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 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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In unexpected casting, Nick Jonas will apply the Starchild makeup and strap on the guitar to portray Paul Stanley in an upcoming Kiss biopic. According to Deadline, Jonas will also provide his own vocals on Kiss‘ Stanley-sung classics in Shout It Out Loud, an authorized, McG-directed biopic about the Rock …
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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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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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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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In a perfect world, Kiss would have wrapped up the final show of their End of the World tour by inviting former members Ace Frehley and Peter Criss onto the stage for tearful hugs, an end to the bitterness that has consumed the group for decades, and one last rendition …
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Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider insisted he remains an ally of the LGBTQ community and argued those with moderate views should not be labeled as transphobes after he was dropped from this year’s San Francisco Pride event for supporting Paul Stanley’s transphobic tweet. “I was not aware the Transgender community expects …
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Dee Snider’s planned performance at San Francisco Pride in June has been called off after the Twisted Sister singer voiced his support for Paul Stanley’s transphobic tweet. “San Francisco Pride was on the cusp of announcing Twisted Sister’s ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’ as the unofficial rallying cry of this …
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Once upon a time, concerned parents warned each other about their children falling under the possibly demonic influence of the metal band Kiss — whose name was falsely alleged to stand for “Knights in Satan’s Service.” But this week, conservatives are standing in solidarity with one of the group’s founding …
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