Pics from April 3 Chile concert (April 4)

Some rough footage from last night's Chile concert. (April 4)

KISS kicked off its South American tour last night (Friday, April 3) at the sold-out, 18,000-capacity Municipal De La Florida in Santiago, Chile. The group's setlist included the following songs (not in exact order):

* Deuce
* Strutter
* Got To Choose
* Hotter Than Hell
* Nothin' To Lose
* C'Mon And Love Me
* Parasite
* She
* Watchin' You
* 100,000 Years
* Cold Gin
* Let Me Go Rock'N'Roll
* Black Diamond
* Rock And Roll All Nite
* Shout It Out Loud
* Lick It Up
* I Love It Loud
* I Was Made For Loving You
* Love Gun
* Detroit Rock City

Fan-filmed video footage can be viewed below.

Asylum tour pro footage (April 2)

Here is some pro footage from the Asylum tour,unfortunatley it's all that exists.

New KISS interview on Peruvian TV (March 31)

Limited edition KISSology boxset from Japan (March 29)

Here are pics of the newly released limited KISSology boxset from Japan.Impressive indeed.

More on the KISS Ikons trading cards (March 29)

KISS IKONS

The stage is set. The masks are on. The guitars are amped. It’s time to rock! In a few weeks KISS Ikons will hit the stage as one of the loudest trading card sets on Earth. With authentic KISS memorabilia cards, autographed 8x10’s from Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, and a sweet lineup of KISS Tattoos and Stickers, KISS Ikons is a must-have collectible for anyone who proudly belongs to the KISS Army.

KISS Ikons goes behind the scenes with a 90-card base set that includes rare and never-before-seen photos, along with quotes directly from current and former band members about everything KISS. Discover everything from how the band got its name to the inspiration behind some of their most memorable songs.

KISS fans can also own their very own piece of KISS memorabilia! The KISS Klothes insert features authentic memorabilia worn by the Demon himself, Gene Simmons. Memorabilia includes black lace-up pleather pants and a black jumpsuit. Fans and collectors can also look for instant win cards for authentic autographed 8x10 photos of Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley.

The KISS Army is still going strong after all these years, and KISS Ikons includes an awesome lineup of KISS Stickers and Tattoos that every KISS Army member will love! Whether you're a fan of the Demon, the Starchild, the Spaceman, or the Catman these cool collectibles are a great way to show off your KISS pride.

KISS Ikons ships mid April 2009!

2 new TV adds from Argentina (March 28)

KISS TV ADS

Check out these 2 KISS commercials that aired this week on TV in Argentina!

KISS at River Plate Stadium Buenos Aires, Argentina - April 5.

"New KISS album out in Sept."-Paul Stanley (March 27)

PAUL STANLEY: New KISS Album To Be Released In September - Mar. 27, 2009
KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley has told Brazil's O Dia Online that the band's new LP will be released in September. He also described it as "a classic KISS album" and a throwback to the "Destroyer" and "Love Gun" songwriting style bit with modern production.

KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons recently confirmed the group's first album since 1998's "Psycho Circus" is being produced by Stanley. "I don't have enough time to tie my shoelaces and there's nobody else I trust more than Paul," Simmons told RollingStone.com.

Regarding the sound of the new material, Simmons said, "There's nothing to prove to anybody. We're not interested in musical trends or anything else. We're too long in the tooth for that. So it's going to be sort of a classic '70s rock and roll vibe. Meat and potatoes. You know, sometimes you just want to go out and have a meat and potatoes thing [and] forget the French dressing."

According to Amazon.com, Universal will release a new KISS live album called "Authorized Bootleg - Nashville Municipal Auditorium 1998" on May 26. No further details are currently available.

