NEWS ARCHIVE
31-08-09
KISS KOMPENDIUM PUSHED BACK TO A NOVEMBER RELEASE
Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley's "Kiss Kompendium", a compilation of all KISS comics featuring the adventures of the band's four superhero characters defeating evil with comic icons like Spiderman, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, the Hulk, and Wolverine, previously announced for October 27 via Collins Design,will be released on November 24. The foreword was written by Gene Simmons.
La raccolta di tutti i fumetti editi dei KISS sarà messa in vendita il 24 Novembre.
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN SOLD OUT!
KISS is Alive and well!!
The Madison Square Garden night on October 10 is gone, SOLD OUT!!!
Here below the new commercial for the North American Alive35-Sonic Boom Tour.
SOLD OUT al Madison Square Garden di New Your per la serata del 10 Ottobre!!!
Sotto il promo del Tour Americano.
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KISS PREP VEGAS RESIDENCY (by Paul Cashmere -undercover.com.au)
It appears Kiss will be the next major act to lock into Las Vegas for a residency. Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons are reported to be in negotiations to create a Vegas show with a $50 million budget.
According to the Las Vegas Review Journal the show is expected to be called ‘Kiss: Carnival of Souls’. Stanley and Simmons are said to be working on the project with comic book publisher Radical
Publishing and Singapore company Storm Lion. Radical’s Barry Levine told the Review Journal "It involves every aspect of music, movement, lighting, stage design and special effects. Since Kiss is the
epitome of theatrical rock, we need to make sure it represents the Kiss brand. The Kiss brand has endured and sustained itself like no other group for the past 35 years." The show is expected to open
in 2011.
La preparzione per lo spettacolo per Las Vegas ‘Kiss: Carnival of Souls’ sembra stia prendendo piede. Viene riportato che il budget sfiorerà i 50 milioni di $ mentre la prima sarà nel corso del 2011.
NEW KISS ALBUM - SONIC BOOM REVIEW (Metal Music ExaminerMelanie Falina)
It's been more than a decade since KISS' last studio album. Eleven years is a decent chunk of time on most scales - but for KISS fans this has seemed an eternity.
Recent solo albums by both Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley helped to ease the pain somewhat, but then also had some KISS fans wondering, 'Well, why not a new KISS album?'
When KISS announced they were to begin working on a new album excitement spread like wildfire through the KISS Army, but there were those who skeptically held the stance that they'd believe it when
they saw it - or, in this case, heard it.
Well the wait, the wondering, and the disbelieving is about to come to an end on October 6. Produced by KISS' own Paul Stanley, Sonic Boom is on its way.
The most recent musical products we've had from these guys were Paul Stanley's solo release Live To Win and Gene Simmons' solo album A**h*le. Stanley's was emotion, Simmons' was fun - and now
with Sonic Boom those influences bond and yet include so much more. Sonic Boom is a sexy album packed with good quality songs that insight repeat listening. It's a great blend of old KISS,
modern KISS, and even - - - dare it be said? - Some brand spanking new KISS sounds as well. KISS, in their 35 years, has gone on an amazing journey and has a rich, full history. And some
KISS fans are devoted, almost cult-like followers, but then there are some who will vehemently dislike any new release simply because it's not a repeat of Destroyer or KISS (the 1974 self-titled
debut release). No one can make everyone happy, but Sonic Boom delivers the goods that most KISS fans will receive quite warmly. Sonic Boom will be available exclusively at Walmart (stores and
online) and Sam's Club in the U.S. and Canada. The album package is a 3-disc set that will include - in addition to Sonic Boom's 11 new songs - Kiss Klassics - a 15-track, re-recorded greatest
hits CD, a live concert DVD that was recorded in Buenos Aires, Argentina earlier this year, and a 20-page booklet.
The countdown continues but we're almost ready for take-off.
Read a track by track review here
28-08-09
KISS TOUR 2010 IN THE WORKS
Since KISS hit Europe last year lot of rumors started swirling soon after about an early come back during 2009 and possible dates in Japan and South America. While in Italy promoting the Verona gig
Tommy Thayer, talking to a local radio station, revealed that Japan dates were in the works but still to be defined as well as the South American ones. We all know that the South American leg of the
Alive35 Tour did happened, and what a success!!! Still remains Japan to be conquered again. Paul Stanley revealed to Classic rock magazine on November 17 2008 “It looks like we'll be touring
Europe as well as the States next year. You'll be getting more of what you saw at the Download festival this past summer - the KISS Alive! vibe amped up to the max. There might even be a new KISS
album at some point. I have been ambivalent to the idea in the past but I'm much more open to it now.” Three days later Gene Simmons:”We've been talking with manager Doc McGhee about
Europe and then doing a year-long tour maybe this coming summer, but we'll see." And one week later:”We’ll do a handful of shows just to keep in the game (next) summer, maybe 10
(dates), some Canadian shows. I know Halifax is one, but before you get out there and start the baseball season, they hold exhibition games, that’s what we’re doing. ’Cause once we go out, it’s going
to be for a year and a half.” When KISS announced to the press the Alive35 North American Leg they stated that “the above dates are the 2009 leg of the KISS Alive 35 Tour, KISS will
be touring all next year!”
Promoters in Europe are warming up so guys: GET READY to be melted away by a SONIC BOOM TOUR 2010!!!
Mentre i KISS erano ancora in Tour in Europa l’anno scorso già si parlava di un loro possibile ritorno nel 2009 e di possibili date in Giappone e Sud America. Tommy in una intervista radio per
promuovere la serata di Verona rivelò che alcune date in Sud America e Giappone erano allo studio. Quelle in Sud America sono diventate realtà e con quale successo!!! Rimane ancora il Giappone da
conquistare. Paul Stanley rivelò a Classic rock magazine nel Novembre 2008 che KISS probabilmente avrebbero fatto un Tour in Europa e Stati Uniti nel 2009. Parlò anche di un probabile nuovo
album[!]. Tre giorni dopo Gene Simmons “Abbiamo parlato con Doc McGhee dell’Europa e di fare un tour di un anno a partire dalla estate prossima, vedremo". E poi una
settima dopo “Faremo una manciata di show di riscaldamento in Canada prima che inizi la stagione del Baseball. Perche poi quando partiremo davvero sarà per almeno un anno e
mezzo.”
Quando i KISS hanno annunciato l’Alive35 North American Leg hanno scritto che KISS saranno in tour tutto l’anno prossimo. So che i promoters Europei si stanno scaldando per cui ragazzi:
STATE PRONTI per essere spazzati via dal SONIC BOOM TOUR 2010!!!
27-08-09
MICHAEL DORET TALKS RARO AND SONIC BOOM COVERS
Michael Doret talked with Stone and Double T on WXRX FM.
Click here to listen
MODERN DAY DELILAH HAS ALREADY LANDED ON E-BAY
The first single out of SONIC BOOM, Modern Day Delilah hitted the USA radio station some days ago and the promo copy has aleady landed on e-bay!!!
Il primo singolo tratto da SONIC BOOM è stato distribuito da pochi giorni alle radio americane ed il promo CD è già su e-bay!!!
ANOMALY PACKAGING
Here a pic of the packaging for "Anomaly", from Ace Frehley. Due on September 15 via Ace's own Bronx Born Records, the CD was produced and recorded in
Westchester County, New York between 2007 and 2009 and was mixed in Los Angeles.
Anomaly track listing:
01. Foxy & Free
02. Outer Space
03. Pain In The Neck
04. Fox On The Run
05. Genghis Khan
06. Too Many Faces
07. Change The World
08. Space Bear
09. A Little Below The Angels
10. Sister
11. It's A Great Life
12. Fractured Quantum
13. The Return of Space Bear (Dedicated to Tom Snyder) (iTunes exclusive)
Ecco una foto del packaging di "Anomaly", in uscita il 15 Settembre tramite la Bronx Born Records dello stessp Ace Frehley, il CD è stato prodotto e registrato nella Westchester County, New York tra il 2007 ed il 2009 e poi mixato a Los Angeles.
26-08-09
WHO WANTS TO BE A RODIE FOR KISS???
Check it out here !!extratv.warnerbros.com
Meanwhile the Alive35 North American leg is getting bigger:
Kevin Connor of the Sun Media reports: KISS will rock Oshawa after all.
"I just got confirmation that KISS people have contacted General Motors Centre management to hold Oct. 6 and 7 for KISS," Oshawa City Councillor Robert Lutczyk told the Sun tonight.
Kissonline confirmed the 7th, "and, for the other cities, we have plans in the works for you, too."
Si aggiunge a gran voce un'altra data dell'Alive35 Tour Oshawa's GM Centre 7 Ottobre e ci sono piani per includere altre città.
ACE FREHLEY ANOMALY SONGS PREVIEW
Ace Anomaly release date, September 15, is getting closer!!!
Click to listen to some new songs!!!
La data per la pubblicazione di Anomaly, 15 Settembre si avvicina!!!
Click per ascoltare alcuni nuovi pezzi!!!
Click to order your Anomaly!!!
25-08-09
SONIC BOOM CONFIRMED ITALIAN RELEASED DATE OCTOBER 2 (from Roadrunner Records Italy)
On October 2 our season will close with the best act, KISS, with a line up that doesn't need introduction and that came back in the studio after 11 years they will release "Sonic Boom" "the perfect mix between'Rock And Roll Over' and 'Love Gun', the best record produced since 'Destroyer'!" as Gene Simmons said.
