough to say that they dont get along but I guess he is trying to drum up publicity for the book.

Its going to take alot more then to get some moron fan to spend $ 4 thousand for a book!!!!!!!!!!!!!

manny wrote:

exact33 wrote:

I didnt think Paul really needed to go on about Ace and Peter. It was enough to say that they dont get along but I guess he is trying to drum up publicity for the book.

Its going to take alot more then to get some moron fan to spend $ 4 thousand for a book!!!!!!!!!!!!!

you know some people have more money than sense...

exact33 wrote:

you know some people have more money than sense...

Like Gene and Paul.

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