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May 2000

  1. (5-3-00) KISS Goodbye [Roanoke.com]
  2. (5-1-00) KISSing Rock & Roll Goodbye [Dailymail.com]

April 2000

  1. (4-28-00) You Can Kiss KISS Goodbye [KnoxNews.com]
  2. (4-28-00) Remember Your First KISS [LouisvilleScene.com]
  3. (4-26-00) One Last KISS, For Old Time's Sake [Onnashville.com]
  4. (4-25-00) A Long KISS Goodbye [MemphisFlyer.com]
  5. (4-25-00) KISS Fans Still Love Their Band [News-Record.com]
  6. (4-24-00) KISS & Say Goodbye [GreenvilleOnline.com]
  7. (4-24-00) One More KISS [TimesFreePress.com]
  8. (4-21-00) KISS In Dallas: The Bootleg Movie [KNAC.com]
  9. (4-19-00) KISS Faithful Dress The Part For Final Fiery Tour [TheState.com]
  10. (4-17-00) Last KISS [Free-Times.com]
  11. (4-17-00) KISS Dazzles In Farewell [Sptimes.com]
  12. (4-13-00) KISS Rocks & Rolls Orlando [OrlandoSentine.com]
  13. (4-13-00) Goodbye KISS [Tampa Bay Online]
  14. (4-6-00) Interview With Peter Criss [News-4u.com]
  15. (4-3-00) KISS Bids A Fond Farewell [San Antonio Express News]
  16. (4-1-00) KISS, Ted Nugent, Skid Row In Dallas [GuideLive.com]

March 2000

  1. (3-29-00) Gene Simmons & Paul Stanley Expose Their Roots [Marsmusic.com]
  2. (3-29-00) KISS Kicks Up Flames, Stunts, Fiery Rock [InsideDenver.com]
  3. (3-28-00) KISS Closes 27-Year Career With Goodbye Gift To Fans [InsideDenver.com]
  4. (3-24-00) KISS'em Goodbye [SFgate.com]
  5. (3-23-00) KISS Road Report: Baked In Bakersfield [KNAC.com]
  6. (3-23-00) KISS That Weekend Goodbye [KNAC.com]
  7. (3-21-00) KISS Animated Series Syndicated On Web [MusicNewswire]
  8. (3-21-00) KISS Rocks All Night, Parties One More Day [Yahoo.com]
  9. (3-21-00) KISS Just Never Can Say Goodbye [Orange County Register]
  10. (3-21-00) KISS Guilty of Using Excessive Farce [LA Times]
  11. (3-17-00) KISS Gets Abducted Into Cartoon World [Billboard Online]
  12. (3-14-00) KISS Farewell Tour Opening Night [CitySearch.com]
  13. (3-14-00) Review: KISS At Desert Sky Pavilion [LiveDaily.com]
  14. (3-13-00) KISS Farewell Explodes - Visually & Musically [Arizona Republic]
  15. (3-11-00) KISS Concert Review From Phoenix, Arizona [Launch.com]
  16. (3-11-00) Shout It Out Last [VH1.com]
  17. (3-10-00) KISS Bids Rocking Farewell [Arizona Daily Star]
  18. (3-10-00) Gene Simmons On The End Of KISS [WallofSound.com]
  19. (3-9-00) Last KISS [Arizona Republic]
  20. (3-9-00) KISS To Wave Goodbye For A Long While [SonicNet]
  21. (3-3-00) Borders.com Interviews Gene Simmons [Borders.com]

February 2000

  1. (2-28-00) Gene Therapy: The God of Thunder Talks Our Ears Off [Spin.com]
  2. (2-18-00) Gene Simmons Talks About Life After KISS [Tunes.com]
  3. (2-17-00) KISS Insists Farewell Tour Will Be Their Last [SonicNet]
  4. (2-16-00) KISS Tapped To Tell World About KNAC.com [KNAC.com]
  5. (2-14-00) KISS Says Farewell With U.S. Tour & Live Album [CDnow/AllStar]
  6. (2-14-00) KISS To Embark On Final Tour This Spring [Billboard]
  7. (2-14-00) KISS Announce Farewell Tour Beginning March 11th [Yahoo]
  8. (2-14-00) KISS Unmasks First Leg Of Farewell Tour [Live Daily]
  9. (2-14-00) KISS The World Goodbye [KNAC.com]
  10. (2-14-00) KISS Announces Farewell Tour [MTV Online]
  11. (2-14-00) Kiss To Kiss Touring Goodbye [SonicNet]
  12. (2-14-00) KISS Announces Final Tour [Wall of Sound]

