November 30, 2001
PICS FROM ACE FEHLEY LIVE IN NEW YORK
(from www.twistedsister.com via Richard Beck)
You can find some Ace Frehley pics from Ace live in New York at Twisted Sisters's homepage at http://www.twistedsister.com/steel_01.html. It is also said that VH-1 will air a one-hour special 'Rockshow' next Friday with extensive coverage of NY Steel.

November 29, 2001
ACE FEHLEY LIVE IN NEW YORK
Ace Frehley played for the first time again in 6 years with his solo-band again. Yesterday night they played 8 songs at the New York Benefit concert. Here is the set-list:
Rip It Out
Parasite
Strange Ways (Karl Cochran vocals)
Rock Soldiers/Ozone/Hard Times (medley)
Breakout (Ritchie Scarlett vocals)
Rocket Ride/Cold Gin (medley)
New York Groove
Deuce (encore)

November 29, 2001
KISS BOX SET BOOK EUROPE-VERSION WITH BONUS-PAGES!
(from Gerhard Wimmer/KISS Fan Shop)
Some news again concerning the Box Set. The oficial release date in Europe for the Standard Box Set is Dec. 3, 2001 and it will also not be sent out to the stores before this date. The Standard Box Sets will arrive here on Monday and will be mailed out on Tueasday.  I was also told by the record company, that the European Version has definately additional pages in the booklet! I am wondering why this has not been announced earlier... anybody who has ordered the Standard Box Set in the Fan Shop will receive the European Version with the additional pages in the booklet! In the US the Box Set entered the Billboard charts at #128 selling almost 20.000 copies the first week.

November 28, 2001
NEW KISS STRIKE 2002 CALENDAR
(from Nicola Ciccarone)
It has just been released a new KISS Calendar 2002 from STRIKE magazine. It's a magazine/calendar in full color with 28 pages printed on glossy paper. For infos on how to order it and to read more about it click here: www.nicostrike.com
All the photos in the calendar are taken by Nicola Ciccarone and some are from the Sydney press conference in March 2001.

November 27, 2001
NEW AUCTION CATALOG
There is a new Auction Catalog available from Lalands, who are doing the Kiss auction in December. It features Gene Simmons on the cover. It is nothing special compared to the first Kiss auction book since this is not just Kiss, but more a general auction book containing other artists as well. Still very nice, it includes 22 pages on interesting Kiss stuff including many costume pieces.

November 24, 2001
SECOND OFFICIAL KISS AUCTION
(from www.lelands.com via Tristan Glassey)
Second official auction for the legendary rock band KISS.
After June 2000, December 2001. 140 lots with tons of band members' personal items, rarities and even... low prices !
Go to www.lelands.com and bid. Good luck !

November 24, 2001
REMEMBERING ERIC CARR
Today marks Eric Carr's 10th Anniversary of Eric Carr's passing. Eric replaced Peter Criss in 1980 and stayed a member of the band until his tragic death due to cancer in 1991. Friends and fans will always keep him in good memory.

November 22, 2001
NEW KISS COVER SONG
(from www.rockreunion.de via Markus)
MOTORHEAD's Lemmy teamed up with DEF LEPPARD guitarist Vivian Campbell and sometime KISS drummer Eric Singer to record a cover of KISS' classic "Shout It Out Loud" for an unannounced movie soundtrack due out in the summer.
KISS guitarist ACE FREHLEY has begun work on a new album, tentatively titled "The Baldest Baby On The Block".

November 22, 2001
NEW FAN PAGES
Martin Benoit from Canada has joined our Fan Pages. Click here to check out his contribution.

November 21, 2001
KISS BOX SET NEWS
(from Gerhard Wimmer/KISS Fan Shop)
News from the record company: the official release date for the Standard Edition in Europe is now December 3, 2001. The KISS Fan Shop may have it a bit earlier. They also say there should be a Premium Gold Edtion available (only through the official website) that includes a Gold Award for "Alive!". Price is rumored to be around US $ 850,- (not including taxes). No Bonus Tracks included...

