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KISS prepare Monster album

Music Gossip

5 Jan 2012

KISS think 'Monster' is the best album they've created in a long time. Guitarist Paul Stanley says the rockers are "very proud" of their first album in three years, which they are finishing this week and the band are "really excited" about its…

Gene Simmons thinks Axl would benefit from beating

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15 Nov 2011

Gene Simmons believes Axl Rose's career would have been helped by a "good beating". The KISS bassist thinks the eccentric singer stopped his group Guns N' Roses becoming the "best band in the world," by falling out with guitarist Slash and refusing…

Gene Simmons on his own planet

Music Gossip

14 Nov 2011

Gene Simmons has started referring to the world as "Planet KISS". The band's bass player feels "proud" that his group have put their name to over 3,000 different commercial ventures and thinks they are gradually taking over the globe. He told…

Gene Simmons proud of KISS empire

Music Gossip

9 Nov 2011

Gene Simmons is "proud" of the KISS "empire". The veteran musician can't understand why some bands refuse to endorse products and with his own group putting their name to over 3,000 different ventures, he believes they have properly embraced the…

KISS want Gaga track

Music Gossip

4 Oct 2011

KISS would like to record a song with Lady Gaga. 'Marry the Night' singer Gaga has admitted she is a fan of the glam rockers - famed for their face paint and spectacular stage shows - and guitarist Paul Stanley is keen for them to get together on…

Lady Gaga gets KISS of approval

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25 Aug 2011

Lady Gaga is the only act at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) who is the "the real thing" according to Gene Simmons. The KISS rocker only has time for the 'Born This Way' hitmaker as he thinks the other nominees who will appear at Sunday's ceremony…

KISS recording 20th album

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28 Jan 2011

KISS will release their 20th studio album this year. The 'Crazy Nights' rockers are planning to start recording the follow-up to 2009's 'Sonic Boom' in March and are hopeful the process will go as smoothly as it did on their last LP. Guitarist…

Ian Beale's saucy smooch

TV Gossip

17 Nov 2010

EastEnders' Ian Beale is to enjoy a saucy smooch with Glenda Mitchell. The Walford weasel - played by Adam Woodyatt - will be pursued by the middle-aged singleton after her hunt for a toyboy goes wrong, and Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) knocks the…

AC/DC, KISS and Slash lead rock nominations

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13 Aug 2010

AC/DC, Rage Against The Machine, KISS and Slash are all up for two awards at the Classic Rock Roll Of Honour. The four rock giants are all nominated for the coveted Band of the Year accolade and will compete against Aerosmith, Bon Jovi and the Jeff…

Picture gallery: Kiss

SECC, Glasgow Sun 9th May 2010

14 May 2010

Tonight's opening declaration - "You wanted the best, you got the best, the hottest band in the world: KISS!" - can be taken very literally, as the bands Sonic Boom Tour landed in Glasgow amid an inferno of 40ft high bellowing flames and exploding…

Kiss embark on 2010 UK tour

29 Apr 2010

Get your face paint at the ready, as KISS are back for their first UK arena shows in 11 years. It’s been almost 40 years since KISS first formed, yet the glam rockers have lost none of the bravado or wild stage antics that earned them all the notoriety…

Kiss - Sonic Boom

Rock Gods swagger in once more

15 Oct 2009

It’s been 11 long years since Kiss’s last studio album. While they are rock gods across the globe only ‘Crazy Crazy Nights’ really broke in the UK, which is a crying shame as they are one of the most electrifying bands the world has ever seen. A concept…