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 December 2006 NewsPage updated on December 31, 2006All news should be considered an unconfirmed report unless verified, and all information published at KISS Asylum is attributed to the source from which it was received so that readers may judge the validity of the statements for themselves. All information is confirmed where possible, and all publication is governed by common sense.
From: KISSOnline Tattoo artist Robert Hernandez has created quite a number of beautifully detailed KISS tattoos throughout his career. Visit his Website at www.rhernandeztattoos.com to view over 30 additional KISS Tatoos from Robert.
From: Brave Words/Bloody Knuckles Launch Radio Networks has issued the following report from Gary Graff: Eighteen enduring classic rock tracks have been gathered together for Mullets Rock! Too!: Mullets In Love!, a celebration of the much-maligned hair style, to be released on March 13th. Among the songs featured on the collection are TED NUGENT's 'Wang Dang Sweet Poontang', KISS guitarist ACE FREHLEY's version of THE MOVE's 'Do Ya', FOGHAT's cover of WILLIE DIXON's 'I Just Want To Make Love To You', and CHEAP TRICK's 'The Flame'. [more]
From: KISSOnline During this holiday season, let's not forget all of the brave members of the Armed Forces stationed throughout the world. Please remember their daily sacrifices on our behalf! In honor of the troops, we present a pictorial from Gene's October visit to Ft. Bragg. Known as the "Home of the Airborne and Special Operations Forces". Fort Bragg houses the 82nd Airborne Division and the XVIII Airborne Corps. The U.S. Army Special Operations Command and the U.S. Army Parachute Team (the Golden Knights) also call Fort Bragg home. The first set of photos is from Gene's first stop upon arriving at Ft. Bragg - the base Hospital. There he visited with several injured soldiers and their families. Gene thanked each of the soldiers for "all that they do" and wished them well. He made it quite clear how he feels about them and how special they are to him and KISS. The meetings were filled with lots of laughs and hugs. One soldier made Gene a little nervous when he tried to remove his own IV so that he could put on the KISS shirt Gene had given him. [more]
From: Des Moines Register See a behind-the-scenes look at Deuce, a KISS tribute band from Des Moines, Iowa, preparing for their December 22nd show where the band played to 1500 people. The slide-show is available here.
From: KISS Asylum Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2007 to KISS fans, all over the World.
From: PR Newswire Wentworth Gallery, one of the nation's leading fine art retailers, is proud to present two art exhibitions by artist and rock icon lead singer of KISS, PAUL STANLEY. He will make two special appearances at the Wentworth Galleries on Friday, February 9th in Hackensack and on Saturday, February 10th in Short Hills. Both appearances are open to the public and free of charge. PAUL STANLEY's New Jersey Wentworth Gallery appearances... [more]
From: TalkingMetal.com TalkingMetal.com has posted episode 117 of their "Talking Metal" podcast. In this episode, hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy are joined by Pat Harrington of SLUNT, Erik Kluiber of OVERLOADED, and JAZAN WILD. Topics include PAUL STANLEY, GENE SIMMONS, GUNS N' ROSES frontman Axl Rose, Chris Gillan, Bob Kulick, comic books, and the current state of metal. [more]
From: Des Moines Register The most elaborate rock show to take place this week in Des Moines began more than two years ago as a casual comment. "Hey, let's dress up like KISS for Halloween," as guitarist Erich Tran remembers it. "It really was just for fun," he explains. [more]
From: EddieTrunk.com The Original Merry KISSmass Special! You wait for it all year and KISS fans it's finally here! Nothing but the music of KISS, KISS giveaways, requests and maybe some surprise guests. This show is live on Q104.3 in the NYC tri-state area from 11PM-2AM EST. You can hear it live online at www.q1043.comduring those hours or on our affiliate outlets on play. All KISS music from all eras (no solo, KISS band recordings only), KISS requests, KISS giveaways, and maybe some special guests. Updates soon. Merry KISSmass and happy holidays to all!
