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| July 31 |
From: ZakkNick from the AOL bbs According to Mercury records the Kiss album COS originally slated for Oct 14th has been indefinetly delayed . There is no word on another possible release date at this time. It may be shelved permanently.... I guess time will tell....
From: Gill48028 Call PolyGram (212) 333-8000 and tell 'em that they should release COS - and while you're at it tell 'em to rerelease Peter's Out Of Control and Let Me Rock You albums on CD. That bloody record label should start listening to the fans who want it. Of course, if you don't like COS, then don't bother, as you wouldn't bother buying it if it were released!
From: Gill48028 Further to yesterday's post concerning PolyGram's phone number, here are some useful email addresses which might help the campaign for the release of COS and Peter's solo albums. Remember: be polite when talking or writing to the company as antagonizing them is fruitless. But do stress the importance of their releasing the material while it is still valid. Swearing or being rude will only damage the cause. Email PolyGram, the parent company of Mercury, KISS' label: polyinfo@polygram.com You can also sign Mercury's guestbook: http://www.mercuryrecords.com/mercury/guest_book.html Mercury Email: merc@polygram.com merc@trademedia.net Please note: I don't know how often they check their mail! But you can always snail-mail them at:
From: Jeremy I just got off the phone with Polygram and all that they would tell me was that the "Carnival Of Souls" album October release is not definite. I know that everyone knows this by now, but one thing i noticed was that as soon as i said i was calling about the "COS" album they said "Hold on..." Apparently, they must be receiving a lot of phone calls about the album. I figured that if we can keep calling them we can show that it is time now that the tour is over. If they do not release "C.O.S." then they would lose out on a lot of money. So, all of you true KISS fans out there...let's tell Polygram records what we think and maybe they will listen.
From: Kiss Vault Butler /KISS Vault Kiss fans, do you long to see the release of Carnvial of Souls? We were going to see it on October 14, 1997, but when are we gonna see it now? Quite possibly never! In order to get or at least do something aboutthis shelved album, I have created an online petition on my web site. Within a month or two, it will be e-mailed to Mercury records. Send them comments, etc. This petition I made is not to insult or offend Mercury, but to show them they are MANY, MANY fans out there that would like to see this out. All you have to do is sign your name, and if you want leave a comment and your e-mail address. I really hope this will help, and maybe Mercury or Kiss can finally realize that this album is wanted worldwide. COS would be a perfect build up to the brand new Ace, Gene, Peter and Paul studio album. Again, this is not to offend or insult Mercury and/or Kiss, but simply to make them realize that this album is WANTED! Here is how to sign: E-mail me with your info like this: NAME: (your name) COMMENT: (comments here) E-MAIL: (your e-mail address here) Make sure it is in this form, so it is easy to read. They won't be actual signatures on this, but e-mail addresses for response. E-mail them here kiss@lwtc.ctc.edu Thanx! Remember, this will go to Mercury in about a month or two, typewritten with all of the signers names and e-mail. [KA Note: This is all I am going to do as far as petitions go. I want the album very badly, as many of you do, but I am not going to turn the site into a large political vehicle. I like to keep the site as unbiased as possible. So, I stongly urge all those that want the "COS" album to do what they think is necessay to make your voice heard. But whatever you do, do it with class. If you come off sounding intelligent and not vengeful it will go a long way. Thank you -- The KISS Asylum. ]
From: Doug Cataldo of KWWN KWWN is proud to present an exclusive interview with Gordon Gerbert, author of Kiss and Tell, the hottest Kiss Book around. This in depth 2 part interview covers the Gordons friendship with ace, the making of the book and much more. Visit greatbasin.net/~dns/kiss for more details.
From: Michael Champion "the band not formerly known as kiss" will be playing this friday night, August 1st at Cardi's in Houston, Tx.. The band plays all kiss songs and puts on a great show w/out the make-up...please let your readers know!!!!
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| July 30 |
Mike Brandvold of KISS Otaku and I just talked and he told me "I just hungup with Mercury records... Carnival of Souls might be held now. They are not sure if they want to release it. This is Mercury Records speaking. I haven't got any word from the band."
From: Chris Bennett Heard from a good friend who had just got off the phone with Vinnie himself that the box set will be released in October, the main delay for the release was the packaging. Vinnie knows that people are dissapointed in the wait for the box set but he wants it to be the best that it can be. Vinnie is also insulted by people claiming that he is ripping fans off, but he has assured that it will be out in October and you wont be dissapointd. The box set will come with an autographed picture, guitar pic, personally written liner notes, lots of KISS demos and even tracks left off of the guitarmagedon CD. Fans I know that it has been a long wait but Vinnie says it will be worth are while.
From: KISS Otaku Chris Lendt, author of "KISS and SELL", will be on a radio talkshow in Montreal, Canada tomorrow July31st. The radio station is CJAD. He will be on at 10:30pm for approximately one hour.
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| July 29 |
From: Batteman KISS has approved of the KISS Signiture Ties by Raulph Marlin, and they are being shipped. I pre-ordered it so, I just recived mine today. It looks great! Raulph Marlin did a great job on these ties! They say a picture is worth a thousad words.! The real thing is worth a Million!
From: Martin Wombwell Just got our new satallite magazine and it states than on Wednesday 20th August (7pm - 8pm) Kiss will be Live and Direct on MTV. It quotes 'Music from those ourageous glam rockers' and shows a small picture of Gene.
From: AceFrehley.com Speculation looms that the latest shortage of KISS action figures is deliberate to create further excitement and demand from the toys. After reading an article written by the editors of the magazine, Action Figure, it seems this is a common ploy for a newly released series of dolls. "You create a false shortage and the demand from collectors increases dramtically, its just a standard marketing ploy in the industry." The issue about the two version of the dolls, one with the letter stands and the other with the solo albums is also common... "It drives collectors crazy because in order to have a complete set, you need both types of packaging and inserts and believe me the toy companies know that and adjust their inventories accordingly..." Despite these facts Macfarlane Toys are well respected in the industry as making the best action figures available. Macfarlane won the action figure BEST LINE award two years straight in the magazine. But some KISS dealers are not happy at all, some were asked to pay 10's of thousands of dollars well in advance for their order and are now only receiving a measly 10% of the order that they prepaid for. KISS dealers now have the unwelcomed task of telling KISS fans they have to wait even more for their beloved dolls... As one KISS fan recently summarized the situation, "The KISS figures are great, but good luck finding them..." But consumers can fall prey to these campaigns all the time, the "Tickle Me Elmo" craze of the last holiday season is a primary example. Last Christmas a small infants toy was being bootlegged for over 500 dollars a piece, due to the high demand. The hysteria was worth millions in free publicity on CNN and TIME about the Elmo Toy. Has the collector craze hit you yet? And AceFrehley.Com asks can new KISS related villains, weapons and accessories be far behind?
