VICE — By Nick Simmons Patton Oswalt has a routine about the first time he ever realized one of his parents was full of shit. “When you’re growing up, up to a certain point, no matter what an adult says it’s just gospel,” he says, “and then there’s that first thing where you go, ‘I think that’s fuckin’ bullshit.’” For most of us, I imagine, that moment happens early. For me, it hit well into[…]
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National Report — Former KISS guitarist Vinnie Vincent has been reported missing by his legions of die-hard fans. The troubled ankh warrior is MIA and feared dead by the Kiss Army. Efforts to locate Vincent have met nothing but dead ends and conspiracy theories are running rampant throughout the ranks. Vincent, 62, had fallen on hard times in recent years due strings of bad luck, unpaid songwriting royalties, and being taken advantage of by shady fans[…]
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Twitter — Never at a loss for words DEE SNIDER has thrown some fire in the direction of KISS. In a tweet earlier today SNIDER commented: “Dressed & acting like @Ace-Frehley ! DISGRACEFUL!” The TWISTED SISTER frontman was answering a fan’s question about a recent Thayer/Ace discussion. A few short hours later after SNIDER’s twitter began to blow up he added: “I’ve no problem with Kiss using other guys! But hate impersonators!” One tweeter named HAIRMETAL[…]
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LET THERE BE TALK — On this episode of LET THERE BE TALK my guest is Nick Simmons son of the God Of Thunder himself Gene Simmons from Kiss. Nick stops by and talks about what its like growing up a Simmons,his love for Led Zeppelin,Stand Up Comedy and visits 2 the Playboy Mansion. DO NOT MISS THIS EPISODE!
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Totally Driven Radio spoke with Mark Slaughter the former Lead Singer of the Vinnie Vincent Invasion, and long time lead singer of Slaughter to discuss a ton of topics like…. Mark hangs out with us for over 25 minutes…… **The story behind the song Fly to the Angels **If people have said to him, that they can’t listen to that song anymore, because it relates to someone **if it was tough for him to[…]
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Los Angeles — Kiss bassist Gene Simmons recently gave his thoughts on the passing of guitar great BB King. The God of Thunder said, “BB King was a pioneer, a trailblazer.” The co-founder and co-lead vocalist of Kiss says, “Without BB, there wouldn’t have been, oh I don’t know – the Stones, and Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and yes, even Kiss.”
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EVERYONE WANTS NAMM, I WANT NAMM, TOO Metal Sludge exclusive: Swedish rockers Hardcore Superstar among the performers at NAMM 2015 By Gerry Gittelson Metal Sludge Editor at Large ANAHEIM, Calif., USA — The annual NAMM convention gets bigger — and better — every year, and it was another successful event this past weekend, highlighted by Steel Panther and Hardcore Superstar teaming up at the official NAMM Jam before an overflow crowd of about 2,000 at[…]
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KISS shows up DRESSED TO KILL for shows on Kiss Kruise Kiss Kruise — The members of KISS performed two concerts wearing suits — reminiscent of their “Dressed To Kill” album cover — aboard the fourth annual Kiss Kruise this past weekend. Fan-filmed video footage of the second show can be seen below. Kiss Kruise IV onboard the Norwegian Pearl, which embarked on October 31, included a Halloween pre-party on the ship on October[…]
Read More »Craig Gass talks with Inappropriate Earl and shows off his impressions of Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley and Sam Kinison Inappropriate Earl — Join me as I have the great Craig Gass who not only is the best impressionist in the business but he’s also a super funny stand up as well as a metal head!! Please enjoy our episode as we delve DEEP into the LA Music and Comedy Scene! Follow him on Twitter @craiggasscomedy[…]
Read More »Gene Simmons On How He And KISS Frontman Paul Stanley Have Remained Business Partners For 40 Years Australia — KISS bassist Gene Simmons and frontman Paul Stanley have worked together for 40 years, developing a hard rock empire that Simmons thinks is worth somewhere between $US1 billion to $US5 billion. In Simmons’ new book on his business approach, “ME, Inc.,” he says that Stanley is “the brother I never had,” and uses him[…]
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