Jan. 31, 2001
ERIC SINGER REPLACES PETER CRISS
According to Kiss' official website Kissonline, Eric Singer replaces Peter Criss on the outstanding Farewell shows in Japan and Australia. First it was denied, and now it is official. What's going to happen? Will Eric really replace Peter? With make-up? How many fans will return their tickets or even sue the promoter? Are the shows going to happen at all? What do you think will happen? Vote here. See results here.

Jan. 31, 2001
PETER CRISS OUT OF KISS?
It seems like a neverending story... As reported on KISS NEWS a while back, Ace Frehley has signed his contract with the band and will take part on the Japanese and Australian Tours. Peter supposedly has been offered less money than Ace and still has not signed his contract. Peter Criss had been told before, that he would be replaced by Eric Singer, if he does not sign his contract.   According to Eddie Trunks website http://www.eddietrunk.com/news/articles/122.shtml , the rehearsals with Eric Singer are scheduled to begin mid February. In fact, Eric Singer went to Japan last week (where he was Special Guest on a KISS Expo) and is returning to the States these coming days. It is also said, that Eric will be playing with Alice Cooper in Australia just a few days after KISS have toured Downunder. All KISS shows have only been announced as Farewell concerts by the promoter, but not by the band. We probalby won't know who will be finally sitting behind the drumkit before the first show in Japan...

Jan. 31, 2001
KISS CONCERT ON INTERNETRADIO
(from Andreas Richter)
Londons music station Planet Rock is broadcastiong a KISS concert from New Jersey from last year on Feb. 17, 2001 at 10 pm MEZ European time. You can listen to the radio station online at  www.planetrock.musicradio.com

Jan. 31, 2001
NEW ENGLAND KISS EXPO MARCH 25
Here is some information about the upcoming New England KISS Expo:
when: March 25, 2001
where: The Venus De Milo; 75 Grand Army Highway Swansea MA
tickets: $ 12 in advance; $ 15,- at the door; $ 20,- VIP pass
Special Guests: Bruce Kulick, Bill Aucion, WCW's Demon, Michael Bruce; Tribute band to be announced
For more information click here.

Jan. 30, 2001
NEW FAN PAGE
Steve Foster from Canada has been a KISS fan since 1975 and has made his contribution to the Fan Pages today. Check out his contribution right  here.

Jan. 30, 2001
KISS PINBALL PC GAME
The Kiss pinball Game for the PC will be available in Germany soon with censored Logo and in German language. In the States the pinball Game has been released already. Click here for more infos.

Jan. 29, 2001
KISS ON AUSTRALIAN TV
(from Martin Tadzik)
I taped "The Last Kiss" shown here on Pay-Per-View on Saturday Night. Set list is: Detroit Rock City, Deuce, Shout it Out Loud, Firehouse, short documentary on the band's history, Heaven's On Fire, Let Me Go Rock and Roll, Shock Me, Ace's solo (edited), Psycho Circus, God of Thunder, 100,000 Years, Love Gun, I Still Love You (in part), Black Diamond, Beth, Rock and Roll All Night. An ad for the upcoming tour was also played. There was also an interview with Gene & Paul shown on "A Current Affair" on 15th Dec.2000.

Jan. 29, 2001
OPINION POLL
What would you like to see next on this website? The results so far: Videos   (28,9 %), Discographies (8,4 %), Audios (72 %). Click here to see the complete results how people have been voting so far. Click here to vote. Please note, that you can only vote once.

Jan. 29, 2001
PIC OF THE WEEK
Like every Monday we have a new "pic of the week", which can be seen on the right side, this time from 1998. It shows Kiss on stage at the Madison Square Garden in New York, receiving Gold Awards for sales of more than 500.000 untis of the "Psycho Circus"-album. This is just one of more than 3.000 photos, which can bee seen in the Photo Gallery.

Jan. 26, 2001
NEW KISS CD RELEASED IN RUSSIA
(from Vladimir Iljin)
A new compilation CD has been released in Russia called "Best Ballads". It contains 20 KISS ballads. Here's a photo of the cover...

Jan. 26, 2001
NEW FAN-PAGE
Greg Zimmermann from Switzerland has been a KISS-fan since 1976, you can check out his contribution to the Fan Pages right  here.