From: KISS Asylum KISS Asylum wishes PETER CRISS a happy birthday today.
From: Rockin' Metal Revival Red & Jerry's Rockin' Metal Revival's 7th Podcast is a Merry KISSmas Special - 4 hours long and available at www.rockinmetalrevival.com. The show includes an interview with BRUCE KULICK, and with an interview with bassist Rudy Sarzo (Whitesnake, Ozzy, Quiet Riot).
From: KISSOnline Milwaukee radio station 102.9 - the Hog - will celebrate Christmas Day with KISS. On-air personality Bob Onan will be playing wall to wall KISS tunes all day during the stations KISSmas special. Visit the station's website at http://www.1029thehog.com . There is a link to listen to the station live - so check it out on December 25th!
From: TommyThayer.com Tommy had the pleasure of meeting golf's 2005 US Open Champion, Michael Campbell this weekend. Michael who is from New Zealand and a massive KISS fan, invited Tommy and his wife Amber to dinner Sunday night after his final round at Tiger Wood's Target World Challenge. "We had a great talk, says Tommy, about the surprising similarities of touring professional golfers and rock's top touring acts." Michael first saw KISS during the band's first trip to Auckland in 1980 and has been a fan ever since. Tommy attended the Tiger Woods Target World Challenge at Sherwood CC in Thousand Oaks, CA Saturday and Sunday to watch the world's top golfers compete in the huge 5.75 million dollar event.
From: KISS FAQ People receiving the deluxe editon of season one of GENE SIMMONS "Family Jewels" are receiving an audio treat. The package includes a bonus CD with two songs expected to be featured on Gene's "MONSTER: THE GENE SIMMONS BOX SET." The version of "You're My Reason For Living" varies slightly from that released in 2003 on Gene's "Sex Money KISS" audio book lunch box and Japanese version of "Asshole." While it has more prominent drums, it lacks some of the electric guitar over-dubs and is 17 seconds longer, though most of that is the result of a longer fade-out. The second song is previously unreleased. "Rain Keeps Fallin'" is previously known as a song Gene demoed with members of Silent Rage around 1991. Several different lyrical versions of the song exist. Most interesting, perhaps, the riff at the start of this song can also be heard in a studio jam session with Dutch rockers Sleeze Beeze from around 1990/1 where Gene was working with the band on using his "Daily Planet" riff. They'd come up with the song "Jealous Woman" from the efforts, though the band didn't use it. This is a great example of Gene and his creativity. "Rain Keeps Fallin'" was being developed during the COS sessions, with one September 1993 re-write being known with interesting lyrics such as "Burning crosses in my own back yard" and "My name's on a cool headstone with a pretty rose."
From: PaulStanley.com The January 2007 Issue of Guitar World Magazine features Paul in the Tune-ups - Dear Guitar Hero section. Paul answers 12 fan submitted questions on a number of topics including LIVE TO WIN and KISS. The issue is available on news stands now.
