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KISS Are Far Less Alive At 35

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By Ian Gormely (CHARTattack) October 5, 2009 4:33 pm
Three minutes into their first song at the Air Canada Centre on Friday night, the P.A. completely cut out on '70s costumed rockers KISS. With the band seemingly unaware of the technical malfunctions, the quartet kept playing and mugging for the audience as if nothing was wrong. Watching KISS parade around onstage without musical accompaniment...
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KISSology: The Ultimate KISS Collection Vol. 2 1978-1991

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By Caitlin Hotchkiss (CHARTattack) August 14, 2007 5:16 pm
Although everyone knows Gene Simmons isn't hard up for cash, there are still diehard KISS Army members willing to shell out cash for their idols' "newest" release. The bulk of the four-disc Ultimate KISS Collection's second volume is made up of live performances. If you've seen one KISS show from the '80s, unmasked or not, you've seen '...
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Gene Simmons — ***hole

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By Bryan Borzykowski (CHARTattack) June 8, 2004 12:31 pm
In this months issue of Chart, Gene Simmons admits to having no credibility and that a song "doesn’t need to be good." After creating Asshole, Simmons’ first solo album in 28 years, KISS’ bass player may want to rethink that advice. Asshole (or ***hole as it’s written on the CD cover), is sub-par at best. Mediocre tunes combined with...
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I Fought The Law... For Week Ending June 24, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) June 24, 2011 3:14 pm
U2 guitarist The Edge is not allowed to build several mansions in Malibu, Calif., since officials have reportedly said it will be "a blight on a pristine ridgeline." OK, when was the last time you heard about someone being denied permission to build a mansion in California? Eighteen-year-old hackers: don't steal shit from Lady Gaga or she'll get...
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I Fought The Law... For The Week Ending May 27, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) May 27, 2011 3:38 pm
A bunch of ex-KISS guitarist Vinnie Vincent's dogs are dead. Really dead. As in not just "playing dead." That sucks, but at least he's not being charged over it. The Battle of the Cloud has taken a different turn: the Recording Industry Association Of America sued business management website Box.net this week because users have apparently been...
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I Read The News Today... For June 29, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff June 29, 2010 1:26 pm
Kanye West's hilariously titled Good Ass Job is out Sept. 14. —Billboard In the meantime, 'Ye's been sued for copyright infringement over the lyrics to "Power," which Chicago rapper Vincent Peters says were stolen from him. —Chicago Breaking Business Vince Neil was apparently wanted by police for questioning in relation to a camera-...
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Five Bands That Should Become Robots

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By Adam Kovac (CHARTattack) May 31, 2010 1:39 pm
Lots of hair metal bands in the '80s sang about getting oiled up and doing some repetitive motions (mostly involving thrusting), but it was never vital to them performing. Well, that's all about to change. One avant-garde professor at the California Institute Of The Arts had his students build and program robots who are not only capable of...
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KISS Cancel Sault Ste. Marie Show

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By Jason MacNeil (CHARTattack) December 14, 2009 2:06 pm
KISS have postponed their concert slated to take place Tuesday night (Dec. 15) at Sault Ste. Marie's Essar Centre. The band performed in Pittsburgh last night, but a storm was apparently hovering over the region. The band made the cancellation announcement Monday (Dec. 14) on their website, saying the "severe weather conditions"...
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KISS Fan Allegedly Pees On Woman At Boston Show

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) October 8, 2009 10:46 am
What is it with Bostonians and peeing on people at concerts? Remember that cop (who now isn't a cop) who drunkenly peed on a bunch of people at a Metallica show in Boston earlier this year? Something similar happened at KISS' show in Boston on Monday. A man was arrested for allegedly urinating on a woman during KISS' show at the Boston Garden....
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Ex-KISS Guitarist Ace Frehley Took His Time Putting Out Solo Album

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By Keith Carman (CHARTattack) September 25, 2009 3:07 pm
Former KISS guitarist Ace Frehley is humble and incredibly good-natured, and admits it's been a busy 20 years, what with his reinstatement in the KISS line-up for their reunion a few years back and eventual departure. "I was in outer space for a while. I was trying to get sober... this and that," chuckles Frehley about why it's been...
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Reznor And Simmons Catfight About Age

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) August 5, 2009 4:20 pm
Many musicians say they don't want to end up being aging rockers, still playing their old hits on stage when they're in their sixties. Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor recently said something along those lines when he was asked why he'd announced his band's current tour would be their last. Of course, when you say you don't want to be an...
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Simmons Talks New KISS Album

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) July 10, 2009 2:51 pm
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."...
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New KISS Album Coming

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By Bianca Marcus (CHARTattack) July 6, 2009 2:12 pm
Gene Simmons is one demon we can't seem to exorcise. We were this close to declaring an ignore-him-for-the-foreseeable-future Simmons fatwah after the whole piss-on-him thing, but then the face-painted frontman and feeble TV father announced on Saturday on the KISS website that the band's newest album is "just a few steps from being...
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Frankie Whyte Opening For KISS

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By Sheena Lyonnais (CHARTattack) June 29, 2009 3:57 pm
Toronto's Frankie Whyte And The Dead Idols have landed a seemingly impossible dream gig for an indie band that hasn't even released a full-length album: the supporting slot for KISS's Canadian tour dates. "It's totally mind blowing," says vocalist/guitarist Frankie Whyte. "When I hear them on the radio and stuff I'm, like, 'There'...
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You Can Piss On Gene Simmons

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) June 23, 2009 3:48 pm
Gene Simmons has launched a new marketing tactic for his Gene Simmons Family Jewels reality television show that may involve you giving him a golden shower... as long as you're male. Simmons thought it would be funny to advertise for the new season of Gene Simmons Family Jewels in men's washrooms and A&E came up with the idea of putting...
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Gene Simmons Auctions Kidney Stone

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) June 5, 2009 3:54 pm
KISS singer/bassist Gene Simmons says he auctioned one of his kidney stones for $15,000 U.S. (about $16,700 Canadian) on eBay. "I passed a kidney stone and I put it on eBay for charity," Simmons said on the Today show yesterday (Thursday). He then told Today's Kathie Lee Gifford to "settle down" when she wondered what would...
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Tell KISS Where You Want Them

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By Craig Clark (CHARTattack) April 7, 2009 2:40 pm
KISS broke ground with their makeup, outlandish costumes and stage pyrotechnics in the '70s and their keen marketing skills throughout their career. Now the legendary rock band are asking fans to determine the routing of their North American KISS Alive 35 tour. Fans can visit the Eventful social networking website to choose where they'd like to...
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KISS Coming To Canada

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By Craig Clark (CHARTattack) April 1, 2009 5:02 pm
KISS — the fake blood-oozing, tongue-wagging, makeup-wearing, pyrotechnic masters of rock — will bring their KISS Alive 35 tour to Canada for four shows in July. KISS have sold more than 85 million records worldwide since the mid-'70s, and a new album is apparently in the works, but the group now make most of their money from touring and...
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A Big KISS For Halifax

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) February 3, 2009 2:41 pm
Just because Gene Simmons has resurrected his record label and is scouting for Canadian talent doesn't mean his band can't play a Canadian show as well. KISS are set to headline the Halifax Rocks 2009 show that hits the Nova Scotian capital city's Commons park on July 18. Four other performers will be announced at a later date. Tickets go on...
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