La stagione giunge agli sgoccioli, e a chiuderla al meglio ci pensano il 2 Ottobre i KISS, con una formazione che non ha certo bisogno di presentazioni e che torna in studio dopo 11 anni per dare vita a "Sonic Boom", "incontro ideale tra 'Rock And Roll Over' e 'Love Gun' e il miglior disco realizzato dai tempi di 'Destroyer'!”, come afferma Gene Simmons.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GENE!!!
Today Mr. Gene Simmons turns 60.
I wish you more and more success and happyness, you deserved it!!!!
Fabio
Happy 60th Gene!!! We all wish you the best birthday ever and many more! You and I have lived a lifetime as partners and it only gets better and better. Here's
to the future!
Paul
Happy Birthday Gene! It has been a pleasure watching you be the unique individual that you are...Your one in a million. Look forward to making music and KISSTORY for many more years.
Never lose that drive !
Peace/Love
Eric
My very best birthday wishes go out to Gene. You're a true original. Keep on going strong!
Tommy
ACE FREHLEY CD - LIMITED EDITION AUTOGRAPHED
This is the Official AceFrehley.com exclusive autographed copy of the Anomaly CD. Item will arrive to you without shrink wrapping, plastic wrap, so that Ace can personally sign each item, directly
onto the packaging. This is the only place that you can find this personally autographed release by Ace himself. This is a limited run and is only available for a limited time only. Price is $30. LP
version is also available, while today Oute Space is on iTunes to be downloaded.
Su AceFrehley.com potete acquistare per $30 il CD autogarfato da Ace. é disponibile anche l'LP. Oggi esce Outer Space su iTunes.
GENE IN THE PRESS (from kissnews.de)
Gene will be on the cover of the next issue of "Rocks" magazine in Germany. The Cd that comes with the magazines also includes Ace's "Outer Space"!
Gene sarà in copertina del prossimo numero di Rocks in Germania. La rivista contiene anche un CD con Outer Space di Ace Frehley.
KISS SONIC BOOM TO BE RELEASED IN EUROPE VIA LOUD & PROUD/ROADRUNNER RECORDS ON OCTOBER 5
As previously reported here the much-anticipated new KISS album, "Sonic Boom", will be released in Europe on October 5 via Loud & Proud/Roadrunner Records.
Tom Lipsky Loud & Proud president: "Great artists make great music and KISS has certainly accomplished that with 'Sonic Boom'." Wally van Middendorp, Senior VP International of Roadrunner
Records, added, "We are excited to have the world's premier rock band join forces with the world's premier rock label. 'Sonic Boom' is a brilliant album that will surely be recognized as one of best
musical works in the history of KISS."
Paul Stanley: "Success comes from a winning team, and Roadrunner is the perfect partner for KISS in terms of understanding what this album is and also having a great track record of success." SONIC
BOOM infos&updates here
SONIC BOOM is the first new KISS studio album to feature guitarist Tommy Thayer alongside Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons and drummer Eric Singer. It will be available as a single disc and also in a special three-disc set featuring a completely re-recorded greatest hits CD as well as a live DVD shot in Argentina during the band’s recent, record-breaking KISS ALIVE 35 South American tour.
SONIC BOOM by Roadrunner is ready for pre-order at hmv.com
RoadrunnerRecords Italy reports October 2 as realease date wihle the UK's site October 5.
Confermata l'uscita in Europa di SONIC BOOM tramite Roadrunner il 5 di Ottobre. Sarà disponibile in formato CD e anche anche in triplo CD contenente il disco, un best of di greatest hits riregistrati per l’occasione e un DVD girato in Argentina durante il recente tour sudamericano KISS ALIVE 35. Il SONIC BOOM CON DVD è già pronto per i pre-ordini su hmv-com.
Per dovere di cronaca vi segnalo che il sito italiano della Roadrunner riporta come data di pubblicazione il 2 ottobre.
24-08-09
KISS ANNOUNCES NORTH AMERICAN DATES FOR KISS ALIVE 35 TOUR BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 2009 (from kissonline)
CONTINENT TO BE ROCKED BY NEW STAGING, COSTUMES & A SET OF HITS PLUS SONGS FROM NEW ALBUM SONIC BOOM
As they celebrate 35 years of rockin', KISS today announced the dates of the KISS ALIVE 35 North American tour. The tour kicks off with a rapidly-selling, special multiple-show
engagement in Detroit Rock City beginning September 25th, where KISS will be playing the classic album that started it all: KISS ALIVE! The tour leg will then hit more than 40 additional cities
before concluding in December.
This incredible show will feature a new stage set, pyro effects that only the "hottest band in the world" could deliver, and all new costumes. Fans will be treated to a 2 1/2
hour set of rocks greatest hits, including "Rock and Roll All Nite," "I Was Made for Lovin' You," "Detroit Rock City," "God Gave Rock & Roll to You" and "Shout It Out Loud," as well as songs from
the band's new album SONIC BOOM. Buckcherry will be main support on all of the KISS ALIVE 35 North American dates.
Said Gene Simmons, "For 35 years, KISS raised the bar for what a rock concert should really be. This year is no different - all new, all killer... all KISS! The master's class
in rock is in session! KISS rules. Oh yeah!"
"Bigger IS better!" said Paul Stanley. "SONIC BOOM is our future and KISS Alive is our proud past. On this tour you get KISS Alive plus a slew of other classics and soon to be
classics. New stage, new battle gear and a pyro arsenal that will again show everyone that there is only one KISS!"
Current dates are the 2009 leg of the KISS Alive 35 Tour, KISS will be touring all next year!
KISS ALIVE 35 NORTH AMERICAN 2009 Tour:
DATE CITY VENUE ON-SALE here
Come promesso il tour nord americano è stato annunciato. Più di 40 date tra US a Canada con una set list che ricalcherà l'Alive35 più i classici del futuro tratti dal prossimo album Sonic Boom. Vedremo un nuovo palco con nuovi effetti e nuovi costumi ma sopratutto i KISS saranno in tour fuori dagli Stati Uniti per tutto il 2010 (nuovo tour in Europa?).
Trovate tutte le date qui
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KISS ADDS SECOND PERFORMANCE AT COBO ARENA ON, SEPTEMBER 26th
KISS RETURNING WITH BRAND NEW STAGING,COSTUMES,PYRO AND MORE
The KISS Army has spoken! By overwhelming fan demand, KISS has just added a second special KISS ALIVE 35 concert at Detroit Rock City's legendary concert venue, Cobo Arena. Following the incredible
response to the previously announced show on Friday, September 25th, in which tickets sold out at a feverish rate, a second KISS date has been added on Saturday, September 26th!!! The legendary
venue, a Motor City institution that is slated for closure, has hosted KISS concerts on numerous occasions, not the least of which was the series of shows that were recorded to become the KISS ALIVE!
album. The band will come full circle to reprise that classic recording at these September shows, this time returning with brand new staging, costumes, pyro and more. Get your tickets here through
ticketmaster.com while thy last!!!
Meet & Greet details at kissonline.com
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Un'ora è bastata per fare il sold out alla Cobo Hall di Detroit per la serata del 25 Settembre e allora eacco una nuova data: 26 Settembre 2009, Detroit Cobo Hall.
I kISS tornano dove è nato KISS ALIVE! e da dove nascerà un nuovo DVD con il nuovo palco e i nuovi costumi!!! Comprate i biglietti qui tramite ticketmaster.com finchè ci sono!!!
BRUCE'S NEWS:BK3 UPDATES
It is finally time to get you all the news on my new CD and the photo shoot I just completed. With a busy Grand Funk summer it was hard to find the time to book my shoot, but Neil Zlozower and I
finally got it done on a very magical day in early August. I say magical as the sky in August is rarely filled with high clouds during the summer in LA. Read more at kulick.net
Finalmente è arrivata l'ora di aggiornarvi riguardo al nuovo CD e alla sessione fotografica che ho recentemente fatto. Con una stagione estiva impegnativissima con i Grand Funk è ststo devvero
diffficile trovare il tempo per la sessione con Neil Zlozower ma finalmente è arrivato in una magica giornata senza a nuvole a LA. Di più su kulick.net
21-08-09
PAUL STANLEY:IT'S TERRIFIC THAT ACE FREHLEY IS STILL ALIVE (from Classic Rock)
Paul Stanley doesn’t believe Ace Frehley’s new solo album will steal the limelight from Kiss’s comeback release, Sonic Boom. Ex-Kiss guitarist Frehley’s album, Anomaly, goes on sale on September 15,
while Sonic Boom comes out on October 6.
Classic Rock asked Stanley this week whether he regarded the timing as unfortunate. Stanley replied: “For who? Look, it’s a hard one for me to answer. This album took us months to do, that album from
what I understand took Ace 15 or 20 years to do. “I can’t say anything about the timing or the release schedule or what have you – I truly, always go back to: I hope Ace is happy, and I think it’s
terrific that he’s alive. Anything else past that is a bonus. I wish him well.”
