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Just a short message to let you know about a gig that is happening in Bradford on July 7th. Our new, and rather different KISS tribute band ROOM SERVICE are playing our first show at Bradford Gasworks Club on Saturday July 7th 2007. Doors I think at 8pm. All the tunes are taken from the 1973-1979 period. The band features Mozza, ex-Paradise Lost drummer, Kes Loy (from numerous bands including Leafeater and Malibu Stacey) and me, Leigh (who used to be in Terrorvision for my sins!). Should be lots of fun with a set list to die for!!

ROCK LEGEND PETER CRISS TO RELEASE NEW SOLO CD 'ONE FOR ALL' WORLDWIDE JULY 24 ON SILVERCAT RECORDS VIA SONY/RED DISTRIBUTION

Peter Criss, founding member and drummer of iconic rock group KISS, will release his new solo CD entitled ONE FOR ALL July 24 on Silvercat Records, distributed by Sony/Red.  The CD will be distributed day-and-date to fans across the globe.

An autobiographical collection of songs that Criss produced and recorded over the course of two years, ONE FOR ALL also includes several cover tunes that reflect his outlook on life at this point in his long-standing career.

Check out this video of Gene playing (real) bass to Strutter on Guitar Hero 2.

http://www.itavisen.no/php/art.php?id=376523

GENE TALKS COMICS TO WIZARD...28th APRIL 2007...
 
The latest WIZARD #186 (The Magazine of Comics, Entertainment and Pop Culture) has a
full 4 pages with Gene Simmons who discusses his comic book upbringing and his usual
talk as well...You know Gene...
 
The magazine has been released with 4 different covers making the KISS Variant one of 
the hardest to find as it was only available from the Wizard World Convention in Los
Angeles 2007...The Exclusive, Limited Edition will be hard to find...
 
Attached are 1 of the covers with Gene Simmons and the other 2  covers are described as such...Venom gets his close-up courtesy of artist Mike Mayhew on Cover #1... With 'Spidey 3' takes on 'Pirates of the Caribbean 3' and 'Shrek 3' on Cover #2..

Hi!
 
I know its been a while, but here we are..
 
If U went to the show at Cambridge, THANKS SO MUCH for making it one VERY special night!!!
 
Now, onto our next set of shows:
 
Friday 4th May: The Point, Cardiff
Saturday 5th May: The Stanley Theatre (Liverpool University Academy 2), Liverpool.
 
Friday 25th May: The Standatd, Walthamstow, London.
Saturday 26th May: The Diamond, Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.
 

As some of you know I was off work for a month due to an operation recently. Well, check out this 'Get well soon' message that I got through the post, cool or what! It came courtesy of Dan Bach so huge thanks to him.

It’s Rich Sawyer, I wanted to personally THANK each and every one who took time to wish me well after I had my accident last year

As you may or may not know this left me with a broken back.

Thankfully, I’m on the road to recovery now and I hope to be back behind those drums again, sooner rather than later!

I want to thank the guys in’ Dressed to Kill’ for their support & to let them know ‘I miss you’..

Thank Danny my old partner in crime for all his hard work and efforts

Finally to my wife & family for always believing and for never giving in!

I LOVE YOU ALL

Keep Kissin’

Rich

We have another great show next Thursday April 12th 8PM (PST).
 
Attached is a JPEG post of the show (click to enlarge), everyone in the UK can get their actual time for the show if they visit www.timeanddate.com
We are located in north America USA.
 
John Turner & The Crew
Radio Reality Check
 
www.radiorealitycheck.com

Apr 8, 2007 NEW YORK (Billboard) - Former Kiss guitarist Mark St. John died Thursday from an apparent brain hemorrhage. He was 51.

Born Mark Norton in Hollywood, St. John was Kiss' third official guitarist, having replaced Vinnie Vincent - the substitute for Ace Frehley - in 1984.

From KNAC.com:-
"Just got a call this afternoon stating that my friend, former Kiss guitarist Mark St. John, died this morning from a cerebral hemorrage. He was 51."

This is very sad news indeed, those of you who went to the expo in 2003 will know just how nice a guy he was. He even went out of his way to let me do an interview with him, after asking if we could go grab a pizza first! Believe it or not Mark is one of the ex-members of KISS that I recieve most mail about, partly because he kept himself to himself and his past friends found it difficult to track him down.

All of us at KISSin' UK send our deepest condolences to Mark's family.

For those interested, the interview Mark kindly gave up some time to do can be read here.