Jan. 26, 2001
SECOND SYDNEY SHOW ADDED
A second show at Sydney's Superdome has just been announced for Sunday, April 8, 2001. Opening act will be "The Screaming Jets". Tickets go on sale on Monday, Feb. 5, 200. Click here for more details.

Jan. 26, 2001
KISS COURT CASE ONLINE
(from www.kissinuk.com )
For those of you interested a copy of the case where a woman is suing Paul Stanley & McGhee for hurting her finger at a KISS show is online over at The Smoking Gun. You can read it all at http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/kisssuit1.shtml.

Jan. 26, 2001
ACE FREHLEY INTERVIEW ONLINE
Ace Frehley was in the studio with Ed for the ORIGINAL Merry Kissmas spectacular on December 23, 2000 on http://www.eddietrunk.com ! They have over an hour of audio with Ace from that night and exclusive pictures of Ace from that night.

Jan. 25, 2001
KISS FOREVER BAND TO RELEASE RECORD
(from Ferri/KISS Forever)
I would like to let you know that our KISS FOREVER BAND Tribute album will be relased in April. This has been our dreams for a long time, and we finally have a contract with a record company to publish it.
This is the list of the songs:

I Love It Loud
Calling Dr. Love
I Was Made For Loving You
Love Gun
Firehouse
2,000 Man
Shock Me
Beth
Black Diamond
Rock And Roll All Nite
God Gave Rock And Roll To You
Domino

The Tribute album will be recorded in February , in one of the best
Hungarian studios.

Jan. 25, 2001
NEW FAN-PAGE
MaryJane Fisher from Florida has seen KISS back in 1974 on the Mike Douglas Show and she is a fan ever since... click here to see her contribution to the Fan Pages.

Jan. 25, 2001
KISS IN THE PRESS
Two new English Dreamcast-magazines have a 2-page-feature on the KISS Psycho Circus game: dcm (1/2001) and Dreamcast (2/2001).

Jan. 23, 2001
KISS-MEMBERS AT NAMMM SHOW
Paul Stanley attended the NAMM show this year together with his son. Bruce Kulick and Eric Singer have also been spotted there.

Jan. 23, 2001
GENE'S TV APPEARANCES
Gene can be seen on American TV a couple of times in the near future: on April 19 he is scheduled to appear on "Turn Ben Stein on", on June 11 he is supposed to host a documentary for Court TV, and on Feb. 9, the episode of "Who wants to be a millionaire" will be shown. 

Jan. 23, 2001
WILL KISS EXTEND FAREWELL TOUR?
(from Steffi)
On Wednesday Paul said during an interview on MTV Rock USA, that KISS will definately be extending their Farewell Tour!

Jan. 22, 2001
NEW FAN PAGE
Sabine Corbat from Germany has sent in her contribution for the Fan Pages. Click here to see her page.

Jan. 22, 2001
PIC OF THE WEEK
Like every Monday we have a new "pic of the week", which can be seen on the right side, this time from 1997. It shows Kiss at a press-conference just before the start of their European Tour. Ace missed the plane, so he wasn't there (remember the San Remo Music Festival 1981?..). This is just one of more than 3.000 photos, which can bee seen in the Photo Gallery.

Jan. 19, 2001
HOT IN THE SHADE SONGTEXTE
Und wieder ist die Songtexte-Seite um ein Album reicher: die 15 Songs von "Hot in the shade" können ab sofort mit deutscher Übersetzung hier nachgelesen werden!

Jan. 18, 2001
CLOWN WHITE NEWS
(from Deno Tofalos)
OK KISS fans! We want to hear what you've got to say about KISS or anything KISS related. Why not put pen to paper and write about absolutely 'anything' you want. E-mail your stories (up to 2,000 words) to deno@dct-designs.co.uk and we'll publish the best in issue 6 of the magazine (both fiction or non-fiction).
Bottom line? Be different - shock me - shock the readers - go out on a limb and make sure we have no choice but to print your story - you'll be the one taking FULL credit for it. Don't worry about the artwork (unless you've got any pictures you want to go with it) - we have some of the very best designs and layouts to make this next issue something rather special! And adding extra pages means we've also more space. The magazine will be out late March/early April and we want to make this our finest issue EVER! So get your thinking caps on - get your spell checkers ready - and let the KISS ARMY know what you think!!!

