| KISS & NASCAR Together Again |
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| Private Collection of Eddie Krammer Auction |
WEBSITE: BACKSTAGEAUCTIONS.COM We are excited to inform you about our upcoming 2004 Classic Rock Auction featuring “The Private Collection of Eddie Kramer”. Eddie Kramer’s recording and producing career spans more than 3 decades and includes awards winning achievements with Rocks’ greats such as Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, KISS, Peter Frampton, Joe Cocker, Carly Simon, David Bowie, John Mayall, Santana, Rolling Stones, the cast of “Hair” (Jobriath, Delores Hall and Alan Nichols), Dionne Warwick, Roy Ayers, Lena Horne, Tommy Bolin, Vanilla Fudge and many, many others. The auction will include hundreds of rare collectibles, such as original recording tapes, acetates, test pressings, vintage vinyl, promotional t-shirts, paper goods, posters, backstage passes and much more. While the list of artists/bands included in this auction is too long to list, we can assure you the artist/band you support and promote through your website is featured in this collection. The auction will go live July 18, 2004 and will run for 2 weeks. Currently on our website, we are highlighting just a few of the great items that will be featured in the auction. We are sure that you – and the visitors to your website – are interested in viewing (and hopefully participating in) the auction. Attached is a press release which you can place either in full or in any abbreviated version on your site. Your web visitors can also be pointed directly to our website at www.backstageauctions.com. Backstage Auctions, Inc. is a music memorabilia auction house that exclusively represents musicians and music industry professionals. Our firm belief is that high-end collectibles deserve nothing less than 100% guarantee of authenticity. After all, nothing is more thrilling than owning a piece of memorabilia from a trusted source. We welcome your support to announce this upcoming auction on your website. No fan would want to miss out on this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Feel free to contact us at info@backstageauctions.com with any questions. Thank you and kindest regards |
| Kiss: Still rock 'n' rolling all night |
He still has all the old gimmicks -- the bat wings, the leather everything, the fire breathing, the blood spitting. And, yes, his tongue is still usually found dangling somewhere down around the end of his chin. Gene Simmons and the boys of Kiss -- the poster band of 1970s glam rock -- are back. OK. Stop. That's not completely true.
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| Sportsology Wants you to be an ***hole! |
| 10 lucky winners will get a Gene Simmons ***hole
CD, and one person will get that and a whole lot more, including an autographed
poster and a set of limited edition KISS trading cards!
Glassboro, NJ (June 24 2004) – Hot on the heels of the release of KISS bassist Gene Simmons’ new solo effort, Sportsology is offering 10 copies of his CD ***hole in a brand new contest! The “Be An ***hole” contest contains 20 Gene Simmons-related questions. Answer them all correctly to be entered into a drawing for one of 10 prize packages. One Grand Prize winner will acquire an ***hole CD, a KISS Symphony CD, a limited edition 4-card set of KISS cards, an autographed KISS Symphony poster signed by Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Peter Criss and Tommy Thayer and other prizes. Hints to the answers to these questions can be found in our review of the CD and in our audio interview with the biggest ***hole of them all, Gene Simmons. The contest will run from June 25, 2004 until July 24, 2004. Full details can be read online at http://www.sportsology.net/simmons/terms.php. Visit the contest page today to enter. It can be found at: http://www.sportsology.net/simmons/. |
| June 2004 Special KISS Related Recordings Package Only $29.99! |
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Don't miss out on this special price for this pack of items. KISS A Releted Recordings Book, At over 250 pages, the "KISS & Related Recordings Focus" digs into over 1,800 songs, demos, and lyrical ideas created by KISS and the obscure works of Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley, Peter Criss, Paul Stanley, Eric Carr, Vinnie Vincent, Mark St. John, Bruce Kulick, Eric Singer, and Tommy Thayer. The "KISS & Related Recordings Focus" is a companion piece to the previously published "KISS Album Focus" detailing the song histories for KISS recorded corpus, and much more! You're nearly guaranteed to learn something new! Also included 2004 World Domination Tour keychain, 2 KISS This Stickers, Symphony postcard and the rare hard to find KISS Camera from the 2000 Farewell Tour! All for one great price!
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| GENE SIMMONS in the June/July 2004 BLENDER magazine |
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| Gold Records Now Available at KISSFreaks.com |
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We have now added all of the gold records from California Gold to the KISS Freaks Store. Check out our awesome prices on these very cool collectibles! [Click here to go to the KISS Freaks Store]
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| More Fan Submissions for Celebs in KISS Makeup |
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| "Firestarter" VIDEO Premiere CD Release June 8th! |
| New York, N.Y. –SIMMONS
RECORDS/Sanctuary Music Group is pleased to announce the release of the
highly anticipated solo album from GENE SIMMONS entitled, ASSHOLE, on
May 18. The title track, “Asshole,” will be the first single
released to rock radio on April 15. This release will mark the second
solo album from the “God Of Thunder” since his self-titled
platinum solo album in 1978.
