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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 Read The News Today... For Nov. 8, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) November 8, 2010 3:38 pm
Lily Allen is back in hospital and is being treated for blood poisoning. Allen miscarried her second baby last week and is said to be getting better with treatment. —Sky News Marilyn Manson's signed with Cooking Vinyl, which will release his upcoming new album on his own Hell, etc. imprint sometime next year. Bizarrely, it's supposed to be a punk...
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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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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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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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2009 Canadian Music & Broadcast Industry Awards

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Photographer: 
Edward Skira
Venue: 
Fairmont Royal York Hotel
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
March 12, 2010
Gene Simmons

2009 Canadian Music & Broadcast Industry Awards

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Photographer: 
Edward Skira
Venue: 
Fairmont Royal York Hotel
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
March 12, 2009
Gene Simmons

2009 Canadian Music & Broadcast Industry Awards

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Photographer: 
Edward Skira
Venue: 
Fairmont Royal York Hotel
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
March 12, 2009
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Gene Simmons To Speak At CMW

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By CHARTattack Staff January 14, 2009 4:27 pm
Gene Simmons will have another opportunity to scope out Canadian talent for his relaunched record label in March. The long-tongued KISS bassist, entrepreneur and reality television show star will be the keynote speaker at Canadian Music Week. You'll be able to hear him talk about his varied career, including the revival of Simmons Records, at 11...
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Gene Simmons' Canadian Label

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By CHARTattack Staff November 26, 2008 12:24 pm
KISS bassist, reality television star and shrewd businessman Gene Simmons is in Toronto this week laying the groundwork and scouting talent for his relaunched '80s label, Simmons Records. The imprint is a partnership between Simmons, Universal Music Canada and ex-politician and megabucks Magna International executive and heiress Belinda Stronach...
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Gene Simmons and Belinda Stronach @ Golf Rocks

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Photographer: 
John Papamarko
Venue: 
Magna Golf Club
City: 
Aurora, ON
Date: 
September 7, 2008
Gene Simmons and Belinda Stronach (photo by John Papamarko)

Gene Simmons @ Golf Rocks

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Photographer: 
John Papamarko
Venue: 
Magna Golf Club
City: 
Aurora, ON
Date: 
September 7, 2008
Gene Simmons (photo by John Papamarko)

It Happened Today: Aug. 25, 1949

Submitted by Kate Harper on Mon, 08/25/2008 - 1:33pm
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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) August 25, 2008 1:33 pm
Kiss bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons was born Chaim Witz in Haifa, Israel, 59 years ago. Simmons immigrated with his mother to the U.S. when he was eight and later formed several bands as a teenager. In the early '70s, he and guitarist Stanley Eisen (Paul Stanley) were in a band called Wicked Lester that later called it quits after Stanley and...
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Gene Simmons Invites Chart Into His Bedroom

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Elizabeth Chorney-Booth
Venue: 
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City: 
Toronto
Date: 
January 21, 2002

Gene Simmons Becomes The Tony Robbins Of Rock

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By David Missio (CHARTattack) July 21, 2004 3:00 pm
Who's that guy up on stage, how did he get so rich, why has he slept with more women than most guys have seen in their entire lives and how do the rest of us get in on this action? Meet Gene Simmons, motivational speaker. Of course, it all started with KISS. While KISS could grab a sold out stadium by the balls and rock them all night (after...
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Gene Simmons Pursues Career As Record Mogul

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By CHARTattack Staff February 4, 2003 4:30 pm
With the financial beating that the recording industry took over the last year, a new record label doesn't seem like the soundest business venture. Yet, rock 'n' roll businessman/KISS bass player Gene Simmons is taking a stab at the record biz by relaunching his Simmons Records label. Gene got the Simmons label going back in the late '80s and...
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Gene Simmons: Ace & Peter Were "Idiots"

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By Keith Carman (CHARTattack) January 18, 2002 4:00 pm
"I'm the guy who fucked your mommy last night and I'll do your sister tonight if I get the chance." Gene Simmons thrives on the shock of being blunt. Best known for his time as the God of Thunder in rock clown band KISS, his latest opus is as author of Kiss And Make-Up (Crown Publishing), a scathing tell-all book in which...
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Kiss, Skid Row And Ted Nugent In Winnipeg

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By Kari D. (CHARTattack) July 18, 2000 6:00 pm
You don't just go to a Kiss show. People don't just show up and sit down. This is an event unlike any other of its kind. Filing in, I walked past multiple Kiss families and friends, each group dressed up in a bodacious effort to pay tribute to their rock gods. The merch tables alone suggested the immense magnitude of what I was in for. Stacks...
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