Paul Stanley:"Questo album [Sonic Boom] ci ha impegnato mesi per realizzarlo, per quello che ho capito Ace ci ha messo 15 o 20 anni per realizzare il suo... E' incredibile che Ace sia ancora vivo. Tutto quello che viene in più è un bonus per lui."
PAUL & GENE ON DETROIT RADIO TODAY (from kissonline.com)
Gene will be on Detroit's WCSX Radio Station this morning at 9 AM (EDT). LISTEN to the interview
here. Paul will appear on Detroit's WRIF
Radio Station some time today, we believe in the 5 PM (EDT) hour. Click here to listen Paul's interview.
Gene announced Cobo Hall Show on Sptember 25th will be filmed for a live DVD.
Not sure though KISS will play any new songs from SONIC BOOM but we will see for sure new costumes and a brand new stage show.
Gene ha annunciato che lo show del 25 Settembre sarà registrato per una futura pubblicazione in DVD e che i KISS avranno un nuovo stage show e nuovo costumi, ma non è detto che
suoneranno pezzi tratti da SONIC BOOM.
SONIC BOOM STREET CAMPAIGN (by Julian Gill)
Since this may be the final Kiss studio album, let's do our part like it's 1975.
Linked is a promo flyer. Download it, print it, and post it in your city at club/public bulletin boards or other locations that it's legal (or you have permission) to do so. Or make your own.
Let's try and help Kiss have the most successful album possible!
SONIC BOOM Street promo
sonic_promo2.pdf
Adobe Acrobat Dokument [2.4 MB]
ACE FREHLEY: OFFICIAL ANOMALY LISTENING PARTIES (via blabbermouth.net)
Original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley's fifth solo album, "Anomaly", will be played back at the following official listening parties:List
The Space Ace will be also at Cobo Arena on Sept. 19 to sign autographs and promote his first solo album in 20 years, "Anomaly." The appearance will begin at 1 p.m. Kiss will rock Cobo on Sept. 25.
Ace recently talked to Rock n roll experience. This is what he said about KISS mOdern Day Delilah :"I thought it was a good song.Paul's always been a really good writer and the only thing that I would say that the song didn't live up to was the fact that I believe they said that all the new songs were going to sound like stuff from the '70s, and I didn't get that. The new song sounded like it could be something off an album they did in the '80s. That's what I got, but I thought it was a good song." Read the rest at this location
Ace ha annunciato una serie di listening parties per Anomaly, questa la lista dei locali e le date. Ace recentemente è stato intervistato da Rock n roll experience e questo è quanto ha detto di Modern Day Delilah dei KISS:" Penso che sia una buona canzone. Paul è sempre stato un buon compositore, però mi sembra che rispecchi di più la musica dei KISS degli anni '80 piuttosto che dei '70 a cui loro dicono di essersi ispirati per i loro recenti pezzi." Leggete il resto qui
20-08-09
EXTRACT PREMIERES AUG 24TH (from genesimmons.com)
Here are some fotos of yours truly from EXTRACT, the new Mike (Beavis & Butthead) Judge written/directed movie, in which Jason Bateman and Ben Affleck star. I play an asshole LA lawyer (what
else...). I'm the poster child of why the world hates lawyers (at least in this movie)... Watch the trailer here
Alcune foto tratte da EXTRACT, il nuovo film di Mike (Beavis & Butthead) Judge con Jason Bateman e Ben Affleck. Gene ha la parte di uno stronzo avvocato di Los Angeles...Guardate il trailer qui
NASHIVILLE TO GET A SONIC BOOM!!(from nashvillerock.net)
You heard it right folks, KISS is coming to Nashville on their upcoming Sonic Boom tour. The new album comes out October 6th and KISS will be playing the Sommet Center on October 28th with Buckcherry
opening. This hasn’t been officially announced yet but we got this information from a VERY trusted source so book it! We will have lots of coverage of this show and stuff about the upcoming album in
anticipation of it.
In attesa dell'annuncio ufficiale che verrà dato a giorni una nuova data è diventata ufficiosa,
Nashville Sommet Center 28 Ottobre.
MODERN DAY DELILAH (Paul Stanley)
I still remember when I saw your face across the room
Told me to take you but the price of love would seal my doom
Pre-Chorus
I know the way you made the others break
But loving me would be your first mistake
Chorus
Same old ways, same old ways
Modern Day Delilah
It's time you learn to give
Queen to slave
Modern Day Delilah
Listen
You lived your glory in a liar’s haze you called the truth
The same old story of a social plan from wasted youth
Pre-Chorus
You thought that you could bring me to my knees
But who’s the one who’s crying baby please
Chorus
Same old ways, same old ways
Modern Day De lilah
It's time you learn to give
Queen to slave
Modern Day Delilah
Bridge
Just like the trigger of a loaded gun
You were the reason for the damage done
Too many lovers like a hunter’s prey
Not today
Solo
Pre-Chorus
I know the way you made the others break
But loving me would be your last mistake
It's time you learn to give
Chorus
Same old ways
Modern Day Delilah
Shame, shame, shame on you girl
Queen to slave, come on now
Modern Day Delilah
Yeah, yeah, it's time you learn to give
Same old ways, same old ways
Now you'll pay
Delilah
Queen to slave, love’s decayed
Delilah
KISS WILL SONIC BOOM TO #1(Nicole Almonte consequenceofsound.net)
After months of hype bombs, KISS has finally titled and set a date for its forthcoming studio album, the long awaited follow up to 1998’s disappointing Psycho Circus. It’s called Sonic Boom, and like
any other aging rock group today, it’s going to exclusively released via Wal-Mart, which should assist the band in finally topping the Billboard charts. No, they’ve never hit #1.
The fire breathing, blood spitting, pyrotechnics return in style, with a three-disc, deluxe package, stuffed with satanic goodies that will no doubt irk, well, maybe your grandmother. And in addition
to the new 11 track album, the set will include rerecorded hits and a live DVD of our favorite dark knights — musical knights, of course.
19-08-09
SONIC BOOM TRACK-BY-TRACK REVIEW By Mark Eglinton / QUIETUS
Modern Day
Delilah
Given the eleven years since their last barely passable studio album – 1998's Psycho Circus it seemed unlikely that Kiss would ever release another album of new material. Seemingly invigorated by a
huge recent upsurge in interest in their hefty back catalogue by the younger generation of rock listeners into the studio they went, and six weeks later emerged armed with Sonic Boom. However, we
didn't expect them to knock one out of the park this early with this heaving, sweating lump of fabulous groove straight from 1975. "Yeah yeah" are the first words to exit Stanley's mouth and
immediately our ears are pricked to what is not stylistically a typical Kiss track, a circular, bass heavy riff driving everything along. The net result is your immediate desire to renew that direct
debit to the' Kiss army' while arranging to graft eight or more inches of surplus off your backside on to your tongue—it really is that good.
Russian Roulette
The first of Gene Simmons's vocal contributions and this isn't at all bad. In fact the years have been pretty kind to the 'god of thunder', and
his voice has actually developed more than a semblance of melody. It's raw, punchy and lyrically the usual innuendo ridden stuff "this is Russian roulette—one pull of the trigger is all you're gonna
get" etc, which we've heard often before but here's it's done with a freshness of attitude that's been absent for a long, long time.
Never Enough
Classic Kiss and this could easily fit into their live set without being noticed as a brand new track. Paul Stanley seems to have done some kind of
'Benjamin Button' reverse ageing thing with his vocals because he sounds every bit as energetic as he did back in their 70's heyday. Tommy Thayer too has slotted in nicely as an Ace Frehley
replacement but without all the 'space' and its associated discordant rambling solos. This is obvious single material, if such things exist anymore, and is Kiss at their best. They've remarkably
managed to summon the best attributes of their past without sounding dated, while at the same time making it all sound relevant to now—brilliant.
Yes I know (Nobody's Perfect)
Simmons's rumbling bass drives this fairly standard Kiss number along in a way that it hasn't for years (apparently he was really
motivated in the studio) Not just that, he sings too, and tunefully does it. Chunky and not overly overdriven guitar combined with that satisfying emphasis on bass give this a solid feel with some
more good-time, tail chasing lyrics, as you'd expect...
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KISS SONIC BOOM TO BE REALEASED BY ROADRUNNER IN EUROPE?
Lately Geoff Barton from Classic Rock Magazine was invited to an exclusive preview of the new Kiss album with Doc McGhee, KISS’s manager.Geoff stated that "Sonic Boom will be released in Europe on a soon-to-be-announced record label – Classic Rock knows the name of the label, but is sworn to secrecy. Suffice to say, its identity might surprise you!" Currently SONIC BOOM is lsited on hmv.com among rock music coming soon, the CD apparently will be sold with the bonus DVD (Quilmes Rock 2009) only, no words about the re-recorded 15 track CD.
SONIC BOOM sarà distribuito in Europa molto probabilmente da Roadrunner e sarà venduto insieme al solo DVD del Quilmes Rock 2009.