November 1998

  1. (11-15-98) KISS Promises In-Your-Face Action With Eye-Popping, 3-D Tour [Times Leader]
  2. (11-13-98) KISS Still Puts On Crowd-Pleasing Show [Boston Globe]
  3. (11-12-98) The Ultimate Show Band Talks About Music, Makeup, & More [Boston Globe]
  4. (11-3-98) Kiss Raises Curtain On 'Psycho Circus' Tour [Rocktropolis]
  5. (11-2-98) KISS' Attitude, Antics Haven't Aged a Bit [LA Times]
  6. (11-2-98) Reunited Kiss Works That Old Black Magic [USA Today]
  7. (11-2-98) Classic Kiss Kicks Off Psycho Circus At Dodger Stadium [MTV News]

October 1998

  1. (10-31-98) Kiss Sued By Company That Owns Publishing To Cooper Song [SonicNet]
  2. (10-15-98) Todd McFarlane Presents: KISS Psycho Circus Magazine [TMP Press Release]
  3. (10-12-98) KISS - They're Baaaack! [TV Guide]
  4. (10-1-98) KISS is Sweet In Broad Daylight [The Province]

September 1998

  1. (9-30-98) KISS & Tell [The Province]
  2. (9-22-98) KISS Coming To Every Screen In Town [MTV News]
  3. (9-22-98) Understanding KISS: Interview with Bruce Fairbairn [The Province, Vancouver BC]
  4. (9-22-98) Kiss Talks Charity, TV, And Ass Kicking At Press Conference [MTV News]
  5. (9-22-98) Prelude To A KISS Tour: Originals Release New CD [NY Post]
  6. (9-22-98) KISS Launches Multimedia Blitz [E! Online]
  7. (9-22-98) Kiss Unveils Psycho Circus Plans In Hollywood [Rocktropolis]
  8. (9-22-98) Something Wicked This Way Comes [Rolling Stone]
  9. (9-22-98) KISS' Psycho Circus Plots Takeover [Music Axis]
  10. (9-22-98) KISS Fires Up Marketing Guns For New Album, Tour [Rueters]
  11. (9-22-98) Kiss Tell All About New LP, Halloween-Night Pumpkins Show [SonicNet]
  12. (9-22-98) Sony Signatures Renews Tour Merchandising Rights [Entertainment Wire]
  13. (9-18-98) Psycho Circus Press Release [Mercury]

December 1997

  1. (12-22-97) Gene Simmons' Guide To A Merry KISSmas [Afterhour.com]
  2. (12-16-97) KISS Seals'70s Nostalgia Market [USA Today Life]
  3. (12-16-97) Rockers Still Ready To Roll [USA Today Life]

November 1997

  1. (11-10-97) Resuscitated KISS Invests Marketer-Frienldy Persona [Advertising Age Magazine]

September 1997

  1. (9-24-97) An Unlikely KISStory [Variety / Yahoo]

July 1997

  1. (7-25-97) KISS This [POV Magazine -- Link to the web site]

May 1997

  1. (5-4-97) Pyro Manics [Calgary Sun]
  2. (5-3-97) Rumble in River City: 20 Years later, The Reformed KISS Plants one Right on our Lips [Edmonton Sun]

April 1997

  1. (4-16-97) Macfarlane Toys Meets KISS [White's Guide to Collecting Figures - Magazine]

March 1997

  1. (3-27-97) KISS at Copps -- KISS: Lots of tongue, lots of tongue-in-cheek [Hamilton Spectator]
  2. (3-20-97) Ok, kids - time to KISS and tell [Casco Bay Weekly]
  3. (3-5-97) Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley: Flying V's, Les Pauls, Laneys and Marshalls [Vintage Guitar website]

February 1997

  1. (2-23-97) The Bad Boys Start Watching Their Pockets [New York Times]
  2. (2-1-97) Working up to a show / Dressed to still thrill [Melbourne Herald Sun]
  3. (2-97) The Comback of the Century [RockHard Magazine]