From: KISSOnline Thanks for all of your emails about the Best Buy Bonus track replacement discs. Half of you have stated that you did get the replacement disc as promised at Best Buy and the other half told us that you are having trouble obtaining it. We spoke with Universal Music and they informed us that the CDs have been shipped to the stores. They are forwarding all of your emails to Best Buy to inform them of the problems many of you are having. We will follow up with Universal later this week and post any additional information. Pictured here is an actual scan of the replacement disc which features the Millennium Concert including the Best Buy only tracks - "God of Thunder" and "2000 Man". [more]
From: Blabbermouth Ozzy Osbourne (BLACK SABBATH) and ACE FREHLEY (KISS) are among the latest artists who have signed on to participate in the "Six-String Masterpieces: The Dimebag Darrell Art Tribute" — the art exhibit of guitars that have been hand-painted, illustrated and sculpted by top rockers and modern artists in tribute to one of the most influential metal guitarists of all-time, "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott of DAMAGEPLAN and PANTERA. Over the next two months, look for new Dean ML guitars painted by: Ozzy Osbourne ACE FREHLEY (KISS) Al Jourgensen (MINISTRY) Dean Karr (award-winning video director, photographer) Paul Raven (MINISTRY, KILLING JOKE, PRONG) Jim Root (SLIPKNOT, STONE SOUR) Cristina Scabbia (LACUNA COIL) Alex Grey (legendary psychedelic artist) Billy Gibbons (ZZ TOP) Leslie West (MOUNTAIN) Jamie Jasta (HATEBREED) Aaron Lewis (STAIND) There will be a small collection of the art guitars going to winter NAMM and then to Guitar Center Hollywood in January. More details will be made available soon. [more]
From: KISSOnline I work at a country radio station outside of Nashville in Cookeville TN., WGSQ The Country Giant (CMA AND AMC Radio station of the year in the same year!) and we have a little band with the DJs. Recently we had the chance to open for Aaron Tippin when he came to town, and me being the HUGE KISS FAN and leader of our little band, I decided to put KISS in the show...we opened up with KISS intro "you Wanted the Best...." and then Detroit Rock City!! I used Halloween masks to paint the faces on (since we were only doing 1 song as KISS and not the rest) and it was awesome!!! KISS RULES!!!!
From: Contact Music & GeneSimmons.com KISS bassist GENE SIMMONS is convinced he and fellow rocker SIR MICK JAGGER would have ended up flipping burgers in a fast food restaurant if they hadn't become successful musicians. The 57-year-old rocker believes today's biggest music stars don't have the talent for any decent back-up careers. He says, "They'd (ROLLING STONES) probably now be asking you if you want fries with that. That includes Jagger and myself. "Classical musicians are real musicians, the rest of us are lazy entertainers who never took time to learn how to play our instruments properly and can't read or write music." Read the full story here. Response from Gene: Not entirely what I meant. While it's true I believe most entertainers have little qualification to do anything else in life, Jagger is a graduate, I'm told, of a London Economic School...and I hold a BA in Education...which meant I taught 6th grade, among other jobs. While the article was meant to make a point, and didn't really apply to Jagger or myself, I still stand by the general notion about most entertainers
From: Kulick.net Bruce will be the special guest at the Fiesta KISS in Santiago, Chile on December 19, 2006. The event will be held at La Batuta (Plaza Ñuñoa). The performances will start at 10:00p.m. Performing will be Kisserblood and Revenge, and Bruce will appear on stage for a short set as well as meet fans.
From: Uncut Everyday, Uncut bring you the best thing we've seen on YouTube -- a great piece of archive footage, a music promo or a clip from one of our favourite movies of TV shows. Today: Watch GENE SIMMONS and cohorts save Santa Claus, in this clip taken from Emmy- award winning US cartoon sitcom, Family Guy. This clip is taken from a movie being watched by Peter within the Christmas special episode. [more]
