Feb. 28, 2001
ERIC SINGERS FIRST INTERVIEW
(From KISSonline)
Eric Singer has been laying low since rejoining KISS for the Australia and Japan shows. While in Los Angeles yesterday for other KISS business, KISSONLINE sat down and talked to Eric... his first interview since rejoining KISS.
Some interesting tidbits for you while the interview is being edited:
-Eric will be doing a drum solo during "God Of Thunder."
-"Beth" is being replaced by "I Was Made For Loving You."
-Eric will be singing "Black Diamond."
-Eric will be doing the flaming drumsticks trick during the show.

Eric also talked about how he came to rejoin KISS, how he found out he was back. He talks about wearing the makeup, and putting it on for the first time. Stay tuned!
Eric also appeared with the rest of KISS on TV for the very first time  as the Catman, yesterday morning on the 'Today Show' (Australian breakfast news program). 

Feb. 28, 2001
BRUCE KULICK'S GUITAR FOR SALE 
(From Faith Walker)
The guitar that Bruce Kulick used during KISS "Unplugged"; a black Ovation Elite Guitar (model #1868); is being auctionen away by Celebrity News Auctions. It has active electronics, a beautiful finish, with a slightly V-shaped neck that fits well into the hand. It has a cut-away for easy lead playing. It comes with the original hard shell case, and the actual strings that were used during the MTV performance!! As a special bonus, Bruce will include a color photo of himself performing with this instrument personalized to the winner of the auction. Here's your chance to own a piece of KISSTORY that was not available at the prior KISS Auction but now is through Celebrity News Auctions. Bids can be places here!!

Feb. 27, 2001
FIRST EVER KISS EXPO IN PUERTO RICO
(From Rolando Lugo)
On May 19, 2001 Black Star Entertainment Group is going to stage the first ever Puerto Rico KISS Expo. We are looking for KISS vendors that would like to come and sell their merchandise at our convention. We are honored to have the KISS tribute band, Love Gun and a very special guest soon to be announced. The Expo is going to be held in San Juan, capital of Puerto Rico, at a very popular club call "Coaches". Our production plan includes a pretty big stage set outside of the club for an outdoor concert by LOVE GUN and a couple of well known local rock bands. In the inside of the club we will set up all the vendors and special guest tables. Outdoors table will be available at a lower cost. The Expo venue is located 10 minutes from El Condado and around 15 minutes from Isla Verde where most of the hotel and guesthouses are located as well as our International airport. Almost every hotel and/or guesthouse has a beachfront. For a complete dealer's information package e-mail me at blackstar@ahora.net or call (787) 642-7412.

Feb. 26, 2001
"AUDIO DOG" MP3
(From Kulick.net)
Good news Kulick fans, Kulick.net has just added two awesome MP3 audio clips ("Change is Coming" & "Pair of Dice") from Bruce's brand new "Audio Dog" EP. Click over to Kulick.net Multimedia to listen to the clips! And don't forget to order the Audio Dog EP by clicking over to http://www.kulick.net/audiodog.

Feb. 26, 2001
SWEET PAIN CONCERT ANNOUNCED
(From Michel Zwartjes)
The Dutch KISS coverband "Sweet Pain" will be playing at the "Musician" in The Hague, Holland on April 6, 2001, with support-act "Taildagger"!
Check out Sweet Pain at www.sweetpainonline.com

Feb. 24, 2001
REVENGE SONG LYRICS
The song lyrics for "Revenge" are now online. The album came out in 1992 and featured Eric Singer on the drums, who has just joined the band again. Click here for the lyrics to Revenge.

Feb. 24, 2001
NEW FAN PAGES
We have 2 new Fan Pages: click here to see the contribution from Pieter Balk from Holland (Top Fan). Click here to see the Page from Bertrand Beck from France.

Feb. 23, 2001
AUDIODOG
Bruce Kulick has sent KISS NEWS the advert for his new CD EP called "Audiodog", which is his first solo release. This EP of the forthcoming album features three songs to tease you and one that will NOT be on the full length CD. Bruce will be sending us signed copies of this CD, which will be available in the FAN SHOP sometime in March.

