Strange Ways

Greetings from Jendell, KISS ARMY! It’s a brand new year, and your KISS Army bros are starting this year off with a Q&A session. We had a blast, and hope you do too!

Joe Polo

Krazy Knights

Michael Brandvold

Michael Brandvold

Mikael Esplund

Hi KISS Asylum

I would like to present our KISS Tribute Band ”Dressed To KISS” from Sweden. True KISS fans since 1976 and ready to set the stage on fire!

Mikael : Paul
Magnus: Gene
Per: Ace
Joakim: Peter

New video release ”Shout It Out Loud” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4lQNvgiYhU

Web http://www.dressedtokiss.se

It would be awesome if you can post this on KISS Asylum!

Best Regards from sweden

Mikael Esplund

Blabbermouth

KISS frontman Paul Stanley‘s memoir, “Face The Music: A Life Exposed”, will be released on April 8 via HarperOne The 432-page hardcover will feature rare photographs of the legendary rocker and detail his hard-partying lifestyle as one of the co-founders of the heavy rock band who has sold over eighty million albums and performed more than two thousand shows around the world.

The cover for “Face The Music: A Life Exposed” can now be seen below.

Stanley explained to The Pulse Of Radio that if his book was going to follow the pattern of some of the other books he’s read, he would’ve passed on writing it all together. “I think I took a tact different than a lot of these books,” he said. “Y’know, rock n’ roll autobiographies tend to be a love letter — to the author. And they tend to be about how smart and creative and how this person was responsible for the creation of the world. And if that were the tact for the book, I never would’ve written the book.”

In “Face The Music”, Stanley talks frankly about his early struggles with hearing — he was born with Level 3 Microtia and is deaf in his right ear. Microtia is a congenital deformity of the cartilage of the outer ear that can affect normal hearing.

Stanley, who grew up half-deaf and scarred with a deformed right ear, explained to The Pulse Of Radio that by touching upon the more difficult episodes in his life, he’s not seeking sympathy from the reader, but simply highlighting the path into who he became. “Y’know, my book is about my life starting from the very beginning and certainly a certain amount of adversity and having a birth defect and being deaf on one side and the family that I came from,” he said. “Certainly people have had more adversity in their lives — and some less — but I, I would think some people would get a certain amount of inspiration and a sense that positivity and belief in yourself will ultimately lead you to a great place.”

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Bruce Kulick

Independent

Veteran star Engelbert Humperdinck has teamed up for an unlikely duet with the rock idol Gene Simmons, the frontman of Kiss.

The pair – who look curiously similar in a promotional shot together – have teamed up for Engelbert‘s album of duets which will come out in March.

The duo with a combined age of 141, both famed for many years as lotharios, have recorded a version of the song Spinning Wheel, known for its “what goes up, must come down” lyric.

The album – Engelbert Calling – sees him performing with a succession of familiar names including Smokey Robinson, Willie Nelson, Charles Aznavour, Sir Elton John and Sir Cliff Richard.

Gene, 64, said of his collaborator: “The Hump rocks. Wanna see how it’s done? Let Engelbert Humperdinck show you.”

Engelbert – who is known for hits such as The Last Waltz – was inspired to make the album after he heard a quote from Sir Elton John recalling the days as a struggling songwriter saying “you would sit in your flat waiting for the phone to ring – waiting for Engelbert Humperdinck to call”, so he did just that.

He said of working with Gene: “I had an absolute blast recording and measuring tongue sizes with Gene Simmons. He won – just. It’s been a labour of love and I’m truly proud of how it’s turned out.”

Engelbert, who famously finished last as the UK entrant at Eurovision in 2012, has also performed with Kenny Rogers, Neil Sedaka, Ron Sexsmith andAndrea Corr among others for his album, which comes out on March 17.

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Joe Polo | Podcast Rock City

Luca | Heavy Rock

Ace Frehley is reportedly in the studio making new music for a studio album. Drummer Matt Starr writes on facebook:

“Had a great week in the studio with Ace Frehley and Chris Wyse making some great new music Ace’s new record. Stay tuned.”

Chris Wyse (bass/The Cult) also checked in with the following message:

“Had a blast these last few days playing with Ace Frehley and Matt Starr!!! Exciting new record coming from Ace!”

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Finally, the professional version of this video has surfaced. Shot back in August, we originally posted a video shot from the crowd which was a far cry from this mint piece of video. Paul doesn’t sing in his usual “Rock and Roll voice”, but in a deep, melodic voice appropriate to the material – definitely something to check out!