NEW KISS RELEASE "BEST ALBUM IN 30 YEARS" (from examiner.com)
Paul Stanley, the iconic frontman of the legendary rock entity KISS, told the Associated Press recently that the band's first new album in 11 years - titled Sonic Boom - is "bar none our best album in 30 years, if not our best album period." Stanley went on to describe the high level of commitment displayed by the entire line-up (Gene Simmons - bass/vocals, Tommy Thayer - lead guitar, Eric Singer - drums) during the creation of Sonic Boom as something the band lacked in one way or another with the last couple of albums. "Everybody worked their tails off to contribute 100 percent of their effort," he said, "and their ability to make this the great KISS that not only do the fans deserve, but we deserve." Sonic Boom will be released exclusively at Wal-Mart and Sam's Club stores on October 6th, with pre-orders at WalMart.com starting in September. A three-disc package retailing for $12, the release will include 11 new songs, 15 re-recorded KISS classics such as "Detroit Rock City" and "Love Gun", and a 6-song live DVD shot in Argentina this past April as part of the KISS Alive 35 tour. A one-minute clip of "Modern Day Delilah", one of the new songs, can be streamed below. The cover for Sonic Boom was created by Michael Dorat, the artist responsible for the cover of 1976's classic album Rock and Roll Over. With the music returning to the classic KISS era, the band wanted the album artwork to also reflect their classic rock and roll roots. To celebrate the release of Sonc Boom, KISS will be playing a special concert in Detroit at Cobo Arena on Friday, September 25th. Cobo Arena, the historic structure in which the shows that would become KISS' Alive! album were recorded, is scheduled for closure. Buckcherry will be the opening act. Tickets go on sale this Friday, August 21, at 5:00pm and can be purchased at the band's official website, OlympiaEntertainment.com, or Ticketmaster. Prices will range from $25 to $128, KISS Army pre-sale at www.kissonline.com
Buy tickets on Ticketmaster.com, the #1 ticketing portal on the web
MICHAEL DORET TALKS KISS COVER WITH KISSMASKWEBZINE (by J.Frank Hagan)
Michaeal Doret is getting a lot of media coverage after the SONIC BOOM cover has been revealed, KISSMask talked with him lately, here some excerpt:
KM Since KISS was going back to their roots for the music for the album, it was the same premise for the artwork as well?
MD Yes, Exactly. This is something Paul definitely was pushing for when we discussed where to go with the album art. That's one of the reasons he reached out to me after all of these years.
Rock and Roll Over became something that represented, for them, a pivotal moment in their music. I think they wanted me to evoke the same aesthetic sense on Sonic Boom as I had on Rock and Toll
Over-- something that acknowledged their hard rock roots.
KM You said that creating an iconic cover was not your goal on this project, how were you album [able?] to
keep that out of the picture after already creating ROCK AND ROLL OVER which is already iconic?
MD Creating something "iconic" is not an attainable goal. A good analogy would be that a person cannot set out to be a superstar. All you can do is work the hardest, be as great as you can be
and have passion for what you do. You might attain that "Superstar" status, but it's not up to you. You put your art, no matter what it is, out there for people to respond to. All I can do is set out
to create the best album cover that I can. After that, it's out of my hands. That said, I'm pleased with the art and people have been very receptive. Read the rest at this location
Michael Doret sta avendo una notevole copertura dei media dopo che la sua copertina per SONIC BOOM è stata presentata; KISSMask ha recentemente parlato con lui proprio a riguardo della sua ultima opera, l'intervista completa la trovate qui.
Michael ribadisce che Paul è stato molto presente durante la realizzazione di questa copertina che voleva assolutamente fosse un richiamo a quella di RARO.
18-08-09
THE RETURN OF KISS #3 (by Michael Doret)
In developing and refining my pencil sketch for Sonic Boom I wasn’t completely happy with how the background was working with the diamond shape and the positioning and scale of the lightning border (a small nod to RaRO). I also wanted to play up the idea of something shattering (i.e. from a sonic boom). So I came up with the semi-abstract idea of concentric circles rippling outward like water, only breaking up incrementally into smaller and smaller segments as they expanded, changing the background color from violet to black. It seemed like a fairly simplistic idea, so I tried it and it worked. It also seemed to serve well to both ground and amplify the light beams emanating from the center, which break through the faces. I went through several color iterations, ending with one that had a dark red bleed border. I showed that version to Paul. He looked at it for a minute and then suggested we just change the border to black. We both agreed that this worked better, finishing the design process on this piece. Read the rest from this location
Michale Doret prosegue sul suo blog nel ripercorrere gli steps realizzativi della copertina di SONIC BOOM e della collaborazione con Paul.
WALMART TO SELL KISS'S FIRST NEW MUSIC IN 11 YEARS (www.bloomberg.com)
Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, will offer a $12 CD set with rock band Kiss’s first new music in 11 years, and plans to expand into other merchandise
licensed by the group. The collection will go on sale Oct. 6 exclusively at Walmart and Sam’s Club stores in the U.S. and Canada, said Tom Welch, senior music buyer at Walmart, in an interview Aug.
13. The set includes “Sonic Boom,” an 11-track compact disc with new material; a greatest-hits album with titles such as “Rock and Roll All Nite” and “I Was Made for Loving You;” and a DVD of a live
concert in Buenos Aires. Exclusive deals with retailers typically give artists more money than a traditional record contract, while helping chains such as Walmart and Target Corp. get more customers
to the stores. Kiss joins the Eagles, Guns N’ Roses, AC/DC and Pearl Jam in striking deals with retailers to distribute music. “This is the world we live now where the artists get a much bigger
percentage of sales,” said Steve Gordon, a music industry attorney in New York. Walmart, based in Bentonville, Arkansas, declined to disclose financial details of the Kiss release. The company
reached similar deals with The Eagles, AC/DC and Journey. Target, based in Minneapolis, is exclusively releasing Pearl Jam’s new record, “The Fixer,” and Best Buy Co. put out Guns N’ Roses’ “Chinese
Democracy.” ITunes Gains Walmart was surpassed last year by Apple Inc.’s iTunes as the biggest music retailer in the U.S., an indication of the ongoing consumer shift to digital purchases. U.S. sales
of CDs and other physical music products dropped 31 percent last year, while digital sales increased 17 percent, according to the International Federation of Phonographic Industry. Walmart shares
have declined 8 percent this year. They were the best performer on the Dow Jones Industrial Average in 2008. The stock fell 22 cents to $51.57 at 4 p.m. in New York Stock Exchange composite trading.
Kiss, which started in the early 1970s as a New York-based rock band called Wicked Lester, is still led by its co-founders Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley. Over 32 years, Kiss has recorded 36 albums
and sold more than 75 million copies, according to its Web site, http://www.kissonline.com. The band drew attention for its costumes and face paint, smoking guitars and fireworks on stage. Its site
sells items such as Kiss baby jumpers, wine, 11-inch rubber footballs, necklaces, shoes and mugs. In May, Kiss performed on News Corp.’s Fox television show American Idol, the most-watched primetime
program in the U.S. The Kiss Brand “I’ve been impressed with the way the Kiss brand has been able to reinvent itself over the years,” said Greg Hall, 38, Walmart’s vice president of media and
services. “I’d say the Walmart mom loves Kiss and looks fondly back on that as one of the first concerts she went to.” Sales at U.S. stores open at least a year fell 1.2 percent in the quarter that
ended July 31, Walmart said last week. The retailer had forecast them to be little changed or to rise as much as 3 percent. Eduardo Castro-Wright, the head of Walmart’s U.S. stores division,
attributed the drop in part to consumers being more selective in buying discretionary items and to stronger-than- expected declines in grocery prices. He spoke during a recorded earnings call last
week. Walmart plans to sell Kiss merchandise other than the new CD/DVD set, Hall said. The specifics of those products are still being worked out, he said. “As we talked to other merchants within
Walmart, they’re just as excited about this as the music team is whether it be toys or apparel or candy,” said the music buyer Welch, 34. “They’re saying this brand resonates with Walmart
customers.”
KISS “BORN AGAIN” WITH WALMART’S “SONIC BOOM”: BAND TALKS NEW LP (www.rollingstone.com)
“Is there any way to play it back on a man’s level?” says Gene Simmons, requesting more volume and rolling his eyes at Conway Studios in Los Angeles. Kiss are finishing up Sonic Boom, the band’s
first new studio album in 11 years, and the God of Thunder wants to hear the songs played back at maximum loudness. The band announced today that the 11-song Sonic Boom will be released October 6th
in the U.S. and Canada exclusively in Walmart stores. The album will be part of a three-disc set that includes a CD of re-recorded greatest hits and a live DVD from a recent tour stop in Buenos
Aires. “The world’s biggest retailer,” Simmons boasts in a statement, “had better get ready for the hottest band in the world and hire more cashiers.” The band will celebrate the new LP at a
September 25th gig at Detroit’s Cobo Arena. Back at the studio, Simmons and lifetime musical partner Paul Stanley radiate supreme confidence as they reveal the new songs, which reflect the same
charged in-your-face sensibility, if not the actual sound, of their classic ’70s work. The album was produced by Stanley and is the first to feature the current lineup of guitarist Tommy Thayer and
drummer Eric Singer (who replaced founding members Ace Frehley and Peter Criss early this decade). Kiss have remained active as a hugely successful touring act around the world, but the new album is
a surprise from a band that hasn’t released a studio album since the disappointing Psycho Circus in 1998. “We tried to do a Kiss album, and it was an ill-fated attempt because there was no real
band,” says Stanley, relaxing behind the control board at Conway, his shirt opened to a chest of medallions and chains. “For a band to make a great album, it has to share a common purpose, and we
didn’t have it.” In the years since, the lucrative Kiss licensing juggernaut rolled on, both Simmons and Stanley released solo albums, and the Simmons family became reality TV stars. And Kiss played
the old hits to massive audiences around the planet. “Things happen when they’re ready,” says Stanley. “We couldn’t have made this album without Eric and Tommy. I’ve known Eric now for 20 years. He’s
been in and out of the band, and the best times are when he’s in.” The Kiss Merchandising Machine: Check out Kollectibles from M&M’s to Mr. Potato Heads. Kiss started jamming and collecting song
ideas in December, and by the spring began recording as a band live in the studio to analog tape. “Modern Day Delilah” is classic hard rock with thundering guitars and a wailing Stanley vocal.
