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“It was those first two lines. I felt like it was speaking to my life. I knew I could deliver that song with conviction”: One day Sebastian Bach was playing to Jon Bon Jovi’s parents. The next he was singing one of hair metal’s greatest anthems

The story of Skid Row’s classic hair metal anthem Youth Gone Wild

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"He had to talk down agun-toting S.W.A.T. team after AceFrehley accidentally shot himself." For 40 years, Danny Francis kept rock stars out of trouble - and his stories prove it

When Danny Francis died in 2025, he left behind a lifetime of memories with Paul McCartney, Bad Company, Kiss, Bon Jovi, Cher and more

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The End is only The Beginning: The Kiss Kruise in Las Vegas kicks off a new chapter in Kisstory

72 hours in Sin City: What we learned at Kiss Kruise: Land-Locked In Vegas

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The story of Skid Row’s classic hair metal anthem Youth Gone Wild

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"It was the day I'd been waiting for my whole life, but I was dismayed": How Skid Row and Sebastian Bach Went To War

Skid Row were once blood brothers, but infighting and a split with their singer turned it all into an ‘abyss of hatred’

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“You ride into town with your gang, stealing money, drinking as much as you can and being gone before the law catches you”: How Bon Jovi hit the jackpot with Slippery When Wet, the album that turned them into the hottest hard rock band of the 80s

Slippery When Wet turned Bon Jovi from also-rans to multi-platinum superstars

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"Being sober was a real different experience from a band that was always wrecked": How Mötley Crüe cleaned up and made their biggest album

Drugged up, boozed up and almost washed up, Mötley Crüe went into rehab, came out and recorded a classic of the late-80s LA metal scene: Nikki Sixx takes us back

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“The great albums were not made under a microscope. They were made by living, breathing people who were excited by what they were doing”: How Kiss fought back against the music industry with Sonic Boom

In 2009, Kiss released Sonic Boom, an album that called back to past glories

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"There was more security on the catering backstage than on any band's dressing room. We were told, If they see the Hard Rock Cafe's cheeseburgers and French fries, there will be a riot": Jon Bon Jovi recalls playing in Russia for the first time

Playing the Moscow Music Peace Festival in 1989 was an eye-opening experience for Jon Bon Jovi

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"All the things that happen during any revolutionary time brings out the best music": Vintage Trouble's Ty Taylor is ready for the revolution

They’ve been off the radar for a while, but Vintage Trouble have returned with new album Heavy Hymnals, and this time their blazing rock’n’soul is fuelled by heartbreak, social commentary and racial injustice. Just don’t call it a comeback

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KISS move from live performances to screen legends

KISS' upcoming biopic Shout It Out Loud, named after the band's 1976 track, will reportedly arrive on Netflix in 2024.

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Kiss biopic, ‘Shout It Out Loud,’ coming to Netflix in 2024

Kiss, the rock band behind hits such as “Rock and Roll All Nite” and “Detroit Rock City,” are the latest musicians to get the biopic treatment.

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The truth behind Gene Simmons' arrest for allegedly 'mooning' a Kiss audience: "I went offstage to adjust my jockstrap..."

Kiss' Gene Simmons recalls the minor misunderstanding he had with the forces of law and order in the 1980s

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A Kiss biopic, Shout It Out Loud, will be coming to Netflix next year

Kiss manager manager Doc McGhee confirms that Netflix has purchased the rights to a biopic covering Kiss' first four years

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