From: KISSOnline Zachary Walker Lee Johnson, my son, was born on October 16, 2001 in Texas. Problems began to arise when Zachary began violent fits of rage and constant headbutting at the age of 10 months old. Being the concerned parent we were,we took Zachary to doctors everytime this happened, in which was frequent. We were told by all the doctors this is normal behavior. As Zachary became older, the violent fits of rage and headbutting worsened with the endangerment on his life. We were still ignored by doctors for being concerned for my son. When Zachary was 3 yrs old, he finally had a doctor who was concerned for him just as much as Lee and myself. Finally all the right specialists were seen and Zachary was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome and Autism. Zachary's violent seizures continued and medications were given. On August 6, 2006, Zachary's first MRI results were in. The conclusion to the mystery of what has bothered Zachary for the past 5 years ended with the doctor explaining to me that my little boy was born with 9 tumors on the right frontal lobe of his brain. This is very rare and surgery can take place but with the most capable hands. Zachary's obsession with the 70's rock band "KISS" began when he was 2 yrs old. At first I believed he saw them as the cartoons characters in my brother in law's room. Gradually, he learned more and more about this legendary rock band. His mind absorbed everything about KISS like a sponge, including every song that they sang. His fourth birthday had to be KISS and we spent more money on a cake than we normally would. Zachary is now 5 and his last birthday was spent at Chuck E Cheese's and KISS was the theme. Not only did we have the cake, but toys and a backpack were included. If I were to describe my son to anyone, I would say he is a child of the 70's. Not only does he love this band, he actually believes they are on tour today and you can buy a KISS toy for him at your local WalMart. Today, if you were to name a title of any KISS song and ask Zachary who sings the lead vocals, he could tell you correctly. Zachary knows the names of the original four, what instruments they play, and their stage moves. Believe it or not, he can immitate Paul and Gene perfectly. This past Halloween, Zachary was Star Child. Star Child made an appearance at our local mall, entered a costume contest and WON!! On January 9, 2007, Zachary will be going to Texas Children's Hospital to seek further treatment from a pedi neurosurgeon. There is talk he may have many surgeries before it's over and my husband and I are terrified for our son. We decided to leave it up to God when there is nothing left to do or no calls to make. Until then, Zachary continues to suffer from seizures, violent spells, and blackouts on a daily or nightly basis because the medication is no longer working. Please keep us in your prayers. Thank You, Kristen Johnson
From: KISSOnline Fans of all ages gathered Sunday to celebrate everything KISS at the December Chicago KISS Expo. Attendees shopped for KISS collectibles, caught up with old friends and visited with Lydia Criss, who was on hand to promote her new book. Former KISS manager Bill Aucoin signed autographs and mingled throughout the day. During his Q&A sessions, the crowd listened intently as Bill reminisced fondly about his time with the band! Tribute band Double Platinum ended the day with a setlist of KISS classics.
From: KISSAsylum KISSAsylum would like to wish BRUCE KULICK a very happy birthday!!!
From: KISSOnline This really isn't a question... It's just something I wanted to share with you. My name is Tony Sanchez (www.tonysreroots.com) and not only am I a KISS fan, but I'm also CPK collector. I repair Cabbage Patch Kids that people destroyed when they were children. As one of the prizes of the December photo contests at the Cabbage Patch Collectors Club, I've created a very unique prize that members are trying to win. I really wanted to share the picture before they do. I named him baby Gene. Enjoy!
From: TommyThayer.com The Make-A-Wish Foundation® of the Mid-South grants wishes for children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength, and joy. With his involvement with PGA Champion golfer Shaun Micheel's annual fundraising event in Memphis, Tommy asks everyone to consider making a donation to The Make-A-Wish Foundation® of the Mid-South this holiday season. For more information call 800-264-9474 (or) www.midsouthwish.org
From: KISSOnline Thought you would enjoy this picture of my daughter (Andrea, 7 years old) with GENE SIMMONS, at the perfume signing in Riverside, Ca. Gene was so sweet with her. He gave her a high five and showed her how to pose like a "rock star". She was so excited the next day at school. She showed all her classmates her pictures with GENE SIMMONS and even wrote an essay about meeting him. Sincerely, Jennifer Durant (A proud mother of the future generation of KISS fans!!)
From: PaulStanley.com Paul will appear on EXTRA TV this weekend - December 9 & 10. Please visit the link below for all local airing times of the national syndication televison show: http://extratv.warnerbros.com/v2/about/whenitson.html.