From: AceFrehley.com A few exclusive details on the Vinnie Vincent law suit for you... The suit targets Stanley Eisen and Gene Klein as indivduals, also KISSSTORY LTD, THE KISS COMPANY, POLYGRAM RECORDS and HORIPRO ENTERTAINMENT GROUP. For MTV Unplugged, Vinnie is demanding in his lawsuit $25,000 in royalties for his rights to the song "I STILL LOVE YOU". But the lawsuit makes a serious flaw when it asks for and claims royalties towards the KISS MY ASS tribute album. The claim of course is the royalties to the song UNHOLY. But UNHOLY was only released on later versions of KISS MY ASS and yet the law suit quotes global sales figures for all versions of the CD. Vinnie is also claiming royalties for HARD TO BELIEVE, the amateur tribute CD released in 1990 and also claims royalties on the Phunk Junkeez album, Injected, for their cover of I LOVE IT LOUD. The interesting points on these last two are that VINNIE has no idea whether royalties on those projects were paid to KISS publishing or not. Vinnie makes 14 other claims in his lawsuit and also targets KISSSTORY's profits, if he wins on that point it will be interesting to see how other former KISS members react... Vinnie also claimed KISS had an option in 1984 to pay him $50,000 for all publishing rights to the album Lick It Up, but failed to pay that amount. They claim this now means Vinnie has full publsihing rights to the material he authored by default. Finally, Vinnie wants a retraction from KISS for all deflamatory statements made by Gene and Paul. KISS on the other hand will most likely claim that Vinnie was under contract that expressly signed away his publishing rights. Although Vinnie never signed this contract, he led KISS to believe he accepted its general terms, and thus constitutes a verbal working agreement. KISS will also claim Vinnie deliberately delayed signing his work for hire agreement and deceived KISS as to the real intentions of the delay.
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| July 28 |
For the past month we have been working on a new redesign for the web page. This will mostly cover the front page of the website and a few more new sections at the Asylum as well. Don't worry, the front page will still be mostly text and the download time will still be quick. What we are doing is just trying to augment the front page with a few more asthetically pleasing graphics along with bringing you ever more news than before. I think the new format will be to the liking of all. It will give the reader a much easier way to view all the news and features here at The KISS Asylum. We should have the new upgrade done later this week or early next week for all to enjoy.
Because of the information mentioned above there will be no chat tonite. I am sorry to disappoint all those that really enjoy the weekly chats but I don't have time to do them. We are still working on the web site under a time constraint and we just don't have time to do the chat as well. Also, those of you in Europe that have been emailing me about having a better chat time for you all, I am looking into it. Thanks for the interest!!
From: CldJhen@aol.com I've been waiting to get verification on certain issues, and am now pleased to announce details surrounding the upcoming KAOL Sequel CD. Included for the first time ever will be rare recordings from Eric Carr himself done at the age of 17 with his band, The Cellarmen. These songs have never before been publically released, and KAOL has been given exclusive rights by Eric's family to include these vintage rare recordings on the upcoming CD. Not only does Eric play drums on these tunes, he wrote them and performed the vocals as well. There may be a dozen or so copies of these floating around the world and they're very hard to find, but ours are coming from first generation tapes, and will be digitally remastered for the CD. As if that wasn't enough, we will also be including on the inside CD booklet, a full-page color illustration of Eric's ROCKHEADS cartoon concept that he was never able to finish. These drawings were by Eric himself that he began working on as a teenager and continued on through his years with KISS. At the time of his death, he had hoped to make these a Saturday morning cartoon complete with music, some of which were co-written by Bruce Kulick. Finally, KAOL is going to become one of the first fan-based tribute CDs to go multimedia. We currently are working on a suprise screen saver, details to be announced later. All of this information will be available on our *NEW* KAOL website. Here is the new website address, though keep in mind the site will still be under construction and is at a temporary address: http://members.aol.com/cldjhen So it appears that Eric himself will find a home on the KAOL CD and will be responsible for directly helping the kids of the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. I have received a lot of interest from bands online and should begin to go through audition tapes soon. The deadline is still September 15th for anyone out there who is still interested in participating. E-mail the producer (ILOVE70s@aol.com) directly for official guidelines. We expect major interest in this CD due to Eric's own appearance and the quality of the bands being chosen. If you thought the first one was exciting, get ready for Part 2!! Thank you to all who have purchased the first CD, and to all those who have been supportive of KAOL in recent weeks. Stay tuned for more details to come soon!!
CldJhen@aol.com
From: JJF04246@Jetson.UH.EDU via the KISS Army mailing list Someone on one of the lists asked if there was any new info about the COS release. This is a blurb that was on a "New Music News" fax from this past week we got at the radio station. Nothing really new for us, but it is another confirmation if that's what you're looking for: KISS ALBUM UNLEASHED.....God, when will it ever end? Thousands of KISS fans are breathing sighs of relief at the news that a long-lost KISS album is being rescured from the vaults. The project was the last collaboration between the (sic) Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Bruce Kulick, and Eric Singer, and was slated for an imminent release just before Simmons and Stanley reunited with original members Ace Frehley and Peter Criss, dropping Kulick and Singer like yesterday's news. Somehow, despite the band's threats to sue anyone discovered in possession of the tape, the album has been widely bootlegged by fans, who were convinced that Simmons and Stanley would never release the album after the band's incredibly successful reunion tour. From: Adam (Mayday) May from KISS Army mailing list Hi there. This is a post from [newsgroup] rec.toys.action-figures that gives a nice description of the KISS figs for those of us not able to see them yet. "Well, I did it--I bought all four of those nice Jewish boys from New Jersey, with the letter stands, and at not too usurious a price, though certainly not at retail. And, just to be insane, I opened them. Carefully. Here's a little review of each one. Not that any collector would pass these up, but they really are worth cracking open (maybe your second or third one). In one sentence: These are very cool figures, maybe the best that McFarlane has ever done. Yes, every figure wave gets better, but the attention to detail and the expense is especially noticeable here. Rooted hair, real metal chains, great poseability (wrists on all of them!) and just general good quality mark these as some of the best action figures ever made (in my opinion). And I don't even really like the music that much. GENE: Has the least action features, but one of the coolest figures. That tongue is long! The "satanic gesture" looks good held up on the right hand, but where does that winged snake battle staff go? Right now, I have it stuck through the back of his (fabric) cape and held in place on one of the shoulder spikes. The axe bass is great, and can even be used as an axe. The detail on the armor is really nice on this figure. The hair is especially cool, as the signature topknot is right in place. PETER: The drum launches the mace drumsticks, yet not the spears. The spears do fit nicely in a rack molded on his back, though. The lion shoulder pads don't rotate or remove, and their "fur" is matted, but it can be fluffed. The drum is a bit of a problem, as it only gives instructions to put it on the ground. However, the thigh pad (what is on that thigh pad, anyway?) has a loop that you can put the stand of the drum through. If you brace it with the left-hand spiked shield, it looks more like he can actually play the drum. The tail does not quite stay in, but it is pretty neat, a spiked rubber thing with a spearhead at the end. ACE: The most combat-ready of all the group, with overhead pivoting (non-firing) missile launchers, six missiles on the sides of the leg (the other thing nearest the ground are "rocket boosters") that do detach, and a guitar that turns into a "space sled," really more of a scooter. He also has a nearly uncredited bonus pistol, that fits in either hand. The sled/scooter is nice, much like Tiffany the Amazon's accessory. However, the thickness of the guitar neck makes a lifelike pose a bit tricky, as his left hand won't fit around the neck. Even so, he is one of the most playable figures, with many distinct modes (a concert mode, a combat mode, a space travel mode, etc.) PAUL: He has a very nice costume, with eight arcticulated blades on his back that pose in many ways, a lot like Widowmaker's wings, but slightly less droopy. Still, though, they are a bit bent and weak, but they pose well enough. His guitar fires off the spiked head, and actually can be held in a rifle-like pose for this, with the figure's hand on the actual trigger. I'm not sure what that extended rifle-stock thing on the guitar is for, it doesn't work as a stock. But if you pull back on it when you pose it in firing position, it makes the missile shoot. Again, the odd pose of his left hand makes a playing pose tricky, but it can be done. The chain and armor detail is great here. All in all, well worth the investment. The bases aren't really all that great, though, anyway. They're too small to fit one figure on one base (maybe on two), though they fit together well. These are, simply put, great figures to play with, full of Todd's finest and most careful efforts to date. Well done, guys"
