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Gene Simmons Hospitalized, KISS Bassist Battling Kidney Stones

Gene Simmons Hospitalized, KISS Bassist Battling Kidney Stones

Gene Simmons has been hospitalized and his band, KISS, has been forced to end their End of The Road Tour earlier than planned. The KISS bassist reportedly battled kidney stones and the band had to cancel the final four dates of their current tour. They will be rescheduled at a later date. TMZ reported that […]

4y ago

In The Last Year, The Pentagon Has Held Two Press Briefings — From Gene Simmons And Actor Gerard Butler

In The Last Year, The Pentagon Has Held Two Press Briefings — From Gene Simmons And Actor Gerard Butler

The Pentagon’s press briefing room once held regular events to update the public about military operations and national security threats, with presidential administration members taking questions from the press. Now, the room has been opened only twice in the last year — once for a conference held by actor Gerard Butler, and the other for […]

4y ago

The Pentagon Briefing Room Just Had Its First Public Briefing In Seven Months — From Gene Simmons Of KISS

The Pentagon Briefing Room Just Had Its First Public Briefing In Seven Months — From Gene Simmons Of KISS

For months, the podium at the Pentagon Briefing Room sat empty as the Trump administration pulled back from offering updates to reporters about military and security operations. However, that all changed on Friday. For the first time since October, someone walked up to the podium to answer questions from reporters — and it was Gene […]

5y ago

KISS’s Gene Simmons Compares Ace Frehley And Peter Criss To Two Flat Tires That Needed Changing

KISS’s Gene Simmons Compares Ace Frehley And Peter Criss To Two Flat Tires That Needed Changing

Never one to miss an opportunity to lash out at his former bandmates, Gene Simmons has compared Ace Frehley and Peter Criss to flat tires that were in danger of stopping the KISS juggernaut in its tracks. During an interview with Guitar World, Simmons turned that notorious tongue of his in the direction of KISS’s […]

5y ago

Davy Vain Recalls How Gene Simmons Was Terrified Of Grunge

Davy Vain Recalls How Gene Simmons Was Terrified Of Grunge

When grunge erupted like a sonic volcano in the early 1990s, it was like a breath of fresh air in a music scene which had been dominated for far too long by a bunch of hairspray bands with a penchant for heels, make-up, and power ballads. Per Ultimate Classic Rock, grunge also happened to make […]

5y ago

Ace Frehley Slams Gene Simmons – Brands The Kiss Bassist A ‘Sex Addict’ And ‘Control Freak’

Ace Frehley Slams Gene Simmons – Brands The Kiss Bassist A ‘Sex Addict’ And ‘Control Freak’

It would appear “All Hell’s Breaking Loose” between the original members of Kiss ahead of the rock giants’ final farewell tour. Kiss’ End Of The Road word tour was meant to be the ultimate celebration of all that the heavily made-up, platform wearing metal monsters have built and conquered over the past four decades. The […]

5y ago

Kiss Launching SiriusXM Channel, Performing Intimate Club Show For Subscribers

Kiss Launching SiriusXM Channel, Performing Intimate Club Show For Subscribers

Members of the legendary rock band, Kiss, have a big year ahead of them as they embark on their “End of the Road” farewell tour. To help get fans ready to “Rock and Roll All Nite,” SiriusXM is launching a special, limited-run channel featuring the group’s music, and will also host an intimate concert for […]

5y ago

Kiss Bassist Gene Simmons Reveals He Was Paid Millions To Appear At A Royal Event

Kiss Bassist Gene Simmons Reveals He Was Paid Millions To Appear At A Royal Event

Rock gods Kiss have fans in both high and low places but who would have thought the blue-blooded brigade would be willing to pay millions just to hear Gene Simmons make a speech? Simmons, or “the Demon” as he’s known to the worshipful hordes of the Kiss army, is used to commanding huge fees for […]

5y ago

Gene Simmons’ ‘Hero,’ His Mother, Flora Klein, Dies At 92

Gene Simmons’ ‘Hero,’ His Mother, Flora Klein, Dies At 92

The beloved mother of Kiss singer and bassist Gene Simmons, Florence “Flora” Klein, has passed away at the age of 92. Klein was born in Jand, Hungary, and was held in Nazi concentration camps with her family when she was just 14. She managed to survive the Holocaust along with only one other family member, […]

5y ago

KISS Announce ‘End Of The Road’ Tour Details And Dates

KISS Announce ‘End Of The Road’ Tour Details And Dates

On the America’s Got Talent Season 13 finale episode on September 19, legendary rock band KISS opened the show with an exciting performance of their popular song “Detroit Rock City.” The band also made the not-so-shocking announcement that they were going to hit the road one last time before calling it quits. Since then, diehard […]

