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Halloween is rocking on AXS TV!

AXS TV is teaming up with the legendary and award-winning rock group KISS for Halloween, Thursday, Oct. 31, when the Channel programs six concerts wrapped around fresh interstitial content featuring KISS.

Starting at 3:30 p.m. ET (12:30 p.m. PT), AXS TV kicks off its hard-rock Halloween with Judas Priest as the headliner. From there, the Channel keeps the beat past the witching hour of midnight until 4:45 a.m. ET (12:35 a.m. PT). The concert schedule includes AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Papa Roach and Alice Cooper. However, the cornerstone of the night is the network premiere of KISS’s Zurich, Switzerland concert, featuring their hit songs and music from their KISS MONSTER album. AXS TV CONCERTS recorded that event live last May and it has been edited, but not censored when it debuts at 8 p.m. ET (5 p.m. PT).

The schedule for AXS TV’s KISS MONSTER MARATHON includes:

Thursday, October 31 (All Times Eastern)

3:30 p.m. JUDAS PRIEST LIVE: BRITISH STEEL 30TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL – Judas Priest celebrates the 30th anniversary of “British Steel” from the Hard Rock Arena in Hollywood, Florida.

4:45 p.m. PAPA ROACH LIVE FROM CLUB NOKIA – Papa Roach presents one of the best rock shows this year live from Club Nokia in Los Angeles.

5:55 p.m. IRON MAIDEN EN VIVO! – En Vivo! captures the always exciting atmosphere that fans have come to expect from Iron Maiden. Filmed in Chile, the concert features favorites such as “The Trooper,” “The Number of the Beast” and “Fear of the Dark” as well as hits from the No.1 studio album “The Final Frontier.”

7:30 p.m. AT HELL’S DOOR: BEHIND THE SCENES AT HELLFEST – Jacoby Shaddix of Papa Roach takes over Hellfest in Clisson, France to give viewers an inside look at what goes on backstage, onstage and more at one of Europe’s biggest and craziest rock festivals. (Repeats at 1:00 a.m. ET)

8:00 p.m. KISS MONSTER WORLD TOUR: LIVE FROM EUROPE CONCERT – NETWORK PREMIERE – AXS TV was on hand to tape KISS’ Zurich, Switzerland concert live last May, making this edited version a network premiere. The concert featured new staging, lighting and pyrotechnics that had never been seen before on TV. (Repeats at 1:30 a.m. ET).

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Mariecar Mendoza | Los Angeles Daily News

Enjoy Sunday Funday with rock legend Gene Simmons at his restaurant Rock & Brews off the PCH.

The Kiss frontman and his wife, Shannon Tweed, plan to join diners and football fans at the rock-themed eatery at its Redondo Beach/Torrance adjacent location at 7 p.m. Oct. 6 as part of Rock & Brews’ ongoing NFL Sunday Ticket promotion.

Simmons opened Rock & Brews with fellow Kiss band member Paul Stanley opened the 6300 S. Pacific Coast Highway Rock & Brewsrestaurant in May. It was the third Rock & Brews since the chain opened its first establishment in downtown El Segundo in 2012. A second Rock & Brews opened in March in Los Cabos, Mexico. Another local incarnation opened at the Los Angeles International Airport just last month.

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Ultimate Guitar

After recently expressing his pessimistic stance on the current state of rock music and mildly ripping late Nirvana frontmanKurt Cobain, Kiss bassist Gene Simmonsonce again shared a similar attitude, acknowledging Kanye West‘s comments and putting Foo Fighters and Green Day on his “not superstar-worthy” list of performers.

During a chat with the Metal Hammer Magazine Show, Simmons was initially asked to comment on Kanye’s statement that rap is the new rock ‘n’ roll and that he’s the world’s No. 1 rockstar.

“I know Kanye and he’s playing the game and he’s got you wrapped around his finger because you are talking about him and we’re actually more about guitar and drums,” Gene said. “He’s right of course in the sense that rock has become a pale thing to what it once was.”

After denying that rap can be considered as the new rock, the bassist once again“played the game” of comparing the 1958 – 1983 era to post-1984 period. “Foo Fighters – great band. Green Day – great band. Iconic superstars? No,” he said. During the rest of the interview, Simmons discussed his recent US National Anthem performance, pointing out the importance of sticking to the original melody and paying the country respect it deserves.

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