From: Steve Stierwalt of KISS Freaks.com KISS Freaks Special Delivery Newsletter will be mailed out on September 1st. Get your subscription now! Whats in the first issue? *History of KISS Freaks *Q/A with Loretta Caravello (courtesy of KISS Asylum) *Views On Boots by Eric Helzer *Roch Vaillancourt's Celebrities in KISS Makeup *Interview with Jheni Clason of KAOL Music From the Folder *Music Life Gallery *Lots of News! *& more! Wanna find out how not to be left out? Go to: http://www.kissfreaks.com/special.htm
From: Frank Smith -- editor of "Oh Yeah" OH YEAH! Australia has gone through a lot of changes these last few years. Most recently, we've had to change web hosts from John Raptis to Steve Gerlach. Now, I'm behind the pilot's seat. We now have a new look which will, in time, try and emulate the same quality we have in our magazine. God knows how, but we're trying! The site is purely a promotional vehicle accompanying the magazine that we're trying to make the best in the world! Whilst we do our best to make available to you the best merchandise (which as you can tell from our publication goes into the printing costs!) - some things are just out of our control. We do our best to make everyone happy and hope you realise that we're not based in the US and can't update news-related info that often, as we're not in the middle of it. I'm not one for ripping off everything our awesome sister sites, Asylum and Otaku print. I try and add a personal touch to the site and since I'm no HTML programmer, I guess what we've got is better than nothing, huh?! Still, over 17,000 hits ain't bad! Our mag format depends on merchandise sales. Since we can't sell video footage any longer, our current format will only remain with your support. We've managed to put together a good range of stuff to make everyone happy - one of which being a set of Australian 1997 press conference pix for $30 (20 pix). For the month of August, we're offering the following subscription deals: Gold SubscriptionYour support would be greatly appreciated! Overseas s/criptions are $45 for 4 issues of our top quality mag - totally devoted to KISS. Thanks again! Frank Smith - Editor :))) Our longevity depends on your taste for quality.
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| July 26 |
From: AceFrehley.com Megaforce Records plans to release a sequel to its succesful Ace Frehley Greatest Hits record, 12 PICKS. The sale of the original 12 PICKS was so good, that Megaforce has decided to re-issue another volume. The compilation will contain some studio versions of songs from Trouble Walkin, Second Sighting and Frehley's Comet, some UNRELEASED live material and some UNRELEASE studio tracks! 12 PICKS Volume II - should be in the stores in November. The tentative track listing is... Fractured IIPlease note all plans for Volume II are tentative. It should be noted that "Rock or Be Rocked" and "Give It To Me Anyway" are NOT demos, but full fledged studio songs that Ace Frehley recorded but were never released.
The KISS Asylum got an email a few weeks ago from a "Joe Criscuola." He claims to be Peter's brother. The email said "Get the inside scoop on Peter Criss from his family. Visit the web site at www.petercriss.com. Spread the word. His brother, Joe" I am not sure if this is legit or not. SO, I ONLY put up this info so the fans will know of the page. I am NOT saying this is legit. Check the page at your own risk!!!
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| July 24 |
From: Aerohunne@aol.com
From: Joop / KISS Kollector Online "The traveling circus of the damned furthers its trek into W. Virgiania as their unearthy origins continue to unravel. But more questions are answered and more mysteries raised when their presence is drawn to one of the locals in a small mining town. Meanwhile, as the old gypsy continues to keep the outside forces at bay, the elements from the Psycho Circus bring down their judgement on the next victim? Will it be the KISS of life, or the KISS of death?" "They have cheated me. This is a case where Iım standing up not only for myself but trying to give others the courage to do the same thing. The recording companies do an amazing cover-up job, perpetuating their fraud on unsuspecting artists who want to see their music recorded and have no power against the big money interests." According to a Dutch newspaper Vinnie wants 5,5 million dollars and refused to sign his contract because that would have meant his weekly salary would have been reduced to 1.000 dollars. İ 1997 KISS Kollector Fanclub/Joop van Pelt. For much more news check out the upcoming (August) issue of the KISS Kollector magazine; and please do stop by at the KISS Kollector website from time to time: http://www.kissasylum.com/kisskollector/
From: Doug Cataldo The newest Webpage has the hottest subjects on the net today! Check out the exclusive opinions page for comments from Kiss & Tell author Gordon Gerbert. If you wanna hear what he has to say about Kiss & Tell and other topics, visit NOW! Gordon expresses what's on his mind these days and now you can respond. An interview with gordon will appear shortly. So bbokmark the page and comeback soon! Check it out!!! http://www.Greatbasin.net/~dns/kiss
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| July 22 |
From: Julian Spoke to the Mercury Press office in London today concerning the status of the issuing of the Remasters in the UK - sorry to say I was told, "they ARE NOT on the release schedule", and thus won't be released here for some time. Other UK news detailled at KISS Audio Trading, UK at http://www.geocities.com/sunsetstrip/3121/
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| July 21 |
Check the KISS Asylum Features page under the "interviews section" to see the fans Q&A with Loretta Caravello.
There will not be a KISS Asylum chat tonite due to conflict in my schedule. I am sorry for the inconvenience. Hope to see everyone at the chat next week. -- Chris
From: MzCharisma There's a still from the short film and a little write up, which is as follows: KISS Off: "The short film the proceeds 'Good Burger' in theaters features Thundergirl, Meltman, and the other addled action figures from Nickelodeon's bizzaro animation series Kablam! In 'Action League Now!' the crime-stoppers are called upon to save the rock band KISS from an enormous baby doll. When KISS's heavy metal music wakes up the sleeping tot, the cranky Big Baby crashes their concert, trampling hundreds of smaller dolls and snatching Gene Simmons off the stage. 'He chews on me like a pacifier,' relates Simmons on the phone from Barcelona, a stop on KISS's current world tour. A quick thinking Meltman seizes a guitar and strums the infant (voiced by Harry Connick Jr.) back to sleep. How did KISS get involed with this motely crew? Says Simmons: 'The producer is a major KISS fan who wanted free tickets to a concert, and I said, 'Well, can I meet Thundergirl?' " -Annabel Vered of TV Guide
From: Mike Ruzek http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palms/9491/kissablanca.html Today updated - check out for: - Interview with Gene Simmons I did today July 21, 1997. - New UK CD "GREATEST KISS" more details
From: ACEis1st@aol.com The July 19th issue of Billboard reports that Vinnie Vincent has filed suit against Kiss, Polygram, and other related companies. This suit alleges that Vinnie was defrauded of royalty payments for songwriting, albums, performances, song books, E.T.C. The filing alleges he is due at least $5.5 Million. This suit also alleges that Vincent was dismissed from the group in because he refused to sign an employment agreement, and he didn't sign an agreement because the bands terms were unacceptable.
