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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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“Oh, and did we mention it’s a 7-string?”: Ibanez just fully weaponised the Iceman for metal and refreshed a whole bunch of its flagship signature models for Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, and more

The Iceman has always been a gent among metal guitars but with seven strings and a multi-scale build and Fishmans, consider it a true djent

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The story behind Kiss's ultimate party anthem, Rock And Roll All Nite. "Every night we play it, it brings on a euphoria and a feeling of abandon in the crowd"

Kiss desperately needed a hit. So they wrote Rock And Roll All Nite, and it's become part of the cultural furniture

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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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“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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“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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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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Paul Stanley says KISS are 'timeless superheroes' as he reflects on band’s defining breakthrough

Paul Stanley has hailed KISS as “timeless superheroes” while revisiting the pivotal moments that shaped the band’s rise.

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"We’re timeless superheroes, Batman with a guitar and Superman with a Marshall amplifier." Paul Stanley on the "timeless" appeal of Kiss, and why Alive! made them superstars

"The idea of being omnipotent, of being ageless, is incredibly powerful"

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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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“Even though it’s a budget guitar, it’s great. Paul Stanley used to smash one up at the end of KISS shows”: The amps that defined punk, the custom electric that was “painted in a shed” – Bruce Watson on the gear behind Big Country’s sound

The Big Country guitarist pulls some choice guitars and amps out of the vault, and explains why the Esquire beats the Tele

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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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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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Stocks Struggle With Spiking Bond Yields: Stock Market Today

The war in the Middle East doesn't appear to be going away anytime soon. On the other hand, Nvidia will report earnings after the closing bell on Wednesday.

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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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"This is not a band hiding behind legacy; it is one already doing enough to stand without it." Everything that happened at the debut live show by Stanley Simmons

The sons of Kiss icons Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons played their first show together at a tiny venue in San Diego – and Classic Rock was down the front

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“Yngwie was replaced for becoming difficult. We auditioned Steve Vai in secret”: Gary Shea’s never-say-never approach to Alcatrazz, New England… and maybe even Vinnie Vincent

The left-handed bassist discusses the pitfalls of being with Kiss’ management, selling his Ampeg gear to Malmsteen’s band, and releasing a record that shows what might have been with Vincent

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"The great thing about being an icon is you can stay young forever." Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley talk up Kiss avatar show, set to launch in Las Vegas in 2028 with new Kiss songs

"This is the phoenix rising out of the ashes"

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