GENE SIMMONS, founding member of KISS, America's No.1 Gold Record Champions Of All Time (RIAA - Group Category),has rock and rolled all night and partied every day for over 30 years and is nowhere near hanging up his platform boots. The band recently proudly released its KISS SYMPHONY - ALIVE IV on the KISS Records/Sanctuary Music Group imprint. The DVD debuted at No.1. KISS has broken box office attendance records set by Elvis Presley and the Beatles and is the juggernaut of the licensing merchandising world, with over 2,000 KISS toys and games -- from KISS Visa Cards, KISS comic books and KISS Caskets!!! Not one to rest on his laurels, the next GENE SIMMONS epoch continues, stronger than ever. Produced by SIMMONS, this forward thinking, genre splitting effort, is an ambitious musical tour-de force through SIMMONS' psyche, revealing yet another side to the multi-talented artist. “Doing a solo record is important because I write so many different kinds of songs. I literally have hundreds of songs that are demoed up that aren’t right for KISS, and some songs that weren’t used on KISS records I still like, like ‘Carnival Of Souls’ and ‘Sweet & Dirty.’ In assembling the album, I went and reviewed over a hundred songs that I had lying around, and then it was by process of elimination I determined what would go on the record. But at the end of the day, above and beyond style, I had to like the songs.” stated SIMMONS. Like his 1978 self-titled solo album, ASSHOLE is a model of versatility, drawing together an eclectic swath of styles including hard rock, blues, thrash, neo-psychedelia, Beatlesque pop, rap, prog-rock and even power ballads. “My taste is eclectic and all over the place. I love all kinds of artists, from Patsy Cline to the Beatles, Motown to Hoobastank. As for the record’s stylistic diversity, I’m a child of The Beatles. They created this sort of hybrid white version of American music. They could do it all-- Little Richard, country, pop, soul, psychedelia. They had no rules. That had a major effect on me and that influence comes through on the record.” SIMMONS said. Transcending genres and confounding expectations, ASSHOLE resounds with a surprise at every turn. Like the artist’s self-titled solo effort, a number of musical luminaries join in on the fun. BOB DYLAN and GENE co-wrote the album's “Waiting For The Morning Light.” FRANK ZAPPA and GENE share co-writing credit on “Black Tongue” and the ZAPPA Family, DWEEZIL, AHMET, MOON, GAIL and FRANK ZAPPA himself sing and play guitar on the song . Other guests featured on the album include DAVE NAVARRO, ex-KISS members BRUCE KULICK and ERIC SINGER, new SIMMONS RECORDS/Sanctuary Music Group signing BAG, as well as GENE's longtime live in SHANNON TWEED and their two children, SOPHIE and NICHOLAS. Track listing is as follows (order subject to change): 1. Asshole Drawing together over three decades of record making, ASSHOLE is a grand, and swaggering portrait of SIMMONS in the 21st Century, a brave musical statement from a man unafraid of pushing the envelope and exploring new boundaries. |
| 2004 Evansville KISS Expo |
| WHAT: 2004 EVANSVILLE KISS EXPO
WHEN: Saturday - July 24, 2004 from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM WHERE: Evansville Airport Marriott TICKETS: $17 in advance or $20 at the door/VIP Passes for $25 Featuring special guests BOB KULICK, BILL STARKEY & RON KEEL and musical guests ALMOST HUMAN & SHOCK ME 
BOB KULICK auditioned for KISS on Jan. 3, 1973, though he (obviously)
didn't get the job. He helped in the recording of the Alive II studio
tracks. He played on Paul's solo album and performed on tour with Paul
Stanley in 1989. He also suggested that Gene and Paul hire his brother
Bruce. 
BILL STARKEY founded the Kiss Army in Terre Haute, Indiana, when a radio
station didn't want to play KISS. (A quote from Gene Simmons: "Bill
Starkey kept calling to request our songs, and the deejay said, "We
don't do that." Starkey said, "You'd better do it, because by
five o'clock, when everybody gets out of school, we're going to surround your beacon with the Kiss Army." The deejay just ignored it--but at five o'clock, there were thousands of kids surrounding this thing. It made the front page of the Terre Haute newspaper; the headline read, KISS ARMY INVADES RADIO STATION, and the KISS Army was born.") RON KEEL has worked on 22 albums, co-written hundreds of songs, played thousands of shows, and travelled millions of miles. Some if his projects include Ron Keel, IronHorse, KEEL, Ronnie Lee Keel, The Rat'lers, Steeler, Fair Game, & Saber Tiger. Tickets are $17 in advance or $20 at the door. Special laminated VIP passes are available (in advance only) for $25 each and get you into the Expo one hour early. (Only 150 VIP Passes are available so order yours soon.) Each paid adult admission gets one child 10 or under in free. Visit http://www.evansvillekiss.com or write to PO Box 15992, Evansville, IN 47716-0992. SEE YOU THERE!!!!!!!!!!! Allen D. Tate Visit EVANSVILLEKISS.COM Home of the Evansville KISS Expo July 24, 2004 at the Evansville Airport Marriott http://www.evansvillekiss.com |
| Songs From An ***hole |
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Gene Simmons of KISS has been the topic of many conversations lately.
Whether it's been about him spouting off about the Middle East, the
current KISS tour with two wannabes replacing original members Ace Frehley
and Peter Criss, or his latest solo effort that is aptly titled "Asshole,"
Simmons is a true believer that any press is good press. The guy is
throwing his own Asshole parties for crying out loud. While the title
is "Asshole", Simmons who is always thinking about the almighty
dollar was smart enough to put asterisks in the right places so that
the CD could still be sold in your finer chain stores like Target and
Wal-Mart. Delayed from May 18, the CD is slated to now hit stores on
June 8th.
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| NEW ITEM! Soundalike Dolls |
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These animated likeness of your favorite members of KISS is complete with an all out rendition of a classic hit and coordinated head banging action. A removable stand allows your figure to stand upright for display. As an amusement or collectable, you won't want to miss this KISS appearance! A very hard to find new item! The Demon plays Rock and Roll All Nite, The Star Child plays Shout It Out Loud, The Cat Man plays Beth and The Space Ace plays Detroit Rock City. These measure about 12" in height! Very cool item.
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have gotten quite a few real good images from KISS fans keeping this
feature alive. I have added several of them to the site, so stop by
the Features section of KISS Freaks and check them out! Keep 'em coming!
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Doug Cataldo 