5y ago

KISS Stuns Fans With Shocking News On ‘AGT’ Finale

KISS Stuns Fans With Shocking News On ‘AGT’ Finale

The heavy metal band KISS, who has spent the last 45 years rocking the music business with their own style of music and mayhem, are hanging up their platform boots for good in a shocking announcement made on the America’s Got Talent finale. On the September 19 episode of the finale of the NBC show, […]

5y ago

Gene Simmons Changes His Tune On Marijuana

Gene Simmons Changes His Tune On Marijuana

Gene Simmons has long been vocal about his abstinence from drugs and alcohol, so fans were shocked by the recent announcement that he will join forces with Canadian cannabis company Invictus. The Kiss bassist and co-lead singer will be “chief evangelical officer” for the company, according to Ultimate Classic Rock. Simmons took part in an […]

6y ago

Gene Simmons Reveals Entire 166-Track Listing For 38-Pound Box Set ‘The Vault’

Gene Simmons Reveals Entire 166-Track Listing For 38-Pound Box Set ‘The Vault’

Gene Simmons has released the entire list of tracks included on his long-awaited limited edition set box set, The Vault. The KISS bassist posted the list of 166 tracks included on the five decades in-the-making set. The Vault contains 11 discs and is a must-have for diehard fans of the legendary rocker. The set can […]

6y ago

Gene Simmons Sued For Sexual Assault: Woman Claims Rocker Groped Her During Restaurant Opening

Gene Simmons Sued For Sexual Assault: Woman Claims Rocker Groped Her During Restaurant Opening

Veteran rocker Gene Simmons is being sued by a woman who claims the KISS bassist and co-founder groped her and made uncomfortable advances toward her. The incident reportedly took place during the grand opening of one of the Rock & Brews restaurants he co-owns with longtime KISS bandmate Paul Stanley. According to TMZ, Simmons was […]

6y ago

Gene Simmons Permanently Banned From Fox After Inappropriate Backstage Behavior

Gene Simmons Permanently Banned From Fox After Inappropriate Backstage Behavior

Gene Simmons has burnt a bridge with Fox. The Kiss co-founder and bassist has been banned from Fox News and all Fox Business channels after he allegedly harassed staffers and made crude statements backstage during a promotional appearance. According to the Daily Beast, Simmons had just completed an interview about his new book, On Power, […]

6y ago

Tracy Bonham Premieres New Version Of ‘Mother Mother’ Via The ‘Inquisitr,’ Talks New Album ‘Modern Burdens’

Tracy Bonham Premieres New Version Of ‘Mother Mother’ Via The ‘Inquisitr,’ Talks New Album ‘Modern Burdens’

Tracy Bonham got a lot of attention with her debut album, The Burdens of Being Upright, as released by Island Records. Featuring the hits “Mother Mother” and “The One,” Burdens not only sold over 500,000 copies in the United States alone and landed Bonham on MTV worldwide, but it yielded her two Grammy nominations. Bonham […]

6y ago

Gene Simmons On The New ‘Gene Simmons Vault,’ The Beatles, Van Halen, His New Magazine, And Doing Good Deeds

Gene Simmons On The New ‘Gene Simmons Vault,’ The Beatles, Van Halen, His New Magazine, And Doing Good Deeds

When an artist is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, it is usually one of the artist’s top accomplishments. In the case of Gene Simmons — the bassist and sometimes-vocalist behind KISS — his Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction is merely a footnote. KISS has sold more than 75 million […]

6y ago

Gene Simmons Clarifies ‘The Vault’ Cost, Says He Will Hand Deliver Box Set To Anyone Who Buys It

Gene Simmons Clarifies ‘The Vault’ Cost, Says He Will Hand Deliver Box Set To Anyone Who Buys It

Gene Simmons is setting the record straight on his latest record, The Vault. The legendary KISS bass guitarist talked to the Domenick Nati podcast and explained that his 150-song box set does not actually cost $50,000 for him to hand deliver. In the interview, Simmons reiterated that the price for The Vault is an affordable […]

6y ago

Gene Simmons Offers $50,000 Personal Home Delivery Of ‘The Vault’ Box Set

Gene Simmons Offers $50,000 Personal Home Delivery Of ‘The Vault’ Box Set

Gene Simmons isn’t a Fed Ex delivery guy, but it sounds like he aspires to be one. The KISS bass guitarist is offering personal home delivery of his long-awaited box set, The Vault. Of course, this offer is only for Simmons’ biggest fans who also happen to have really deep pockets. According to Ultimate Classic […]

6y ago

Gene Simmons Says He Owns The Money Bag Logo, ‘Motion Pictures’ Trademark

Gene Simmons Says He Owns The Money Bag Logo, ‘Motion Pictures’ Trademark

Gene Simmons says he has no regrets about filing for a trademark for the “devil horns” hand gesture associated with rock music, despite the fact that he withdrew his application shortly after filing it earlier this year. Not only does Simmons stand by his claim that he came up with the signature hand gesture — […]

6y ago

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