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“You can set up amplifiers and drums to your heart’s content”: Gene Simmons defends paid roadie scheme
By Jenna Scaramanga published
The Kiss bassist says those who pay $12k to roadie for him can do “whatever floats your boat”

Kiss announces unmasked Vegas show with former guitarist Bruce Kulick, as Gene Simmons postpones 17 solo dates
By Phil Weller published
November’s set will mark the 50th anniversary of their Kiss Army fan club and see Bruce Kulick reunite with the band after they snubbed the guitarist during their farewell tour

Ace Frehley is practicing more than ever as he keeps his demons behind him and returns to arenas
By Andrew Daly published
The Spaceman on his most recent solo album – which won’t be his last – his self-designed $200,000 studio, the state of play with his former Kiss colleagues, and his family connection to an object on the Moon

Ace Frehley sets the record straight on his multiple departures from Kiss
By Janelle Borg published
Frehley has dispelled the decades-long rumors that he was fired from the legendary band

Gene Simmons is offering fans the chance to be his personal assistant and roadie for a day… for $12,495
By Phil Weller published
Duties/benefits include hauling gear and having lunch with the Kiss bassist

How Tommy Thayer’s junior high disappointment fired him up for success with Kiss
By Andrew Daly published
Kiss’ longest-serving Spaceman on sticking to the Les Paul when it wasn’t cool, the joy of discovering you’ve been playing something wrong for years, why he avoided ’80s-style playing, and what he’s doing next

The moment Tommy Thayer knew he would be officially joining Kiss
By Phil Weller published
The band’s longest-serving Spaceman opens up on his history with the glam rock legends – and the moment he became their official guitarist

Tommy Thayer emerged in a scene of shredders and guitar heroes – but the style they pioneered never appealed to him
By Matt Owen published
The Kiss guitar player was surrounded by shredders in an era of evolution for guitar music, but felt a stronger affinity for what came before

Karl Cochran, longtime Kiss and Joe Lynn Turner collaborator, has died aged 61
By Janelle Borg published
The guitarist wrote Into the Void alongside Ace Frehley, which appeared on Kiss' 1998's Psycho Circus, and toured extensively with Frehley, Turner, Eric Singer, Bob Daisley, and many others
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