Jan. 18, 2001
NEWS FROM RON LEE JACK (EX-WICKED LESTER)
(from Ron Lee Jack)
I`m selling some stuff. RON LEEJACK CD (STEEL BLUES) $15.00, WICKED LESTER T SHIRTS $20.00, RON LEEJACK T-SHIRTS $20.00, RON LEEJACK SIG. GUITAR PICS (SET OF 5) $10.00, RON LEEJACK PHOTO`S $10.00, WICKED LESTER PHOTO`S $10.00 and more. I autograph everything. Right now I can only accept US currency or a Post office money order. If anybody is interested send to RON LEEJACK PO BOX 947 BAYONNE NEW JERSEY 07002 USA or e-mail me at RON_LEEJACK@msn.com.

Jan. 18, 2001
KISS PUZZLES
Now you can also find KISS Puzzles on our KISS Games-site. You can choose from 49 (!) different Puzzles , which are all available in 12, 35 and 63 pieces. That makes 10 years of your life, if you want to solve them all.  Here they are...

Jan. 17, 2001
ATLANTA KISS EXPO FEB. 18, 2001
(from Phil Elliott)
Attention! Calling all KISS fans! Kreatures of the South International is
proud to announce the Biggest KISS Expo ever! The 7th Annual Atlanta KISS Expo will be held Sunday, February 18, 2001 at The Atlanta Hilton Northeast. The extended hours of the show will be 11am-9pm. This years Very Special Guests will include: Former KISS Lead Guitarist-"The Animalize Man" himself Mark St. John, ***(JUST ADDED) FORMER KISS LEAD GUITARIST -BRUCE KULICK, Former Ted Nugent Vocalist/Guitarist-"Mr. Stranglehold" Derek St. Holmes, Baltimore, Maryland's "Ultimate" KISS Tribute Band- Love Gun, and The Best KISS Dealers from around the world! Stay tuned for more announcements! Fans and Dealers alike say that Atlanta is The Best KISS Expo around, so if you've only heard about the show, why not come in 2001, and let us give you The Biggest Bang for your KISS Dollar! Soveignier tickets will be $10. (in advance), and $12. (day of show). Advance soveignier tickets are available now! Charge by phone tickets @ 770-753-9630, or send a self addressed stamped envelope (.34) to: Atlanta KISS Expo Tickets, 5595 Ashewoode Downs Drive, Alpharetta, Georgia 30005-4396. The Hilton Atlanta Northeast will have limited numbers of discounted rooms set aside for us, so call 1-800-445-8667 and ask for the "Discounted Atlanta KISS Expo" rate of $79. a room (Double or King). For Dealer info send a request to Phil Elliott at the above mentioned address, or call/fax: 770-753-9630, or e-mail me @ KREATURESS@aol.com. See you at the show!

Jan. 17, 2001
NEW TATTOO-ENTRY
Eugene from Italy has sent us a photo of his KISS-Tattoo, which you can see right here.

Jan. 16, 2001
KISS CROSSWORD
A new day, a new KISS-Game: here you can test your knowledge on the  Kings In Satans Service in the new KISS Crossword...

Jan. 16, 2001
KISS TO EUROPA PETITION CLOSED
The "Kiss to Europe" petition is now over. Thank you very much for all the mails (some even came as far as Pakistan and Singapore!). They are now on the way to the Promoter and to the KISS management, who will also forward them to Gene Simmons...

Jan. 15, 2001
KISS IN YOKOHAMA
(from Akemi Yamashita)
This information is not official: KISS will play in Yokohama on
March 9th and 10th, 2 days at Yokohama Arena
Promoter UDO will announce these dates after Jan. 20th, the date of the general ticket sales of Tokyo Dome.