From: George I thought collectors of KISS re-makes would definitely like this. I was at my brothers bachelor party on Saturday night, at SCORES in New York City. While I was enjoying one of the many lap dances I received from the very beautiful Autum, a familar song began to play, but it sounded very different. It was a club dance version of "I Was Made For Loving You"!! They used the chorous but added their own rap verses. It made the dance that much better! The name of the band is "Chill" and the song is on a CD called "Macarena Club Cuts", I found it at "Coconuts". Its worth having if you collect KISS re-makes.
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| July 19 |
From: KISS Otaku Reported in Issue One of go figure! in an interview with Todd McFarlane, there will be more....
From: KISS Otaku At the Detroit Expo, McFarlane Productions announced that the first issue of KISS: The Psycho Circus will be out on August 4th.
From: KISS Otaku I spoke to McFarlane Toys today and they have started shipping the action figures out today (07/16/97). They will only be shipping 8% of my preorder. This is beyond my control. Over the next 8 weeks, I have been advised that I will be recieving shipments once a week with more action figures. . .how many? They didn't know, nor would they commit to a figure. I am NOT the only dealer this is happening with. It's happening all over the country. Everyone who ordered the action figures from me, will recieve their order. I will be filling orders in the order in which I received them. I ask that fans please stop emailing me and asking about the status of the action figures. Within 6 hours today, I received 93 email messages inquiring into the status of their action figure order. On the issue of the KISS stands included with the action figure. Not everyone will get the KISS stand, some will get the other packaging with the record sleeves in them. Again, I can in NO WAY control this. I have sent my money to McFarlane weeks in advance only to wait patiently with everyone else for the figures to arrive only to hear about the constant delays. I appreciate everyone's support and patience in this matter. I do promise to ship the orders as they arrive to me. Anyone who put the action figures on their credit card, will not be charged until the order has been shipped to them. I never precharge credit cards for orders until the item is in stock and ready to ship to the customer.
From: KISS Otaku According to Robert Conte, Kiss Catalog Consultant, when the remastered CDs are released all the original CDs will be pulled from the shelves and returned for recycling.
From: KISS Freaks KISS Freaks.com Special Delivery the newsletter for KISS fans not online! Why should they be left out? Although its for fans that are not online, that doesn't mean you can't join in the fun. Thats right now fans that are not online can now get some of the great features that KISS Freaks.com offers. We will begin publishing a newsletter full of the same stuff that has made KISS Freaks.com the ultimate hangout on the Internet. You will get the latest News, Features, Views On Boots, Roch Vaillancourt's Celebs in Makeup, contests & much, much more! Besides having info from KISS Freaks several KISS sites will be involved also. This is not an attempt to be a fanzine, it will be more of an up to date KISS newsletter. It will contain photos, articles and other great features. The great thing about this over a fanzine is it will be more current, delivered ten times a year instead of every three months which is what most fanzines do. To keep this newsletter affordable for us, it will not be in color or have glossy pages, just the features that make the KISS online community great. No fluff, just stuff! The newsletter will be packed full of info. Most issues will be four to six pages of features. September 1st the first issue of KISS Freaks Special Delivery will mailed to subscribers. Subscribe today, you don't want to miss a single issue! Don't let your friends that aren't online, be left out of the KISS news loop! We will also take any submissions that you may have, reviews, stories of meeting the band, how you became a KISS fan or anything else that you want to submit. If you are interested in receiving this great new piece of information delivered to your door, mail your subscription payment to the address below. Newsletter info:Any questions please direct them to this email address: stierwlt@indy.net
From: KLT4725@aol.com Thought I'd let everyone know that KISS are the cover boys for this month's issue of P.O.V. magazine. It's a photo with Peter holding a dice on three, Paul holding stalkings, Gene with an 8 ball and poolstick (?) and Ace with...an ace card. There's a short article/interview with Gene and Paul and some awsome photos of the band with the Brownie Twins- very cool!!! Also, the lastest issue of NonSport update has promo card #8 (photo from the first album photo shoot).
From: Claude F.Y.I., I did a story about the new KISS trading cards, which appears in the August 1997 issue of Collect! magazine, a monthly magazine about trading cards. It should be available at comic book and sportscard shops, Barnes & Noble, etc. Collect also has a back-issue order line at 1-800-899-8833. I thought you and your visitors might want to check the story out. I interviewed Peter, Ace, Robert Conte, and the head of Cornerstone, the company producing the cards. For the record, both KISS guys were really great to talk with, very normal and unassuming. No inflated rock star egos! If anything, they were just as much fun as they had been on the now-infamous Tom Snyder appearance way back when! If you or your visitors want to drop me a line and let me know what they thought of the story, they can e-mail me at cflower9@idt.net.
From: Batteman Hello, I have started a petition for us KISS fans and ect., on WBS. chat system. This chat system is an unusual system but a cool one. As you chat you can post pictures of what ever you want, It is one of the simplest ways of chat and a cool way! It is totaly free, no draw backs, nothing. All you need to do is become a member then, click on petition, It is under the music list, I encourage all KISS fans to join in on the fight to get a KISS room! To get started go to: http://www.wbs.net. If you have any questions e-mail me at: batteman@ifx.net.
From: AceFrehley.Com I've been in touch with MAXCAKE Productions, regarding the new Ace Frehley signature guitar, which will be the store front model, to be designed and built by GIBSON USA. MAXCAKE realizes lot of the fans have sent away requests to MAXCAKE for more information with no current response. I have been told that there are some terms and conditions in the GIBSON USA contract that need to be fine tuned in order for production on the store front version of the guitar to complete production. As a result, MAXCAKE respectfully asks that you please be patient in their responses to your letters. This NEW version will differ only slightly from the GIBSON CUSTOM version, which sold out before production even took place, at the NAMM festival in LA in the spring. The production count on the new guitar will be higher in order to meet the demand. The initial version was desgined and built by GIBSON CUSTOM, this new version will be designed and built by GIBSON USA. Fans can expect a response and details in the next few months, please be patient, the production of a guitar is difficult and time consuming. If you'd like to write MAXCAKE PRODUCTIONS their address is... MaxCake Productions P.O. Box #432 Highland Mills, N.Y. 10930
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| July 18 |
Mike Brandvold of KISS Otaku and I were talking today and he told me he called Mercury and asked about the status of the title of that album. The Mercury rep told Mike that they WILL be calling it "Carnival of Souls."