(Thanks: Deucenews)

Ace Frehley "Anomaly" track listing (March 25)

ACE FREHLEY ALBUM NEWS
details on Ace Frehleys new album "Anomaly". It is supposed to come out by the end of the year and feature the following songs:
1. Outer Space
2. Foxy & Free
3. Sister
4. Too Many Faces
5. It’s A Great Life
6. Skels
7. A Little Below The Angels
8. Fox On The Run (Sweet Cover)
9. Change The World 10. Pain In the Neck
11. Genghis Khan
12. Fractured Quantum

Gene's new Dr.Pepper commercial (March 25)

Gene Simmons in new Dr.Pepper commercial (March 25)

GENE IN NEW DR PEPPER AD

Gene Simmons, aka 'Dr. Love,' to Star as the Latest Dr in the 'Trust Me, I'm a Dr' Ad Campaign for Dr Pepper Cherry


Dr Pepper just got a whole lot smoother with the introduction of the new flavor Dr Pepper Cherry. The exciting new blend combines the great taste of Dr Pepper with the perfect amount of cherry flavor. It's so amazingly smooth; you have to try it to believe it.


"We're excited to offer consumers a smooth new way to enjoy Dr Pepper with the availability of Dr Pepper Cherry," said Allison Methvin, director of marketing for Dr Pepper. "It's a whole new reason to try Dr Pepper."


Dr Pepper has searched the Rock Legends to find its latest pop culture doc, KISS front man Gene Simmons, to introduce new Dr Pepper Cherry. Simmons, who founded the legendary rock band KISS more than 35 years ago, will star in a new commercial, letting fans know that Dr Pepper Cherry has just a KISS of cherry flavor, making it amazingly smooth. Simmons' "Dr. Love" will be the third Dr in the "Trust Me, I'm a Dr" advertising campaign, joining the ranks of basketball legend Dr. J (Julius Erving) and Dr. Frasier Crane (award-winning actor Kelsey Grammer). The TV spot will feature Simmons in full KISS "Demon" regalia. Nick Simmons, Gene's son, will also star in the commercial.


"When initially describing Dr Pepper Cherry's taste, we felt it had just a kiss of cherry and was so smooth, we knew who our third doctor had to be - Dr. Love," said Methvin. "Gene will get some help from Nick to introduce the amazingly smooth infusion of cherry flavor that makes Dr Pepper Cherry so smooth."


The new commercial featuring "Dr. Love" launches on March 30, 2009 on network and cable television. Dr Pepper Cherry will also hit the streets this summer, sampling more than one million cans. Dr Pepper Cherry is now available nationwide in both regular and diet.

Great Ace pic from Unmasked '80 tour (March 23)

KISS TV commercial for Brazil concert (March 22)

KISS TV COMMERCIAL FROM BRAZIL

Here's a TV commercial for KISS' Brazil Shows.

4/7/09 Arena Anhembi - Sao Paolo, Brazil
4/8/09 Apotease - Rio Di Janeiro, Brazil

More info on the new KISS Ikons trading cards(March 20)

KISS IKONS TRADING CARDS

KISS Ikons, the new trading card set from Press Pass, goes behind the scenes with a 90-card base set that includes rare and never-before-seen photos, along with quotes directly from current and former band members about everything KISS. Discover everything from how the band got its name to the inspiration behind some of their most memorable songs.

KISS Ikons includes:

.. 90-card base set with themed parallels including "Fire" and "Blood"
.. Instant win autographed 8x10's from Gene and Paul
.. Authentic Gene Simmons-worn memorabilia cards
.. KISS Tattoos
.. KISS Stickers

Pictured is the KISS Ikons Trading Cards Blaster Box.

Commerical for 1st KISS album 1974 (March 16)

Alive is a Must Have Album! (March 15 )

ALIVE! IS MUST HAVE ALBUM!

KISS makes AOL's People's Choice list of Must-Have Albums - "10 Albums To Listen To Before You Die"

#9 KISS ALIVE

"No list would be complete without Alive! by KISS."