Jan. 15, 2001
COVER BAND SWEET PAIN ON TV
(from Michel Zwartjes)
Sweet Pain's Michel van Tongeren and Michel Zwartjes will be aired on tv sometime in February on a Dutch TV-show called : "de tv kapper"!!! The show is basically about you sitting in a hairdresserschair and tell your story, In case of Sweet Pain it will probally be based on the stolen instruments of the band last year in December. In the meantime they will cut and wash the bandmembers hair!! (whoooops were does my hair go??!!) The show will be recorded Feb.1st, we will let you know when it will be broadcasted...
Check out the bands website at http://www.sweetpainonline.com

Jan. 15, 2001
NEWS FROM KISS KOLLECTOR FANCLUB
(from Joop van Pelt)
Although it has been quiet on KISS Kollector Online (due to our webmaster's busy schedule), work on the fanclub and its glossy magazine continues as per usual. The new issue of KISS Kollector magazine is scheduled for late February, and the good news is that from now on the 40 page mag includes 16 full color pages instead of 'only' 8.

This Tuesday, January 16, Joop who runs KISS Kollector Fanclub will be on nationwide radio in Holland to talk about KISS. It'll be on radio 5 in the VPRO program "Muziek Met Een Verhaal" (Music With A Story), which starts at 13.45 hours. Last month he was also on radio 5, as guest on a Grateful Dead special in a program called "Ongehoord" talking about (KISS) fans and merchandise in the music industry.

Jan. 15, 2001
DON'T HANG THE DEMON!
That's the newest Game on our website. You have to guess a word. If you miss 5 times, Gene gets hanged! Click here to to play the Game, but... Don't hang the Demon!

Jan. 15, 2001
KISS NEWS MORE POPULAR THAN EVER
Our website has become more and more popular recently as you can see on the countergraphics. There are already well over 10.000 pageviews/week on KISS news and the KISS Fan Shop. That makes Pauly a smily...
   
Jan. 15, 2001
PIC OF THE WEEK
Like every Monday we have a new "pic of the week", which can be seen on the right side, this time from 1996. It shows Ace Frehley shooting a rocket out of his guitar.... this is just one of more than 3.000 photos, which can bee seen in the Photo Gallery.

Jan. 14, 2001
FEED GENE WITH COOKIES
Probably the best KISS Game so far has just gone online. Gene is hungry and you gotta feed him with cookies. The more cookies he gets, the longer he becomes and the more difficult is the Game... click here to play the Game. (Internet Explorer only)

Jan. 12, 2001
NEW KISS TATTOO
A new entry from Bernhard Link can be seen in the KISS Tattoo-page. Check out his Tattoo right here.

Jan. 12, 2001
KISS IN JORDAN...
Robert Klammer from Vienna has been on holiday in Jordan a few years ago, and check out what he found at the newsstand: KISS on the cover of a daily Jordan newspaper. What does it say? Is this a report about the Kings in Satans Service or something else?

Jan. 12, 2001
NEW SONG LYRICS
The song lyrics to Crazy Nights and Smashes, thrashes & hits are now online. Click here to check out the new pages.

Jan. 12, 2001
LAST SHOW NOT AT THE GARDEN?
It's no sectret, that KISS would like to end their Farewell tour with a series of dates at New Yorks Madison Square Garden. In fact those would have to take place before mid May, before Ace's just recently renewed contrcat with Kiss is running out. But it looks like this won't be possible since the venue is booked already far in advance for other events. It seems that the band will either have to look for another venue or to extend one more time the contract with Ace. An European tour seems to be more unlikely than ever before. Peter is expected to be signed again any day now.

Jan. 12, 2001
KISS NEWS AVAILABLE IN FRENCH
We are proud to announce the launch of the French version of KISS News, bringing you the daily News also in French.
KSS News is now online in 6 languages: German, English, Spanish, Dutch, Danish and French. You can get to your preferred language-edition of KISS News by clicking on the appropriate the flag on top of this page.

Jan. 12, 2001
GENE SIMMONS IN "WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE"
Gene Simmons is scheduled to appear in a celebrity version of "Who wants to be a millionaire" for charity, which is being taped in New York on February 1.