From: Winnipeg Free Press 'MY parents were always a little concerned about me," says Mark Sawatzky about his childhood. "I mean, there's something definitely weird about a little kid walking around singing "Put your hand in my pocket and grab onto my rocket..." Sawatzky was four years old in 1977, the year his older sister brought home a copy of Alive II by storied rock band KISS. Sharon, Lois and Bram never stood a chance. By the time Sawatzky reached grade school, the Elmwood youth was spending his entire allowance on records, T-shirts, bubble gum cards: anything he could turn up featuring the group's trademark image. [more]
PAUL STANLEY Solo Gold Record From: KISSmuseum.com JUST RELEASED - this beautiful framed PAUL STANLEY Solo Album Gold Record, plated in real 24kt gold! Full-size record lp and jacket make this a stunning wall hanging at 24" x 18". The Peter Ace and Gene have not yet been released and should be out in around 2 weeksl The Paul Gold Record though is in-stock and available to ship today! We guarantee Christmas delivery on all orders placed by December 19th. $159.95 at KISSmuseum.com
From: PAUL STANLEY.com Here are some of my PAUL STANLEY photos from the Greensburg, PA Palace Theater. There is a sound check photo and a couple from the show. (Click the photo for the additional pictures)
From: KISSOnline The Japanese company Wildcard is creating a Pachinko machine to be released in Japan. Pachinko machines are a cross between a pinball machine and a video slot machine. The machines are widespread throughout Japan in establishments called "pachinko parlors". Pictured here is the approved black and white comp. Wildcat will now make a color comp and submit for approval. No release date has been set for the KISS Pachinko Machine but we will post as soon as we have any further info!
From: KISSOnline QUESTION: Hi Tommy, How are you? Myself - I am having KISS withdrawals!! What have you been up to since KISS last played in the summer? Do you see your band mates when your off the road? Best --- James Nichols, Boise, Idaho ANSWER (Tommy): I stay busy with KISS oriented projects; the main one in the past year has been KISSOLOGY. There's always enough going on in the world of KISS, and particularly new developing projects that I keep an eye on, to stay busy when KISS isn't touring. I see the guys regularly, although everybody's busy with a million different things. QUESTION: Hey Tommy, I'd like to know if you had a chance to see Paul play on the LIVE TO WIN Tour. If so, what did you think of the show? I caught 3 shows myself and I have to tell you I was very impressed with Paul and the band. --- Rich Madden, Tempe, Arizona [more]
From: National Geographic News It's enough to give GENE SIMMONS (inset) appendage envy. Despite a '70s rock rumor, the KISS bassist did not have his tongue surgically replaced with a cow's. But could Anoura fistulata tempt him to go batty? A. fistulata (shown lapping sugar water from a tube) has the longest tongue, relative to body length, of any mammal—and now scientists think they know why. "This bat was just discovered last year, and now we've observed a very unique relationship with a local flower," said Nathan Muchhala, a University of Miami Ph.D. student whose team's findings are to be published tomorrow in the journal Nature. [more]
From: Brave Words/Bloody Knuckles Swedish rock outfit Backyard Babies have updated their website with a photo of guitarist Dregen's design for the shop window of Stockholm department store PUB. Pictured is Dregen's fantastic replica of the KISS Alive! album cover, gingerbread style! In other Backyard Babies news, the band's 1994 debut, Diesel And Power, will be reissued with the bonus track 'Lies' and a video for the track 'Electric Suzy'.
From: Kulick.net GREAT to finally start with my new solo disc! After writing songs since the end of 2003, I have officially started the recording on my third CD, which for now I will just refer to as BK 3. More on the title later. Brent Fitz, straight off the road from a Theory of a Deadman tour, drove from Vegas to LA on Saturday night. Since his drums did not clear customs yet we asked ERIC SINGER if we could grab some drums for the session. Very cool of Eric to help out with some of his gear for the recording and I will be doing some tracks with Eric later in the month. We started early on Sunday getting things set up and fine tuning the drums. Brian Virtue is my engineering wiz that I have been working with lately, and of course my co-producer Jeremy Rubolino was there, and they were getting amazing drum tones from the kit. Brent was a trooper, working hard as it took about 4 hours to get the tones right, and then we plowed into cutting drum tracks. We only needed him to play along with the Pro Tool sessions as Jeremy and I did very developed demos for the songs. [more]
From: KISSOnline The following is a list of "KISSMAS" Store promotions taking place on Dec. 9th: Name That Mask - Match the name to the mask and Winner receives a goody bag w/sample,sticker & air freshener. That Winning KISS - Large container w/ silver and gold Hershey's kisses, the customer tries to pick a gold Hershey kisses. Winner receives a sample, tattoo and sticker. [more]
From: KISSOnline Here are some KISSONLINE pictures of Paul's photo shoot yesterday in Hollywood. The shoot, with famed photographer Neil Zlozower, was for the new PAUL STANLEY line of Washburn Guitars.
