Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

UNBELIEVABLE: Alive - The Untold Story

“If that album bombed we would have been dropped from the label!”: Kiss stars recall the album that saved the band

It's 50 years since the release of Kiss Alive!

MusicRadar

“I did the least amount of overdubs on Alive! – I’ll let the fans decide why that is…” Ace Frehley looks beyond his next Origins album to his travel guitar, more touring and even reconciling with Kiss

50 years after the iconic live album’s release, the guitar hero reflects on what made it so special, how it influenced other guitarists, and why he’s not interested in making his own live record today

Guitar World

“They just kept on coming in and borrowing my equipment”: Kiss’ controversial live album, Alive!, didn’t just borrow its title from Peter Frampton – it also features some of his gear

The two artists were working in Electric Ladyland Studios at the same time, and Paul Stanley and co couldn’t resist tapping into their hero’s gear collection

Guitar World

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

“We never claimed to be virtuosos, we were virtu-no-sos! Call them overdubs or call them replacing things that weren’t up to snuff. I make no apologies”: Paul Stanley on the success (and controversies) of Kiss' Alive!, and the band's upcoming unmasked gig

The Kiss star discusses the 50th anniversary of one the most legendary live rock albums ever made, why he’s recently been playing more acoustic than anything else, and why the band’s controversial avatars aren’t really avatars at all

Guitar World

“I said, ‘Mike, I don’t know how to tell you this, but that’s a note-for-note guitar solo from...” Mike McCready stole his Alive solo from Kiss – but Ace Frehley had already stolen it from another legendary classic rock band

The revelation comes from Gene Simmons, who sees no problem in bands taking inspiration – and lifting ideas – from others

Guitar World

Syd-Hob champion Alive shrugs at last-minute repairs

Reigning Sydney to Hobart overall winner Alive has had to go in for last-minute repairs but that won't worry skipper Duncan Hine.

AAP

"When 9/11 happened, Alive gave people hope." We asked nu metal veterans P.O.D. to take us on a tour of their hometown, San Diego

P.O.D.'s fusion of rap and metal might pre-date nu metal, but the San Diego band still blew up when the genre rose to success. We asked them to take us for a tour of the city they call home

Metal Hammer

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Pearl Jam producer Andrew Watt guests onstage with the band on Alive in Las Vegas – and Mike McCready lets him share the guitar solo

Son, she said, have I got a little solo for you

MusicRadar

"I can't wait to tell Stone that I've almost figured his riff out" – Mike McCready admits to Chris Shiflett he doesn't know how to play the famous guitar intro to Pearl Jam's Alive

But he can teach Chris Shiflett his legendary solo from it

MusicRadar

"I've seen them and loved every over-the-top minute of it... but this album just doesn’t cut it": Alive II by Kiss - Album Of The Week Club review

One thing we can all agree on, surely: that inner gatefold is one of the great photographs in rock'n'roll

Louder

Kyrgios launches his very own sugar-free soft drink company Alive

Alive is set to be distributed across the country and internationally in the coming months.

The Canberra Times

Dumfries community radio station gifted ownership of base for £1

Alive Community Radio will have to hand back the keys to Lochside Enterprise Workshops in future if the station folds

Daily Record

An 'Alive' Feeling: 18-Year-Old Musician Plays Drums With Pearl Jam In Oakland

With drummer Matt Cameron out of the lineup with COVID-19, band Pearl Jam has been using various people to fill in behind the kit. On Friday, the band turned to an 18-year-old musician to help get through the set.

Benzinga

Dumfries radio station helping to create next generation of on-air talent

Five students from Dumfries school have graduated from the Alive Community Radio Academy

Daily Record

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.