Feb. 23, 2001
KISS KOLLECTOR MAGAZINE
(from Joop van Pelt)
KISS Kollector magazine is new and improved, and the latest issue (no. 35) comes out this weekend. From now on the 40 page glossy mag has no less than 16 pages in full color instead of 'only' 8 f/c pages. On top of that KISS Kollector Fanclub is celebrating its 10th Anniversary! (But more on that later this year.)

Issue 35 of KISS Kollector includes the latest news, a handwritten questionnaire by Gene Simmons, indepth statistics on the very successful KISS Farewell Tour 2000 (plus all previous tours of the reunited original line up), an article on all the latest bootleg CD's, part 2 of our Bruce Kulick interview, a look back at the first years of the 'zine (when it was still a 32 page black/white fanzine), part 3 of our extensive overview of all KISS covers and tribute albums, a lot of killer photos (many in awesome full color) and much more.

If you're not a member of the KISS Kollector Fanclub but would like to receive information on how to join plus a free copy of the latest issue, please send 2 International Reply Coupons within Europe or 3 I.R.C.'s outside Europe to:

KISS Kollector Fanclub
P.O. Box 1159
1200 BD Hilversum
Holland

Feb. 23, 2001
THIRD MELBOURNE SHOW ADDED
(from Mark Bridge)
All right Melbourne... The Promoter for KISS 2001, International
Touring Company, has informed me that a third and final show has been added to the upcoming Aussie Farewell Tour. This newly announced show means that KISS have matched their 'Reunion Tour' record for the amount of shows Downunder. KISS are even playing larger venues in some citys. The third Melbourne show goes on sale March 5th, for the Thurs 5th April show at Rod Laver Arena.

Feb. 23, 2001
WANTED-PAGE UPDATED
The "WANTED"-Page has been updated. If you have any of the items listed, please send an e-mail to webmaster@kissfanshop.de. Here you can check out the WANTED-Page. Here you can find rare stuff for trade.

Feb. 21, 2001
NEW FAN PAGE
Eric Taillefer from France has sent us his contribution to the Fan Pages. Click here to check out his Page.

Feb. 21, 2001
MELBOURNE KISS EXPO
(from Nicola Ciccarone)
KISS ARMY INTERNATIONAL/STRIKE mag. proudly presents the 6th ANNUAL AUSSIE KISS EXPOS.SOME OF THE MAIN HAPPENINGS OF THE DAY ARE:
* ALL-DAY KISS VIDEOS SHOWN ON A GIANT SCREEN WHICH 
WILL INCLUDE UNRELEASED TV AND LIVE FOOTAGE 
(including Phantom of the Opera and New Years’ Eve footage).
* PRIZES TO BE GIVEN AWAY THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT WITH 
SOME OF THESE COMPETITIONS INCLUDING: 
GUESS THE SONG COMPETITION 
TRIVIA QUESTIONS COMPETITION
BEST MAKE-UP COMPETITION... 
KISS TATTOOS COMPETITION
LONGEST TONGUE COMPETITION
KARAOKE COMPETITION. 
PRIZES INCLUDE: AUTOGRAPHED MATERIAL, KISS GUITAR 
PICKS AND KISS ARMY INTERNATIONAL MERCHANDISE.
* KISSTERIA TRIBUTE BAND IN CONCERT.
* MERCHANDISE WILL BE AVAILABLE. THERE WILL BE LOTS OF STANDS OVERLOADED WITH KISS MEMORABILIA FROM
EUROPE AND AMERICA INCLUDING ALL THE LATEST OFFICIAL 
U.S. MERCHANDISE.

MELBOURNE - SATURDAY, MARCH 3rd 2001
at the ET’s (EDWARDS TAVERN)
211 High Street - Prahran, VIC - Tel. 03-9510-9897

THE EXPO WILL START AT 6:00 PM UNTIL LATE - TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR AT $10 PER HEAD
For more information, please write to: NICOLA CICCARONE - 2 / 49 ROSE STREET - COBURG, VIC. 3058 - fax 9383-5900 - nicostrike@hotmail.com

Feb. 21, 2001
VENUE FOR ADELAIDE SHOW CHANGES
(from Mark Bridge)
For those who are going to Adelaide, please note the venue change for Adelaide, KISS will now play the Adelaide Entertainment Centre.
Here's all the links for the venues:
The Burswood Dome, Perth.
http://www.burswood.com.au/content.asp?area=entertainment
The Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Adelaide.
http://www.adelent.sa.gov.au/
Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne.
http://www.melbournepark.com.au/
The Sydney Superdome,Sydney.
http://www.superdome.com.au/
The Carrara Stadium, Gold Coast.
http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/carrara.html

Feb. 21, 2001
NEW FAN PAGE
Jean Claude Pierre Louis from France has sent us his contribution to the Fan Pages. Click here to check out his Page.

