Loudwire

Nikki Sixx has been in a war of words with KISS members Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley in recent weeks. The Motley Crue bassist called out Simmons for his controversial comments on Prince’s death, among other topics, which led to Paul Stanley to defend his KISS bandmate by telling Sixx to “please shut up.”

It all started when Gene Simmons told Newsweek that Prince’s death was pathetic, suggesting that the pop icon killed himself through drug abuse. Sixx then called out Simmons, calling him “an overrated, lucky guy that dresses like a clown” and criticizing him about other comments he’s made over the years, too. Stanley, who himself lambasted Simmons’ Prince comments, then told Sixx to get off his “self inflated pedestal.”

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Stef Lach | Team Rock

Paul Stanley says it was about time he worked with Ace Frehley again because “life’s too short.”

The Kiss frontman appears on former bandmate Frehley’s solo album Origins Vol.1, singing on a version of Free’s Fire And Water. And in an interview filmed on the set of the video for the track, the pair discuss the collaboration and their relationship.

Stanley tells 95.5 KLOS: “Look, life’s too short, and regardless of whatever differences we will have and continue to have and things that we don’t agree on, there’s no denying what we started together.

“And what we started together is the reason that we’re still here today. So why not celebrate it?”

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Michael Brandvold

Radio.com

One of the silliest beefs in hard rock this year erupted when KISS’ Gene Simmons called Prince’s death “pathetic” and Mötley Crüe bassist and songwriter Nikki Sixx took him to task, suggesting he’s out of touch and should “call it a day.” Then KISS guitarist Paul Stanley chimed in and Sixx commented again. But now Sixx says it’s time to it’s time back off the battlefield before everyone involved loses credibility.

“I think we just kinda look like a bunch of old women fighting at this point,” he told Loudwire.

Sixx added that the war of words spiraled out of control because the press made a new, bold headline out of every comment. “The problem is that sometimes you will say something and the media will take just that 15 seconds and that gets magnified,” he said. “It can get blown out of proportion.”

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Joe Polo

kissmycinema.com

Jason Herndon

This week on KISS My Wax, your co-hosts Jason Herndon, Tom Shannon​, & Andrew Sgambati give you their top 10’s! There’s a ton of interesting things in this week’s episode so be sure to check it out. And participate too!

Gabe Zaldivar | Travel Pulse

“HOLLYWOOD, CA – MAY 18: Musician Gene Simmons attends the Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood launch of DC Universe: The Exhibit – featuring the greatest Super Heroes and Super-Villains on May 18, 2016 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Mike Windle/Getty Images for Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood)”

The Justice League, Suicide Squad and general comic book merriment is well represented at the upcoming DC Universe: The Exhibit, part of the Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood. TravelPulse had the opportunity to stop by and witness the exhibit that will open May 24.

Let’s just say our inner nerd was screaming to be let out and play with every last movie prop as if we were Harley Quinn left to her own devices.

Thankfully, we remained composed as we stepped through the doorway and saw firsthand where we have come in terms of national geekdom.

The first items that capture the eye are the giant banners that show the Justice League in its glory. Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and the rest of the gang are there to greet you in image form.

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The Sun

BEFORE the Playboy model wife of Kiss hell-raiser Gene Simmons agreed to marry him after 28 years’ dating, she had one demand.

Shannon Tweed insisted the 66-year-old rocker, who admits to bedding almost 5,000 groupies, must burn his secret collection of sex snaps.

And the bonfire at their home in Los Angeles went on for days.

Gene says: “I didn’t do drugs in the crazy times but I did do sex.

“Did I sleep with 4,800 women?

“So they tell me.

“I did have the Polaroids to prove it, oh yes.

“But most of them were burned.

“Shannon and I got together with them and we had a ritual.”

As the frontman of hard rock band Kiss, Gene has spat blood and breathed fire — daubed in the band’s iconic face paint — for more than four decades.