There’s a ’70s guitar grind to “Yes I Know (Nobody’s Perfect),” and thundering pop hooks within “Russian Roulette,” as Simmons sings, “You got me where you want me . . . take a bite,” before
unleashing a ripping Thayer solo. “The great thing about these tunes is that we can reproduce them live. Just four guys,” says Simmons, standing in black leather and cowboy boots with silver tips.
“We don’t have to prove anything to anybody. All the nay-sayers who didn’t understand it, we walk on their graves in our 8-inch platform heels. If you want to say rebirth or born again, you’re
goddamn right. There’s a sense of pride here. When you get up onstage with these guys, you look over and you go, ‘Wow, I’m in Kiss.’ ”
CLASSIC ROCK GETS EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW OF NEW KISS ALBUM (thx Johnny)
Classic Rock can confirm that the new Kiss album will be called Sonic Boom – and we’ve got the full tracklisting. Not only that, but we’ve heard six of the album’s 11 songs!
Classic Rock’s Geoff Barton was invited to an exclusive preview of the new Kiss album this past Friday (August 14), in the convivial company of Doc McGhee, the band’s manager.
“Kiss promised to deliver a back-to-their-roots album and that’s exactly what we’ve got,” Barton reports.“Recorded in the old-fashioned, analogue way, it sounds spectacularly good – no ProTools
nonsense in evidence here.
“The interesting thing is, it’s not simply a homage to the band’s first few albums. There are even nods to records such as [1982’s] Creatures Of The Night, which had Vinnie Vincent, Bob Kulick and
others guesting on guitar.
“Kiss seem to have cleverly combined the best of all their eras into a single winning package.” McGhee confirmed that Sonic Boom will be available exclusively through Wal-Mart, Walmart.com and Sam’s
Club stores in the US and Canada, as part of a package including a completely re-recorded greatest hits CD (previously available in Japan) plus a live DVD shot in Argentina during the Kiss Alive 35
South American tour.
Sonic Boom will be released in Europe on a soon-to-be-announced record label – Classic Rock knows the name of the label, but is sworn to secrecy. Suffice to say, its identity might surprise
you!
The CD set will retail for just $12 on the other side of the pond. “I actually wanted to make Sonic Boom available as a download for a dollar, but I was overruled,” McGhee chuckled.
“I still think it’s a great idea. Millions of people would’ve downloaded it, I guarantee. At just a dollar a throw, it would’ve been the bargain of the century.”
McGhee is delighted that Kiss decided to play to their strengths on Sonic Boom. “It’s exactly want people want: the classic Kiss sound played by the band looking like they’ve always done: Starchild,
Demon, Spaceman and Kitty Kat. “Kiss are like James Bond or Mickey Mouse. They’re not simply a band, they’re a remarkable brand. They’re timeless; they’re part of the fabric of rock’n'roll and
they’ll likely go on forever.“When I took over management of Kiss in the mid-1990s, that was my major plan: to get the band back to basics. They needed to recognise – and capitalise on – their core
strengths.
“I mean,” McGhee laughed, “when Kiss had a squirrel in their line-up – what was the hell was that all about?” McGhee also revealed that Kiss will celebrate the release of Sonic Bloom with a special
concert on September 25 at Cobo Arena in Detroit.
Read the 6 songs review here
17-08-09
SONIC BOOM TO BE SOLD EXCLUSIVELY AT WALMART
Deucenews has received the following press release:
LOS ANGELES, CA & BENTONVILLE, AR (August 17, 2009) KISS and Walmart announced today that SONIC BOOM—the bands highly anticipated CD, and its first new
material in 11 years—will be sold in the U.S. and Canada exclusively at Walmart, Walmart.com and Sams Club retail locations beginning October 6. SONIC BOOM, produced by the bands Paul Stanley in Los Angeles, is the centerpiece of a three-disc set that
also features a completely re-recorded greatest hits CD as well as a live DVD shot in Argentina during the bands recent, record-breaking KISS ALIVE 35 South American tour. The CD set will retail for
$12, with pre-orders starting in September on Walmart.com.
KISS' Gene Simmons says, "SONIC BOOM" may be the best new record we've done since Destroyer! It is Rock And Roll Over meets Love Gun. The worlds biggest retailer had better get ready for the hottest
band in the world and hire more cashiers before October 6th!
Stanley continues, "Through all of the albums that are considered our classics, we tried to always find ways to give our fans extras that went beyond just the music. Besides our making the best KISS
album in decades, Walmart has made it possible for us to include a bonus CD with 15 of our most famous songs and an additional live DVD, shot during our recent concert in Buenos Aires. So in every
sense, SONIC BOOM is the ultimate return to classic KISS form. You wanted the best, you got the best!"
Walmart, one of Americas largest music retailers, is finalizing its exciting plans now for its in-store and online destinations for KISS fans surrounding the launch of the new album and tour, and will host various KISS products in addition to their
music in its stores this fall. More details on Walmart KISS activity, announcements regarding album pre-sales, sweepstakes and KISS appearances will be shared shortly.
Come ampiamente anticipato su queste pagine SONIC BOOM sarà venduto in esclusiva da Walmart negli USA e Canada insieme al CD di 15 pezzi ri registrati ed uscito in Giappone e ad un DVD contenente il video parziale del concerto tenuto a Buenos Aires al Quilmes Rock Festival.
Le prevendite on line partiranno dal mese prossimo. Non è dato sapere ad oggi come SONIC BOOM verrà distribuito negli altri paesi, ma presto arriveranno aggiornamenti.
16-08-09
SONIC BOOM (from kissonline.com)
Track Listing:
1. MODERN DAY DELILAH
2. RUSSIAN ROULETTE
3. NEVER ENOUGH
4. YES I KNOW (NOBODY'S PERFECT)
5. STAND
6. HOT AND COLD
7. ALL FOR THE GLORY
8. DANGER US
9. I'M AN ANIMAL
10. WHEN LIGHTNING STRIKES
11. SAY YEAH
Produced by PAUL STANLEY
Co-produced by Greg Collins
The US & Canadian release of SONIC BOOM is 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. The discs are packaged in a DigiPak along with a 20-page booklet.
SONIC BOOM will be available exclusively at Walmart, Walmart.com and Sam's Club retail locations beginning October 6.
KISS KLASSICS CD Track Listing:
1. DEUCE 2. DETROIT ROCK CITY 3. SHOUT IT OUT LOUD 4. HOTTER THAN HELL 5. CALLING DR. LOVE 6. LOVE GUN 7. I WAS MADE FOR LOVIN' YOU 8. HEAVEN'S ON FIRE 9. LICK IT UP 10. I LOVE IT LOUD 11. FOREVER
12. CHRISTINE SIXTEEN 13. DO YOU LOVE ME 14. BLACK DIAMOND 15. ROCK AND ROLL ALL NITE
KISS Bonus Live DVD Track Listing:
1. DEUCE 2. HOTTER THAN HELL 3. C'MON AND LOVE ME 4. WATCHIN' YOU 5. 100,000 YEARS 6. ROCK & ROLL ALL NITE
The rough pencil first presented from Michaael Doret to to Paul Stanley
THE RETURN OF KISS (by Michael Doret)
When Paul Stanley came by my studio to discuss how to proceed on the art for the cover of their upcoming CD/DVD package “Sonic Boom”, I had no idea what to expect. I hadn’t met with him since working on Rock and Roll Over, and had very little memory of what that had been like. Any anxiety I had melted away when we started talking. Paul is a “gentlemen’s gentleman” and I immediately felt at ease talking with him—as if all those years had not intervened since the last time we had spoken....the the rest at this location
KISS AT COBO ARENA ONE LAST TIME(from kissonline.com)
One last time, before the walls come down, Cobo Arena will hear a SONIC BOOM...
KISS returns with their brand new stage to where it all started, playing the album that started it all...KISS Alive!
KISS will perform a special KISS ALIVE 35 show at Detroit Rock City's legendary concert venue, Cobo Arena, on September 25! This historic structure, which is slated for closure, has hosted KISS
concerts on numerous occasions, not the least of which was the series of shows that were recorded to become the KISS ALIVE! album. Tracks made famous on KISS ALIVE! - including "Rock and Roll All
Nite," "Deuce," "Black Diamond," and "Hotter Than Hell" - are well represented on the greatest hits disc included with SONIC BOOM.
Read the rest at kissonline.com
14-08-09
Doc McGhee
DOC MCGHEE: GET READY FOR THE "SONIC BOOM"!
KISS NEW ALBUM DETAILS REVEALED!
