Latest UK News

In case you haven't already heard the the Officially Licensed KISS HDTV has launched, it includes an 8 second live shot of KISS everytime you turn it on! I've just had confirmation that the company will be shipping to the UK & Europe, however I imagine they are NTSC so not exactly sure how they will work yet. They will however have a modified power supply depending on where they are being shipped to.

More info can be found at www.kisshdtv.com

Gene Simmons will be on Glenn Martin DDS tonight (Saturday) on Sky1/Sky1 HD @7:30.

Bloomsbury Lanes bowling alley are running a special KISS Sonic Boom night on August 13th. They will have tribute band Hotter Than Hell playing as well as some rock dj's and other KISS related stuff such as face painting etc.  For further details and tickets please vistit their site at www.bloomsburylive.com.

ACHTUNG KISS ARMY!!! Just announced!!!! Joining our Main Special Guest BRUCE KULICK at 'The 2010 (Halloween At The Hilton) KISS Expo & Rock N' Roll Convention' on October 31, 2010 will be 'RATT' Drummer & Author of the NEW tell-all book 'Tales of The RATT'....BOBBY BLOTZER!!! Also, just announced guest will be one of the Original KISS Roadies, and Author of the NEW upcoming 2010 book 'Out On The Streets' The Original KISS Roadies 1973-1976'....Mick Campise!!! For more info on the KISS Expo of all Expos...check out our website www.kreaturesofthesouth.com for ALL of the latest additions and updates! Stay tuned to KISSinuk.com for more surprizes to be announced very soon!!! Don't get shut out....book your room reservations now!!! A Limited Number of Special Souvenir VIP Laminates, and Special Souvenir Tickets are available now...and going fast!!! Guarantee your spot by buying soon before we are SOLD OUT!!! And don't forget to spread the word to fellow members of the KISS Army Worldwide!!!

Rock & roll comic C.C. Banana, known for his outrageous interviews with rockers and other celebrities, becomes the latest addition to the upcoming tribute album "WHOLE LOTTA LOVE: An All-Star Salute To Fat Chicks." C.C. performs a faithful rendition of the underground Kiss track "Spit," a song from their 1992 album "Revenge." Originally sung by Gene Simmons (with an assist from Paul Stanley), "Spit" is an unapologetic rock & roll rant about the pleasures of pleasuring a large-sized lady. It is also the second Kiss song covered by C.C. Banana in his brief music career, the first being a parody of "Unholy," rewritten as a roast of Danger Danger frontman Ted Poley and appearing on the 2008 album "KISS MY ANKH: A Tribute To Vinnie Vincent." C.C. has amended the title of the track from "Spit" to "Split," in deference to his unique banana pedigree. A sample of the song is now available at the official "WHOLE LOTTA LOVE" MySpace page.

http://www.myspace.com/WholeLottaLoveTribute

As C.C. Banana explains, "For the follow-up to my contribution to the Vinnie Vincent tribute, for which I recorded a Kiss song from the 'Revenge' album sung by Gene Simmons, I decided to record a Kiss song from the 'Revenge' album sung by Gene Simmons (albeit with a slight change of title, to better reflect my yellow magnificence). What can I say? Split happens!"

Today would have been Eric Carr's 60th birthday, lots of thoughts go out to Eric's family. We all miss you.

KISS will be on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Monday 19th July (US) which should air in the UK on Tuesday 20th on CNBC (Sky channel 505).

There's a 1 page interview with Paul Stanley in the latest issue of Mojo (with Bruce Springsteen on the cover). Haven't read it yet but accoring to their website it constains "Paul Stanley's terrifying Self Portrait!". Thanks to Tazman for the info.

It's 5 years since I last redesigned KISSin' UK so I thought it was about time we had a refresh - for the first time in it's 14 year life we've gone for a dark background, hope you like it. Our logo is made up of around 60 pictures from Wembley carefully positioned to resemble the Union Jack, the picture on the right is what it looks like zoomed in (see how the stage & smoke make up the white and the fire the red).

For the first time we also have a mobile template that should make the news pages easier to read on a mobile device. If however you want to see the full version of the site then just use the link at the very bottom of the page.

Currently the new colours only apply to the news pages, the rest of the site (including reviews, forum and trade page) will be updated over the next few weeks. If you have any comments, good or bad, I'd be very happy to hear them.

"Forget the white picks! These are the Collectors' Collectibles!" -- Paul Stanley

You rocked with KISS on the historic Sonic Boom Over Europe Tour. Now own the ultimate tour collectible - KISS commemorative city tour guitar picks! For the first time ever, limited-edition KISS city picks were made for each tour stop. These special KISS picks feature the country's flag with KISS logo, city and date of show on the front side and band member's signature on the back.

Only a very small quantity of these KISS city tour picks are left from each show and are now available exclusively at KISSpickworld.com

"The new custom tour city guitar picks are a special addition to our usual arsenal of KISS picks. We had just a few to throw out onstage each night of the European tour. I told my guitar tech to save a couple for me!" - Tommy Thayer