And with the help of the freakishly long tongue he flashes on stage, he racked up conquests even faster than the band racked up gold albums.

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Belfast Telegraph

Gary Graff | Billboard

Gabriel Olsen

It’s one thing for Paul Stanley to take Kissmate Gene Simmons to task. But woe be to anyone else who wants to do it — and that means you, Nikki Sixx.

With Kiss preparing for the worldwide May 25 screening of its Kiss Rocks Vegas concert film and the early July launch of its summer Freedom To Rock tour, Stanley has been the fulcrum of some pointed social media exchanges during the past week. He took Simmons to task on Twitter for some derogatory interview comments the bassist made about Prince‘s death, calling them “cold, clueless statements.” Simmons subsequently apologized via Twitter. But when Sixx later slammed Simmons as a “bully” and claiming that “nobody in rock” respects him, Stanley posted a sharply worded Facebook retort calling Sixx’s comments an “unimportant but annoying squeak” and directing him to “please shut up, find another way to be in the news and get off your self inflated pedestal.”

Nikki Sixx Calls Gene Simmons an ‘Overrated, Lucky Guy’ After Controversial Prince Comment

“It’s just silly stuff, honestly,” Stanley tells Billboard. “It’s one thing to call somebody out and to have a point of view on somebody’s quotes, but then to just harp on it…You have to be suspect of the motives. Whatever questions I have about things that Gene has said is one thing, but to beat him into the ground becomes self-serving. It just gets annoying. For other people to harp on it and beat it into the ground is not something I want to sit by and listen to. When somebody starts to denigrate or take potshots at your contributions or your band or anything else, when you consider the source it gets to be ludicrous.”

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Radio.com

Paul Kane

Paul Stanley has one more thing to say about the roundabout beef between himself, Mötley Crüe’s Nikki Sixx and KISS bandmate Gene Simmons.

It all started when Simmons made some tasteless comments about Prince’s death, calling the late artist “pathetic,” for killing himself through drug use.  Simmons later backpedaled from those comments andapologized.

Stanley chastised Simmons for those comments, but then Nikki Sixx weighed in, slamming Simmons, and disavowing him as a personal hero.

Stanley did not take kindly to the take down, posting a lengthy rebuttaldefending Simmons.

“It’s just silly stuff, honestly,” Stanley says in a new interview withBillboard. “It’s one thing to call somebody out and to have a point of view on somebody’s quotes, but then to just harp on it…You have to be suspect of the motives. Whatever questions I have about things that Gene has said is one thing, but to beat him into the ground becomes self-serving. It just gets annoying.”

Pasquale

Patrick Demontigny and I, Pasquale Vari,  will be hosting this one night only event at the Cineplex Odeon in Brossard at the 10/30 on the South Shore of Montreal.

We want to make this special screening a KISS Style event…BIG.

We will be introducing the movie to the fans, giving out official KISS Merch Door Prizes including KISS Rocks Vegas Posters, a KKII poster signed by Paul, Gene, Eric and Tommy and much more.

SHOUT IT OUT LOUD KISS Army and we will see you on May 25th!!!

Cineplex Odeon, 9350 Boulevard Leduc, Brossard, QC J4Y 0B3, Canada

Christa Titus | Billboard

On Ace Frehely’s latest album,Origins, Vol. 1, the guitar legend slips into the roles of both admirer and idol. The formerKiss member compiled the collection of covers by picking songs from bands who influenced him as a musician, like Led Zeppelin (“Bring It On Home,”) Cream (“White Room”),Free (“Fire and Water”) and The Kinks (“Till the End of the Day”). Then he consulted his Rolodex to invite contemporaries to join him on the record, like John 5, Lita Ford, Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready and Slash.

“Slash is an amazing, fiery guitar player, just like me,” says Frehley of the top-hatted axeman, who trades licks with him on Thin Lizzy’s “Emerald.” “I think we complemented each other rather than try to outplay each other.”