From: KISS Vault Butler I just picked up the set of remasters! I'll tell you one thing. Awesome! Everything from the original LP's are back. That includes the back of the CD. Remember how the old ones had only the track listing? Well, these have the original back. Kiss - It has that big sparkling logo on the back Hotter Than Hell - It has those pictures and the mask on the back Dressed To Kill - It has the picture on the front, except all white Alive! - It has the picture of the two fans with the banner The front's are much more brighter. To the left of the cover are the words Kiss, The Remasters. Since it is packaged up in an all clear case, under the CD, there is a story behind the album's making, etc. And yes, the photo booklet with Alive! is back too! But what is the most important about the remasters? The SOUND! The sound is excellent. Listen to HTH. Since the old CD had bad mastering, the drum tracks on just about every track was pretty horrid sounding. It now sounds great! Really great sound! You can easily tell the difference. For those who do not yet have them, or who do not have all of the set yet, run out and get them. I paid $11.97 for each of the first three, and only $19.99 for Alive! (It was on sale, that's not the original price)
From: Greg Davies Hello All, Just thought I'd let you know on some info I've found. . . . According to record stores around Perth and according to PolyGram, there seems to be no plans to release the new remasters in Australia as yet. Most CD shops seem to be happy to take orders for them to be imported to Australia. As soon as I find out any more info on remasters in Australia, I'll let you know.
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| July 17 |
From: Bruce Kool off of the AOL bbs Just wanted to catch up with you all with a few things. First I want to thank all that attended the Detoit Expo and for making it a success. I had a great time and for those who were there knew that as well! Of course I am extremely excited about the COS CD coming out in October. Those who care will hear it in full sonic glory finally!!!!! I also want you all to know about a performance at a store in Los Angeles where I will perform much like in Detroit. SPLASH music at 19522 Ventua Blvd. in the Encino area of the Valley in LA Tele is 818 758-2940. I will start at 7:30PM and don't be late. The store is introducing my new signature model ESP guitar which is finally available. The admission is free so call and reserve your place there. Regarding John and the lawsuit stuff I want you all to know that both John and NIkki are my close friends so it has been difficult for me. They both know that I need to stay out of this one and take no sides. It is unfortunate but the music is what matters to me not their business matters. I wish it didn't happen but such is life. There will be news coming regarding our band soon so hang tight for those who are interested. Thanks again to you all and take care, Bruce
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| July 16 |
From: Kenneth J. Souza Since you do such a great job of getting the word out to KISS fans, I thought you might like to pass along the following info which I just found out. (NOTE: I'm not associated with the Expo in any way, but I've attended previous conventions/expos in the area and can highly recommend them!) NEW ENGLAND KISS EXPO |
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From: Kulicker I Walk Alone sounded amazing! Of course I think he has a great voice and you know the guitar work is always SUPERB! He did Rain, Liar, and 495 and they were great. He is the ULTIMATE instrumental guitarist to me--everything he played was totally cool. LOTS of songs from Revenge and a KILLER version of the Star Spangled Banner!!! He played a tape of the new Corabi/Kulick stuff while he was signing the autographs--4 songs. The names were "Heavy D", "Try", "Around Again", and I can't remember the other one :( I'll have to ask BK. The sound was heavy, the vocals were strong and the guitar sounded extraordinary! My fav right now is probably Heavy D--it stays in your head ya know? But they all ROCK!!!
From: Steve of KISS Freaks I talked to a Cornerstone rep today and he stated the KISS cards will be begin shipping the first week of August. They were delayed due to the bands final approval.
From: Jeff Necker For those of you I met it was a pleasure, it makes a big difference I just wanted to thank all of you who attended our Expo. I think things went very well. Sorry about the delay in the doors opening, but we had to do a sound check with Bruce, and I didn't want him mobbed first thing in the morning. For those of you I met it was a pleasure, it makes a big difference Speaking of walking Bruce in? the crowd RULED! What a great response, Bruce was very flattered and excited. I think he proved it by playing for nearly an hour and a half. For those of you who didn't make it, Bruce played some Revenge stuff, some COS stuff and a jam called "465". Very Kool. Bruce did debut his voice when he sang "I Walk Alone". The whole song. He looked relaxed and Natural at the Microphone. For those of you I met it was a pleasure, it makes a big difference My special thanks to Mike from Otaku, He will have a lot of Kool stuff on his page. He got great pictures, video, and recordings. Drac was also there. Also, thank you to Chet from McFarlane Toys, he was busy all day answering questions about the figures and the comic. He had some great art work on display. Thank you to Lydia Criss, Robert Conte, and Dale Sherman for taking the time to answer the ARMY'S quetions. And thanks to all our dealers. For those of you I met it was a pleasure, it makes a big difference Lastly thank you Bruce Kulick. I think for those who met him found him to be very Kool. I know he was pleased with your response to his appearence at the Expo. For those of you I met it was a pleasure, it makes a big difference Any questions out there let me know, Remember to go to Otaku when the server comes back up and check out the days events.
I usually do not put fan comments on my front page but this letter was particularly good and did make note of a few things about KISS fan sites and KISSnet.
John and Chris,[KA Note: If you wanna discuss this subject and more I suggest you check out a new KISS fan web site called KISS World Wide Network. They have an opinions section and a bulliten board where you can express YOUR views! Check it out!]
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| July 14 |
I know it has been a while but there are some new KISS Quicktime movies up in the Multimedia section of this page thanks to Glen Price. He donated 3 new Quicktime movies. Check them out while you can because when the KISSnet.com web page goes up they may make us take down these movies, I am not sure yet. KISS Asylum will get back to making more Quicktime very shortly.
Just a note to say that the KISS Asylum chat will happen tonite at the usual time. For info on the chat, please go the the Chat page. The chat will last about an hour.
From: xYAHOOx@prodigy.net The week in rock,had a clip on Vinnie Vincent sueing KISS, due to non-payment of royalties for work on Creatures Of The Night and Lick It UP. They showed a clip from Vinnie's news conferance he said the main reason for the suit is to show children interested in the music bizz that groups like KISS can treat you unfairly. (Like the money doesn't matter to him) He looked like he was gonna cry! There was no comment from KISS at this time. (well maybe under thier breath)
From: Steve Fisk In the recent issue of 'Entertainment Weekly', they have a small article, with pictures, of the KISS Action Figures. The article tells how the figures were due out sooner than this, but the guys in KISS had Todd McFarlane make some last minute reivsions. Gene wanted his hair pouffier, Paul wanted his lips more puckered, Ace said his head looked too small, and Peter wanted a tail added to his figure. The cover of this issue has the stars of the new movie 'Contact'. Just thought I'd pass this on to you, in case you hadn't seen it yet!
