Simmons Talks New KISS Album

07/10/09 3:51pm

by Kate Harper (CHARTattack)

KISS bassist Gene Simmons has revealed a few of the titles of songs that will appear on the band's first studio album in 11 years.

The man with the insanely long tongue told CTV News the as-yet-untitled follow-up to 1998's Psycho Circus will feature tracks called "Russian Roulette," "Modern Day Delilah" and "Stand." He also says the Paul Stanley-produced disc will be heavy on the rawk.

"No strings, no keyboards, no synths, no tambourines, no nothing — just meat and potatoes," Simmons said.

Simmons announced on Sunday he was heading to Vancouver to sign the first act to his relaunched Simmons Records. He wouldn't tell CTV who it was, but Simmons told CTV he also wants to sign two more Canadian bands.

It's probably worth nothing The Georgia Straight reported on Thursday that Simmons took in a performance by Hey Ocean! on Sunday before he met with the band for "hours." According to The Georgia Straight, no deal came out of the meeting, though.

"We talked for almost four hours," Hey Ocean! singer Ashleigh Ball told the newspaper, "about how he thinks Canada is the next U.K. He's really nice. And he's very intense — in the first five minutes of the meeting, he pulled out a credit card that had Kiss imprinted on it. He said, 'This is what we're talking about. It's not just music, it's music business.'"

You may be able to hear some new KISS songs at these upcoming dates:

July 10 Sarnia, ON @ Centennial Park (Rogers Sarnia Bayfest)
July 11 Windsor, ON @ Caesars Windsor
July 13 Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
July 15 Ottawa, ON @ LeBreton Flats (Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest)
July 16 Quebec City, QC @ Festival D'Ete
July 18 Halifax, NS @ Halifax Commons
July 20-21 Orillia, ON @ Casino Rama
July 28 Paso Robles, CA @ California Mid-State Fair
Oct. 31 New Orleans, LA @ City Park (Voodoo Experience)