Legendary rocker lifts ailing fan's spirits (March 14)

LEGENDARY ROCKERS LIFT AILING FAN'S SPIRITS

By William Croyle

NEWPORT, KY - The phone rang Wednesday afternoon in Christopher "Critter" Smith's room at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
His mom had just stepped out for a moment, so he answered it.

"Critter, it's Paul Stanley," the caller said. Stanley is the lead singer for KISS, Critter's favorite rock band.

"At first, I thought it was just my dad messing with me," Critter said.

It really was Stanley.

The band had been alerted about Critter by a fan after an article was published March 2 in The Enquirer. The article talked about the 11-year-old's battle with leukemia, and mentioned his love for KISS.

"When I realized it was really him, I was like, 'Oh my God!'" Critter said.

Stanley told Critter to stay strong and that he was praying for him. "And he told me he was going to send me some KISS stuff," Critter said.

All of that happened about 1:30 p.m. The call lasted just a few minutes, but was enough to raise Critter's spirits.

"I was lying down all day," Critter said. "Then, after he called me, I was up playing basketball in my room."

"He was on top of the world," said his mother, Carol Smith.

About 10 p.m. that same day, the phone rang again. Still bouncing off the walls from Stanley's call, Critter got another surprise: It was the band's drummer, Eric Singer.

"I was just like 'Woooow!'" Critter exclaimed.

Singer talked with Critter for a few minutes and invited him to one of their concerts this summer to see the show and meet the band.

"I've never even been to a concert at all," Critter said. "This is just so cool!"

This is Critter's second bout with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a cancer of the white blood cells.

During five months in 2007 he underwent five rounds of chemotherapy, a round of radiation and a bone marrow transplant. Critter returned to school at Fourth Street Elementary and was in remission for 15 months until January.

He's started chemotherapy. He'll undergo another bone marrow aspiration this weekend.

The good news, his mom said, is that doctors are going to hold off for now on another bone marrow transplant until they see how he does.

"To have to go through this twice isn't fair, but I'm ecstatic he's responding to the chemo," his mother said. "I'm still nervous, but hopeful."

New album:Classic 70s Rock and Roll Vibe ( March 13)

NEW ALBUM - "CLASSIC '70's ROCK & ROLL VIBE"

The first studio album from Kiss in more than a decade will include songs “about the obvious things,” says bassist-singer Gene Simmons, citing titles such as “Rotten To The Core.” “No secret to life, no political messaging, nothing like that,” he says of the lyrics.

As previously reported, Simmons confirms Kiss’ first album since 1998’s Psycho Circus will be produced by singer-guitarist Paul Stanley. “I don’t have enough time to tie my shoelaces and there’s nobody else I trust more than Paul,” says Simmons, who’s currently in Toronto to find three Canadian acts to sign to his recently resurrected Simmons Records, for which he has partnered with Universal Music Canada and businesswoman/former politician Belinda Stronach.

While he juggles all his other projects and pursuits, the band is also in the studio. The songs are all written, Simmons says. “There’s nothing to prove to anybody. We’re not interested in musical trends or anything else. We’re too long in the tooth for that. So it’s going to be sort of a classic ’70s rock & roll vibe. Meat and potatoes. You know, sometimes you just want to go out and have a meat and potatoes thing [and] forget the French dressing.”

Kiss — Simmons, Stanley, guitarist Tommy Thayer and drummer Eric Singer — will also continue touring for its 35th (now 37th) anniversary, beginning in South America in Santiago, Chile. Last year, the Kiss Alive/35 World Tour hit Europe, U.K., Australia, New Zealand and a few U.S. cities.

Today in KISStory March 12, 1996

KISS UNPLUGGED RELEASED

On March 12, 1996, the KISS MTV Unplugged CD and VHS Video were released in the US. KISS MTV Unplugged was recorded August 9, 1995 at Sony Music Studios in New York City. The majority of the CD/VHS features Paul, Gene, Eric Singer and Bruce Kulick. Ace Frehley and Peter Criss join Paul and Gene for "2000 Man" and "Beth". All six members close out the CD/VHS with "Nothin' To Lose" and "Rock and Roll All Nite". MTV originally broadcast KISS Unplugged on October 31, 1995.

