Gene Simmons News

Do you think the guys in KISS give a flying fart that they actually look even more ridiculous in 2009 than they did back in the glory days of 1975? Despite steadfast denials from the band, rumours have persisted for decades that KISS is actually a secret acronym for something.

Fireworks, concussion bombs, fog and pyro are a normal part of most big rock concerts these days.

Kiss was never a band that required much use of the mind. Saturday night at Target Center, though, the makeup-wearing rock icons' success depended entirely on mindset.

There was no lack of sweetly surreal moments at Saturday night's Monsters of Folk show, from a ninja assassin swaying gently to a soft ballad to a 6-foot rabbit trying to hump Gene Simmons' leg.

Gary Kelly , Southwest's chief executive, was made up as Kiss rocker Gene Simmons for a recent Halloween.

All things music from the Tennessean.com entertainment staff. Click to see a photo slide show fromA KISS Even with Halloween just a few days away, there was no question why the freaky makeup-wearing masses had descended on lower Broadway in Nashville.

DOUGLAS man Kriss Lane was recently crowned Kiss Kwizz Champion by UK radio station Planet Rock.

Gene Simmons unfurls his tongue as he and Paul Stanley, right, give the crowd exactly what it came for.

So if Randy Simms can get himself into a load of hot water with some people, then we can only wait and watch to see what will happen to Gene Simmons for uttering these bon mots - among others - about his partner, Shannon Tweed: Look, it's the 21st century, and the thing women have been clamouring for is finally upon us: you're free.

Those grease-painted glam lords of campy metal are at back at it. Thirty-five years after their first album , Kiss has just put out "Sonic Boom ," a new studio disc that's being sold exclusively next to the Cheerios and Windex at Walmart stores nationwide.

Ask Gene Simmons, and he'd tell you that rock and roll musicians do it for the money and the girls.

Tomorrow's Kiss show at Hampton Coliseum brings mixed feelings for many loyal soldiers in the Kiss Army.

The Kiss bassist on his ego, his Playmate, his surprisingly normal kids, and his very traditional parenting style Famous for onstage blood-spitting and tongue-waggling, the Kiss bassist and singer also appears in a hit reality show, now in its fifth season, with actress and former Playboy Playmate Shannon Tweed and their two children.

The veteran rocker has managed to avoid succumbing to addiction by avoiding alcohol and drugs altogether since finding fame as the bassist for the hard rock band.

Kiss, "Sonic Boom" Paul Stanley of KISS performs last week in Oshawa, Ontario, during the "Kiss Alive 35" tour.

Outside the General Motors Centre in downtown Oshawa on Wednesday night, a man in KISS make-up, a black choker collar and platform boots chatted amiably with John Gray, the city's Mayor.

Sonic Boom Review Posted by Paul Hollingsworth on 10.06.2009 The superheroes, now owned by Wal-Mart, return after a ten year absence.

Sure, they wanted to rock and roll all night, but KISS short circuited just one song into their Air Canada Centre show Friday night.

Donning face paint and platform boots, legendary all-night rock band KISS is celebrating the 35th anniversary of the seminal "Alive!" album and the release of "Sonic Boom," the guys' first LP of new material in more than a decade.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced its latest batch of nominees this week, and Gene Simmons is suddenly one giant dragon boot closer to being enshrined as one of rock's immortals.