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KISS record 'special' new song

Veteran rockers KISS have recorded a "special" new song written by frontman Paul Stanley.

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Quote of the day by Gene Simmons, 'Life is too short to have anything but delusional notions about yourself' gives purpose, philosophy, discipline, growth, maturity, dream big

Quote of the day by Gene Simmons is a reminder that life is too short to spend it constantly underestimating yourself. Its deeper lesson lies in the value of courageous imagination. We do not need to believe that we are perfect, invincible, or destined to succeed at everything. We simply…

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Gene Simmons confirms why Kiss can never play live again without permission: "They own the makeup and everything”

Band sold their catalogue and publishing to Swedish firm Pophouse in 2024

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“Snake Sabo is the master of the riff. I’ll never forget when he played me 18 and Life for the first time... We had no formula”: Skid Row’s Rachel Bolan on going solo, his ’70s inspirations, and the band’s continuing search for a new singer

Bolan looks back on the only gear he could afford when he started, his creative process, and what he learned from Gene Simmons, Paul McCartney, and Yes

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Dave Grohl, Slash, Ringo Starr, Gene Simmons & more spill the beans on LA's notorious party pad, the Sunset Marquis - here's how to watch If These Walls Could Rock from anywhere

Documentary about legendary Los Angeles rock’n’roll hotel, the Sunset Marquis, is set to hit streaming services – here’s everything you need to know

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“They weren’t the best band in the world, but they were stars. That’s what you look for in bands. ‘Boy, I wish I was a member of that club’”: Kiss legends Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons remember the New York City rivals who were doomed to failure

“They just exuded this flamboyant glittery rock ’n’ roll”

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Kiss to celebrate Ace Frehley's legacy with all-star tribute

The current members of the legendary band – Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Tommy Thayer, and Eric Singer – are also set to perform

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“Peter and I were in a car and he started humming this melody. ‘What’s that?’ ‘Oh, that’s a song I wrote.’ I mean, Peter never wrote a song in his life! But he sings, ‘Beck, I hear you calling…’” Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley on the Kiss classic Destroyer

“It was musically and lyrically challenging – we were pushing the boundaries”

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"We have more illegal immigrants than most countries have populations." As an immigrant to America himself, Kiss frontman Gene Simmons believes that the US attracts illegal immigrants because everyone knows it's the greatest country on earth

"If you don’t like America, please go back to where you f***ing came from," says Gene Simmons

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“It’s not that I’m embarrassed by it. You let something pass for long enough, and you can kind of chuckle at it”: The lost ‘hippie’ album that Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley made before they were in Kiss

More than 50 years ago, the Kiss duo recorded an entire album at Electric Lady Studios. It‘s never officially been released

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“To call Led Zeppelin heavy metal is at the very least absurd and at worst a sin. To me, Zeppelin was the equivalent of great classical music”: Kiss stars Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons on why Zep and The Beatles’ debut albums are the greatest of all time

“The first time I heard Good Times Bad Times on the radio, my jaw just dropped!”

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Gene Simmons not slowing down as he approaches life's 'finish line'

KISS rocker Gene Simmons got philosophical as he chatted to Bill O’Reilly on his We’ll Do It Live! show on Thursday (25.06.26), and reflected on how his outlook on life has changed as he’s aged.

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“I got the engineer sitting here, Gene’s standing up, Paul’s on the other side, looking at me. He goes, ‘We need an eight-bar solo’”: The short-lived Kiss guitarist who was supposed to succeed Ace Frehley

After Ace Frehley decided to leave the Kiss circus in 1982, Paul Stanley and co. were left without a lead guitarist for Creatures of the Night. One session player got the opportunity of a lifetime...

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"It's a national anthem of rock." The story of the Kiss classic inspired by the tragic death of a fan

Producer Bob Ezrin sang the guitar solo to Ace Frehley so he could learn it – and Detroit Rock City went on to become Kiss's second-most-played song

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“I have absolutely no regrets. But with Eric Carr’s illness, I wish I’d handled that differently. The idea that someone close to me had cancer and was going to die, I couldn’t take it in”: Paul Stanley recalls the darkest day in the history of Kiss

“In some crazy way I thought that Eric might get better and come back to the band”

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"I remember looking at him and thinking: 'This guy's gonna die.'" Robben Ford's wild tales of Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Kiss, Joni Mitchell, George Harrison and more

Session guitarist extraordinaire Robben Ford got high with George Harrison, hit on by Barry Manilow, yelled at by Miles Davis, blanked by Bob Dylan and headhunted by Gene Simmons... and these are his stories

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Taylor Swift becomes the youngest woman inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame at age 36

Taylor Swift has become the youngest woman ever inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame at age 36

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Taylor Swift makes history as youngest woman inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame

Other stars inducted on Thursday night included Christopher ‘Tricky’ Stewart, Alanis Morissette, Kenny Loggins and Kiss’s Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley

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“I always tried to push him to be better, and he’s always been my incentive for trying to be better – better than him, sometimes”: Paul Stanley on the synergy and the rivalry that drove Kiss

“That bond is really the constant in the life of Kiss”

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“I was speechless to see that kind of God-given ability. You never forget something like that”: Kiss frontman Paul Stanley on the 1969 gig that made him realise what it meant to be a rock star

“It really opened my eyes to the enormity of what I wanted to do – and it was humbling”

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“Gene Simmons said we were his new favorite band. He wanted us to do a record – and to do things we didn’t want to”: Gary Klebe on Shoes’ near miss with the Kiss star, inspiring Butch Vig into production, and how his band got with Hamer

He’s learned to live with his band’s “power pop” label, finally released a solo album, and knows the one piece of advice that should always be ignored if you’re a producer – even if it comes from Steve Albini

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Kissmas Day, millions of dollars and the road to the bargain bin: Why the four solo albums were the beginning of the end for Kiss

Kiss's solo albums were meant to be a celebration of their dominance: Instead, they signalled the start of the decline

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Summer Movie Guide 2026: Here’s what’s coming to theaters and streaming from May to August

This summer, Hollywood is buzzing with a mix of sequels, adaptations, and original films

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"I said, One day, that's all you got." Legendary producer Eddie Kramer recalls the making of the five-track demo tape which introduced rock 'n' roll superheroes Kiss to the world in 1973

"It was like a musical manifesto."

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KISS back in the studio as Gene Simmons confirms new music

Gene Simmons has revealed that KISS are recording new material as work continues on the band’s upcoming avatar show.

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