Daily Archives: September 24, 2013

GENE SIMMONS FAMILY JEWELS Joins AXS TV’s Thursday Lineup, 10/3

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2B24C2C8-BF9E-14F5-9CF4A9DEC87AC849AXS TV has licensed all seven seasons, 168 episodes of the international hit reality series GENE SIMMONS FAMILY JEWELS which explores the life of tongue-wagging KISS front man Gene Simmons, his longtime girlfriend (and now wife) former Playboy Playmate of the Year, Shannon Tweed, their children Nick and Sophie and rescue dog, Snippy. GENE SIMMONS FAMILY JEWELS debuts on Thursday, October 3 with back-to-back episodes beginning at 8 p.m. ET | 5 p.m. PT. The network will then air a marathon on Saturday, October 5, including all 13 episodes of Season 1 from 3:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET | 12:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. PT. The show will regularly air every Thursday night with back-to-back episodes starting at 8 p.m. ET | 5 p.m. PT.

“GENE SIMMONS FAMILY JEWELS is a one-of-kind look into the home life of an American icon,” said AXS TV founding partner, Mark Cuban. “Gene Simmons continues to be at the forefront of American entertainment and this program extends our mission to bring music and pop culture back to television.”

GENE SIMMONS FAMILY JEWELS kicks off AXS TV‘s Thursday night comedy lineup which also includes performance series GOTHAM COMEDY LIVE at 10 p.m. ET | 7 p.m. PT.

GENE SIMMONS FAMILY JEWELS gives viewers an up close and personal look at the anything, but ordinary family life of this not-so-nuclear family, as Gene and Shannon transition from 28 years of “Happily Unmarried Bliss,” to finally tying the knot.

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Massive KISS tribute album to benefit cancer care released on iTunes

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d81a00b93de18d678935b2b4b1f0f7eaAfter having run a very successful PledgeMusic.com campaign that reached 241% of its stated goal and raised just under $23,000 for the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Palliative Care Residence in Hudson, Quebec (www.mspvs.org/en), rock reporter and photographer Mitch Lafon is making the A World With Heroes KISS tribute album (40th anniversary celebration) Deluxe Editionbenefitting cancer care available on iTunes around the world September 24, 2013.

The album features performances by some of rock’s elite, including Rex Brown (Kill Devil Hill/Pantera), Ron Keel (Keel), Mark Tornillo (Accept), Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal (Guns ‘N Roses), Brighton Rock, Russ Dwarf (Killer Dwarfs), Doug Aldrich (Whitesnake/Burning Rain), Phil Lewis (L.A. Guns), Terry Ilous and Mark Kendall (Great White), Bill Leverty (Firehouse), Troy Luccketta (Tesla), Eric Brittingham and Jeff Labar (Cinderella), John Regan & Tod Howarth (Frehley’s Comet), Rick Hughes (Sword), Bonfire, Derry Grehan and Johnnie Dee (Honeymoon Suite), and many more.

Profits from the iTunes’ sales of the album will continue to benefit the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Palliative Care Residence.

The Deluxe Edition iTunes release will include a re-imagined track listing, as well as eleven bonus tracks not included on the CD version.

The eleven new tracks are:

1) “No, I’m Not Afraid” (Previously Unreleased Peter Criss Band Demo from 1991) performed by Peter Criss and Phil Naro

2) “Wait For A Minute To Rock N’ Roll” (Previously Unreleased Peter Criss Band Demo from 1991) performed by Peter Criss and Phil Naro

3) “Back On The Streets” (2013 Mix – written by Vinnie Vincent) performed by Richie Scarlet, John Regan, Tod Howarth, Arthur Stead & Steve Werner.

4) “Only You” (2013 Recording) performed by DORO

5) “God Gave Rock N Roll To You II” performed by Russ Dwarf

6) “I’m An Animal” (2013 Mix) performed by Richie Scarlet, John Regan, Tod Howarth, Arthur Stead & Steve Werner.

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