Comment from Paul on Unplugged:

"Unplugged was a chance for us to celebrate the musical history of the band by stripping, some great songs from different points in our history, down to the bare essence of what makes them great."


TRACK LISTING:

Comin' Home / Plaster Caster / Goin' Blind / Do You Love Me / Domino / Got To Choose / Sure Know Something / A World Without Heroes / Rock Bottom / See You Tonight / I Still Love It / Every Time I Look At You / 2000 Man / Beth / Nothin' To Lose / Rock and Roll All Nite

"Got To Choose" appeared on the VHS and the Vinyl versions of KISS Unplugged but not the US CD.

New promo clip for upcoming Peru concert

New KISS trading card set

THE KISS ARMY WILL LOVE THIS UPCOMING SET!

By Chris Olds

Forget your baseball cards for a minute … the latest non-sport set from Press Pass will have collectors breathing fire, spitting up blood, throwing the goat and ripping packs with the dial turned up to 11.

It’s the upcoming KISS Ikons set, which consists of 90 cards — including special “fire” and “blood” parallel cards — along with authentic Gene Simmons stage-worn memorabilia cards and instant win autograph redemptions good for autographed photos of Simmons and Paul Stanley. (Oh, and it includes temporary tattoos and stickers, too, which are good for making that notebook of yours look like it’s 1975 all over again.) Each 24-pack box should cost you less than $50 as packs carry a suggested retail price of $1.99.

In all seriousness, it’s been awhile since we’ve seen KISS cards (1978 Donruss comes to mind, but there have surely been others) and with the band releasing an album and going on tour this year, they’ll surely drive ‘em wild (and maybe a little crazy, too) all night and ev-er-y day.

If you’re not old enough to know, this is the band that kick-started the whole marketing machine in music with countless products and items to satisfy their fans. Oh, and they’ve sold more than 85 million albums, too.

So, the next question is … how many boxes of cards?

We’ll find out starting on April 15

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Thanks to Jan for making this great blog page for me!! It was very nice of her!! :)

Happy Birthday Billy!

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Pisces Astrology February 19 - March 20

(Pisces - February 19 - March 20)

Pisces Strength Keywords:

- Compassionate - Adaptable - Accepting - Devoted - Imaginative

Pisces Weakness Keywords:

- Oversensitive - Indecisive - Self-pitying - Lazy - Escapist

Pisces and Independence:

Pisces needs a dominant partner of role model in their life or they will very easily fall into a pit of self-pity and self-undoing. When they are independent and inspired by life's events, their creativity comes shining through but they are unable to be on their own for long before they start dreaming in their imaginary world of happy people and happy endings. They need other people to keep them grounded and on the right track.

Pisces and Friendship:

Pisces will go out of their way to help a friend. They are extremely sensitive and loyal. They will take a friend's problem and make it their own and suffer with them. This is the weak spot of Pisces but any friend of this zodiac sign should know that although they are attracted to people with severe problems who desperately need help, this actually does more harm them good. Even though Pisces will offer to make everything right, do not allow them to take on all your problems because they will lose their identity in your situation. They need a strong positive friend to make them strong. Pisces like adventure, new situation and social events. A Pisces friend will always have something exciting in mind and it is a very fulfilling, long lasting friendship.

Pisces and Business:

Pisces does not take well to a position of leadership or high business person, they are too sensitive and lacking in self-discipline and lacking self-confidence for a positions such as that. What they are good at is is writing, acting, poetry, or being musicians. Pisces are excellent at anything that tugs at the heart strings and mystical/spiritual. They are extremely creative and can use their skills of creativity and their understanding of people to inspire others. Unfortunately, most Pisces take the easy way out in life and never attain the degree of fame that they possibly could, they have to stop self-doubting themselves because they are capable of being good role models and leaders to others, people do look up to them.