KISS manager Doc McGhee has confirmed to Classic Rock magazine that the band's new album will be titled "Sonic Boom" and that
it will be released exclusively through Wal-Mart stores in the U.S. as part of a package including a disc of re-recorded KISS classics (already available in Japan)
and a live DVD.
Due on October 6, "Sonic Boom" features the following track listing...
01. Modern Day Delilah
02. Russian Roulette
03. Never Enough
04. Yes I Know (Nobody's Perfect)
05. Stand
06. Hot & Cold
07. All The Glory
08. Danger Us
09. I'm An Animal
10. When Lightning Strikes
11. Say Yeah!
DEUCENEWS EXCLUSIVE
EDDIE TRUNK TALS ABOUT KISS, ACE, BRUCE AND PETER NEXT RELEASES
Ciao Eddie!!!
One year later I'm back to you and...what a year had been for KISS fans! KISS new album is around the corner, Ace's Anomaly is like a rocket ready to ride, Bruce's BK3 practically done and I heard
also about a possible new album from Peter!!! What are your thoughts and expections for KISS, Ace and Bruce highly anticipated new albums?
I think clearly the Kiss album will have the bigggest marketing and name value and the highest profile. All
reports are it will be part of an exclusive deal with a major retail outlet here in the USA, something acts like Journey and AC/DC have already done to great success. I have not heard a note of the
CD so really no idea what it will sound like. Tommy and Eric are both great players so I have no doubt the musicianship will be solid. Kiss's music over the years has had many turns and directions so
it should be interesting to see where they go. I'll have a hard time looking at a Kiss album with the image of Ace and Peter on it though. I just don't get why they don't give Tommy and Eric their
own identity, but I will listen with an open mind.
Ace's album I heard and it's solid. Ace is not going to reinvent the wheel.
You know what you will get with him and it's pretty much what Kiss/Ace fans will want and love. Straight up no nonsense hard rock. The biggest thing about Ace's album is his vocal. He is
singing better than he has in a long time because he's sober. I also advised him on the lead track from the CD and think the first single "Outer Space" is a perfect first single.
Listening to BK's album as I type this. Sounds real good and has Gene as a guest. Bruce is a great player but outside of the hard core Kiss fans he is a somewhat under the radar guy. His
music doesn't rely so much on the Kiss formula. I think he did the smart thing getting many guests on the album and showcasing his playing. He will have the toughest road selling the CD just because
of the lower level of awareness for him outside the Kiss world and in the mainstream.
Have you heard too about a new Rock&roll album from the old Pete?
Peter told me a while ago he had a rock record ready but no idea where thatstands. Kiss fans are loyal to Peter but the music that is most in his heart is not
what Kiss fans want to hear, so It's harder for him.
You recently hosted Ace on your radio show, did he mentioned to you of a possible Anomaly European
tour?
He wants to tour everywhere he told me. I'm sure it will all come down to where the most interest from promoters is. Like any
tour.
Well and what's on your side? What about your projects and business?
I'm still doing two live national radio shows. One on satellite on Sirius/XM and one on FM radio live from New York City and syndicated to others. The way the
landscape for radio is in NYC I'm pretty sure my show will be the only outlet for airplay for Kiss, Ace or BK in their hometown, but I'm happy to fill that void for the Kiss fans. I am also now
gearing up to shoot the third season of my TV show for VH1 Classic called "That Metal Show". We are booking guests now and have some great stuff lined up. The show has been a big hit and we have all
new shows coming in October. My website recently launched a members side and for a small fee you can hear my radio shows and interviews both on audio and video so come see me
at www.EddieTrunk.com
Eddie, thanks again for your time and your love for the good music!!!
Keep in touch!
Fabio
Il grande Eddie ci conferma il deal con Wal-mart per i KISS, ma rinnova il suo dubbio nel vedere Tommy ed Eric nei panni che furono di Ace e Peter anche se è certo dell'altissima qualità tecnica del quartetto attuale. Ace non ha reinventato la ruota con questo album ma è riuscito a sfornare un solido disco di buon hard rock. Eddie è a conoscenza dell'intenzione di Ace per un possibile tour europeo! Vedremo! Per quanto riguarda Bruce, ha appena ascoltato la versione finale di BK3 e lo reputa di buonissima qualità anche se dei tre sicuramente risentirà di una più bassa diffusione dato il minor (purtroppo) seguito che il mitico Bruce ha. Peter ha di fatto quasi ultimato un possibile album, ma la passione del ex gatto per una musica lontana da quella dei KISS fans lo pone in grossa difficoltà nelle vendite. In merito invece alla sua attività continuerà The Metal show, per tutti gli aggiornamenti su Eddie potete andare su www.EddieTrunk.com.
PAUL "ANNOUNCES" SONIC BOOM!!! (thanks wizardvincent)
Alive35 Tour South American leg, KISS releases some on the road interviews with the TV shows and magazine, and....check what Paul says at 5:05....
Alive35 Tour South American leg, i KISS rilasciano alcune interviste on the road a TV shows e giornali, e....ascoltate quello che Paul dice a 5:05....
ACE FREHLEY AMONG COUNSELORS OF ROCK'N'ROLL FANTASY CAMP (from billboard.com)
Meat Loaf, Yes singer Jon Anderson and former Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley will be the headline "counselors" at this year's Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp, which will take place Nov. 17-22 in Hollywood. A shorter and less expensive session will also be held Nov. 12-15. The November camp staff will include Rami Jaffee (the Wallflowers, Foo Fighters), Elliot Easton (the Cars), Kenny Aronoff (John Fogerty, Melissa Etheridge, Joe Cocker), Danny Seraphine (Chicago), Bruce Kulick (Kiss), Rudy Sarzo (Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne), Share Ross (Vixen), Teddy Andreadis (Guns 'n' Roses, Alice Cooper) and writer/producer Mark Hudson (Aerosmith, Ringo Starr). Producer and engineer Ron Nevison (the Rolling Stones, the Who, Lynyrd Skynyrd) will also be a guest, and Doors guitarist Robbie Krieger is expected to jam with the campers on the final night at the Whiskey-A-Go-Go.
Ace Frehley sarà tra i counselors del prossimo Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp, che sarà tenuto dal 17 al 22 Novemre ad Hollywood; tra gli insegnanti ancora una volta il nostro Bruce Kulick.
13-08-09
PodKISSt #20: IN THE COFFEEHOUSE WITH ERIC SINGER! (from podKISSt.com)
On this edition of PodKISSt we celebrate the 3rd anniversary of the KISS Coffeehouse with content you won’t hear elsewhere! Once again, Mike and Geoff made the trek down to Myrtle Beach for the
annual celebration that has become the Woodstock of the KISS Army! They got the latest scoop on things to come from KISSonline webmaster Keith Leroux ("KISS Fans be ready for a really cool
surprise at the first show of the next tour!!!"), met the folks working behind-the-scenes at the Coffeehouse, and best of all… they got an exclusive interview with KISS drummer ERIC SINGER! Many thanks to Eric, Keith, and everyone at the
Coffeehouse for making this another great celebration of all things KISS, to Ken for the fantastic artwork, and to Geoff and Mike for making PodKISSt proud!
NEW KISS ACTION FIGURES TO BE RELEASED AUGUST 31st
These fantastic 3.5 inch non-articulated, highly detailed figures represent some of the music World's most famous superstars.This awesome 4 piece boxset features 4 band members from the legendary rock band KISS.They come in a limited edition collectible window box that represents a stage scene for one of the bands concerts. Pre-order here
Nuove KISS action figures pronte per fine Agosto. Per prenotarle click qui
ANOMALY PART II ?
Ace Frehley is taking by storm all media to promote his long awaited solo effort, Anomaly.
He lately talked with modernguiters.com. Among many interesting thinks (he leaked some details of his new signature Gibson Les Paul) while it was asked if he would have plan to follow it [Anomaly] up, Ace stated:"Absolutely. It's definitely not going to be 20 years between this record and the next. AWK!!"
Today at 1.30 PM EST Ace Frehley will be the guest at the internet radio show "!Mad As A Hatter". Check it out here
Ace Frehley è presente su ogni forma di media ultimamente per promuovere il tanto atteso nuovo album Anomaly. Recentemente Ace ha parlato con modernguiters.com. Tra le tante cose interessanti, tra cui alcuni dettagli della sua nuova Gibson Les Paul signature, alla domanda se farà seguire altra musica ad Anomaly, Ace ha risposto:". Assolutamente si. E non passeranno di certo altri 20 anni tra questo ed il prossimo. AWK!!"
12-08-09
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEUCENEWS!!!!
August 12 2008, DeuceNews was born…. practically from nothing (I didn’t even know how to manage a website!), most probably from my deepest desire to see a KISS related webzine that talked my
language, too. One year has passed and this small site, the one and only Italian KISS webzine, has gone from less then 1.000 hits a month to more then 7.000 in the latest months, with more then
73.000 pages seen so far and skyrocketed in the TOP 10 music related Italian sites chart according to shinystat.com.
Throughout exclusive interviews and first hand news I tried to create a direct connection between KISS and the Italian KISS Army. Among many interviews conducted so far I’m proud to list Bruce
Kulick, Eddie Trunk, Lydia Criss, Rafael Moreira, Curt Cuomo, Mark St. John’s sister Kathleen, Michael Doret, Eric McKenna, Michael Brandvold, Nicola Ciccarone, Barbara Caserta, Luca Calabrese, Denis
O’Regan, Luigi Schiavone, Jeff Rich, Greg Prato and the most famous and great Italian KISS Cover/Tribute band in Italy.
