GENE & TOMMY INTERVIEWED ON NEW JERSEY'S ROCK WDHA
KISS MASK WEBZINE Celebrates 40 Years of KISS. Est. 1987
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
PAUL STANLEY: MESSAGE TO THE FANS
PAUL'S MESSAGE TO ALL KISS FANS:
(from Kissonline)
To All,
Sonic Boom hits the stores today. This IS the album you've been waiting for and hoping for. We are all very proud of it and blown away by the incredible reviews it is getting worldwide. Many people have asked us how we managed to capture the fire and spirit that's in all the songs, in all the playing and in all the singing.
It's what happens when a band loves its fans, loves being together and loves making great rock and roll...
And we do.
Turn it up!
Paul Stanley
"SONIC BOOM" RELEASES TODAY!
KISS UPDATES
IT'S FINALLY HERE! "SONIC BOOM" will be in
all Wal-Mart and Sam's Clubs today.
*KISS will perform live on CBS-TV's 'Late Show With David Letterman' on Tuesday night to coincide with the release of the Sonic Boom CD! The show begins at 11:35 pm ET/PT.
*KISS AUTOGRAPHED GUITAR CONTEST
-see below
PAUL STANLEY & TOMMY THAYER INTERVIEW: TRACK BY TRACK
KISS KORNERS:
Tuesday, Walmart, the world's largest retailer, will offer SONIC BOOM in a three-disc set that also features KISS KLASSICS, a 15-track completely re-recorded greatest hits CD, as well as a live DVD shot in Buenos Aires, Argentina during the band's 2009 South American tour. SONIC BOOM will be available at all Walmart and Sam's Club Stores.
And to complement this highly-anticipated music release, over 2800 Walmart stores will feature "KISS Korners" in their Electronics departments and Halloween aisles. The "KISS Korners" will offer KISS T-shirts, wigs, makeup, blankets, limited edition KISS M&M candies, KISS Mr. Potato Head spuds, and of course the SONIC BOOM CD set!
FOR A COMPLETE LISTING OF WAL-MART'S FEATURING KISS KORNERS, CLICK HERE-
http://www.kissonline.net/stream/article/display/title/walmart-kiss-korner-store-listing
KISS GUITAR GIVEAWAY: (from Kissonline)
Sonic Boom is coming, and we don't just mean the new album from KISS... It's The Great KISS Guitar Giveaway - to help you rattle some walls on your own, KISSOnline.com is giving you a chance to win one of three WASHBURN GUITARS SIGNED BY ALL OF KISS! How do you enter to win? It's simple:
1) Take a photo of just you, with your friends, family, whatever... but it must be with the new KISS album, Sonic Boom to qualify.
2) Once you have taken your photo, host it on a public album website - flickr, shutterfly, wherever - as long as we can view it, it doesn't matter where!
3) Finally, copy and paste the URL in the field to the right, along with the rest of your info. But make sure to double check the URL, because you can only enter once.
http://guitargiveaway.kissonline.com/Three winners will be selected at random to receive a Washburn guitar autographed by KISS, but make it a good shot because we'll feature some of the best photos on KISSOnline.com. Pick up the new KISS album, grab your camera, and enter The Great KISS Guitar Giveaway today! Enter by October 23, 2009 - Good luck!
CLICK HERE to enter after midnight October 6.
IT'S FINALLY HERE! "SONIC BOOM" will be in
all Wal-Mart and Sam's Clubs today.
*KISS will perform live on CBS-TV's 'Late Show With David Letterman' on Tuesday night to coincide with the release of the Sonic Boom CD! The show begins at 11:35 pm ET/PT.
*KISS KORNERS at Wal-Mart -see below link for locations
*KISS AUTOGRAPHED GUITAR CONTEST
-see below
PAUL STANLEY & TOMMY THAYER INTERVIEW: TRACK BY TRACK
Roadrunner / Loud & Proud caught up with Paul and Tommy in Detroit as they shot their upcoming video and sat them down for a chat. In the interview below, Paul and Tommy talk us through the second half of the new album, track by track!
KISS KORNERS:
Tuesday, Walmart, the world's largest retailer, will offer SONIC BOOM in a three-disc set that also features KISS KLASSICS, a 15-track completely re-recorded greatest hits CD, as well as a live DVD shot in Buenos Aires, Argentina during the band's 2009 South American tour. SONIC BOOM will be available at all Walmart and Sam's Club Stores.
And to complement this highly-anticipated music release, over 2800 Walmart stores will feature "KISS Korners" in their Electronics departments and Halloween aisles. The "KISS Korners" will offer KISS T-shirts, wigs, makeup, blankets, limited edition KISS M&M candies, KISS Mr. Potato Head spuds, and of course the SONIC BOOM CD set!