Jan. 12, 2001
STRIKE #47
(from Nicola Ciccarone)
Strike 47 has just been printed and the copies to the members and distribution are being shipped these days. Also this time Strike will be available at the newsagents around Europe and the US. This issue is mostly about the Farewell tour and includes several concerts reviews, plus tons of news etc etc... Strike is printed on glossy paper, it's a 64 page magazine 16 of which are in full color with a great layout. It's printed in English, but you can also ask for the translations in 4 more languages... For any info feel free to e-mail me at nicostrike@hotmail.com 

Jan. 11, 2001
ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME PETITION
(from Michael/ www.kiss-forever.net )
Kiss-forever.net is the proud sponsor of the petition to get KISS into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Since December 1 we have received over 1600 signatures on this petition but we need MORE and MORE! If you haven't signed this petition please drop by www.kiss-forever.net and click the link on the main page. Together we CAN make a difference! While KISS certainly doesn't NEED to be inducted, they certainly DESERVE to be! So please stop by today and add your voice to the chorus of other KISSArmy members fighting to get KISS the recognition they deserve!

Jan. 11, 2001
RICHIE SCARLET NEWS
(from Fraser/ www.sikkworld.co.uk )
Richie Scarlet (Ex-Frehleys's Comet singer) has nearly finished his new album. Ty Tabor has guested on a couple of tracks. Looks like March / April before it is released ( including the UK ). Richie's last solo album 'Out of My Past' is now available directly from -
Paul Newcomb,Trigger Happy Music, 1 Scillonian Road, Guildford, GU2 7PG, UK.
The price is £10.00 incl p+p to UK addresses. Email for postage rate to the rest of the world.
Steve 'Budgie' Werner, drummer, ex Ace Frehley Band has just finished an album with Jesse Evans and The Crash. As yet untitled, it is an excellent rock album very Free / Bad Company in style and is a knockout.

Jan. 11, 2001
KISS TO EUROPE CAMPAIGN
This Monday all e-mails will be forwarded to the promoter, the Kiss management and to Gene Simmons. If you haven't made your contribution yet, it's now your last chance to give Mr. Simmons & Co a message...  

Jan. 11, 2001
ERIC SINGER NEWS
(from Carlos Pascual/KISS News Spain)
The CULT released on November 21,  2000 a 6-CD boxset called Rare Cult. On the CD number 4 there are 8 recordings with Eric Singer on drums that were recorded and mixed at Track Record, Hollywood, June 1988. The songs are: Zodiac (demo), Yes Man (demo),  Citadel (demo), The Crystal Ocean (demo), Lay Down Your Gun (Version One), Bite On The Bullet (demo), Iron Star (demo) & Star Child (demo). Eric is now working with Alice Cooper on a new album scheduled to be finished at the end of January.

Jan. 10, 2001
KISS JAPAN TICKETS
(from Akemi Yamashita)
The tickets for the Japanese shows will go on sale:
13/Tokyo...from Jan.10th. through UDO-homepage, from Jan. 20th. by telephone (aoyama-ticket, pia, etc)
16/Fukuoka...from Jan.12th. through UDO-homepage, from Jan.27th. by telephone(pia, etc)
18/Nagoya...n/a...Because Nagoya's general promoter is not UDO
21+22/Osaka...from Jan.12th. through UDO-homepage, from Jan.?th. by telephone
Yokohama is not announced...
UDO is the promoter for the Japanese shows. The homepage is located at: www.udo.co.jp/

Jan.10, 2001
KISS IN THE PRESS
In 2 english magazines is an article about the Psycgo Circus Dreamcast-Game: DC-UK (1/2001; 1 page) and Dreamcast (No. 17; 2 pages).

Jan. 9, 2001
KISS JAPAN TOUR
(from Akemi Yamashita)
The Daten for the KISS Japan Tour have just been confirmed:
13.3.2001: Tokyo (Tokyo Dome)
16.3.2001: Fukuoka (Fukuoka Kokusai Center)
18.3.2001: Nagoya (Nagoya Rainbow Hall)
21.3.2001: Osaka (Castle Hall)
22.3.2001: Osaka (Castle Hall)
The Date(s) for Yokohama are not yet confirmed. Tickets for Tokyo Dome are 9.500 Yen.
note: Toyko Dome holds about 50.000 people. In 1997 Kiss made over $ 1 million on merchandise alone at Tokyo Dome!

