When Paul Stanley, frontman and rhythm guitarist for the band KISS, married in November 2005, he shared his joy with friends and family, including bandmates Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer.
Notably absent from the ceremony: Stanley’s longtime musical partner, KISS bassist Gene Simmons. He wasn’t invited.
“Your views on marriage are your own,” Stanley told Simmons, who publicly denounced the concept of marriage until his own nups in 2011. “But when you insult and demean people who get married and ridicule or dismiss the idea of marriage, you have no place at a wedding.”
First copies of Face The Music and I AM STOKED! In stores April 8th.
The first week of January is supposed to be slow on the Santa Ana College campus: no students, no classes, just maintenance workers, administrators and the stray professor. That meant it was the perfect time for the LA KISS, the newest franchise of the Arena Football League (AFL), to unveil its quixotic campaign toward pigskin relevancy—or at least a great payday for everyone involved.
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by Brad Tolinski
It’s no insult to the band to say that Kiss have always been about window dressing.
For years the members hid their true identities behind cartoon personas and hard rock anthems that were powerful and exciting, but did little…
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Rock and Roll Hall Nite: In celebration of their upcoming Hall of Fame induction, Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons take off the makeup for a pair of revealing interviews about their 40 years in Kiss.
Maybe it’s the makeup. Maybe it’s the merchandising. Maybe, at the end of the day, it’s just the music itself. Whatever the source, it is safe to say that few bands have inspired as much fervent devotion—and also rabid derision—as the self-proclaimed “Hottest Band in the World,” Kiss.
KISS is happy with its lineup and OK with the Rock Hall.
A new inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, KISS won’t be playing at that ceremony. But the members are still very much in the rock ‘n’ roll business.
Win a KISS Signature Series t-shirt autographed by Paul Stanley from Hard Rock now!
We are excited to team up with KISS to giveaway a couple Paul Stanley (KISS) signed Signature Series t-shirts. Send us a photo of you rocking your KISS Signature Series t-shirt before 4/15 and we award our favorite winners with the signed t-shirt.
Legendary rock band KISS owns an Arena Football League team called the L.A. KISS. We all know this by now.
This past weekend, people in the Los Angeles area who were watching the NCAA Tournament saw the team’s first commercial.
And, well, it’s pretty special.
