Kiss

Keith Leroux, KissOnline.com Rock legends Kiss refuse to rest on their laurels when it comes to showmanship, as evidenced by the premiere of their anticipated mechanical spider over the weekend. Descending to the stage with the help of a gargantuan web crawler that would make Peter Parker jealous, the band kicked off the European leg of their 'Monster' tour with their trademark audaciousness, as a

Rapper Scarface has a dream collaborator and it's none other than KISS bassist Gene Simmons. Because, well, who wouldn't want to work with the God of Thunder? Scarface even has designs on an all-star rock band. "I don't even know when my next album is going to come out, but I am going to make a rock 'n' roll album, though," the Houston-born hip-hopper said ...

"Beth" is one of the most famous fictional "chicks" in rock music, as the subject of the famed, Peter Criss-sung KISS ballad that is named after her. Originally called "Beck," the 1976 single was co-written by Criss, producer Bob Ezrin and frequent KISS collaborator Stan Penridge...

"I once heard a KISS interview where they were in Japan and the interviewer asked them a stupid question. He asked, 'What makes KISS so amazing?' Paul Stanley actually answered, 'You know, a lot of bands are envious of KISS. Actually, I'm envious of KISS...

British heavy metal veterans Iron Maiden just announced their own brand of beer, an upscale English ale named 'The Trooper' after the band's iconic song (and poster, which provides the artwork). It's just one of a half-dozen hard rock-based brews announced in recent weeks...

Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons don't just make beautiful music together and market every product under the sun in KISS. The singer/guitarist and singer/bassist are teaming up for a huge restaurant venture. Simmons's Rock & Brews restaurant is ready to expand worldwide, and will do so with Stanley as a partner. Th ...

Former KISS guitarist Ace Frehley hasn't paid the mortgage on his home in Yorktown, which is nestled in Westchester County in New York, since March 1, 2011. As a result, the property is in foreclosure. The Journal News reports that the U...

Is a live album really ever live? Most are manipulated in some way, either in the mixing stage or the overdubbing of guitar leads or vocal passages. The greatest of them all, KISS seminal Alive!, comes with legendarily conflicting reports of how much it was doctored. But who cares? It rocks harder than any other album in existence, KISS or otherwise.

KISS lead guitarist Tommy Thayer was on hand at the 2013 NAMM show in Anaheim, Calif. over this past weekend to visit the Gibson guitar booth and give the capacity crowd an up close and personal look at his spectacular new signature Epiphone "Spaceman" Les Paul...

"I absolutely still feel like a freak. That's a state of mind. It has nothing to do with how much money you have or how successful you are," Paul Stanley tells Noisecreep. The KISS vocalist/guitarist is referring to "Freak," a track he co-wrote with guitarist Tommy Thayer that appears on Monster, the iconic group's new album...