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The Official® Price Guide to KISS Collectibles by Ingo Floren was released in 2004 as print publication by Random House. It became a standard reference for collectors worldwide and sold out in just months. The book is packed with valuable information on collectibles throughout KISS’ career: From records to Bally’s pinball machine, this guide is the ultimate resource, including more than 10.000 items and is absolutely the most comprehensive guide to KISS memorabilia. Today, this first and only edition of the book is a collectible by itself going for high prices on eBay or Amazon.

Now’s the chance to get the complete contents in an E-Book:

• EXTENSIVE. 460 pages of the print publication were converted to approx. 1.500 digital pages in Apples iPad format.
• CONVENIENT. Track every keyword with the eBook search option or simply type in a serial number of a Vinyl LP, Single, CD or Cassette to check its value.
• MANY PLATFORMS. Works on iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Amazon Kindle and many more E-Book readers in .EPUB and .MOBI format
• COMPREHENSIVE. This sourcebook lists nearly every released album and single with valuable information record by record with key collecting information.
• CLEARLY ORGANIZED. With detailed info on worldwide releases, each record is easily identified by label, manufacturer’s catalog number, date and format. The guide lists posters, dolls, press kits, promotional material, t-shirts, jewelry, buttons, record awards and much more in great detail.
• UNIQUE. Exclusive interviews with Dennis Woloch and Michael Doret, designers of many popular KISS album covers of the seventies.
• LAVISHLY ILLUSTRATED. Book layout enriched with more than 500 photos.

Get it here...

Apple iBook:
http://itunes.apple.com/book/official-price-guide-to-kiss/id504883810?mt=11

Amazon Kindle:
http://www.amazon.com/Official-Price-Guide-Collectibles-ebook/dp/B007FK9NI8/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1331567833&sr=1-1

For more info check out http://www.kisspriceguide.com

Rock on!

KISS were on Jimmy Kimmel last night with their new outfits, they performed Detroit Rock City & Dr Love on the show with Cold Gin & Shout It Out Loud also played on the soundcheck. There's a You Tube video of Dr Love & DRC below, check out the new costumes, very cool!

The Las Vegas Sun has announced a few pieces of KISS news this week, including confirmation of the US KISS/Motley Crue tour this summer (due to be officially announced this week). Other details are as follows:-

• On April 1, in full makeup, they will be back in Las Vegas arriving on the red carpet in a Monster truck to present Best Vocal Group at the 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena.
• On April 2, they’ll perform in New Orleans at the NCAA Final Four game.
• On April 9, they’ll perform two songs on the new season of “Dancing With the Stars” on ABC. (Don’t think Las Vegas resident Gladys Knight will samba to the songs.)
• In one month, they start filming a KISS movie with Mark Johnson of the “Narnia” films producing.
• In May, Season 9 of Gene’s “Family Jewels” begins and a 10th renewal looks definite for filming this fall for 2013.
• Their nearly three-month dual headline tour with Motley Crue starts July 19 and includes a stop here, as we reported in a Vegas DeLuxe interview with Motley Crue frontman Vince Neil.
• This fall, they’ll host yet another of their weeklong KISS-abean cruises in the Bahamas over Halloween with thousands of fans already booked.

KISS are featured on the cover of the latest Classic Rock Presents 'AOR': KISS In The 80's. The issue is available in most larger newsagents as well as online at the following link:

http://www.myfavouritemagazines.co.uk/music/classic-rock-presents-aor-6-kiss-in-the-80-s/

"They took off their make-up and tore up the Top 40. Issue 6 of Classic Rock Presents AOR celebrates KISS and their most AOR-friendly era: the 1980s. Take a look at the huge changes that the band went through both musically and in terms of image and personnel.
 
PLUS:

• Derek Oliver’s long-delayed Loverboy feature
• Toby Jepson on Little Angels’ reunion
• the ever-entertaining Sir Mike Of Tramp
• Free CD! UFO, Alfonzetti, Beggars & Thieves, Casablanca, Sencelled, De La CRUZ, Angeline, Coatsland Ride…
   and lots more!"

Shooting rockets. Blood spitting. Face Paint. Shiny Boots and utterly jaw dropping triumphant live shows:  SONISPHERE is proud to announce KISS as Friday’s headliner. With a reputation for being perhaps the most flamboyant and entertaining band on the planet, the American Kings will bring their stage extravaganza to SONISPHERE as their only European performance of 2012. While many bands have been chasing the eye liner shock horror dollar and have come and gone without changing the face of music as we know it, KISS have gone from strength to strength garnering praise, success and too many accolades to mention throughout the years, selling over 100 million albums worldwide and counting as the band is poised to unleash new album ‘Monster’ in June 2012.  Says the band:
 
“You wanted the best, you got the best, the hottest band in the world, KISS”.
 
SONISPHERE festival is KISS’ invitation to have the best time of your life with long lost friends such as the anthemic  ‘Rock N Roll All Night’, the jubilant singalong ‘I Was Made For Lovin’ You’ and the rallying cry of ‘God Gave Rock N Roll to You’. We would ask you to lock up your daughters, girlfriends and wives, but with Gene Simmons in town, it’s pretty clear there’s no stopping them. And if you can’t fight them, join them at their only European show of 2012.

http://sonisphere.co.uk/

Part 2 of Dans great Kruise report is now up on the site, I've had a lot of good feedback for this report, big big thank you to Dan!

Click here to read part 2

Some of the most popular articles on this site are those written by Daniel Hill, the New York report being one of my personal favourites. He is now back with a vengeance with part 1 of his KISS Kruise report. Look out for part 2 coming in the next few days.

Click here to read Dans report

The winners of the Eric Carr competition have been announced, thanks to everyone who entered, we got a lot of entries with this one. As ever, winners are picked by using a random number generator, however this time round it seems both are from the same city, so if you live in Nottingham seems your odds are good...

Click here to see who won

Sadly I have just been informed that Mike Japp passed away this morning at his home in Wales. Deepest sympathies go out to his friends & family, Mike was an important part of KISStory and a great guitarist.

Mike's credits include co-writing 'Ain't Quite Right', 'Move On', 'Take Me Away, (Together As One)' from Paul's solo, 'Saint And Sinner' from Creatures Of The Night and 'Down On Your Knees' from Killers.

RIP Mike.

we are Picoula, Spice Ice, Starvey and Gemon from THE TORPEDIAN HARMONISTS.

The first animalistic KISS-Tribute worldwide from Germany.

With our little version of “TALK TO ME” we take a bow to the band that made our lives worth living!

HAVE FUN!