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GENE SIMMONS, PAUL STANLEY Talk About Comic Books

News broke this morning of the creation of the Kiss Comics Group and its inaugural title, "Kiss 4K". A joint venture between Platinum Studios and the hugely popular, multi-platinum American rock band KISS, the new title will be the first KISS comic ever produced in concert with the band themselves....

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IRON MAIDEN To Perform 'More Classic Favorites' At U.K.'s DOWNLOAD Festival

Following the official announcement this evening on BBC Radio 1's Zane Lowe show, IRON MAIDEN has confirmed it will be once again headlining this year's Download festival on Sunday, June 10, making this a record-breaking fourth headline appearance at the world-famous Donington Park (Leicestershire,...

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KISS: More Information Revealed About Comics-Group Venture

Platinum Studios, Inc., an entertainment company that controls the world's largest independent library of comic book characters, and Kiss Catalog Ltd., the billion-dollar merchandising empire created and managed by original members Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, announced the creation of a new world...

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Report: KISS Seals Comics Deal With PLATINUM STUDIOS

Borys Kit of the Hollywood Reporter reports: The rock group KISS has partnered with comic-book production company Platinum Studios to create a new comic-book entertainment company called the Kiss Comics Group. This is not the first time there have been comics featuring the members of the band, but i...

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QUIET RIOT Guitarist Discusses Stripping Down 'November Rain'

"Chinese Hypocrisy", the latest release by TributeAlbums.com, features a beautifully stripped down acoustic rendition of the GUNS N' ROSES classic "November Rain" performed by current QUIET RIOT/HOOKERS N' BLOW guitarist Alex Grossi, along with vocalist Zoli Teglas of California punk outfit IGNITE,...

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We Must Obey

Their sound and van-tastic look may peg them as 1970s worshipers, but it seemed for a while like Orange County stoner rockers FU MANCHU would end up more associated with the 1990s. After prodigious output in the previous decade, including breakout albums like "In Search Of…" and "The Action Is Go",...

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PAUL STANLEY Comments On Upcoming Australian Solo Tour

KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley has confirmed the details of his Australian solo tour, which is scheduled to take place in April. Commented Stanley: "The U.S. shows were incredible and reconnected me to the reasons I loved live music growing up. Between all the KISS classics, songs we've never...

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ZO2 To Star In Series For INDEPENDENT FILM CHANNEL

Brooklyn, NY-based trio ZO2, who in 2004 supported KISS and POISON on the "Rock the Nation" U.S. tour, will shoot the pilot in March for a loosely scripted "hybrid" Independent Film Channel (IFC) show based on the real lives of the bandmembers with a look at what it takes for an original band to "ma...

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RUDY SARZO Says It's A 'Real Mystery' As To Why KEVIN DUBROW Continues To Bash Him In The Press

Bassist Rudy Sarzo (DIO, QUIET RIOT, WHITESNAKE) has slammed QUIET RIOT vocalist Kevin DuBrow over DuBrow's constant slagging of Sarzo in the press, claiming that it's "a real mystery" as to why the singer continues to bash him in interviews. In a recent chat with "The Classic Metal Show", Sarzo ins...

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Original KISS Drummer's Ex-Wife On Group's Early Days: 'It Was A Really Wild Time'

Launch Radio Networks reports: Lydia Criss, ex-wife of original KISS drummer Peter Criss, has published a book about their lives together. It's titled "Sealed With A Kiss", and it traces their history from when they first met in the mid-'60s, through their marriage and the band's rise to superstardo...

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Producer Comments On PAUL STANLEY's Upcoming 'Live To Win Live!' Feature-Length Concert Film

ReelChicago.com reports: Louis Antonelli was 12 years old and an amateur photographer when he first met KISS guitarist Paul Stanley. It was 1974 and KISS was appearing at a Mt. Prospect record store. "Paul gave me a lot of encouragement," recalled Antonelli. "He looked at me and said 'Promise me tha...

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NEGATIVE To Perform Acoustically On Finnish Radio

Finnish hard/glam rock band NEGATIVE will perform acoustically and take part in an interview on the Finnish radio station Uusi Kiss tomorrow (Friday, January 26) at 17.00. NEGATIVE recently shot a video for its new single, "Sinners Night/Misty Morning", which came out in Finland last November. The t...

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RON KEEL, JASON MCMASTER Confirmed For GUNS N' ROSES Tribute Album

Versailles Records has announced that Ron Keel will appear alongside Grammy-winning pianist Randy Cantor on a remake of the GUNS N' ROSES track "Don't Cry" as part of the label's forthcoming "Double Talkin' Jive: A Hard Rock Tribute to Guns N' Roses", the second volume of the tribute series to Axl,...

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ALICE IN CHAINS, KISS, MEGADETH, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY: More Photos From NAMM Available

Members of ALICE IN CHAINS, KISS, CHILDREN OF BODOM, STATIC-X, PAPA ROACH, SHADOWS FALL, TESTAMENT, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY and MEGADETH are among the musicians who attended this year's winter NAMM show (National Association of Music Merchants),which took place January 18-21 in Anaheim, California. Che...

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SOILWORK Frontman Jamming With '70s-Style Hard Rock Band HIGHBALL SHOOTERS

SOILWORK vocalist Björn "Speed" Strid has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Songwriting [for the new SOILWORK album] is going great! "Just wanted to take the time to present a new band that I'm jamming with: HIGHBALL SHOOTERS... "I guess some of you guys are thinking, wh...