From: Qualactin@aol.com I' m from Alden NY just outside of buffalo. I was suprised today when I went to our local Media Play store and found out the first shipment of pre-order figures was already sold out . They were now taking orders for the next shipment due in august then another batch after that the clerk wouldn't give me any details ecept the first shipment is due monday. Just thought I'd pass this info on so everyone who wants them pre-orders because they`re going fast. [KA Note: This is true! The first shipments are being sold out very quickly! They are supposed to be released today, July 14th, so you might want to check the Toy stores today. They may be scarce. I do know that they will be more readily available in August. One more quick note. The first series comes with K-I-S-S platforms, with one letter being in each figure. Well it has been very difficult for McFarlane Toys to make these platforms and to have the figures come out on time. So the platforms will ONLY be in the first series. The second series will have little KISS solo albums which will be the jacket and a cardborad record inside the jacket. They had to do this for production reasons to get the figures out NOW. If not they said that they would have taken until Christmas to do them all. Check the Action Figure page here at the Asylum for a look at the Action figures if you have not already done so.]
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| July 13 |
I got this response from Gerri Miller in an email to her about the status of the official KISS web site. She said this, " Yes, Gene said when KISSNET is running they don't want any unofficial sites using the logo or the photos." [KA Note: There you go, that means sites like KISS Kreations etc are history. I am not sure what she ment by "the photos" so I questioned her on that. When I get more info (including the start date of KISSNet.com) I will inform everyone.]
I got some of the KISS remasters today for my B-day [they officially come out on July 15th]. I must say they are great! The sound quality is amazing! There IS a difference! The packaging is not bad either. The covers of the albums are MUCH crisper visually and the jewel case is all clear with the words "KISS The Remasters" written on the front spine. There are liner notes written by Robert Conte about the album and the time it was recorded. These are located under the CD in the jewel case. The only thing I was a bit disappointed in is that there were no lyrics. I thought that would have been cool! This is the case with KISS and HTH, but Alive! has a few pages of picts inside the booklet which is cool. Alive! is in a single jewel case that holds 2 CDs.
From: Mike My name is Mike and I would like to share something with you. I went to Best Buy yesterday and picked up a unique magazine of KISS!! It's called "KISS LIVE!" Its pretty cool. Gene is on the front cover..from the Creatures tour and he's singing. On the back it shows a picture when they first exposed themselves on the Acadamy Awards night. Shows alot of neat pictures dating from 1976 to 1996. It cost like 8 bucks. [KA Note: I have this book, it is put out by Omnibus Press, the same people that put out the "Revenge is Sweet" book. Both books do have similar picts but many of them are never before seen etc.]
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| July 12 |
Just a quick note to wish the editor of the KISS Asylum a happy 24th birthday today. And I want to mention that this was also Eric Carr's birthday as well! He would have been 47 today.
From: Chris Jackson On Sunday July 13 at 11:30pm the cable network Bravo! will be airing the 1995 documentry "Meeting the Beautiful People" about fans obsessed with celebrities. Among them is "the guy who's been to over 200 KISS concerts and even has the band's autographs tattooed on his body."
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| July 11 |
From: Michael Edwards / KISS Karisma I spoke to someone in Ginger Greagor's office at PolyGram today and here's the official word...(Ginger is the A&R person at PolyGram for KISS and a host of other bands...check your liner notes from just about any Mercury artist and she's in there.) Anyway, the album IS going to be released on October 14. The title right now is listed as "To Be Determined," so it probably will not be called "Carnival Of Souls." With regard to the remasters release schedule, the person I spoke with did not have dates for the final two sets, but she did say they are "Coming out in sets of five," with "Alive!" and "Alive II" counting as two discs each. That means that the Bruce and Eric album is going to be the fifth disc in the last set, which probably does indicate that "Dynasty," "Unmasked," "(Music From) The Elder," and "Creatures Of The Night" will be released on the same day. That is NOT confirmed now, but highly possible.
Finally, the reason the label decided to put the album out now is
From: Michael Edwards / KISS Karisma Well, guess what? Even more information on this album! Actually, this is just a minor correction in the songwriting credits: "You Confess" is actually called "I Confess" and is listed as being written by Gene Simmons and K. Tamplin. "It Never Goes Away" and "In The Mirror" were written by Paul Stanley, Bruce Kulick, and Curt Cuomo, NOT Gene Simmons, Bruce, and Curt. "Hate" was written by Gene, Bruce, and Scott Van Zen...no credit for Paul. This info. comes from an official list of writing credits that I got today. Gerri probably got her info. from Gene, who probably can't remember! Here is the revised Song Credit list:
From: JMitzel Just received the first five remasters today -- Five days early!! Three words: THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL !!! The packing is unreal and the sound is the best I have ever heard!! They are packaged in clear jewel cases and the words -- KISS The Remasters -- can be seen to the left of the cover artwork. The packing is very bright and vivid and reminds me of the original albums. Even the CD's themselves are very colorful!! Behind each CD there is story behind each album and how and why is was written -- also, when and where they were recorded and released -- and other info to that effect!! I can't believe these things are retailing for only $11.95 and the 2-cd sets for $23.95!! I would pay double that for them!! Also included in the Alive set, which is a single CD jewel case, is the original 12 page booklet that came with Lp version in '75. Be sure to pick them up ASAP !!!!!
From: SSzabunka@aol.com on the AOL bbs The Cornerstone Kiss Collector Cards are due out at the end of this month. The first set will be composed of 90 cards. Two more sets will follow. The second at the end of '97 and the third at some point in '98. The nine card preview set is available now. Cornerstone's # is 800 846-7725 or 520 722 1304 for those in Arizona.
From: Mike Ruzek / http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palms/9491/kissablanca.html Don't miss - KISS exclusive interview and some music too on MTV-Europe (not USA). Monday July 14 at 24:00 !!!
From: Don Venzina III I'm not sure if anyone is aware, for I didn't find anything on the website, but just wanted to point out that last week, Tom Arnold appeared on the Regis and Kathie Lee show, and he was talking about his new sitcom coming out in the new season on FOX network, I think. Anyways, he was talking about who would be appearing on his show, and he mentioned Gene Simmons from Kiss. Tom tried to talk more about Gene appearing on the show, but unfortunately Kathie Lee with her big mouth kept interrupting Tom, so Tom never really got to talk much about Gene, but he seemed excited about having Gene on the show.
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| July 9 |
From: Michael Edwards / KISS Karisma I haven't checked the site yet, so you may already have this, but there is a scheduled release date for the "Carnival of Souls" album [the album with Bruce and Eric]. As of today, it is scheduled to be released on October 14. The title, as far as I know, is still up for grabs. (This date is NOT a rumor.) [KA Note: I talked with Mike Edwards just a bit ago and found that his source is VERY credible, but I can't name it. It is within the "KISS camp." But remember album release dates are subject to change. Also Bruce Kulick has heard that the album is coming out and he sounds very excited about it...he used to be skeptical about it...but now that he is very excited about it -- it only furthers my feelings that this is a go!!]
From: Tuck Watts The Associated Press is reporting that the KISS ties will sell for 20-30 dollars each and will feature pictures of the band members with their autographs, the KISS logo and original graphic art incorporating what the company calls "KISS impressions." The ties will be available at specialty and department stores.
Thanks to Patrick Vick of KISS Eye Kandy for point out this site IF you wanna see some great, cool KISS picts with lots of pyro, check out "Pyrotek's" KISS web page section. They do the pyro for KISS' tour!! http://www.pyrotekfx.com/text/kisspics.htm
From: Gerri Miller of Metal Edge Magazine Got some more info on the KISS' Psycho Circus comic book--it's a 32 pager, and will be a monthly title. The first one comes out end of July/beginning of August.
