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Gibson partners with Gene Simmons for new signature G² Thunderbird bass guitar
By Jackson Maxwell published
The Kiss bassist's first signature Gibson boasts a pair of T-Bird pickups and an ebony fretboard with pearloid reverse split diamond inlays

Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons rate Kiss's lead guitarists and reflect on the band's history in this classic 2014 GW interview
By Richard Bienstock published
In their five decades as a band, Kiss have had five lead guitarists. Here, the band's core members reflect on each of them – their strengths, their weaknesses, and how they meshed with the rest of the band

Ace Frehley on a potential future Kiss reunion: “Anything's possible”
By Sam Roche published
“If the money’s right and it’s presented to me in the right way, anything can happen,” the Kiss founding guitarist says

Kiss postpone four shows after Gene Simmons tests positive for COVID
By Matt Parker published
The band and their crew are all fully vaccinated and already at home in isolation following Paul Stanley’s previous positive test

Gene Simmons: “We are the hardest-working band in show business, but we do have an awful lot of fun. I have more fun than the Pope!“
By Jason Hunt published
With Kiss’s final world tour on hold, the Demon takes time out to partner up with Gibson on a new line of bass guitars, G2

Four-hour career-spanning Kiss documentary to air in June
By Richard Bienstock published
A&E’s Biography: KISStory will feature new interviews with Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley
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Alice Cooper responds to Gene Simmons' comments on the death of rock music: “There's kids out there with guitars and they're playing hard rock”
By Sam Roche published
The School's Out rocker says the genre is “where it should be right now”

Gene Simmons: “People remember a classic and simple bassline more than they do the actual song”
By Amit Sharma published
The outspoken Kiss four-stringer on his new line of Gibson G² guitars and basses, the infectious energy of Eddie Van Halen and his favorite basslines of all time
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