My
interview with Mark St John is now up on the site, Mark talks
about his new album, Paul, Gene, Eric Carr and being in KISS.
I'd like to say a huge thank you to Mark, he was very very cool
and extremely helpful, I will have a review of his 'Magic Bullet
Theory' album up on the site soon.
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I've just posted a few pictures from Nottingham on Saturday, I'm still working on the Mark St John interview but should have it finished soon (some of it is unprintable for legal reasons!!!). There's various pictures from different people on the page as well as a link to Martin Curtis' brilliant collection of pictures. There's also a word or two from Juliet Stemp, the winner of the guitar signed by Mark! |
Had
a fantastic time at the expo, will have a full write up posted
soon. Dressed To Kill were the highlight for me, as was meeting
Mark St. John.
Look out for a interview with Mark this week - during the expo Mark told me to ring him in his hotel room, so straight after the show I gave him a ring.. and woke him up! Not thinking that he'd be up for doing an interview he told me to meet him in the lobby in 15 minutes. I went down and sure enough there he was, he said he was hungry so we went down to Pizza Hut for a take-away (where he met loads of other fans, including Dan). Then we went back to his room where he gave me a an interview and one of his CD's!! You wouldn't believe how surreal it was wondering the streets of Nottingham with an ex-KISS guitarist! Huge thanks to Dave for organizing the expo, and a special thanks to Dan Bach for arranging accommodation for loads of fans, including myself. Also look out for a review & pictures from the recent San
Diego show from Phil Williams. I should have these up in the
next few days. |
| Dressed
To Kill will be playing their Hallowe'en show/12th Birthday party at The Hard Rock
Cafe in Manchester on Friday 31st October. Entry is FREE, and a prize will be given for the best dressed Guy, and the best dressed Girl! |
| Please note that Hotter
Than Hell have changed the venue of their show on 30th Nov. Click
here for more details. |
| [From:
KISS Kollector Online / www.kisskollector.com] Mark St John will be appearing at the Nottingham KISS Expo in England and the Helmond KISS Expo in Holland in the weekend of October 25 and 26. Not only will he be playing live with tribute band Dressed To Kill in England and with cover band Torpedo Girls in Holland, he will also be selling his CD's, do a Q & A session, pose for photos and sign autographs. But he will also be selling 1 or 2 of his vintage guitars. Tickets for both Expos are still available. For more info on the October 26 KISS Expo at Plato in Helmond please check out www.kisskollector.com |
Don't
forget that on Saturday is the first of what will hopefully be
an annual event - a UK KISS Expo at Rock City in Nottingham.
It's not too late to order your tickets - click on the picture
for more details.
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The
Daily Star carried a story about Bruce on page 3 today, as usual
it was very well written and researched, just look at the
picture of Bruce for example.....!Click image to enlarge. |
| Iain Lee twice mentioned
that Bruce Kulick had been shot but was alive and well on RI:SE
this morning. Both Iain and Kate passed on their best wishes! |
| [From:
BBC News] Kiss guitarist shot outside club Former Kiss lead guitarist Bruce Kulick has been shot in the leg and grazed by a bullet to the head outside a West Hollywood nightclub. Thursday's shooting occurred when a clubber began shooting into a crowd of 300 people, according to police. One other person was shot in the foot. Kulick was treated at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre and released. |
[From:
Reuters]LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former KISS lead guitarist Bruce Kulick (news) was shot in the leg and grazed by a bullet to the head on Thursday outside a popular West Hollywood nightclub when an angry patron started shooting into a crowd of 300 people, Los Angeles sheriff's deputies said. One other person was slightly injured in the shooting rampage. The gunman was quickly wrestled to the ground by a nightclub patron and held down by others until police arrived. Kulick, 49, was a short distance from the Rainbow Bar & Grill nightclub on Sunset Boulevard at about 1:20 a.m. PDT when he was hit in the leg and grazed in the head, a sheriff's spokesman said. He was treated at a hospital and released. Another man was shot in the foot, deputies said. The gunman, who was not immediately identified by police, was in jail on Thursday on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. He had left the Sunset Strip club after arguing with several people but returned a few minutes later with a 9mm automatic pistol, deputies said. The gunman fired several rounds into a crowd of about 300 people waiting outside the club or sitting in its outdoor restaurant, officials said. Kulick and his representatives could not immediately be reached for comment. The New York-born Kulick performed with KISS from 1984 to 1995, leaving after the original members donned their black-and-white makeup to embark on a nostalgia tour. Kulick has since released a solo album and performed with the band Union and 1970s rockers Grand Funk Railroad. KUK Note: I'd like to give my very best
wishes to Bruce and hope he has a very speedy recovery. |
| [From:
Rick Clarke] LOS ANGELES, 7:00 a.m. PDT October 16, 2003 - A former guitarist for the glam rock band KISS has been shot and wounded near a popular Sunset Strip bar in West Hollywood, Calif. Sheriff's officials said shots were fired at 1:20 a.m. outside the Rainbow Bar and Grill. A drunk patron got into an argument inside the bar, returned to his car for a 9-mm gunman, and opened fire into a crowd outside the patio area of the bar. Guitarist Bruce Kulick, who was standing outside a nearby club, was struck in the right leg by a stray bullet and grazed above the ear. Another male victim who was eating outside the Rainbow was wounded in the right foot. Both victims were transported to hospitals. Authorities said three or four patrons tackled the suspect and held him down until deputies could arrive. Deputy Sam Young said he "got a thumping" and was later taken to a hospital. The 21-year-old male suspect is in custody and has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon. One spectator told NBC4 that people were wrestling the alleged gunman in the middle of the street trying to get the gun away from him. |
| [From:
Danny James] Ash, (Paul from Dressed To Kill), is to do a Paul Stanley solo tour for early 2004. He has enlisted the help of fellow band member Danny to handle the lead guitar work, and reunited him with ex Parasite band members Carl and Mark. Ash has chosen around 30 KISS / Paul Stanley songs to perform, some rare songs, and some never before heard Paul Stanley material. For more info check out "www.geocities.com/d2kalive/news.html" |
| [From:
Wadey] Check out http://www.nintendo.com/whoareyou/ This is Nintendos new advertising campaign and it looks like Gene has turned intoYoshi! Still think Gene has the bigger tongue. |
[From:
Mike Stone]Mike Stone of THE TORPEDO GIRLS (www.torpedogirls.com) is in preparation of a very special album: THE FORGOTTEN SONGS is a project of around 12 KISS songs, which were never released or readymade, some of them only exist in rough demo quality without complete instruments or vocals. Mike Stone is working with a great european team of musicians on new recordings, the release is planned for summer 2004 by .95 HOLY RECORDS. On staurday, 13.12.2003, there will be a recording- party in Duesseldorf, Germany: Mike Stone thinks about an intro of the song "Rotten to the core" (written by Gene Simmons in 1976 during the Rock'n'Roll Over sessions") as a big "scream" of the KISS fan- audience, which will be recorded digitally on this evening. The name and adress of the club, where the event will happen, should be named during the next days. If you ever wanted to be a part of a CD recording, this is your invitation to be there! The entrance on this evening is free, we are happy to greet many fans for trying with us the "big scream" for a great KISS project! Mike will surely also perform with his rock- fun project WOODS/KEITH/STONE a big-smile-programm in the name of rock'n'roll. Musicians of all kinds (guitar, vocals, violin, flute...) on min. semi- professional level and the proof to be KISS fan are also invited to become part of the recording- project. Send your application per mail to musikmanager@yahoo.de or to Musicmanagement Duesseldorf, Ulenbergstr. 115, 40225 Duesseldorf, Germany. For the actual stand of the recording sessions visit the homepage www.mikestone.beep.de to get further information. |
| [From:
Michelle Morgan] Boy George was on MTV cribs on Monday and although I missed most of it, I did see that he was showing a little Paul Stanley figure. He says it brings him luck - it brought him luck with his last album and he was hoping for the same with his next album!! |
| For those that missed it
the UK's best breakfast show (sadly not for long tho) showed
some pictures from one of the DTK gigs at the weekend. Iain was
there and from the sounds of it had a great time. |
| Have a look over at http://www.music-rock.com/_wsn/page8.html
for new interviews with Bruce, Tod Howarth and Brent Fitz
(Union). Thanks to Dan for the info. |
| Some new tour dates for
early 2004 have been added to the Hotter Than Hell page. Click
here for more details. |
[From:
Nick Smith]Monday sept 29th- The Daily Star: Did anyone else spot Victoria Beckham sporting a baseball cap with a 1992 KISS revenge backstage pass stuck to it? What's all that about? see pictures.. |
| The KISS version of Do
You Remember Rock & Roll Radio is featured in the new movie
'School Of Rock' featuring Jack Black (Shallow Hal). |
| [From:
Joop/KISS Kollector] The KISS Kollector Online website has moved to a new domain: www.kisskollector.com (the old one, www.kiss.animalize.com will continue for a little while but will be gone by the end of the year, as will the old e-mail address kiss@animalize.com). The new e-mail address is: mail@kisskollector.com. Please check out our new updates, including news on the latest tourdates, the Starman book by former KISS bodyguard Michael Francis, Paul and Gene's subpoenas, the new issue of KISS Kollector magazine which came out today, the October 26 KISS Kollector Expo with Mark St John, and news on all the upcoming KISS books such as Behind The Mask by Ken Sharp and David Leaf and Sealed With A KISS by Lydia Criss. |
| Gene Simmons has just
been featured on a new episode of Six Degrees Of Penetration on
Sky 1.
Basically it links two completely different people via their
sexual exploits in 6 steps - in this case Gene and Prince
Charles (scary or what!)! The link went something like this:-
Prince Charles-> Diana -> Dodi Al Fayed -> Daryl Hannah -> Val Kilmer -> Cher -> Gene Simmons Some small clips of KISS were shown (GGRARTY2, Crazy Crazy
Nights, I Love it Loud) along with some z-list journos talking
about Gene & Cher. I imagine this will be repeated soon for
anyone that missed it. |
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