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Famous as :
Glam rock/hard rock bandBirth Date :
1973Birth Place :
New York City, NY, USAClaim to fame :
Album "Alive!" (1975)
Michael Buble Wins Over KISS on Billboard Hot 200
October 15, 2009 09:10:38Michael Buble is this week's champion on Billboard Hot 200, beating heavy contender KISS. Since making its way out in U.S. on October 9, his newly-released effort "Crazy Love" has sold 132,000 copies, giving the pop singer his second chart topper after his 2007 album "Call Me Irresponsible".
KISS, meanwhile, land at the second place on the chart with their album "Sonic Boom" which garners around 108,000 copies. It becomes the band's highest-charting album and second best selling number after their 1998's set "Psycho Circus" opened with 110,000 units.
Gene Simmons Offers Adam Lambert to Tour With KISS
May 22, 2009 02:05:41KISS' frontman Gene Simmons revealed that he is willing to take the runner-up of "American Idol" season eight, Adam Lambert, on a tour with his band. "He can come on tour whenever he'd like," Gene told Extra after the Idol result show on May 20 was wrapped up.
"Of course he'd have to put his armor on because the fans, especially the KISS fans, take no prisoners," Gene elaborated his statement. "You gotta go big. Gotta be strong. You gotta be a rock, baby!" During the occasion, he also praised Adam stating, "Adam was fantastic. What a powerful and attractive man he is."
Disappointed at Industry, KISS Not Writing New Album
February 09, 2008 12:02:54Despite mapping out extensive tour for May and June this year, KISS have thrown away the idea of showcasing a new material on stage. Frontman Gene Simmons have confirmed that there will be no new album from the rock band because he was disappointed at today's industry.
"There's no new Kiss material because there's no record industry," Simmons said. "Any band who tries to do new material is trying to climb a slippery mountain. Every day record companies are folding. It'd be nice to have new Kiss songs, but what's the business model? Do you just put songs on the Internet for free? Then what?ā€¯
Third Volume of 'KISSology' Available for Pre-Order!
December 08, 2007 02:12:19With Christmas holiday coming around the corner, VH1 Classic is giving an ultimate KISS treat by broadcasting KISSprogramming starting from Friday, December 7 that will coincide with the beginning of the rock band's KISSology Volume 3 pre-order.
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Part of successful DVD series, the third and final volume of KISSology can be ordered in a limited period by logging in to KISSmas.Vh1Classic.com. Pre-sale of the bundle that contains four DVDs is only available between December 7 at 9 P.M. ET/PT to December 9 at 12 P.M. ET/PT.
Chris Brown Tied Jadakiss for 'Wall to Wall' Remix
August 30, 2007 11:08:01
After deciding to make Kiss Kiss as his second single, Chris Brown came up with a remix of his first single 'Wall to Wall'. The R&B heartthrob takes rapper Jadakiss to fill in the featured guest slot for the remix.
The video for the official remix also appeared online on Thursday, August 29. There's not much difference of the clip from the original one that adapted 1998 movie 'Blade', apart from the presence of Jadakiss.
KISS Releasing Second Memorabilia Footage
June 29, 2007 04:06:41
Legendary rock act KISS has completed the second volume of their “encyclopedia”. The follow up to “Kissology: Volume One, 1974 – 1977” will be ready for purchase on August 14.
This time, the package marked “Kissology: Volume Two, 1978 – 1992” will contain 3 DVDs and a disc that will vary by retailer. First copy will load mostly interviews and news on the band during the years including the infamous 1979 “The Tomorrow Show” interview where tension among the band was obvious. Still in the same disc, there will be an unreleased European theatrical version of U.S. flick “Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park”.
Poison Reveals Cover Album Tracks
May 09, 2007 01:05:57
An important detail is coming up from glam metal band Poison's newest album "Poison'd!". The album that offers a selection of classic rock tune covers has revealed its heavily anticipated tracklisting. The 13 tracks are ranging from David Bowie's "Suffragete City" up to Grand Funk Railroad's "We're An American Band".
On January 3, the band posted on their official My Space page that they need the help from fans to pick songs for the album. Some suggested the band covering Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Freebird," Sweet's "Ballroom Blitz," and AC/DC's "You Shook Me All Night Long". None of the songs was included in the record along with the obvious suggestion of Alice Cooper's "Poison." The band however kept Sweet and Alice Cooper in mind and decided to do their other songs.
DJ Khaled to Release His Second Attempt Album
March 26, 2007 10:03:40
Radio personality DJ Khaled has set the release date for album "We the Best". The sophomore album will hit the stores by June 12 via Terror Squad/KOCH Records.
Khaled as usual involves many of his artist friends in the making of this record. In the first single "We Takin' Over" alone, there are T.I., Akon, Fat Joe, Rick Ross, Lil Wayne and the rapper Baby to back it. Other musicians lending their hands for this album include The Game, Jadakiss, Paul Wall, Ja Rule, Ludacris, Young Jeezy, Styles P, Cassidy, Juelz Santana and Young Dro.
KISS Created Their Very Own Comic Book Company
January 30, 2007 04:01:03
Rock group KISS invades another territory beyond music. The music act has partnered with comic-book production company Platinum Studios to create their very own Comic Book company.
The comic-book entertainment company, called the Kiss Comics Group, run by KISS leaders Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley. The company will kick off with a book, "Kiss 4K," and eventually venture out into platforms such as mobile, online, film, television and licensed merchandise products.
Weekend U.S Box-Office of September 15-17, 2006
September 18, 2006 12:09:48
Looks like sports genre still remains everyone's favorite to look at in theaters. For the second time in the past month, another uplifting football movie has emerged powerfully to take a victory lap on the weekend box office.
Telling about a detention camp probation officer who creates a high-school-level football team from a group of dangerous teenage inmates, "Gridiron Gang" has delightfully made its way to open strong at $14.4 million during weekend of September 15-17, 2006 to seat firmly on the top of the list, becoming the Columbia Pictures' 10th best opener this year.
Paul Stanley of KISS Is Fathering, Again
September 12, 2006 11:09:01
It's a baby joy for KISS singer/guitarist Paul Stanley and his wife, Erin Sutton. The couple, who tied the knot last November, has welcomed a baby boy on Wednesday, Sept. 6.
The newly-born, named Colin Michael Stanley was born in Los Angeles and weighed in at 8 lbs. 6 oz. On his son, Stanley told People magazine "Lucky for him, he looks just like his mother".
Kiss Keeps Rocking with New DVD
November 09, 2005 03:11:24Give the rock icon Kiss a kiss coz they deserve that anyway. The group will on December 13th release a double-disc concert DVD, "Rock the Nation Live!," via Image Entertainment. To make it special and distinct from their other previous projects, the new set will contain abundance of special features and rare songs, like "Kiss Powervision/Select-A-Kiss."
"Rock the Nation Live!," taped in summer 2004 in Washington, D.C., and Virginia Beach, features core members Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons flanked by guitarist Tommy Thayer and drummer Eric Singer. "We were playing a lot of songs that Kiss hadn't played in years, or haven't played at all," Thayer told Billboard.com.