From: Dale Sherman I will be at the Detroit convention this coming weekend. However, I should point out that the book's cover girl, Haley, is unable to attend due to other commitments. We had hoped we could work out something, which is why I haven't said much about it; unfortunately, there was just no way around it. Still, I hope everyone that is interested in the book will come on by! My publisher, CG Publishing, had worked out a deal with GUITAR WORLD for the magazine to begin featuring articles based on selections from many of CG's books. In relations, an article taken from BLACK DIAMOND could possibly appear in the near future. I'll keep everyone informed. Finally, I will be moving at the end of July and my current e-mail address will be stoping at that time. If wish to write to me by e-mail, you will have until July 19th. After that, I will inform KISS Asylum what my e-mail address will be once I am completely moved (expect sometime in early August). Although I am moving out of state, I will be keeping my post office box open until sometime in September, so you can always snail-mail me if you wish. Finally, KISS Otaku has put up a short audio interview with me and Haley from the KISS-A-RAMA convention in Cleveland. Check it out if you want to hear what we all sound like. Talk to everyone later!
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| July 8 |
From: Gerri Miller of Metal Edge Magazine I had an interesting conversation with Mr. Simmons this evening, about Action League Now, the European tour/last show in London, KISS & Sell, etc. **Peter's arm is better and Gene thinks he may not need surgery. **There will be an Alive IV but NOT this year. **What IS going to be released sometime in the next few months is the album with Bruce and Eric, but he wasn't sure if it would be titled Carnival of Souls. **There's a new comic coming next month from Todd McFarlane, called KISS' Psycho Circus, and an official website is on the way. **They've all started to write during the tour for the studio album. No producer picked yet. **He hadn't heard KAOL yet but wants to.
Also in the new Metal Edge, Ace Trump of Nextlevel.com (who did the reviews ofthe web sites in the KISS Rocks the World issue) is back at it again in "Website Spotlight" with some updated reviews and such. Check it out on page 31 of the Oct issue of Metal Edge. Ace Trump's comments on The KISS Asylum were: "Still my favorite KISS web site. The news is always as current as it can be and there are a TON of features and tidbits that can keep you busy for hours! This site is obviously a massive labor of love and it shows. Excellant work! In the "Metal Edge asks" section of the new issue they ask: "What song would you most like to cover?" KISS answers: Gene Simmons: "I Had Too Much To Dream" -- Electric Prunes Ace Frehley: "Talk Talk" -- Music Machine Peter Criss: "Be My Baby" -- Ronettes
From: Tuck Watts From Associated Press Newswire... (I work for WRCB-TV Chattanooga) Ex-KISS Guitarist Files Lawsuit For Royalties (Nashville) -- A former guitarist for the rock group KISS is suing the band, claiming he's owed millions of dollars. Vinnie Vincent now lives in Middle Tennessee. From 1982-to-84, he toured and recorded with the hard rock band, writing songs like "Lick It Up" and "I Love It Loud." At a news conference today in Nashville, Vincent and his attorney Mary Parker announced they had filed the lawsuit against the band yesterday in Los Angeles. Vincent claims he's been defrauded of royalty payments, since he never signed an employment agreement. He didn't put an exact dollar figure on what he thinks he is owed, because it would depend on KISS sales figures. Vincent nearly cried at the news conference, saying that rock musicians sometimes give their hearts and souls, "and never get anything back except heartache."
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| July 7 |
From: Ace at Nextlevel news * July 13th at the 4th annual Detroit KISS EXPO at the Troy Marriot. Call (313) 326-9054 for info. Special room rates are available. Bruce will be performing a clinic (solo performance) and will of course sign autographs and do a Q & A. Bruce will also treat the fans present to some of the new music he has been recording with John Corabi. This is one of the first times that the fans will get a chance to hear what they sound like!! Do not miss this!! * August 23 from 10 to 8PM meet Bruce at the Rock and Horror Expo "97 at the Meadowlands Convention Center in Sercaucus, N.J. Bruce will be signing for the fans and doing a Q&A. Also the new ESP model signature guitar will be presented at this event. * Come see Eric Singer and Bruce Kulick at the Providence Kiss Expo on Sept 14th. More info to follow. Looking ahead, Bruce will be in Toronto on Nov 16th and Philly on the 23rd of November. These are Kiss Expos. We will give you more info as it becomes available. For up-to-the-minute info on these events, check out Bruce's web site! Bruce Kulick's Virtual Studio: http://www.nextlevel.com/brucekulick
The last "Black Diamond" book excerpt is now up on the Black Diamond page. Check the features page for more info.
Just recently Martha from Mercury Australia sent me some KISS Australian Press Conference picts. They are pretty neat. Go to the photos page to check them out.
Just a note to say that the KISS Asylum chat will happen tonite at the usual time. For info on the chat, please go the the Chat page. The chat will last about an hour or so.
From: Chad Storm My name is Chad Storm, and I am the editor of an East Coast Kiss fanzine called, "The Fire Still Burns". Could you please let all the Kiss fans know that I only do fanzines when they are on an "as-needed" basis. i.e. reunion stuff. I have been receiving numerous letters since a small ad was placed in the most recent Metal Edge Kiss mag that came out. I wish I could still do the fanzine but it does cost money, and money right now is scarce, (I'm getting married on Sept.20) Money has to pay bills, and mortgages, and car payments. I haven't written anyone that has mailed me, and anyone who has written, please don't take it personally, why I haven't written back. All of the Kiss fans are one big family, and you are all equally important. So I've written this letter in hopes that you'll understand why I haven't wrtten you back. Almost all of the Kiss fans are on the web. Most of you will read this. When I can finally get a handle on more money, I will start it up again. If you would like to e-mail me, please do so. KISSFSB@aol.com I will tell you this, when the new studio album is finally in our possesion, that will be just cause to do a fanzine. Let's face it, all of us fans are a little sick of greatest hits albums, we want the best Kiss album to be made and released. In the meantime, don't ya just wish Carnival of Souls would come out to shut us all up? Only Gene can answer that question. Anyways Deuce, if you could just post this, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks and without us fans, The Fire would have never been lit. Sincerely, Chad Storm
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| July 6 |
From: Mats Vassifjord Just wanted to let everybody know that the new Greatest Hits-cd is out in the UK, where I bought it yesterday. If you wanna see the cover of it, go to my homepage at http://hem1.passagen.se/snwblind/ and enter the Kiss Army Sweden-zone! Pix from backstage and onstage the London-gig will also be on there within a few days!
From: Jason Klecko KISS on VH-1's history of music videos from A to Z!! Halfway into th K's they played the video from Exsposed of RNRAN! Nothing new, It was just cool to see A KISS video on T.V.
From: fallon Here's where KISS stands in 1997 as far as concert grosses go. This info was taken from the Mr. Showbiz website.