DeuceNews news and pictures were hosted also on official KISS sites like Kissonline.com, PaulStanley.com , GeneSimmons.com , Kulick.net and Eric-Singer.com several times; just two days ago many
of you have seen DeuceNews interview with Michael Doret being posted on Kissonline...
What can I say…thanks to all of you that love my little creature, to all the webmasters of the KISS related sites around the net that accepted me in their
world, I promise you all I’ll do my best to give you the BEST!!! A special thanks goes to Luca Calabrese who has been the first one to believe in this project, to J.Frank Hagan, Márcio Augusto and Philip DeVille for their great friendship and support, to Bruce Kulick, Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer for their down to earth
attitude and of course to Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley for having created the hottest band in the world, to Peter Criss & Ace Frehley, Eric Carr R.I.P., Vinnie Cusano, Mark St. John R.I.P.
for being part of this great never ending story.
Stay tuned and rock on!!!
Fabio "Deuce" Mainardi
12 agosto 2008, nasce DeuceNews .... praticamente dal nulla (Non sapevo nemmeno come gestire un sito!), probabilmente dal mio più profondo desiderio di vedere una KISS webzine che parlasse anche la
mia lingua. Un anno è passato e questo piccolo sito, l'unica e sola KISS webzine italiana, è passata da meno di 1,000 contatti al mese a più di 7,000 nell'ultimo periodo, con più di 73,000 pagine
viste finora e lanciata nei primi 10 Siti TOP musicali secondo le classifiche di shinystat.com.
Grazie ad interviste esclusive e notizie di prima mano ho cercato di creare un collegamento diretto tra i KISS e la KISS Army Italiana. Tra le tante interviste condotte finora sono orgoglioso di
citare Bruce Kulick, Eddie Trunk, Lydia Criss, Rafael Moreira, Curt Cuomo, Mark St. John's sorella Kathleen, Michael Doret, Eric McKenna, Michael Brandvold, Nicola Ciccarone, Barbara Caserta, Luca
Calabrese, Denis O'Regan, Luigi Schiavone, Jeff Rich, Greg Prato e le più famose e grandi KISS Cover / Tribute band
in Italia.
Le notizie e le immagini di DeuceNews sono state ospitate anche sui siti ufficiali dei KISS come Kissonline.com, PaulStanley.com GeneSimmons.com, Kulick.net e Eric-Singer.com numerose volte; solo due
giorni fa molti di voi avranno visto l'intervista di DeuceNews con Michael Doret postata su Kissonline...
Che cosa posso dire ... grazie a tutti voi per l'amore verso la mia piccola creatura, a tutti i webmasters dei siti dedicati ai KISS che mi ha accolto nel loro mondo, vi prometto che farò del mio
meglio per darvi il meglio ! Un ringraziamento speciale va a Luca Calabrese che è stato il primo a credere in questo progetto, a J.Frank Hagan, Márcio Augusto and Philip DeVille per la loro grande amicizia e il sostegno, a Bruce Kulick, Eric Singer e Tommy Thayer per il loro fantastico atteggiamento
verso di me e, naturalmente, a Gene Simmons e Paul Stanley per aver creato la band più calda del mondo, a Peter Criss ed Ace Frehley, Eric Carr RIP, Vinnie Cusano, Mark St. John RIP per aver fatto
parte di questa grande storia che non finisce mai.
Restate sintonizzati e rock on!
Fabio "Deuce" Mainardi
PSYCHO CIRCUS TRIBUTE BAND
One year ago, I started running Deucenews and I introduced you the biggest cover/tribute band in Italy. 365 days later I let you know a really young tribute band that had the balls out to get my attention and...
Hello!!! Here we are!!! Psycho Circus Tribute band!!!
Give 'em a look here and here.
Un anno fa quando ho iniziato a condurre Deucenews vi ho presentato le più grandi cover/tribute band italiane. 365 giorni dopo vi faccio conoscere una giovane bad di Padova che ha avuto le palle per convincermi ad ospitarli su queste pagine e....
Hello!!! Here we are!!! Psycho Circus Tribute band!!!
Dategli un'occhiata qui e qui.
KISS TO CONQUER LAS VEGAS (from blabbermouth.net)
Singapore's The Strait Times reports that Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of the legendary rock band KISS will make appearances in a Las Vegas live theatre
extravaganza co-produced by Singapore entertainment company Storm Lion.
This was announced on Tuesday (August 11) by Storm Lion and its Los Angeles conference at The Arts House in Old Parliament Lane in Singapore.
Called "Kiss: Carnival Of Souls", the live show is a brainchild of Stanley and Simmons.
Simmons was in town to meet potential business partners to stage the show in the region.
Set against a dark carnival, the show, named after one of the group's albums, embarks on a journey seeking true love. KISS will also be recording an all-new repertoire for this production. Dressed in
jeans and black jacket, Simmons, who is KISS' singer and bassist, said the upcoming production will be a "fantastic production of sounds, lights and fantasy."
Gene Simmons e Paul Stanley apparriranno in uno spettacolo teatrale a Las Vegas co-prodotto dalla Storm Lion una società di Singapore.
Lo spettacolo annunciato ieri, 11 Agusto dalla Storm Lion sarà intitolato "Kiss: Carnival Of Souls". I KISS registreranno nuova musica per questa produzione.
10-08-09
DEUCENEWS EXCLUSIVE: MICHEAL DORET TALKS ABOUT THE NEW KISS ALBUM COVER!!!
Dear DeuceNews readers, the great day is coming! Let's try to go a little deeper in this new step in KISSTORY learning how the new cover was born and developped! Here an excerpt of the exclusive interview conducted with Michael Doret and that you can read it all here
Hi Michael!! Hello Fabio!
We all know that this will be a Paul Stanley’s creature as he is the only producer of the album; Gene Simmons said the album title came out from a Paul’s
idea/vision. Did he came to you with a clear indication or title to develop the cover or did you showed him some sketches to be worked out?
Paul came to me with the title of the album. We talked about the "look" he wanted this cover to have. We talked about how the other cover I had done for them, "Rock and
Roll Over", really had become iconic and now represented KISS' music from that early period. He talked about how he'd like the new cover to to be suggestive of that look, because they wanted the
music in the new album to be more reflective of that time and, of their roots in hard rock. He also stipulated that I needed to use existing photography of the four members instead of creating
graphic caricatures (which is what I did in RARO). So that was my challenge: create another iconic cover that would also be reflective in some way of the previous cover. ...
Cari lettori di DeuceNews, il grande giorno sta arrivando! Cerchiamo di andare un pò più in profondità in questo nuovo capitolo della KISSTORY scoprendo come è nata e come è stata sviluppata la
nuova copertina! Qui un estratto della intervista esclusiva con Michael Doret e che potete leggere integralmente qui
Hi Michael! Ciao Fabio!
Sappiamo tutti che questa sarà una creatura di Paul Stanley (è tra l'altro l'unico produttore dell'album); Gene Simmons ha detto che il titolo è uscito da un idea di Paul. Paul è venuto da te con una
chiara indicazione o con il titolo per sviluppare la copertina oppure gli hai mostrato tu alcuni schizzi per essere poi sviluppati?
Paul è venuto da me con il titolo dell'album. Abbiamo parlato del look che avrebbe dovuto avere. Abbiamo parlato di come l'altra copertina che avevo fatto per loro,
"Rock and Roll Over", era diventata davvero iconica e ora rappresentativa della musica dei KISS del primo periodo. Ha parlato di come gli sarebbe piaciuto che la nuova copertura potesse essere
altrettanto suggestiva, perché la musica nel nuovo album rifletterà quella di quel periodo, e delle loro radici nell'hard rock. Paul ha inoltre stabilito che avrei utilizzato delle fotografie
di loro quattro, invece di creare una caricature grafica dei personaggi (ciò che ho fatto in RARO). Così questa è stata la mia sfida: creare un altro simbolo che fosse rappresentativo della loro
musica e che rimandasse alla precedente copertina. ...
KISS SONIC BOOM TOUR DATES?
Promoter Gillett Entertainment Group has announced KISS will be performing at the Bell Center in Montréal, QC on Thursday, October 1st.; tickets will go on sale Saturday, August 29th at noon EST. Prices range from $65 to $125. Buy tickets here.
This should be so far the opening night for the forthcoming KISS tour in support of the new album rumored to be titles Sonic Boom. Below some rumored dates
Montreal Canada Oct. 1st (confirmed)
Toronto Canada Oct. 6th (tentative)
New York City Oct. 10th (tentative)
New Orleans Oct. 31 (confirmed)
Il primo di Ottobre i KISS suoneranno al Bell Center in Montréal in quella che potrebbe essere la notte di apertura del tour di supporto al prossimo album dal probabile titilo Sonic Boom. Acquistate i biglietti qui. Sopra alcune date che potrebbero essere incluse nel tour.
ACE TO TOUR EUROPE AND ITALY?
Recently Ace spoke with Pamela De Barres about his past, his new record and the next future. This is an excerpt of that interview.
