ORIGINAL KISS GUITARIST ACE FREHLEY ON THE ROCK N’ ROLL HALL OF FAME: “PAUL AND GENE HAVE BEEN INSINUATING THAT PETER AND MYSELF DON’T HAVE IT ANYMORE, WHICH IS A LOAD OF CRAP”
Jon Wiederhorn of Revolver spoke with original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley about the Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame. The interview appears in its entirety below. Revolver: What happened, from your perspective, in regards to a possible KISS reunion performance at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction? Ace Frehley: Originally, the Hall of […]
EDDIE VAN HALEN ON THE RUMOR THAT HE WANTED TO JOIN KISS: “IF IT HAPPENED I’M SURE I WOULD HAVE REMEMBERED”
The Van Halen News Desk reports: KISS’s Gene Simmons claims that he once had to talk Eddie Van Halen out of leaving Van Halen and joining KISS. Simmons has repeated this story a few times over the last 20 years, but we’ve never heard what Eddie Van Halen has to say about this story…until now! […]
ROCK HALL DEFENDS THEIR POSITION ON KISS, CEO JOEL PRESSMAN SAYS SINGER AND THAYER “TOOK ON PERSONAS CREATED BY ACE AND PETER”
Gary Graff of Billboard reports: With the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction ceremony looming closer, neither KISS nor the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation seem ready to relax the entrenched positions that led to the group’s decision not to perform April 10th at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. KISS, according to […]
NEW YORK’S HISTORIC ROSELAND BALLROOM TO CLOSE IN APRIL
The New York Post reports that after almost a century of history, New York’s Roseland Ballroom will close in April with a run of seven shows by Lady Gaga. Initially, Roseland was located at 51st Street and Broadway when it opened in 1919. During that period, the 3,200-capacity room was a hot spot for jazz […]
KISS AND DEF LEPPARD ANNOUNCE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES
KISS and Def Leppard will team up this summer for a 42-city North American tour that will “deliver good news and excitement,” says KISS guitarist Paul Stanley. The tour begins June 23rd in West Valley City, Utah, and wraps up August 31st in Woodlands, Texas. Tickets go on sale starting Friday. The groups announced the […]
METALLICA DEBUT NEW SONG “THE LORDS OF SUMMER” WHILE ON TOUR IN SOUTH AMERICA
Kory Grow of Rolling Stone reports: “We promised our fans we’d play a new song and we’ve been writing and creating away and we’re going to throw something at them on Sunday,” Metallica’s Lars Ulrich told Rolling Stone last week. “We have something lined up that is fairly representative of where our creative headspace is […]