FOR A COMPLETE LISTING OF WAL-MART'S FEATURING KISS KORNERS, CLICK HERE-
http://www.kissonline.net/stream/article/display/title/walmart-kiss-korner-store-listing
KISS GUITAR GIVEAWAY: (from Kissonline)
Sonic Boom is coming, and we don't just mean the new album from KISS... It's The Great KISS Guitar Giveaway - to help you rattle some walls on your own, KISSOnline.com is giving you a chance to win one of three WASHBURN GUITARS SIGNED BY ALL OF KISS! How do you enter to win? It's simple:
1) Take a photo of just you, with your friends, family, whatever... but it must be with the new KISS album, Sonic Boom to qualify.
2) Once you have taken your photo, host it on a public album website - flickr, shutterfly, wherever - as long as we can view it, it doesn't matter where!
3) Finally, copy and paste the URL in the field to the right, along with the rest of your info. But make sure to double check the URL, because you can only enter once.
http://guitargiveaway.kissonline.com/Three winners will be selected at random to receive a Washburn guitar autographed by KISS, but make it a good shot because we'll feature some of the best photos on KISSOnline.com. Pick up the new KISS album, grab your camera, and enter The Great KISS Guitar Giveaway today! Enter by October 23, 2009 - Good luck!
CLICK HERE to enter after midnight October 6.
Monday, October 5, 2009
ACE FREHLEY INTERVIEW: PART DEUCE
ACE FREHLEY INTERVIEW: PART TWO
(Special Thanks to Ace Frehley, Frank Munoz, Kymm
Britton/60 Cycle Media, John Ostronomy, Jessica Anselmo, Gibson Guitars & the Hit Factory Recording Studios, NYC).
Britton/60 Cycle Media, John Ostronomy, Jessica Anselmo, Gibson Guitars & the Hit Factory Recording Studios, NYC).
KM: You're going to do a min-promo tour here in the US followed by some European dates, correct?
AF: We got offered some isolated shows. Not a major tour. I'm off to Japan to do a big festival and I've got a bunch of date in Australia then we'll come back and do a bunch dates in the States. I just found out I am going to Europe and 2010 we're planning a big tour. We're trying to put a nice package together.
KM: Do you find the record industry, the way it is now, better for an artist to put music out via your own label?
AF: For a guy like me it. A lot of labels are in trouble financially. A lot of them have closed shop. Some of them didn't make that transition into the Internet and publishing. I mean the Internet has changed the way, not only in the music business, but everywhere. Rather than sign with a major label who could write me a big check, I thought it was better... I hired a marketing team like Rocket Science who have done a fabulous job. They're responsible for the packaging, marketing, and they've made sure it is everywhere. Unlike Kiss' new album was going to be released exclusively through Wal-Mart- You can buy my album anywhere, worldwide- And that was important to me.
KM: In the New York Post, you recently said that you used to hang out at Studio 54. I was a bit surprised by that. That had to be some of the most wild times?
AF: Yeah (laughs). That was one of my hangouts. There wasn't that many places I could go where I wasn't bothered. That was one club I could hangout - It's like everyone else was a celebrity there. That's why I went there plus it was a fun joint! (laughs)
KM: What was your favorite Kiss album?
AF: Probably "Destroyer." I think it's one of the better record. It wasn't necessarily my favorite album to record. It's classic Kiss!
KM: You've talked a lot about Pro Tools - Is that a relatively a new program to record?
AF: No, it's been around for awhile. But it's really become the standard in the recording business today. I mean, I've had the program for a long time, but never really mastered it. This is the first time I was going to do it exclusively digitally. I got a Pro Tools teacher and sat down with him and luckily I've been working with computers my whole life. I took the lessons and caught on real quick. It's like, wow, I can sit in my hotel room and record and do over-dubs on my lap-top. It's nutty.
KM: When you enter the Pearly Gates, what would you like to hear God say?
AF: I'd like him to say, "Job well done, Ace!" If I can stay on the right path, I think that's what He'd say. Sometimes it can be a struggle. It's one day at a time. This is one Thanksgiving I'm gonna' get down on my hand and knees and count my blessings. All my hard work is starting to pay off. I've got a lot of things to be thankful for. Not just the music end of it...
KM: Just yourself...
AF: Yeah. Just the fact I am walking and talking (laughs). I think thirty one years later, history might repeat itself. I am coming out with a record. I feel exactly the way I felt back then. Driving around in my car listening to the '78 solo album, saying, "Man, I think I've got something good here."
KM: You most certainly do Ace. Thanks for the music and the interview.
PAUL STANLEY & GENE SIMMONS ON CANADIAN TV
Paul and Gene appeared on Quebec tv show "Tout le Monde en Parle" ("The World Is Talking About It!")
