G Barton | Classic Rock Magazine

The film promises to offer the most in-depth look yet at the band who formed in New York in the early 70s as Wicked Lester and went on to sell over 75 million albums.

Kiss singer/rhythm guitarist Paul Stanley says: “We are thrilled to have Alan on board to help tell the definitive KIss story. Alan’s knowledge of the band amazed even us.”

Band manager Doc McGhee added: “It’s an epic undertaking and everyone’s committed 100 per cent to bring this story to the big screen. We knew Alan was the only man for the job and we can’t wait to get started.”

Parker is currently in New York where work on the movie has just started. He comments: “I’m incredibly proud to be on board for this film, telling the story of a band I love so much and that has such a rich history.”

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Steve Bartlett | The Telegram

Keith Gosse

It wouldn’t surprise me if St. John’s city council had an emergency vote on roof repairs for Mile One because KISS blew the lid off the place Sunday night.

I joke, of course, but if there ever was a show to wreck the rafters and release the rivets, it was this one.

There were explosions. Lots and lots of explosions.

And lots and lots of pyro.

And a whole lot of other things that made it a one-of-a-kind, over-the-top rock spectacle.

The band landed on stage playing on a monstrous mechanical spider that did all sorts things throughout the show.

They kicked it off with the song “Psycho Circus” and proceeded to rock ‘n’ roll all nite, delivering a set that mixed most of their popular stuff with a few new ones.

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Matthew Wilkening | Ultimate Classic Rock

Yes, it’s Kiss lead guitarist Tommy Thayer, in a photo taken from the 1976 yearbook of Sunset High School in Beaverton, Oregon. Thayer has been a member of the famous facepaint-wearing group for over 10 years now. He fulfilled the same role — sometimes with only slightly less makeup — in the band Black ‘n Blue for much of the ’80s.

Thayer rose literally from the ground level of the Kiss organization to reach his on-stage position. In a 2006 interview, he describes being hired to clean Gene Simmons’ gutters and paint Paul Stanley’s house. However he soon began working with them to assemble the massive ‘Kisstory’ book, produced and edited several of their long-form home videos, and helped original members Ace Frehley and Peter Criss re-learn their parts for the group’s 1996 reunion tour. Six years later, he wound up taking over both Frehley’s job and Spaceman on-stage persona.