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Frehley also extended asks to one-time bandmates Paul Stanley andGene Simmons. While Frehley wasn’t able to get a hold of Simmons — “Maybe for volume two,” he says philosophically — Stanley paired with him for “Fire and Water,” for which they also shot a video:

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Michael Brandvold

Blabbermouth

Original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley recently spoke to Fuse about his solo covers set, “Origins Vol. 1”, which came out in April. You can now watch the chat below.

Regarding how he went about choosing which songs to cover, Frehley said: “I knew this album was coming, and every time I got an idea or heard a song that I said, ‘That might be a good one to do,’ I’d write it down. And maybe I had had, like, thirty songs and I tried to pick ones that I thought I could do live also; that was a contributing factor in my decision.”

He continued: “I originally wasn’t that excited about it, but once I started the recording process, it just snowballed.

“I’m really happy with the nine covers and three remakes of KISS songs. I think it’s a good package.”

“Origins Vol. 1” debuted at No. 23 on The Billboard 200, having shifted 16,000 equivalent album units in the week ending April 21. The CD features KISS frontman Paul Stanley joining Ace on FREE‘s hit “Fire And Water”. This collaboration marks the first time that Ace and Paul appear on the same studio recording since KISS‘s 1998 reunion album “Psycho Circus”. Other guests are Slash trading leads on THIN LIZZY‘s classic “Emerald”, Lita Ford singing and playing lead on THE TROGGS staple “Wild Thing”, ROB ZOMBIE guitarist John 5 playing guitar alongside Ace as he sings his classic KISS composition “Parasite” for the very first time, as well as Jimi Hendrix‘s “Spanish Castle Magic”, and PEARL JAM‘s Mike McCready also plays guitar with Ace as he finally sings his KISS “Alive!” mainstay “Cold Gin”.

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Anti Music

KISS frontman Paul Stanley called out Nikki Sixx in a social media post after the former Motley Crue bass player made insulting comments about Stanley’s bandmate Gene Simmons.

Sixx made disparaging comments about Gene following controversial remarks that Simmons made about the death of Prince in an interview with Newsweek, which he quickly apologized for.

Stanley took to his official Facebook page after he learned of Sixx’s comments and wrote, “Jesus Christ Nikki Sixx! Would you please shut up, find another way to be in the news and get off your self inflated pedestal.

“Regardless of some things Gene Simmons has said that I may take issue with, his influence on musicians (you included) is undeniable and will continue.

“More importantly, his work, generosity and monetary contributions to numerous causes and charities for those less fortunate makes your ongoing rant, in the scheme of things, the unimportant but annoying squeak it truly is. Move on.” Continue reading →

QFM96

Motley Crue star Nikki Sixx has turned on Gene Simmons following the KISS rocker’s ill-advised remarks about the death of Prince.

The outspoken bassist has apologized for calling the “Purple Rain” singer’s alleged drug-related death “pathetic,” but Sixx is still angry and upset.

Sixx attacked the KISS star again on his “Sixx Sense” radio show, adding, “Nothing that Gene Simmons says resonates with me.

“I think that he (Gene) is (an) overrated, lucky guy that dresses like a clown. (He) wrote some good songs, (but) hasn’t in a long time.”

He ended his radio rant by declaring, “I like my heroes to be humble. I like my heroes to have compassion. And I like my heroes to be open to change. I don’t like my heroes to be egotistical (expletives). Gene Simmons, you’re no longer my hero.”

In his apology following his Prince death comments, Simmons said, “I apologize – I have a long history of getting very angry at what drugs do to the families/friends of the addicts. I get angry at drug users because of my experience being around them coming up in the rock scene.”

The KISS Room

Podcast Rock City

Andrew Kiss returns back to the show, and we discuss LICK IT UP! And of course we tackle the twitter war, and also have a great ASK ANDREW question! Check it out!