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| July 5 |
From: Jim Davenport Check out Tod McFarlane's web site for a couple of preview drawings from the new Pycho Circus comic book he's producing for KISS. http://www.spawn.com/pgprev.html
From: Jason Klecko Here's an update on the book "KISS Revenge is Sweet". The book is published by Omnibus press, Is 90 pages and is set up similarly to the "Kiss Years". It tracks the band from pre Ace Kiss all the way up to the first few reunion shows. Contains over 160 photos, interviews, and stories. The book also contains a great discography and vidiography, including all the singles and solo albums done by each of the members prior to being in Kiss and post Kiss. Cover price is 19.95 and appears to be selling realy well in my area, Spencer gifts had four copies on wednesday and are now down to one! It's an awsome book and is more than worthy of being in any Kiss fans collection for the pics alone!
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| July 4 |
From: Gerri Miller of Metal Edge Magazine Went to a party at Bruce Kulick's tonight. John Corabi wasn't there--another commitment--but Eric Singer was, plus Bruce's brother Bob and a few members of Moonshine, the band Bruce has worked with. They're getting close to a deal. Eric's been playing off and on with Gilby Clarke and may do a tour with him. He still doesn't have a computer but says he's going to get one.
From: ROCKGAWD@aol.com from the AOL bbs I just received a set of the first round of remasters--KISS, Hotter Than Hell, Dressed to Kill and Alive! and they are PHENOMENAL!!!! For one, the packaging is AWESOME!!! The original designs are back, the silver ink on Hotter than Hell, the raised lettering on Dressed to Kill, the booklet in Alive! (BTW, it's 2-CDs in a single disc jewel case), etc. are incredible. They also have liner notes by that Robert Conte guy who's also doing the trading cards. The sound is the best I've ever heard the KISS Catalog. All I have to say is everyone involved did an EXCELLENT JOB!!! I'm making sure I get the whole set! [KA Note: The first set of remasters are due out on July 15th. Check the KISS Future section for more info on upcoming releases]
From: Sam Samera If you a RealAudio Player...you can hear Gene doing a 5 minute of so interview as well as the weather on the BBC Radio 1 Show. The address is: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/listeningbooth/breakfast.ram When you get there....click your mouse on the positional clip and go forward 1 hour 49 minutes and 30 secs and hear Gene chat with the fellas and even do the weather! The interview is followed by "Crazy Crazy Nights." The thing is....this is a daily show...if you don't hear it today..you might not hear it again! But since is Friday....I think they play the same show the whole weekend until Monday! So hopefully everyone out there can hear the Demon speak!
From: SnowDog75@aol.com TODD LURES KISS TO McFARLANE PRODUCTION from Wizard Magazine, August 1997 Written by Jim McLauchlin, Wizard Magazine
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| July 3 |
From: Fusion I was watching WGN tv out of Chicago yesterday, and they had a small piece on Kiss. Seems that they are doing some kind of anti-drug promotion for television. Several commercials have been made with different people in them, but this one is all Kiss. They didn't show the whole thing - just a couple of shots from the commercial, without the sound. One shot was a full stage shot from the reunion tour, and then it showed Paul, in makeup, talking by himself about drugs (I suppose that is what he was talking about, since there was no sound). So it is cool that they are doing something like this for the public. Good to see them doing something regular on television, too!
From: Gerri Miller of Metal Edge Magazine Found out a bit more on the KISS animated short, Action League Now. It's just 5 minutes long, and KISS recorded voices for it during the tour, in Germany. It will eventually be shown on TV, as part of the Nickelodeon program Kablam! They're sending me slides for delivery tomorrow.
From: Dale Sherman Just wanted to let you know that I saw the book today at Border's and I had heard from someone who had seen it at Barnes & Nobles today as well. So the book is finally hitting the shelves. It is still a good idea for people interested to ask at the counter if they cannot find it on the shelves. Many books are going to fulfill backorders, so there may not be many to go on the shelves. Meanwhile, I have heard that Walden's has picked up the book (finally). They should have it in their stores in about 2-3 weeks. Finally, my publisher is in the mist of chaning their server and now a temporary address. It is: http://www.globalserve.ne/~cgp After July 7th, it will be: http://www.cgpublishing.com And their new e-mail is: cgp@globalserve.net Beyond that, everything is looking good for the Detroit KISS Expo coming up on the 13th!
From: Brian Welch Just thought I would let you know that this morning, July 2, 1997, I heard on the local Birmingham AL station Rock 99 that the new Kiss ties were out. They featured this on the morning drive news update. They gave the manufacturers name but I didn't catch it. They said they will cost around $30. Unfortunately they didn't tell where we could buy them. I was hoping that maybe you could give me some more info on the deal. They said there were supposed to be several designs, some with autographs of the band members.
From: Jeff Harshman Just an update...as far as I know, Ralph Marlin (the company making the KISS ties) only has one out right now. I ordered it last week and got it on Monday. It's called "KISS Signatures" and features the four solo pics with the member's autographs under each pic. It cost $17.99 to order it directly from Ralph Marlin, $21.99 with shipping and handling. To order, Ralph Marlin's number is 1-800-922-8437.
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| July 2 |
From: parasite@webspan.net On the Jay Leno Show tonight there was A KISS sighting sort of, Jay was telling the audiance that the vice president Al Gore's wife Tipper Gore use to be a drummer in a rock band (really) and now she wants to get back into it. Jay showed a picture of her behind the drums with Gene's makeup on. Just like the "Celebrity art of Roch Vaillancourt"
From: Steve Fallon Hi, this was in the NYC Daily News of July 1st: "A high living art dealer spent years quietly ripping off rock and rollers and Hollywood bigwigs to fund his life of luxery, prosecutors charged yesterday. "Todd Michael Volpe, who recently changed his name to Tod, allegedly robbed exculsively from the rich - including Jack Nicholson, KISS guitarist Paul Stanley and several Hollywood producers. "Volpe is accused of selling art in their collections on consignment and never paying back his clients."
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From:Shawn Hi this is Shawn, once again, and I have some interesting news for you. I was with my mother buying us lunch at the local McDonald's. Since it wasn't a special day or anything I was wearing my 70's style Alive/Worldwide shirt, when this guy kept staring at it. He gets his food and starts walking towards me, asks me if i saw KISS live or if I was just wearing the shirt for shits and giggles. I informed him about all three times I saw the reunion. He told me he was seeing him in San Diego to do some business with them. When I asked what business he said that he was drawing the first issue of PSYCHO CIRCUS. We went to his table and he opened up his attache and showed me the last three pages of the comic which kicks the shit out of KISSNATION. The artist was Angel Medina, who lives in Aurora, Illinois which is where I live, and drew Silver Surfer for a while for Marvel. Pretty cool huh, and I thought it was just another trip to Mickey D's.
From: Joe of KISS Hell Online There's a new KISS guitar book out from Hal Leonard. the cover has a live Creatures shot & there's some reunion pics inside. The book features tablature for 20 KISS classics (18 of which haven't appeared in the last 4 KISS GTR books). For a list of songs from this book and more news check out KISS Hell Online News.
From: Gerri Miller of Metal Edge Magazine A little more info on the KISS animated movie--KISS' voices WILL be heard, as will "Rock and Roll All Nite." I may have more tomorrow.
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