"I was in Europe twice last year. Actually, we didn’t get a chance to play a show in Italy, but I’m going to remedy that this year, hopefully! I need to give my agent a pep talk and have her put it
together."
Recentemente Ace ha rilasciato una intervista a Pamela De Barres parlando del suo passato del nuovo disco e dei
suoi progetti futuri. Questo è un passaggio.
"Sono stato in Europa l'anno scorso. In verità non ho avuto l'occasione di suonare in Italia, ma rimedierò quest'anno, spero! Devo fare due chichhiere con il mio agente e metterlo in pista."
PETER CRISS RECORDING NEW ROCK ALBUM (from kissmaskwebzine)
Peter is making good on a promise he told in 2007 that his next album will indeed be a rock album. A departure from his 2007 release, ONE FOR ALL, this new album will be an all out rock and roll
record from the CATMAN.
Peter is now the process of recording, laying down 10 tracks, for the disc which is slated for release April 2010. More to come!
Peter sembra stia mantendendo la promessa fatta nel 2007 che il suo prossimo album sarà un rock album. Il sui prossimo lavoro in cui è adesso immerso sarà solo musica rock. Peter ha già registrato 10 pezzi e tutto sarà pronto per Aprile 2010. Presto altre informazioni!
07-08-09
KISS 360 TRADING CARDS WILL BE RELEASED NEXT WEEK (from kissonline.com)
Discover 360 degrees of KISS. From the exhilarating live shows to the crazy stories from the road, KISS 360° uncovers all aspects of the KISS legacy.
The 90-CARD BASE SET includes subsets such as The Demon Speaks, Unmasked, Behind Starry Eyes, Welcome to the Show, and Road Stories. Read more
Le nuove KISS 360 trading cards verranno ufficialmente lanciate settimana prossima.
Leggete di più qui
TIME TRAVELLER
"Oh...and WAIT till you see the cover!" Remember that words?
Paul announced this almost one month ago, and the time seems right now for the revelation! As previously reported the forthcoming new tour in support of the "yet to be named album" will be announced this month, so KISS freaks, be ready and stay tuned, the wait is almost ended....
"Oh...e aspettate a vedere la copertina!" Ricordate queste parole?
Paul lo ha annunciato quasi un mese fa, e ora sembrerebbe il tempo giusto per la rivelazione! Come precedentemente riportato le date del nuovo tour a supporto dell'ancora innominato album saranno annunciate questo mese, per cui KISS fanatici siate pronti l'attesa è quasi giunta al termine...
05-08-09
ACE FREHLEY @ SIRIUS XM RADIO CLIP! (Special thanks to Tara Abell, SIRIUS XM Radio)
Here's a bombastic and exclusive videoclip of Ace Frehley in his recent visit at Sirius Xm Radio!Watch Jim Norton from the Opie & Anthony Show freak out when KISS's Ace Frehley makes a surprise appearance!
You can watch the video below or just clicking here
Ecco un video esclusivo dell'apparizione di Ace nello show della Sirius XM Radio!
potete vedere il video sotto o cliccando qui
BRUCE NEWS
Bruce went off to Hollywood for his photo shoot with Neil Zlozower, for BK3 promotion kit and booklet. Here are some "behind the scene" pix of the shoot.More news to come soon!!!
Bruce è stato ad Hollywood per la realizzazione delle foto a cura di Neil Zlozower, per la promozzione ed il booklet di BK3. Qui alcune "behind the scene" pix. Presto molte altre news!!!
NEWS FROM OUTER SPACE
Hey Everybody!!! We're a little over a month away from the release of Anomaly & I just want to thank all of you for the kind support you've given me!!.....
From your comments, I'm happy to hear you're enjoying the first single "Outer Space"...... Can't wait to play that track "live" for you in the near future.... My management team is scheduling a few
"intimate" warm up shows before the release of the record... Keep checking back here at AceFrehley.com for the latest news & dates... I can tell you that I'll be at The Viper Room in Hollywood,
CA on Sat, Sept 12th playing with my band as part of the Sunset Strip Music Festival... I'm told Chris Cornell & KORN will also be performing...
You can get tix here ticketweb.com
And because of all of your requests, my label Bronx Born Records will be holding Anomaly listening parties in selected cities starting this week... the first being held this Saturday Aug 8th in
Fresno, CA....... again, if you wanna attend & hear Anomaly from start to finish,....... tix will only be available here acefrehley.com
We'll talk soon..... Get some rest.... It's gonna be a CRAZY rest of the year!!!!!HA!!!!!
ACE
Ace ha recentemente postato questo messaggio in cui ringrazia tutti per il supporto mostrato alla sua musica e annuncia che Anomaly verrà presentato in anteprima in locali selezionati questi i links per saperne di più:
ROCKING FOR THE BOXERS (By Christian Gaston - The Forest Grove News-Times)
Tommy Thayer effortlessly frets the slinky guitar intro of“California Dreaming,” then the full band strikes a thunderous A minor as Will Evankovich and Jack Blades chime in with the first line: “All
the leaves are brown.”
The 1960s classic from the Mamas and the Papas was just one of more than a dozen hits put together more or less on the fly by a group of musicians that span decades and genres for the Pacific Legends
benefit concert and golf tournament.
Thayer, a member of KISS and a Pacific University trustee, runs the show, having invited a gaggle of his friends to the annual fundraiser. Read it all here
Tommy Thayer oltre ad aver organizzato e partecipato al Pacific Legends benefit concert and golf tournament ha dato prova della sua abilità con le 6 corde jammando con altri musicisti in una fantastica carrellata di classici pazzi rock a partire daCalifornia Dreaming dei Mamas and the Papas. Leggete l'articolo qui
04-08-09
Q&A WITH ACE FREHLEY (from magnetmagazine.com)
Frehley recently took a moment to talk with Superchunk/Mountain Goats drummer (and onetime Kiss Army member) Jon Wurster. Frehley will also be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all this week. Here below an excerpt.
You seem to have made peace with all things Kiss. Is that an accurate assessment?
I’m proud of the fact that I was a member of one of the most influential rock groups in history. No regrets.
What does the future hold for Ace Frehley?
Anomaly, the record and the world tour. I can’t wait for everyone to hear this new record. I’m very proud of it.
Read the rest here
Frehley recentemente ha chiaccherato con il batterista dei Superchunk / Mountain Goats Jon Wurster. Frehley sarà inoltre ospite di magnetmagazine.com tutta la settimana. Di seguito un
estratto.
Sembra che tu abbia fatto la pace con il mondo KISS. È che una valutazione corretta?
Sono orgoglioso del fatto di essere stato un membro di uno dei gruppi rock più influenti nella storia. Nessun rimpianto.
Che cosa riserva il futuro per Ace
Frehley?
Anomaly, il disco e il tour mondiale. Non vedo l'ora che tutti ascoltino il mio nuovo disco. Ne sono molto orgoglioso.
Leggete il resto qui
03-08-09
KISS NEW ALBUM + RE-RECORDED DISK + DVD OUT ON OCTOBER THE 6th
According to Melodic Rock KISS new album due Oct 6 thru WalMart with new material will be part of a package including re-records disc (Jigoku Retsuden", orginally released in Japan) and a DVD (possibly the ALIVE35 Down-under Tour). Same deal as Journey and Foreigner. Almost one month ago (July the 6th) Deucenews reported that SONIC BOOM would have been considered as a possible album title (SONIC BOOM is a registered trademark own by KISS). And rumors on the net now seem confirming such news. Recently Guitar Player Magazine editor published a review of 5 KISS new songs and he admitted that the title they had on the studio TV monitors while they were playing the audio files was SONIC BOOM. Such title has not yet been confirmed by the band.
Secondo Melodic Rock il nuovo KISS album in uscita il 6 Ottobre prossimo tramite WalMart farà parte di un pacchetto inclusivo di un secondo CD di materiale ri-registrato (Jigoku Retsuden", orginalmente pubblicato in Giappone) e un DVD (possibilmente l'ALIVE35Down-under Tour) così come hanno fatto precedentemente sia i Journey che i Foreigner.
Quasi un mese fa (6 di Luglio) Deucenews aveva anticpato che SONIC BOOM poteva essere preso in considerazione come possibile titolo per il nuovo album (SONIC BOOM risulta essere un marchio registrato e depositato dai KISS). Recentemente il redattore di Guitar Player Magazine, che ha potuto ascoltare 5 nuovi pezzi e di cui ha pubblicato una recensione, ha ammesso che sui monitors durante l'ascolto della musica è apparso il titolo SONIC BOOM. Il titolo comunque non è stato ancora confermato dalla band.
ALIVE35 DOWN-UNDER TOUR DVD TO BE RELEASED (from trademarkpictures.com)
Successful rock band KISS travel to Australia and New Zealand for their Alive 35 tour. Concerts in Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney and Wellington - full HD coverage with up to 8 cameras at each
concert. The Kiss Alive 35 tour will be released on DVD.
Ad ottobre potremo finalmente vedere il primo DVD dell'ALIVE35 realizzato durante le date tenute in Australia e Nuova Zelanda.
01-08-09
TOMMY TALKS KISS!!
Watch this cool TV interview with Tommy on Portland's KATU. Tommy talks new KISS album, KISS M&Ms, and of course the weekend's celebrity golf tournament.
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