Ace Frehley‘s family and friends celebrated his life on Wednesday during an intimate ceremony in the Bronx, which was also attended by Frehley’s Kiss co-founders Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, and Peter Criss. Eddie Trunk, the SiriusXM host who was a close friend of Frehley, shared reflections on the funeral and …
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Kiss lead singer Gene Simmons shared a tribute to his bandmate, guitarist Ace Frehley, who died onOct. 16 in Morristown, New Jersey, at the age of 74. While Simmons and Frehley were known for their complex and often fraught relationship, Frehley’s unpredictable nature and distinctive laugh counterbalanced Simmons more somber, …
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The world is pouring out some cold gin for the late, great Ace Frehley, the guitar spaceman of Kiss. Frehley died last night from complications after a fall, at 74. He summed up the archetypal Seventies guitar hero if anyone did — the space cadet from the planet Jendell. He …
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Kiss’ Gene Simmons is recovering at home after crashing into a parked car while driving in Malibu Tuesday, Oct. 7. According to NBC 4 Los Angeles, the accident occurred before 1 p.m. local time on a stretch of the Pacific Coast Highway. Simmons reportedly told deputies from the Los Angeles …
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Kiss co-founders Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley —who will be among this year’s Kennedy Center Honors recipients after Donald Trump‘s takeover and populist revamping there —haven’t had much to say about the president during his second term. But before that, they were fairly vocal about Trump, with opinions from Simmons, …
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Did you really think Kiss were done? Only 481 days have passed since the group, which has reunited several times, played the last date of their End of the Road World Tour — a concert they billed as “The Final Concert” and monetized with a pay-per-view stream — and the …
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Gene Simmons partook in one of the most venerable local television news traditions we have: celebrities doing the weather report. On Thursday, the Kiss frontman stopped by Fox 11 in Los Angeles to join — and repeatedly neg — meteorologist Adam Krueger for the weekend weather report. The segment opened …
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After a judge warned they might have something to lose after all, Kiss frontmen Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley have settled the wrongful termination lawsuit brought by the iconic band’s longtime hairstylist. The “Nothin’ to Lose” musicians were speeding toward a Jan. 22 trial when lawyers on both sides informed …
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A judge is urging Kiss rockers Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, music manager Doc McGhee, and Kiss’ touring company to consider settling a lawsuit brought by the famed band’s longtime wig stylist over alleged mistreatment on tour. The lawsuit, first filed in February 2023, alleges Kiss deprived plaintiff David Mathews …
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Kiss are the latest artists to sell off their music catalog — and, in this case, their well-known onstage personas and makeup — for big money. The band — which closed out its (alleged) farewell tour in December 2023 — announced they have sold the rights to their music and …
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