Feb. 21, 2001
NEWS FROM PHIL...
(from Phil)
I'd like to know if you can link my yahoo club on your site maybe under my profile if you can it's Yahoo! Clubs
thehottestbandintheworld, I always can use more members. My friends band NYB are in the studio finishing mixing there album, it's kicks ass, they are really cool,  there are photos of them posted on my site in the photo section, the band is produced by Richie Scarlet. I was in the studio with my friend Johnny P, the drummer, and Richie Scarlet Friday night. Richie has seen Ace last Thursday at Richie's new home, Ace wanted to check out Richie's new hutt. Richie and Johnny are  doing some of the finishing touches on the album, the
album not titled yet, but I heard the songs and they kick ass, and NYB are gonna be playing the Kiss Expo in late April in NJ at the Rothmans center. Kiss might be playing the final shows at the time of the Expo, let's hope not the same night as the concerts, but maybe on a Sunday after the last Kiss show it would work perfect for people that are flying in to NYC. Richie also has an album coming out with familiar artist's on it like ACE, plus others, it's gonna be out soon, too. He's busy putting the finishing touches on that album. I took some photos, I gotta get them developed of Richie in the studio, they will be posted up on my site too soon. That's what's been going on in NYC lately. Rock on and Peace out.

Feb. 19, 2001
KISS PINBALL
The KISS Pinball Game for the PC has now been released in Germany, with censored Logo... click  here for details.

Feb. 19, 2001
KISS FAN SHOP UPDATE
The KISS Fan Shop has been updated. Especially old collectibles are back in the Shop again, including Kiss Specials, magazines with KISS on the cover, CD's, singles, concert-posters, sticker, DVD's, postcards and key chains. Here you can check out these and many more KISS collectibles.

Feb. 19, 2001
NEW JAPANESE KISS BOOK
(from Akemi Yamashita)
Today a new KISS book has been released by Shinko Music. The book was written by C.K. Lendt ("Kiss & Sell") and translated into Japanese. It has over 350 pages and many extra beatiful photos. The book costs 2940 Yen.

Feb. 18, 2001
KISS IN THE PRESS
The new issue (#94) of Game Informer (USA) includes one page review about the Psycho Circus Dreamcast game.

Feb. 18, 2001
KISS CONCERT ONon SWISS TV
Das Konzert "The last KISS" von New Jersey 2000 wird jetzt auch im schweizer Fernsehen am 17. März 2001 im SF2 um 22.30 Uhr ausgestrahlt. Dauer: etwa 85 Minuten. Hier kannst Du es nachlesen.

Feb. 17, 2001
ERIC SINGER CANCELS APPEARANCE
Eric Singer was supposed to be Special Guest today at the Indy Kiss Fest. The promoters of the event announced, that due to his commitments to Kiss he unfortunately had to cancel his appearance. There will be 500 signed postcards given away for free, which Eric donated.

Feb. 15, 2001
NEW FAN PAGE
Marc Trovato from France has sent us his contribution to the Fan Pages. Click here to check out his Page.

Feb. 15, 2001
ERIC SINGER IN MAKE-UP
(from www.kissonline.com )
The official KISS Website Kissonline has now published the first photo of Eric Singer in Peters Make-up:

Feb. 15, 2001
NEW FAN PAGE
Michel Zwartjes, member of the Dutch KISS Cover Band "Sweet Pain" and webmaster of the Dutch KISS News Site has sent in his contribution, which you cen see right here.

