KISS Rockline Transcript from 4/22/96
Check out Deuce's exclusive interview with Gerri Miller of Metal Edge!
(4/28/96)
KISS CD-Reissues News:
(Updated 4-24-96)

It looks like the first batch of the KISS CD Reissues will be out in July! "ALIVE!" and "ALIVE II" CD reissues are expected in stores July 16. Both of them will, along with all of the CD Reissues, will be digitally remastered. Both "Alive!" and "Alive II" will be on single disks. Also, other "goodies" will be inserted in these reissues like tattoos and such. KISS is supposed to reissue the entire KISS catalog up to "Crazy Nights." As mentioned before, the "Creatures of the Night" reissue will feature the original cover of that album.

KISS in Future Metal Edge Magazine:
(Updated 4-24-96)

Gerri Miller, editor of Metal Edge magazine, confirmed today that Metal Edge
would be putting out a special KISS edition in the future. It will most
likely appear in July or August of this year.

Exclusive to The KISS Asylum...
Download a Quicktime movie and 15 JPEGs of the Press Conference!!!
Extra Special Thanks to Ben Eloy for providing the Macintosh video recording / editing equipment.
Download a 2 minute (2.5mb .WAV) sound byte of Conan anouncing KISS at the press conference!
You can also read the complete transcript!!

Read the KISS part of the transcript from MTV's Week in Rock.

Check out the Yahoo Headlines article on KISS
Wednesday, April 17 8:15 am EDT

KISS on Conan O'Brien show:
(Updated 4-17-96)

Excerpts of the KISS press conference can bee seen on the Conan O'Brien show this Friday (4-19). Conan's show can be seen on NBC at 12:30 AM.

Official Dates from SPIN magazine for the KISS Reunion Tour!!!!!

Read the press release about the reunion tour and view an image of the event!!
(4/16/96)
From an Anonymous Source:
(4/16/96)
Tickets for KISS plus Stone Temple Pilots will go on sale this saturday morning at 9:00 a.m. at the Tiger Stadium box offices, ticketmaster outlets and ticketmaster charge by phone at 810-645-6666.
Tickets will be available at all midwestern region ticketmaster outlets. Those outside this region can call and charge via phone.
News from the Official KISS Press Conference!
(Updated 4-16-96)

Here is the news that was divulged at the KISS press conference today. (This is early KISS news and more will be divulged later... Make sure to check back!)

  • KISS plans to keep concert ticket prices low [Ticket prices for the Detroit show will consist of $85-$50-$35-$27.50 per ticket]
  • The tour will consist of "classic KISS songs" but they will "do the songs that the fans want to hear also"
  • KISS has dug into the KISS vaults and plan to release a new KISS album to celebrate this occasion. This new KISS album will contain "rarities and live stuff from the era of Alive 1 and Alive 2" This album will be mixed and digitally remastered. It is supposed to be released in June / July.
  • This KISS Reunion tour will be a "WORLD TOUR" in every sense of the word. Paul Stanley was quoted as saying "we are not going to finish until we visit every country / every city and we are committed to this for a year or two years, what ever it takes."
  • Bruce Kulick and Eric Singer are still in the band and gave their blessings for the tour.
  • The current KISS has finished and turned in a new KISS studio album (one in which Bruce Kulick sings Lead vocals on on a song "I Walk Alone") which will not be released for a while. Probably not until the Reunion tour is over with.
  • These are the only early dates given at the time. More will be given later and look here for the official KISS Reunion Tour dates!!
  • Other KISS notes: it is rumored that KISS will headline the "Monsters of Rock" festival in Donnington England 8/24/96. KISS is then rumored to tour EUROPE after this date.
  • White Zombie, Anthrax, and Soundgarden are other rumored openers for KISS's 2nd leg of the Reunion tour.
    More Info on the KISS Press Conference: (Updated 4-12-96)

    I asked the MTV News department today about televising the KISS press conference and they answered, "MTV News will be covering the Kiss event, but we aren't going live. It's not the best time of the day for most of our viewers...but we'll have several reports during the week and on The Week in Rock."
    Also I have learned that Conan O'Brien, host of NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien, might host the KISS press conference. It is rumored that bits from this press conference will be shown on his TV show April 16th that night or the next night April 17th. His show air's at 12:30 est on NBC.
    Deuce,

    I'd appreciate if you'd post this at your site and to the mailing list.
    It's official news from Mercury Records.

    Thanks,
    Jon - The Mercury Online Guy


    THE NEWS YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR...

    What: Kiss Press Conference

    Who: Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley, Peter Criss

    When: Tuesday, April 16, 1996 12:00pm (noon) Eastern Time

    Where: Intrepid Museum, West 46th Street & 12th Avenue, New York City

    LIVE AUDIO AND VIDEO BROADCAST ON THE INTERNET:
    http://www.mercuryrecords.com/mercury for more info.
    (4/9/96)

    KISS on Rockline (for real, this time!!)
    (Updated 4-7-96)

    It appears that the make-up date for the KISS Rockline show is April 22nd. KISS will announce the KISS reunion tour dates then. Supposedly the tour is to start on June 28th at Tiger Stadium with Stone Temple Pilots opening for KISS. This information should be confirmed during the KISS press conference on April 16th.

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    KISS Press Conference!
    (Updated 4-3-96)

    There is a very strong indication that KISS will hold their press conference to announce their reunion tour on April 16th in New York City on the USS Intrepid (A US aircraft carrier) at 6pm EST.
    KISS will be flown in via helicopter in full make-up plus fireworks and pyrotechnics used in the ceremony. There is also a rumor that MTV will hold this press conference live. It is possible that KISS might play some songs live!
    There is talk that the reunion tour will begin the 2nd week of June and kick off in Detroit, Michigan at Tiger Stadium.
    Tour dates will be posted here when they are made available.

    KISS Chart News
    (Updated 4-2-96)

    The "KISS MTV Unplugged" video is #1 in music video sales on the Billboard charts this week. Also this video is #10 in the general video sales category.
    Also, as mentioned earlier, the "KISS MTV Unplugged" CD debuted on the Billboard charts at #15.

    (Updated 3-31-96)
    KISS's first radio single off of KISS MTV Unplugged, "Rock & Roll All Nite,"
    charted at #31 on the Billboard charts this week.

    The rock group Stone Temple Pilots was on Howard Stern's radio program on
    Friday and said that they were hoping to open up for KISS during the reunion
    tour this summer. Stone Temple Pilots are huge KISS fans. Right now, things
    are being worked out for this to happen.

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