January 1997

  1. (1-31-97) Old '70s rockers appear to have wrinkling licked [Sydney Morning Herald]
  2. (1-31-97) Tounge Lashing Gets KISS Off [Melbourne Herald Sun]
  3. (1-2-97) Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, N.J. Dec 31, 1996 [Rolling Stone Online]
  4. (1-1-97) KISS rocked New Jersey [Review of the KISS N.J. show]

December 1996

  1. (12-27-96) KISS Reunion Tour was a smacking success [Houston Chronicle]
  2. (12-20-96) KISS in Switzerland, Thurdsday 19th of December 1996. (Professional Freelance writer)

November 1996

  1. (11-6-96) Promoter makes Kiss-tory with his copycat costume [San Diego Union-Tribune]
  2. (11-6-96) A KISS is still.....just the same old noise [Austin American Statesman]
  3. (11-1-96) Road Twins: Sex Pistols and KISS on Tour [Fi Magazine]

October 1996

  1. (10-31-96) KISS' comback campaign | forget kissing babies; Dole's rallying cry should be "KISS, baby" [San Diego Union-Tribune]
  2. (10-27-96) Now What? -- An Update from Bruce & Eric [KISS Karisma Fanzine]
  3. (10-13-96) Rock icons take fervent fans back to the '70's [Potomac News]
  4. (10-10-96) KISS Army never really mustered out - The Boys are back [Philadelphia Daily News]
  5. (10-10-96) KISS' Showmanship rules at CoreStates Center [Philadelphia Inquirer]
  6. (10-8-96) KISS: Still Nothing Quite Like It (Wash DC eveiw) [Washington Post]
  7. (10-8-96) That First KISS -- Some Things a Rock Fan Never Forgets [Washington Post]
  8. (10-4-96) KISS and Sell [Washington Post]
  9. (10-2-96) Think KISS is all about Music? Guess Again. [Interview with Dave Chlystek of KISSnation comics]

September 1996

  1. (9-24-96) Ace Frehley Interview (Creative Loafing Online - Atlanta)
  2. (9-24-96) WRDU Interview with Ace Frehley [Raleigh NC Radio station]
  3. (9-23-96) Retread Rock [Forbes Magazine]
  4. (9-19-96) Leering lizardry, fiery wizardry, campy escapism [Miami Herald]
  5. (9-13-96) The Return of the Thunder Gods (Vancouver review -Awesome Photos!!!!) [Drop-D Magazine]
  6. (9-7-96) KISS still comes with a bite that smacks of fun and fervor [Desert News -- Salt Lake City]
  7. (9-6-96) MTV Week In Rock -- KISS Transcript. [MTV News]
  8. (9-5-96) Bruce Kulick Guitar Clinic Reivew by Kathleen Epstein
  9. (9-3-96) Kiss Gives Fans What They Expect... [Vancouver Sun]
  10. (9-1-96) Confessions of a KISS Fanatic [Denver Post]

August 1996

  1. (8-27-96) Bruce Kulick Interview via Rocknet!
  2. (8-27-96) Remember Your First KISS? -- LA KISS review (LA Times)
  3. (8-25-96) Guitar World KISS Interview [Link to the Guitar World site]
  4. (8-25-96) Stage Coach: Ringleader Tim Rozner on the special effects behind KISS' rock and roll circus (Guitar World Sept issue)
  5. (8-25-96) Solar System: The gear behind Space Ace Frehley's heavenly sound (Guitar World Sept issue)
  6. (8-25-96) Rock Bottom: The foundation of Paul Stanley's and Gene Simmons' live rigs (Guitar World Sept issue)
  7. (8-22-96) KISS This -- Q&A with Gene Simmons (Metropolitan Spirit: Augusta GA.)
  8. (8-10-96) Let's Make Up and KISS [The Daly Telegraph -- UK Newspaper]
  9. (8-9-96) Sex, Drudgery, and Rock & Roll -- My Life of hell humiliation, and groupie herding on the road with KISS [Entertainment Weekly]
  10. (8-9-96) The Real Alternative: KISS Rock & Roll All Nite at the FleetCenter [Boston Phoenix]
  11. (8-7-96) KISS Toronto & Ottawa reviews [Toronto Sun]
  12. (8-6-96) Never Mind the Sex Pistols, Here's KISS [Magnet Magazine issue #24]
  13. (8-5-96) KISS kills'em at The Garden -- Big, loud, proud and fantastic [Times Leader] (8-1-96) KISS at the FleetCenter Tuesday Night [Lead Story -- Boston News web site]
  14. (8-1-96) Fans Happy to KISS and make up after absence -- KISS Review of the Boston shows [Boston Hearld]

