DARK SECRETS: 8 - The Real Truth

The last KISS goodbye: ‘Yes, this is it,’ Gene Simmons swears as farewell tour winds down

Rockers say New York concerts this week will be their last on the road. First comes one final Allstate Arena show.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 26, 2023

Kiss cancel string of shows on farewell tour as Paul Stanley struggles with flu

Kiss cancel Ottawa, Toronto and Knoxville gigs with farewell tour set to wrap up in New York on December 2

Metal Hammer · Nov 25, 2023

“Gene looked like a transvestite, Paul looked like some whore and Ace looked like Shirley Maclaine”: the outrageous story of Kiss’s first 12 months

Kiss’s farewell tour is fast approaching its end – but this is how it all started, way back in 1973

Metal Hammer · Nov 24, 2023

"That kind of bare-bones grit they had in the early days was replaced with this driving sonic overload": Why I ❤️ AC/DC's Back In Black, by Kiss's Paul Stanley

Kiss legend Paul Stanley has a theory about what makes great bands great

Metal Hammer · Aug 29, 2023

30 guitarists on the guitar heroes who changed their life

Slash, Angus Young, Paul Stanley, Billy Gibbons reveal the guitarists who made them want to play in the first place

Louder · Aug 26, 2023

“Gibson represented vintage makeup-era Kiss – Paul Stanley wanted me to be part of the new generation of guitar players”: How Bruce Kulick gave Kiss a hair-metal makeover with his iconic ESP ‘Banana’ guitar

By 1984, Kiss had ditched the makeup and recruited a hot new gunslinger, who was on the hunt for a six-string identity worthy of the Superstrat era. Kulick tells us why his beloved yellow shred machine was “special from the first power chord I hit”

Guitar World · Aug 23, 2023

10 brilliant Kiss deep cuts we’re begging them to play one last time before they retire

Detroit Rock City and Rock And Roll All Nite are great, but these are the lost gems we want to hear on their farewell tour

Louder · Aug 12, 2023

Virginia prison officials won't divulge complaints about facility where inmate died

The Virginia Department of Corrections has refused to release records of complaints by inmates at a southwest Virginia prison that's under scrutiny in the 2022 death of an inmate

The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2023

The FBI is investigating the alleged beating death of a disabled inmate in Virginia

Charles Givens, an inmate at the Marion Correctional Treatment Center, was allegedly beaten to death by prison officers in 2022. His sister filed a federal lawsuit against the officers in February.

WEKU · Jul 26, 2023

“AC/DC are the real deal”: Kiss frontman Paul Stanley picks his favourite AC/DC album – but what’s he gone for?

The Kiss frontman and guitarist says AC/DC "hit me like the first time I heard Black Sabbath".

Louder · Jul 21, 2023