Feb. 15, 2001
UNPAINTED TRIBUTE CD
(from Michel Zwartjes)
Soon there will be a new KissTribute CD released called :"UNPAINTED". This CD contains many bands from all over the world incl. German and Dutch bands songs and bands are listed as follows: Master & Slave - DEAR VICTIMS, Tears Are Falling - AMERICA TO MARS, Heavens On Fire - CIRCLE IX , Forever - KISS COVER SHOW, Who Wants To Be Lonely - STAR 2K, Thrills In The Night - UNMASKED, Dance All Over Your Face - PALE BLUE DOT, Crazy Crazy Nights - OREGON DREAMCHILD, Lick It Up - KISS KONFUSION, Thief In The Night - KISS FOREVER BAND, Unholy - SWEET PAIN, Let's Put The X In Sex - DOWNER featuring TRIPNOPHONIC.
Note that these are all covers from the non-makeup era. As soon as there's more info available we'll let you know.

Feb. 14, 2001
NEW FAN PAGE
Marianne from Holland has sent us her contribution to the Fan Pages. Click here to check out her Page.

Feb. 13, 2001
NEW FAN PAGE
Rüdiger Voigt from Germany has sent us his contribution to the Fan Pages. Click here to check out his Page.

Feb. 12, 2001
PIC OF THE WEEK
For the last time, here is our "pic of the week" online yesterday... It can be seen on the right side, this time it is  from 2000. It shows Peter Criss when he was still on stage with Kiss during their Farewell-Tour. This is just one of more than 3.000 photos, which can bee seen in the Photo Gallery.

Feb. 11, 2001
GENE SIMMONS INTERVIEW ONLINE
On www.eddietrunk.com you can now also listen online to the interview with Gene about the "departure" of Peter Criss...

Feb. 11, 2001
MARILYN MANSON GUITARIST VISITS KISS NEWS
Marilyn Manson Guitarist John 5 visited the KISS Fan Shop to buy some KISS posters just before the show in Vienna. He has been a big fan and collector for many years. He also proudly mentioned, that Gene Simmons recently attended a Marilyn Manson concert. He also contributed to the KISS Fan Pages. You can see his contribution right here.

Feb. 11, 2001
NEW FAN PAGE
Dick Bekkers from Holland has sent us his contribution to the Fan Pages. Click here to check out his Page.

Feb. 11, 2001
AUSTRALIAN KISS BILLBOARD
(from Ian Gray)
In case you may not have seen these images, they were taken
by me last Sunday morning 4 Feb, 2001 between the Gold Coast and Brisbane Australia.

Feb. 10, 2001
NEW FAN-PAGES
Some new Fan Pages have just went online:
Avat Sylvain (France)
Didier (France)
Kallef (Luxembourg)
Tilly Antoine (France)

Feb. 9, 2001
YOHOHAMA SHOWS ANNOUNCED
(from Akemi Yamashita)
At last UDO (the Japanese promoter) announced the Yokohama shows in the newspaper today.
March 9th. Yokohama Arena 19:00start
March 10th. Yokohama Arena 17:00start
Tickets will go on sale on Feb.17th.

Feb. 7, 2001
NEW FAN PAGE
Top-Fan Olaf Suplicki from Germany has made a contribution to the Fan Pages. Click here for details.

Feb. 7, 2001
NEW FAN PAGE
Douwe Kroodsma from Holland has made a contribution to the Fan Pages. Click here for details.

Feb. 6, 2001
KISSED
We have a new KISS cover band featured on our website: KISSED from Hanau, Germany. Click here to check out their contribution to the Tribute Band Pages.

Feb. 6, 2001
PIC OF THE WEEK
We forgot to put our new "pic of the week" online yesterday... so here it is. It can be seen on the right side, this time it is  from 1999. It shows Kiss backstage at the American Music Awards. This is just one of more than 3.000 photos, which can bee seen in the Photo Gallery.

Feb. 6, 2001
NEW FAN PAGES
Today four new Fan Pages went online: Mike from Holland (), Harald Streibl from Germany (), as well as Anthony Cabrieri and Jean-Michel Clenet from France.