From: Blabbermouth.net Wentworth Gallery, one of the nation's leading fine art retailers, will present two art exhibitions by artist and rock icon lead singer of KISS, PAUL STANLEY. He will make two special appearances at the Wentworth Galleries on Friday, February 9, 2007 in Hackensack and on Saturday, February 10, 2007 in Short Hills. Both appearances are open to the public and free of charge. PAUL STANLEY's New Jersey Wentworth Gallery appearances:. Friday February 9, 2007. 6-9 PM. Wentworth Gallery. Riverside Square Mall 171 Riverside Square Hackensack, NJ Saturday, February 10, 2007 4-7 PM Wentworth Gallery Short Hills Mall 1200 Morris Turnpike Short Hills, NJ [more]
From: KISSOnline I went to BosCovs in Eatontown, NJ, where they were having the KISSMAS fragrance promotion yesterday, to buy some KISS Her for myself. I arrived there in the evening so I think I missed the actual event, but I did buy the perfume and body lotion gift set, and love it. It came with a free large bottle of body splash with purchase. The salesperson knew that I am a fan and I was treated very well because I also received a tee-shirt, four masks, a car air freshener, stickers and samples of the men's fragrance. Here is the picture took of the display. Happy Holidays!
From: Des Moines Register For Joyce Sheets of Des Moines, Veterans Memorial Auditorium stands as nothing less than a hallowed monument to her youthful worship of Elvis Presley. Sheets, then 23, had a front-row seat when Presley performed on May 22, 1956 — the first concert to be held at the arena. She and her four girlfriends were in full swoon. [more]
From: Santa Cruz Sentinel Derek Sherinian's bio reads like every young rock 'n' roller's ultimate fantasy. Born and raised in Santa Cruz and a graduate of Soquel High School, Sherinian began playing piano at age 5. When he heard Elton John at an early age, he knew he wanted to explore the more theatrical side of piano playing and naturally started listening to rock. He was offered a scholarship to the prestigious Berklee School of Music in Boston, which he attended immediately after finishing high school. And that's when the fates intervened. While there, he met and jammed with the likes of Will Calhoun who would go on to play drums with Living Colour and became close friends with Al Pitrelli. After a year at Berklee, he headed back out West to make it big in Los Angeles. His talents soon landed him a gig with legendary R&B drummer Buddy Miles, who hired him to tour clubs across the nation. [more]
From: KISSOnline Universal Music has manufactured replacement discs for Best Buy customers that purchased the set without the bonus tracks - "2000 Man" and "God Of Thunder". The discs will begin shipping direct to Best Buy stores on 12/6. Depending on transit times, most Best Buy stores should have the discs by December 9. To receive the free replacement disc, bring your receipt into a Best Buy store on or after December 9. If your purchase was made on Bestbuy.com, there will be instructions there as well, next week. Best Buy will have plenty of replacement discs after the holidays too, for fans that receive the CD for Christmas. Thank you for your patience while this solution was being worked out and implemented.
From: LiveDaily In the world of KISS (music), there's no such thing as too much. While that line of thinking has served the band well for more than three decades, frontman PAUL STANLEY (music) isn't afraid to admit that sometimes, less can be more. Such is the case with his latest release, "Live to Win," his first solo album since the eponymous KISS solo efforts were issued in 1978. Absent is the bombast, pomp and pageantry that marks his full-time band. Present are the sweeping choruses and lavish songwriting that marked the band's more memorable late-'80s and early-'90s moments, as well as Stanley's signature vocal tone and unmistakable style. Why "Live to Win," and why now? PAUL STANLEY sat down with LiveDaily to delve deeper into the new release. [more] |
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