November 21, 2001
KISS BOX SET RELEASED IN THE US
The Kiss Box Set has been released yesterday in the US. Gene & Paul did a rare in-store appearance in make-up for a record signing at Tower Records at Sunset in Los Angeles. It was so crowded, that you had to buy a Box Set to be able to get in, and stand 3 hours in line to get an autograph. The Deluxe Edition outsells the Standard Edition by far in the US.

November 21, 2001
KISS IN THE PRESS
(from Siggi)
Gene Simmons on the cover of a German snowboard magazine? Almost. It is actually  "Gian Simmen", it also says "Kiss, My Ass".
Inside there is a 12-page article including photos from "Gian Simmen". Kiss, or "Gene Simmons" are hardly mentioned.

November 20, 2001
KISS IN DER PRESSE
(from Jörg Papstein)
Gene Simmons in on the cover of the newsest edition of German "Metal Heart" magazine. It also features a 4-page article.

November 19, 2001
NEW KISS KOLLECTOR MAGAZINE OUT NOW
(from Joop van Pelt)
The November issue of KISS Kollector magazine has been mailed out to all members last Tuesday. Since it's our 10th Anniversary issue (and therefore features congrats messages from Gene and Eric plus others), we added no less than 8 pages (for free!) making it our biggest issue ever with 48 pages in total. Jampacked as per usual, the new issue includes part 1 of an exclusive and revealing interview with KISS' former manager Bill Aucoin, a review of the forthcoming KISS Box Set, a discount coupon for the Box Set, a contest to win the Konfidential & X-treme Close Up DVD, our annual Eric Carr Memorial Tribute (it's also the 10th 'anniversary' of Eric's tragic death), lots of never before published live-on-stage as well as offstage photos from the seventies, and much, much more.

November 19, 2001
EUROPEAN KISS COVER STORIES FOR X-MAS
(from Joop van Pelt)
This year's Christmas will be a good one for the KISS Army, as not only can we expect the deluxe edition of the KISS Box Set in December but there will also be a few KISS cover stories thanks to some European magazines.
The December/Christmas issue of Germany's Metal Heart magazine will be out any day now and features a KISS cover story written by Joop from KISS Kollector Fanclub along with some never before published photos as provided by the fanclub. Next to the article there will be bits and pieces from KISS Kollector's Bill Aucoin interview. The Christmas issue of Holland's Aloha magazine will also feature a KISS cover story. The article will be huge, possibly 11 or 12 pages long, and will be written this week. Interviews with Paul and Gene as well as with Joop from KISS Kollector Fanclub have been set up for later this week. Aloha has been trying to run a big KISS article for a while, but a good reason (the release of KISS Alive IV, which got cancelled) suddenly went out the window and as setting up interviews with Gene and Paul was almost impossible, the idea was laid to rest. Until the KISS Box Set, that is. With the upcoming release of the box set, the magazine saw a good reason again to finally come up with that huge KISS article. The issue most probably will hit newsstands in Holland by the end of the month.

November 19, 2001
NEW FAN PAGES
There are 3 new additions to the Fan Pages:
Gregor Mandl (Austria)
Slawomir Bujdo (Poland)
Stefan Woller (Austria)

November 17, 2001
AUSSIE KISS PARTIES
(from Nicola Ciccarone)
MELBOURNE  DECEMBER 15th    -    SYDNEY   DECEMBER 22nd
presented by KISS ARMY INTERNATIONAL / STRIKE magazine

SOME OF THE MAIN HAPPENINGS
OF THE DAY ARE:

THE KISS PARTY AUCTION
IF YOU HAVE AN INTERESTING ITEM THAT YOU WANT TO AUCTION AT THE KISS PARTY, PLEASE CALL NICOLA CICCARONE AND ASK HIM FOR DETAILS (03-9383-2555)

* ALL-DAY KISS VIDEOS SHOWN ON BIG SCREEN WITH UNRELEASED TV AND LIVE   FOOTAGE

* PRIZES TO BE GIVEN AWAY THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT WITH SOME KISS  COMPETITIONS:

 THE KISS QUIZ SHOW !
 ...test your KISS knowledge with multimedia TRIVIA  and test your vocal chords with the KISS KARAOKE

BEST MAKE-UP COMPETITION
BEST KISS TATTOOS COMPETITION
LONGEST TONGUE COMPETITION

PRIZES INCLUDE VARIOUS KISS MERCHANDISE  from the KISS ARMY INTERNATIONAL shop

*  KISSTERIA  TRIBUTE BAND LIVE IN CONCERT.