Pisces and Temperament:

The Pisces personality is hard to pin down, it is very mysterious and elusive. Pisces are molded by their surroundings, they incorporate their experiences and surroundings into themselves. They have extreme compassion and they feel the pain of others. If something is wrong in the world that affects them, it affects them deeply, they take it to heart and feel extreme feelings regarding the matter. When they are happy, they are extremely happy and when they are sad, they are extremely depressed.

Pisces Deep Inside:

Pisces have an intuitive and psychic ability more then any other zodiac signs. They trust their gut feelings and if they do not, they quickly learn to because they realize that their hunches are usually correct. Pisces downfall is their sensitivity and their inability to reject another person. They do not like rejection and they try to treat others the way they want to be treated so they will rarely say no to a person for fear of hurting their feelings. They will help another person with their problems and like to do so because making others feel good in turn makes them feel good. Pisces is the zodiac sign of self-undoing. People born under this zodiac sign are not susceptible to bad luck and unfortunate events, they bring them on themselves by overindulging, laziness and a knack for picking poorly suited partners and friends. They want people in their life who stir their emotions because this helps them to practice emotional stability. The inner conflict of Pisces is extremes of temperament and conflicting emotions. They are trying to pinpoint themselves on the real world while their spiritual world can cloud their vision, they will try to escape or avoid a situation instead of confronting it. Pisces eternal struggle is to learn to use their powers and their imagination in a positive, productive way and vying for emotional stability by not giving away their emotions to everyone else, they need to help themselves.

Pisces in a Nutshell:

Pisces is the sign of mysticism, mystery and the spiritual unknown. Pisces live in two worlds, the real world and the spiritual or mystical world where they interpret what they see into what they want. They do this to avoid all the realities of pain and suffering in the world. They have extremes of emotions and feel both good and bad intensively. Pisces have formidable intuitive ability. Most Pisces are somehow involved with occult or spiritualism. Pisces are very good at understanding people for they have the ability to delve into the psyche and see behind a person's motivations. Pisces are prone to drug addiction and indulging lifestyles because of their eternal search for themselves and their fear of confrontation and having to change a situation, also they justify drug use by allowing it to get closer with their 'spiritual selves'. Once they aware this is why they are doing it, it will be easier to kick the habit. Pisces are not the pushovers that they may seem, in fact they have strength of character and will stand up for what they believe in and and they can do hard work for something they believe in. They can be very lazy but only in matters that they do not care about. Pisces is the most sensitive of all zodiac signs.

What it's Like to Date a Pisces Man:

Pisces Man is the ultimate romantic, the sensitive man who feels with a woman. Pisces male is the ideal zodiac sign for the woman who complains that men are not sensitive enough, this man is. However, he has such an ideal of romance that is unrealistic and will fall out of love when he realizes that there is no such thing as the perfect woman. This man lives in the world of dreams and he needs a woman to keep him grounded. He always seems to chose the wrong woman, or a woman he can't have like a married woman that way there is no worry about becoming emotionally attached. He needs a woman who can dominate him, but very subtly. She has to be able to help him steer clear of bad habits and bad thoughts. Pisces man needs sensitivity, generosity and compassion, nurture him and he will nurture you back. A fulfilling emotional relationship for the strong yet sensitive woman.

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Don't Quit!

When things go wrong as they sometimes will
When the road you're trudging seems all up hill.
When funds are low and the debts are high.
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh.
When care is pressing you down a bit.
Rest, if you must, but don't you quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns.
As everyone of us sometimes learns.
And many a failure turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out:

Don't give up though the pace seems slow -
You may succeed with another blow.
Success is failure turned inside out -
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt.
And you never can tell how close you are.
It may be near when it seems so far:
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit
It's when things seem worst that you must not QUIT.