PART ONE:
PART TWO:
PART ONE:
PART TWO:
Sunday, October 4, 2009
KISS TORONTO HIGHLIGHT FOOTAGE - VIDEO
KISS' performance is caught in this excellent highlight footage from the sold-out Air Canada Center, Oct. 1, 2009.
KISS "MODERN DAY DELILAH" Mohegan Sun 10/03/09 - VIDEO
"MODERN DAY DELILAH" Mohegan Sun, Ct. 10/03/09
KISS - Technical Problems in Toronto- VIDEO
"KING OF THE NIGHTIME WORLD" Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ONT. 10/01/09. A power/pa problems occured during the opening number and KISS recovered as the pros they are!
Apparently openers Buckcherry were reproted to have experienced onstage problems as well.
Apparently openers Buckcherry were reproted to have experienced onstage problems as well.
KISS LONDON, ONTARIO April 24, 1976 B&W RAW FOOTAGE - VIDEO
Courtesy of kisslongbeach74/YouTube
"DEUCE"
"FLAMING YOUTH"
"STRUTTER"
"DEUCE"
"FLAMING YOUTH"
"STRUTTER"
KISS ROCK TORONTO! VIDEO
REVIEW: KISS ROCK TORONTO!
Chris Alexander MUSICK NEWS (Fangoria.com)
Last night, Toronto had their eyeballs bitch slapped and their ears blissfully abused by the living breathing rock spectacle circus known as KISS. It was a classic stadium rock spectacle to be sure but, man alive, did it get off to a surreal, almost cataclysmic start….
The sold out stands at the Air Canada Centre where jammed full of the faithful, many in traditional KISS character costume, three generations of cultists who have long held the band as more than just a band, but mythic superheroes. And like any superhero with his wings clipped, the opening of the show veered into tragedy that was almost Greek in its magnitude.
As the lights dimmed, the low drone throbbed and the video screens lit up, a familiar voice growled that we wanted the best and we got the best, the hottest band in the world, KISS! Curtain drops. Paul, Gene and Tommy Thayer spit onto the smoke drenched stage to the thundering opening strains of “King of the Nighttime World” of their landmark 1976 disc Destroyer. So far, so heart palpitatingly awesome. Then, in the last quarter of the tune, without warning…..nuthin’. Bubkus. The sound system had blown. The electricity had flunked. The KISS sign was dim. But the band veered ahead, apparently unaware that they were – save for the monitor sound – miming the tune for the audience. Said audience began booing. The smoke had now dried. Paul spoke into a microphone that was mute. Gene beat his chest like King Kong in rage part mock, part real. Roadies ran rampant. Techies screamed into walkies. The supermen were lost, alone on a mammoth stage that was completely soundless. It was eerie. It was bizarre. It was utterly upsetting. Band walks offstage, videoscreen’s begin looping the KISS logo. Audience is in shock…
Read the rest here www.fangoria.com/musick/musick-news/4142-koncert-review-kiss-in-toronto.html
Chris Alexander MUSICK NEWS (Fangoria.com)
Last night, Toronto had their eyeballs bitch slapped and their ears blissfully abused by the living breathing rock spectacle circus known as KISS. It was a classic stadium rock spectacle to be sure but, man alive, did it get off to a surreal, almost cataclysmic start….
The sold out stands at the Air Canada Centre where jammed full of the faithful, many in traditional KISS character costume, three generations of cultists who have long held the band as more than just a band, but mythic superheroes. And like any superhero with his wings clipped, the opening of the show veered into tragedy that was almost Greek in its magnitude.
As the lights dimmed, the low drone throbbed and the video screens lit up, a familiar voice growled that we wanted the best and we got the best, the hottest band in the world, KISS! Curtain drops. Paul, Gene and Tommy Thayer spit onto the smoke drenched stage to the thundering opening strains of “King of the Nighttime World” of their landmark 1976 disc Destroyer. So far, so heart palpitatingly awesome. Then, in the last quarter of the tune, without warning…..nuthin’. Bubkus. The sound system had blown. The electricity had flunked. The KISS sign was dim. But the band veered ahead, apparently unaware that they were – save for the monitor sound – miming the tune for the audience. Said audience began booing. The smoke had now dried. Paul spoke into a microphone that was mute. Gene beat his chest like King Kong in rage part mock, part real. Roadies ran rampant. Techies screamed into walkies. The supermen were lost, alone on a mammoth stage that was completely soundless. It was eerie. It was bizarre. It was utterly upsetting. Band walks offstage, videoscreen’s begin looping the KISS logo. Audience is in shock…
Read the rest here www.fangoria.com/musick/musick-news/4142-koncert-review-kiss-in-toronto.html
Friday, October 2, 2009
KISS ROCK LONDON ONTARIO- SOLD OUT SHOW!
John Labatt Centre, London, Ont. - September 29, 2009
By JAMES REANEY - Sun Media
LONDON, Ont. Sweet 35 and still being KISSed like the first time.