*  KISS MERCHANDISE  WILL BE AVAILABLE.
THERE WILL BE LOTS OF STANDS OVERLOADED WITH KISS MEMORABILIA FROM EUROPE AND AMERICA

MELBOURNE - SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15th 2001
at the ET's (EDWARDS TAVERN)
211 High Street - Prahran, VIC - Tel. 03-9510-9897

SYDNEY - SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22nd 2001
at FOREST INN www.cafeiguana.net/fi/index.html
Corner of Stoney Creek & Forest Rd, Bexley, NSW - Tel. 02-9567-1284

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 9383-2555 - nicostrike@hotmail.com

November 16, 2001
KISS COSTUMES
It is time again for some new pages to go online: the KISS costumes. At the KISS Costumes Pages we take a look at all the costumes Kiss had in the make-up days. Member by member, year by year (tour by tour) you will see detailed descriptions and photos. Kiss did not have new costumes every tour. And not every member changed costumes from one tour to the other. You will be surprised how many different costumes they wore, even within' the same tour. Also Paul Stanley's Firehouse helmets are featured.. many thanks to KISS News Denmark webmaster Jan Laursen for making these great pages... click here to check out the KISS costumes.

November 16, 2001
KISS ANIMALIZE LIVE DVD
(from Marcio Siqueira)
You may have heard, that Animalize Live Uncensored was released on DVD format in Brazil.  It´s not official, because it was released by a brazilian magazine called SHOPPING MUSIC, not for the Record Company.
The show was taken from the japanese VHS.  That´s perceptive, because it comes with inscriptions in portuguese upon a black border and sometimes when it fails you can see the japanese inscriptions. The quality of sound and image is very good.  The cover is loyal to the original, except for one detail: the back cover have a photo from the Carnival of Souls CD.
Although it´s a bootleg recording, this item itself worths for the die-hard fans and collectors.

November 15, 2001
KISS BOX SET NEWS
(from Gerhard Wimmer/KISS Fan Shop)
Now there are also photos from the Standard Edition available. Click here to see them. The release date of the Deluxe Edition has been delayed again to Dec. 10, 2001 in Europe. You can check out both Editions of the Box Set at the Kiss Box Set Release Party on December 16 in Düsseldorf at Stahlwerk. More infos (in German) here. Prices for both Edistion will most likely not change.

November 13, 2001
THE "NEW" CHICAGO KISSFEST
(from Chad)
KISSFest Chicago
Sunday, November 25th, 2001 2:00pm-8:00pm
Hemmens Cultural Center
150 Dexter Ct. - Elgin, Illinois 60120

Special Guests:
Former KISS Guitarist Bruce Kulick
Former KISS Guitarist Mark St. John
WCW's "The Demon" wrestler Dale Torborg

Browse and shop for KISS, hard rock and metal merchandise and memorabilia

Come dressed as KISS and enter the costume contest, or play the "Strange Ways" trivia game... win phenomenal KISS prizes!

Chicago's own KISS'D will perform the ultimate tribute to the Gods of Thunder in a 1,200 seat concert hall, complete with professional light and pyrotechnic show. You've never seen a tribute like this!

Angel Medina, penciller for the KISS Psycho Circus comic books, has autographed issue #17, "World Without Heroes" for KISSfest attendees! Get yours free as you come through the door (note - comics will be given away first-come, first-served.)

KISSfest weekend marks the tenth anniversary of the passing of Eric Carr to cancer. In honor of Eric and his family, KISSfest will donate $1 from every ticket sold and $5 from every vendor booth rental to the Eric Carr Foundation at St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital.