Feb. 6, 2001
GENE SIMMONS ON THE RADIO
(from www.eddietrunk.com )
The phone interview with Gene from New York's Eddie Trunk Sat. night rock show where Gene announced, that Eric Singer will be wearing Peter's make-up, use Peter's drum kit and play like Peter, will be online on www.eddietrunk.com very soon. Gene also stated in the interview, that Peter has been offered a fair deal, but he was asking for something what he couldn't give.

Feb. 6, 2001
SINGER IN CRISS MAKE-UP CONFIRMED BY KISS MANAGEMENT
(from Stefanie Kuschel)
I was told by the KISS Management yesterday, that Eric Singer indeed will be wearing Peters make-up. A few days ago I have been told he will be getting a new make-up design. It seems they have changed their mind. I do not know, if the Japanese and Australian promoters have something to do with that. I was also told, that there are no negotiations yet with European promoters. I should get more details today and post them to you as soon as possible.

Feb. 6, 2001
CURRENT SITUATION ABOUT KISS
Since the official announcement on January 31st, 2001 on Kiss' official website "Kissonline" about the line-up change, the band has made no further statement yet. It was left unclear, what make-up Eric Singer will be wearing on the Japanese and Australian tours. Speculations on the internet went crazy, some people already saw also Ace leaving Kiss, or band members posting messages on private message boards. Recently Peter Criss made a statement through "Kiss Asylum", a private website, but not through Kiss' official website. It seems the band has not made a definite decisssion yet as to what make-up Eric Singer will be wearing. While earlier reports say he will get a new make-up design, it looks like they have changed their mind now and want Eric to wear Peters make-up, but we all have to wait for a definate final statement from the band.

Feb. 5, 2001
NEWS FROM JAPAN
(from Akemi Yamashita)
The KISSFest was held in Yokohama and Eric Singer played with Japanese tribute band named KISS JAPAN, great! They played some KISS songs and also Beth.
Today in the newspaper, UDO (the Japanese promoter) announced that Eric will be coming with Gene, Paul, and Ace. Yokohama's show is not announced yet...

Feb. 4, 2001
OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM PETER CRISS
(from www.kissasylum.com )
KissAsylum.com was contacted by a representative of Peter Criss tonight. It appears that Peter did not quit the band as reported elsewhere online, and KissAsylum.com was asked us to pass on to all the online fans the following, official statement from Peter about the current situation:
"I would like to express my love and affection to the KISS Army and my fans. It is unfortunate Gene and Paul choose to terminate their association with me for the Japan and the Australian tour dates. I am healthy and will truly miss performing for the Australian and Japanese audiences. In light of the circumstances, I wish the best of success to all.
Love,
Peter Criss - "Catman"

Feb. 4, 2001
GENE SIMMONS COMMENTS ON THE RADIO
(from ESPRESSO1971@aol.com)
Gene Simmons called  in to WNEW 102.7 in New York's Eddie Trunk Sat. night rock show to talk about the Peter Criss situation. Here are the details he covered:
1. Peter is NOT out of KISS
2. Peter didn't accept KISS' contractual offer for the Australia/Japan tour only.
3. The door is wide open for Peter to play the final show with KISS. Gene stated he, and everyone is saddened by this turn of events, and told Peter the band wanted him to be in the overseas tour, but the lawyers for both parties could not come to an agreement.
4. Neither parties are mad at eachother
5. Eric Singer WILL be in Peter's make-up and costume
6. Eric will play the songs true to the way Peter recorded them on the albums, and will not use his double kick drum set.
7. Gene said he is aware of all the internet bulletin board postings and that fans are very upset, and blaming him and Paul for this turn of events. He stressed he wants the fans to understand that there is much more to operating a band than just him saying what does and doesn't happen. He stated that professional bands are businesses and sometimes things happen like this, whether it is or isn't what the band members want. He stated that the band
wanted Peter on this tour, but the lawyers for both parties, NOT THE BAND MEMBERS, have total control over all of these types of contractual deals.
8. More dates have been added to both Australia and Japan
9. KISS will return to play the final show in only ONE city in the USA
10. KISS will discuss what changes, if any, will be made to the set list when rehearsals begin

Gene was very honest and candid towards the whole situation, and repeatedly wanted to stress that, whether the fans believe it or not, they mean everything to him and the band, and he hopes KISS does them justice with these final shows on this tour. He added that he hopes Peter will be there for the final show, so they can end it all as they began it all.