Downtown London time-warped back to the 1970s last night when KISS headlined at a sold-out John Labatt Centre.
With 8,682 fans, many of them wearing the facepaint of their heroes jamming the downtown London arena, there was a whole lot of rock and roll all night.
KISS veterans Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley are still around from the band that rocked London again and again -- 1974 being the first time when the band was young and visited twice.
The band and the fans knew what to do when it was time for Rock and Roll All Nite, as the spectacular finale to the main set. Spectacular as in Simmons and lead guitarist Tommy Thayer being lofted on huge platforms with stage smoke billowing from them like jet exhaust.
Spectacular as in the fans singing and shouting along because they love the band, the song and what KISS means to them after all these years.
KISSIN' hot it was "last nite" with a multi-song encore still to come. Stanley smacked around his guitar to prompt the pyro blasts. He then allowed the crowd to egg him into smashing the guitar.
Read the rest here-
http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/K/Kiss/ConcertReviews/2009/09/30/11203136-sun.html
By JAMES REANEY - Sun Media
LONDON, Ont. Sweet 35 and still being KISSed like the first time.
Downtown London time-warped back to the 1970s last night when KISS headlined at a sold-out John Labatt Centre.
With 8,682 fans, many of them wearing the facepaint of their heroes jamming the downtown London arena, there was a whole lot of rock and roll all night.
KISS veterans Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley are still around from the band that rocked London again and again -- 1974 being the first time when the band was young and visited twice.
The band and the fans knew what to do when it was time for Rock and Roll All Nite, as the spectacular finale to the main set. Spectacular as in Simmons and lead guitarist Tommy Thayer being lofted on huge platforms with stage smoke billowing from them like jet exhaust.
Spectacular as in the fans singing and shouting along because they love the band, the song and what KISS means to them after all these years.
KISSIN' hot it was "last nite" with a multi-song encore still to come. Stanley smacked around his guitar to prompt the pyro blasts. He then allowed the crowd to egg him into smashing the guitar.
Read the rest here-
http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/K/Kiss/ConcertReviews/2009/09/30/11203136-sun.html
KISS "I STOLE YOUR LOVE" MONTREAL - VIDEO
KISS switched it up a bit at the Bell Centre October 1, 2009 by playing "I Stole Your Love."
Montreal Set-List: KISS opened with "King Of The Nightime World."
1. King Of The Night Time World
2. Deuce
3. Got To Choose
4. Modern Day Delilah
5. Hotter Than Hell
6. I Stole Your Love
7. C'mon And Love Me
8. Parasite
9. She
10. Watchin' You
11. 100,000 Years
12. I Love It Loud
13. Black Diamond
14. Rock And Roll All Nite
15. Shout It Out Loud
16. Lick It Up
17. Let Me Go, Rock 'N' Roll
18. Love Gun
19. Detroit Rock City
Montreal Set-List: KISS opened with "King Of The Nightime World."
1. King Of The Night Time World
2. Deuce
3. Got To Choose
4. Modern Day Delilah
5. Hotter Than Hell
6. I Stole Your Love
7. C'mon And Love Me
8. Parasite
9. She
10. Watchin' You
11. 100,000 Years
12. I Love It Loud
13. Black Diamond
14. Rock And Roll All Nite
15. Shout It Out Loud
16. Lick It Up
17. Let Me Go, Rock 'N' Roll
18. Love Gun
19. Detroit Rock City
Thursday, October 1, 2009
KISS CREW SET-UP FOR ALIVE/35 CONCERT TOUR
INCREDIBLE VIDEO OF KISS CREW SETTING UP STAGE AT COBO HALL!
KISS' "MODERN DAY DELILAH" AIRPLAY
The FRIDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK, a radio tip sheet has reported a jump in airplay from the first single from KISS' forth-coming album, "SONIC BOOM" due out Oct. 6 exclusively at Wal-Mart and Sam's Club showcasing the band's catalog and merchandising at reasonable prices. Updated 10/01/09 @ 7AM EST.
LW TW ARTIST TITLE LABEL SPINS LW MOVE
16 15 KISS Modern Day Delilah KISS Records 134 116 18
LW TW ARTIST TITLE LABEL SPINS LW MOVE
16 15 KISS Modern Day Delilah KISS Records 134 116 18
KISSONLINE UNVEILS SONIC BOOM PAGE
KISSONLINE UNVEILS NEW SONIC BOOMPAGE ON IT'S WEBSITE:
A great new page featuring studio clips, infor-
mation gearing up to the Oct. 6 release of the
new KISS album available only at Wal-Mart
and Sam's Club has been revealed on the band's website.
A new clip will appear each day from now until the release ob Tuesday, Oct. 6.
Click here to visit the SONIC BOOM page and view today's clip...ENJOY!
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