NJKissExpo.com

Get ready – the premier KISS Expo of the entire world is Saturday September 8, 2012 at the NJ Convention and Exposition Center in Edison New Jersey. Last year’s re-boot of this legendary event was such an over-whelming success, we have had to move it to this new, much larger location.

Our guest list, special events and ticket prices will be announced in the next few days – be sure to check back here at KISSasylum.com for all updates.

Dealer tables are now available. Although the space is large, it is still limited and we expect to sell out, so please make your dealer arrangements as soon as possible. Click HERE for dealer info.

We look forward to this being the biggest and best New Jersey KISS Expo yet – see you there!

Visit the official site – NJKISSexpo.com

Dan Hyman | Rolling Stone

It’s been just shy of four decades since KISS released their eponymous debut album. But as Gene Simmons says, the hard rock titans – who are set to drop their 20th studio album, Monster, on October 16th – are still firing on all cylinders.

“The band is more focused than ever,” Simmons tells Rolling Stone. “The weather looks great for the band – reinvigorated, redefined, refocused and reborn.”

While Simmons and lead singer Paul Stanley remain the band’s only original members, Monster marks the second consecutive KISS record, following 2009’s Sonic Boom, created with a lineup that includes drummer Eric Singer and lead guitarist Tommy Thayer. Simmons insists the new album ranks up there with some of the notoriously outlandish crew’s finest work. “If this was a first record by a new band, I’d be floored,” he says.

Monster was recorded at studios in and around Los Angeles and, like Sonic Boom, was co-produced by Stanley and Greg Collins. Though it has been finished for a few months, the bassist and perennial self-promoter says there was no point in rushing out something this epic. “Just because you have a lot of ammunition doesn’t mean you have to shoot your wad right away,” he says. “You have to pace yourself.”

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Caryn Little | Fox Charlotte