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40 years ago today Paul, Gene, Ace & Peter played their first gig in the Popcorn Club in Queens, NY (later renamed Coventry). 40 years later Paul, Gene, Tommy & Eric are still rocking their asses off and planning a 2013 Euro tour which will be coming closer to the UK than you might think (stay tuned)...

Please join me in a drink to the Hottest Band In The World:

Paul, Gene, Ace, Peter, Eric, Vinnie, Mark, Bruce, Eric & Tommy - KISS

KISS have picked up a total of 6 out of 12 Classic Rock Awards! The winning categories were as follows:-

• Artist of the year
• Album of the year (Monster)
• Best reissue (Destroyer resurrected)
• Song of the year (Long way down)
• Photo of the year
• Commercial of the year (Costa Coffee!)

More details here: http://ultimateclassicrock.com/kiss-wins-six-2012-ultimate-classic-rock-awards/

We've  teamed up with action sports retailer FreestyleXtreme  to give away a KISS hoodie worth up to £76.99! Not only that but the winner will also walk away with a copy of the  latest album Monster!

It's easy to enter, just answer a simple question and enter your details.

Click here to enter the competition!

Got more than one KISS room or KISS styling all over your house? Want to be on TV? If so then please get in touch with me, there's a UK TV production company on the lookout for fans that have large parts of their house dedicated to the band. We will have more information soon.

Over Christmas Bruce Kulick was in London with his girlfriend Lisa. On Christmas eve, in Trader Vic's restaurant,  Bruce proposed to her and she accepted. Huge congratulations to them both!

"I have a great European vacation to share with you all, as my girlfriend Lisa and I recently had the pleasure of heading to Europe to relax and sightsee, instead of gigging. This was actually my first time to do this that I can remember, and London was our destination.

With England being the birth of the Beatles and the British Invasion, I have always been fascinated with all things British.  First up was a visit to Abbey Road Studios, which was sadly closed due to the holiday season.  But I got my photo at the famous crossing, naturally!  Then it was on to the Beatles Store so I could drool and fill a basket with Beatles merchandise to take home."

Read the full report over on Kulick.net

Hope you all have a great KISSmas & New Year. Applogies for the delay in the Chirstmas compo - it is on it's way.... but an issue with the supplier has meant it will be in the New Year instead.

Have a good one.

The following article was in The Daily Mail just over a week ago, you may remember that Paul & Gene done some NOH8 campains a couple of years ago too:-

"They are often seen attending Hollywood events as a family unit on the red-carpet. And now Gene Simmons, his wife Shannon Tweed and daughter Sophie are coming together all in the name of protest.

The famous family, as well as Shannon's younger sister Tracy, were seen adorned with 'NOH8' stamps on their bodies as they stepped out on Hollywood Boulevard on Wednesday night. The clan had earlier attended the NOH8 Campaign 4th Anniversary Celebration at the Avalon Nightclub along with LeAnn Rimes and her husband Eddie Cibrian.

The NOH8 Campaign is a charitable organization whose mission is to promote marriage, gender and human equality. In 2008, Proposition 8 passed in California, amending the state Constitution to ban same-sex marriage. The NOH8 campaign is also a photographic silent protest created in response to Proposition 8. Photos feature subjects with duct tape over their mouths, symbolising their voices being silenced by Prop 8. Participants are usually seen with one cheek painted with 'NOH8' in protest. Gene and his family members posed with face paint applied on their cheeks, hands and chests. 

The clan, who previously starred together in the reality show Gene Simmons Family Jewels, all wore black during the outing, opting for jackets and sweaters in the same hue. Daughter Sophie, 19, went for a more daring look by wearing a sheer top with her black bra seen peeking through. Recently Gene's daughter Sophie stepped out of the spotlight of her famous father and into her very own when she auditioned for The X Factor USA."

Click here to read the whole article

Happy Birthday to Bruce Kulick the KISS guitarist whose riffs got me into this crazy band in the first place. To celebrate, Ultimate Classic Rock have published the Top 10 Bruce Kulick KISS Songs, with I Walk Alone coming in at number 1.

Click here to read the full top 10

Also check out this cool solo from Monsters Of Rock from Germany in 1988.

Look out for a special KISSmas competion launching shortly, we will be giving away a cool prize worth £75...

The current 2013 Monster dates have been confirmed as below, note that no UK dates have yet been confirmed, however I have it on good authority that more news will be coming our way shortly...

Feb 28 – Perth, Australia
March 3 – Adelaide, Australia
March 5 – Melbourne, Australia
March 9 – Sydney, Australia
March 10 – Sydney, Australia
March 12 – Brisbane, Australia
March 16 – Mackay, Australia
June 1 - Stockholm, Sweden
June 3 - Helsinki, Finland
June 6 - Solvesborg, Sweden
June 8 - Stavanger, Norway
June 11 - Copenhagen, Denmark
June 12 - Berlin, Germany
June 14 - Prague, Czech Republic
June 15 - Vienna, Austria
June 17 - Udine, Italy
June 18 - Milan, Italy
June 20 - Zurich, Switzerland
June 22 - Clisson, France