Jan. 8, 2001
KISS PINBALL GAME IN STORES IN THE UK
(from www.kissinuk.com)
Don't have a real KISS Pinball machine? Well this is probably the next best thing - KISS Pinball for the PC is now available in UK shops and thanks to Take 2 I've managed to get hold of a copy. You can pick it up for £19.99 in most big PC games shops (HMV seem to have a lot of copies). Click here to raed a full review.

Jan. 8, 2001
RINGTONES FOR NOKIA
Thanks to Dirk Möllenbrock you can now also find ringtones for 3 KISS songs (God of thunder, Heaven's on fire and I was made for lovin' you) for Nokia. Here you find more infos.

Jan. 8, 2001
KISS JAPAN TOUR
(from Akemi Yamashita)
KISS Japan Tour Dates are still not confirmed. Uncomfirmed possible dates are: Tokyo 13th, Osaka 21+22th, Yokohama 9+10th or 14th, and also Nagoya and Fukuoka. Japanese promoter UDO has not announced the dates yet. I hope they will confirm the dates soon.

Jan. 8, 2001
PIC OF THE WEEK
Like every Monday we have a new "pic of the week", which can be seen on the right side, this time from 1995. It shows Ace Frehley with Dutch KISS Cover Band KISS This backstage at one of the KISS Conventions in Europe.... this is just one of more than 3.000 photos, which can bee seen in the Photo Gallery.

Jan. 7, 2001
TWO NEW KISS GAMES
There are two new KISS Games available again: battleship (you play against the Computer) and connect 4 (for 2 Players), in Kiss-Style of course...

Jan. 5, 2001
KISS MEMORY GAME
Train your brain with the Kiss Memory Game! 2 versions of the game are now online. Check out the new KISS Memory Game right here!

Jan. 4, 2001
ATTENTION! DOMAIN CHANGES
At the moment 4 Domains lead to the same site:
www.kissnews.de ; www.kissnews.net ; www.kissfanshop.de ; www.kissfanshop.com .
This will change soon!
www.kissnews.de : if you are using this address, you will get to the German News site in the future
www.kissnews.net : if you are using this address, you will get to the start-page with the flags (so, in this case nothing will change)
www.kissfanshop.de : if you are using this address, you will get directly to the German Fan Shop
www.kissfanshop.com : if you are using this address, you will get directly to the English Fan Shop

If you get to the wrong page by mistake, you can easily get to the correct page through the links on top of each page. From the Fan Shop there is a link to the News-site and the other way around as well. You can also get from the German site to the English one by clicking on the correct flag on top of the page.

Jan. 4, 2001
KISS TO EUROPE CAMPAIGN
Tons of mails have come in already. A big THANK YOU to everybody who has sent in his contribution. But it also has to be said, that only 25% of all KISS News readers have filled out the form and sent it in. Does this mean, the other 75% do not want to see KISS in Europe? Even if you are not living in Europe, you can make your contribution. Just fill out the form on top and click on the "submit" button. The campain will end next week, all e-mails will be printed out and sent to KISS by UPS. 

Jan. 3, 2001
NEW FAN PAGE
A new day, a new Fan Page... this time from George Navarro from Chicago. Here you can check out his page.

Jan. 2, 2001
NEW FAN PAGE
There is a new Fan Page online from Miguel Angel Santome from Argentina. Here you can check out his page.

Jan. 1, 2001
KISS CAMERA FINALLY AVAILABLE!
After half a year delay, the official KISS camera has finally been relaesed! Cool item! It is the only camera you are allowed to make photos with at a KISS concert. Check it out right here.

Jan. 1, 2001
KISS IN THE PRESS
Some new magazines featuring KISS articles include: Hit Parader 1/2001 (USA; 1 page) and 2 German Computer-magazines featuring 1 page about the Dreamcast Psycho Circus Game: Maniac 1/2001 and Video Games 1/2001.

Jan. 1, 2001
PIC OF THE WEEK
Like every Monday we have a new "pic of the week", which can be seen on the right side, this time from 1994, it shows Peter Criss in Berlin when he was doing a sightseeing tour on a day off during the KISS Convention Tour.... this is just one of more than 3.000 photos, which can bee seen in the Photo Gallery.