Feb. 3, 2001
GENE WANTED TO BE A MILLIONAIRE...
(from Phil)
I attended the taping of "Who wants to be a millionaire" with Gene Simmons. He didn't come in make-up, he seemed like he had a sore throat, because he was clearing his that a lot, he mentioned his foundation the Neil Bogart for cancer research and that he's doing a book and a movie about his life story, and what a hell of a guy Neil was. Gene's first question was what type of instrument is a plug in instrument, the answer was guitar. Then Gene talked about how he was a foreigner when he came to America and that if you got a
dream you can do anything you want to do here, then whipped out his Kiss credit card, raised his eyebrows in Gene Simmons fashion a couple of times and said 'see even you  can have your face on a credit card one day', it was a kind of cute the statement. Gene then had his first hard question after answering about 3 others he was on a roll at first, gotta watch the show for the question he had, but it wasn't easy and everyone else didn't really have a clue and Gene was to hasty to answer it, so he said final answer and didn't use a lifeline darn, but he gave a good go at it.  

Feb. 3, 2001
NEW FAN PAGE
Phil from the United States has been a KISS-Fan since 1975, has seen about 50 shows and was at the taping of "Who wants to be a millionaire" with Gene Simmons recently. Click here to see his contribution to the Fan Pages.

Feb. 2, 2001
NEWS ABOUT ERIC SINGER
(from Roman Schwarz)
I just talked to Eric Singer on the phone. He definately has confirmed the following:
-) he has signed the contarct for the concerts in Japan, Australia and further shows
-) he will not be wearing Peter's make-up. Which make-up he will be wearing is not yet decided [What Make-up should Eric Singer be wearing in your opinion? Vote here. See results here.]
-) he had never signed a contract to play with Alice Cooper on his upcoming tour
-) Peter and Kiss did not meet an agreement
-) they are in negotiations with the German promoter about a tour right now! [Do you think, Kiss will Tour Europe? Vote here. See results here.]
He also said he is very happy to be back in Kiss again.

Feb. 2, 2001
NEW TRIBUTE BAND PAGE
"Kings of the Night time world", a Kiss Tribute Band from Chicago have contributed to our Tribute Band Page. Here you can see their page.

Feb. 2, 2001
PETER MAY DO FINAL SHOW
According to www.rollingstone.com Peter Criss still may play at the final show in the US. Negotiations will go on. Alice Coopers managemt seemed to be surprised about Kiss' official statement of Eric Singers return to Kiss. He is supposed to play with Alice Cooper, who will tour at the same time as Kiss do... [What do you think will happen? Vote here. See results here.] In the meantime Gene taped his part in "Who wants to be a millionaire" where he blew the $ 1.000,- question.

Feb. 1, 2001
EUROPEAN TOUR
Acording to the Kiss Management, Eric Singer has already signed his contract for the upcoming Japanese and Australian Dates and also for possible further shows! A European Tour is now also called a possibility. Ace Frehley's contract runs out in May, but contracts can be extended... Now let's vote again. What's your opinion? Do you think, Kiss will Tour Europe? Vote here. See results here. So far the votes have been: yes 67,9 % / no 32,1%. At this poll you may vote once a day.

Feb. 1, 2001
FACT OR FICTION? ERIC SINGER AS "THE HAWK"
Could Eric Singer look like this in the future as "The Hawk"? "The Hawk" charakter was meant to be Eric Carr's when he joined Kiss in 1980, before he finally decided to be the fox.


special thanks for photo art by Mike Rutherford

Feb. 1, 2001
OPINION POLL
How do you feel about the official statement, that Eric Singer will replace Peter Criss? Vote here. See results here.

What Make-up should Eric Singer be wearing in your opinion? Should he wear Peter's Make-up and costume, a new designed Make-up & costume, or should he be "The Hawk"? Vote here. See results here.

Feb. 1, 2001
LATEST KISS NEWS
According to the Kiss management, Eric Singer will replace Peter Criss, and a European Tour is not yet out of the question! They were very impressed with all the letters and e-mails they got from all the European fans. What's your opinion? Do you think, Kiss will Tour Europe? Vote here. See results here.