Tickets for KISSfest Chicago 2001 are $12 in advance and $13 at the door. Exhibition hall admission is free to children age 12 and under. Additional ticket information, as well as a hotel and area guide, can be found online at www.kissfest.com!

November 13, 2001
KISS NEWS FROM GENE
Gene recently did a chat when he was in Miama, Florida for the Nascar race. According to Gene, Kiss is taking one year off "because travelling internationally is not safe at the moment"...!?  As far as new recordings we have to "wait and see", and about releasing full concerts on DVD he said they will be coming "due in time". (The last "full concert" video-realease was "Animalize live" in 1985.) He also said he is against Napster & other websites who offer free downloads of music....

November 13, 2001
KISS AUCTION
(from Jacques van Gool)
I did speak to Ian Russell today who has left Manning and now works for a company called Teletrade (which is owned by Manning by the way).

Either way, the KISS auction is still planned to happen on either December 6 or 7 in New York and will be managed by a company called Leyland. There will be more items than just KISS and the catalog will be mailed out "somewhere" next week.

He confirmed once more that in addition to the 'left overs' from last year, there will be "new" items on the docket!

November 10, 2001
LATEST KISS NEWS
It seems like there is not much going on with Kiss at the moment, but all band members are busy with all kind of projects. Ace Frehley will perform a few songs with his solo band on a benefit show in New York on November 28. He is also busy working on his solo album. It is said he also sued a toy company for selling miniature replicas of his guitar without permission. Peter Criss also appeared recently on a benefit show in New York. Paul Stanley is expected to have his hip operation soon. It will take some time until he will be ready to go on tour with Kiss again. In fact today Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley will be in Miami, Florida to visit a car race. On Nov. 20, 2001 Gene and Paul will be at Tower Records in Los Angeles for a record signing to sign the new Kiss Box Sets. Gene is also having his autobiography book out soon and promotes it on TV-shows in the US, he does also many in store appearances to sign his book when it comes out, of course only in the USA and Canada.

In fact Kiss have been touring and releasing new material almost every year since 1974. The only exception was 1981 when they did not tour (for 2 years!). The last full studio album came out 1998, it came along with a live-CD in 1999, the "Detroit Rock City" soundtrack was released also in 1999. In a few days the new Box Set will be released containing 30 previously unrealeased songs. The Farewell tour started in 2000, continued in 2001 and will continue for a while hopefully next year. Probably no other big band has been touring and releasing records for such a long time continuously!   

November 9, 2001
KISS BOX SET NOT RELEASED IN GERMANY
Information comes today from the record company, that the KISS Box Set will not be released in Germany. Problem is the Logo, which is forbidden in Germany. The German record company thinks it is not worth a special print run with the German Logo, so it will  not be released at all in Germany. It will be released in the rest of Europe on November 26, 2001.

November 6, 2001
NEW KISS DVD?
There is absolutely no information about the KISS Box Set, which is coming out in 3 weeks. But Frank was very surprised when he bought the new DVD from The WHO. There was a booklet included promoting other DVD's available from Icestorm (the company which distributes the DVD's in Germany), which included also a KISS Farewell DVD for the end of 2001.... (the DVD is of course not coming out yet).

November 5, 2001
NEW ACE FREHLEY ALBUM & TOUR/ACE CALLS ED TRUNK!
(from Phil)
Last week Ace called in at the Ed Trunk Radio Show and talked about the NY Steel Show. He didn't know much about the KISS Box Set. He said he has no plans right now with KISS, but he is open for everything, but he can't tour with KISS and his band at the same time. He will be touring with his band to promote his new album soon. You can hear the interview at: http://www.eddietrunk.com/interviews/

November 1, 2001
PRE-ORDER THE KISS BOX SET
Both versions of the Kiss Box Set can now be pre-ordered. Click here for infos!

November 1, 2001
GENE SIMMONS ON "POLITICALLY INCORRECT"
Gene Simmons is one of the guests on ABC's "Politically Incorrect" on US-TV today.