July 1996

  1. (7-31-96) Gene Simmons, Doctor Love [Bass Player Magazine]
  2. (7-31-96) KISS' blast from the past wears well into the '90s -- KISS Review of the Boston Shows [Boston Globe]
  3. (7-28-96) Rock 'N' Roll Never Forgets its First Kiss [Boston Globe]
  4. (7-28-96) They Terrified me as a kid. Reunited, these '70s rockers are still gross -- but strangely refreshing [USA Today Weekend]
  5. (7-27-96) KISS Gives Its Fans What They Want [New York Times]
  6. (7-26-96) KISS and Makeup - Original foursome reuunites after 17 years for summer's hottest tour [Boston Hearld - Scene]
  7. (7-25-96) For KISS, Nothing Succeeds Like Excess [New York Times]
  8. (7-25-96) It's Success all over again for KISS [Asbury Park Press]
  9. (7-22-96) The Circus comes to Town: KISS is back [Goldmine] - Incredible KISS Interview!!!
  10. (7-21-96) KISS & Make Up -- The Greates Show on Earth Returns [Scene Magazine Cover Story]
  11. (7-20-96) KISS review of the Dayton Concert [Dayton Daily News]
  12. (7-19-96) KISS improves with age, knows how to make a buck [Arkansas Democrat-Gazette]
  13. (7-16-96) It's Alive: Return of the Superheroes [Spin Magazine]
  14. (7-16-96) Pucker Up! -- There's even music to be heard at KISS Reunion [Article from the Chicago Tribune]
  15. (7-14-96) Greasepaint, Fake Blood and Revenge [Article from the Chicago Tribune]
  16. (7-13-96) Heavy-Duty Fans wanted and got basic KISS [St. Paul Star Tribune]
  17. (7-13-96) Quad City Times Review of the KISS Moline show
  18. (7-11-96) Memphis Commercial Appeal newspaper review on the KISS concert
  19. (7-10-96) Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons Interivew for Playgirl magazine
  20. (7-8-96) Houston Chronicle Newspaper review
  21. (7-6-96) Kansas City Newspaper review
  22. (7-6-96) Dallas Newspaper review (Caution! Bad review!)
  23. (7-5-96) Old magic lives on for KISS [Houston Chronicle]
  24. (7-5-96) KISS: Legend Comes Alive [St. Lous Post-Dispatch]
  25. (7-2-96) KISS Article [Reuters]
  26. (7-1-96) Kiss: Still brash and all flash (Detroit Reunion Review) [USA Today Life]
  27. (7-1-96) "Kiss seals reputation for lavish effects" - USA Today Life

June 1996

  1. (6-30-96) KISS of Fire - Toronto Star article on KISS' 20 Years of Destruction and the KISS reunion tour
  2. (6-30-96) The Detroit News -"The KISS that inspired a small town team"
  3. (6-28-96) The Detroit News Article on KISS
  4. (6-28-96) MSN MusicCentral's article, interview, and more on KISS
  5. (6-22-96) KROQ Interivew (transcribed by Kevin Bonani)
  6. (6-16-96) KISS L.A. Times Weenie Roast Review (Caution this review is bad! Obviously not a KISS fan!)
  7. (6-16-96) Orange County Register Weenie Roast Review
  8. (6-13-96) Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley reunite their original lineup to put the spectacle back in rock and roll
  9. (6-13-96) KISS Article in the NEW USA Today Life Section
  10. (6-12-96) KISS Article (excerpt) in the NEW Metal Edge (Transcribed by Chris White)
  11. (6-12-96) Kissing the Myth Goodbye by Alan Stout
  12. (6-12-96) Interview with Gene Simmons (Transcribed by J Rosensteel)

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