Post subject: [2525-??-??] KISS - "KISSology Volume IV"
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I posted this last week, but here it is again:
From Anti-Music.com: KISS performance tomorrow (Thursday, June 3rd) at Germany's Rock am Ring (Nürburg/Eifel) will be broadcast live on not just one, but two channels:
During their live online chat yesterday, June 1st, KISS revealed that KISSology 4 will be out in the fall, and will include footage from their current tour.
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Post subject: [2525-??-??] KISS - "KISSology Volume IV"
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Dr. Chris Evil wrote:
Is this MTV europe? I doubt MTV would broadcast a music concert in the US.
If MTV showed ANY concert it would be a miracle, but KISS? It's MTV Europe. And, the clips on You Tube are most excellent-this could be the one for the upcoming KISSology 4.
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Post subject: [2525-??-??] KISS - "KISSology Volume IV"
Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 1:13 pm
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ICONIC ROCK GROUP KICKS OFF TOURShare. Today at 12:40pm KISS Tour Is for the Children, Says Gene Simmons
by Gary Graff
Photo: Stephen Holman/Tulsa World
KISS For Kids could well be the theme of the iconic rock group's just-started North American tour.
In a novel move for its amphitheater dates, the costumed quartet is giving free lawn tickets to up to four children with each paying adult.
"It's time to give back," bassist Gene Simmons explains to Billboard.com, adding that KISS -- which is also donating $1 per ticket to the Wounded Warrior foundation -- hopes to show the youths "that there's another world out there besides Hannah Montana and the Jonas Brothers. It's important for them to see how the big boys do it. There's no tapes. There's no background singers backstage. There's no click tracks. It's important for the kids to see that whatever you see on stage is real. We want to spread this. I'm insulted by any act that goes up there with dancers and tapes. It's insulting."
KISS hopes to snare the kids more in the near future via an animated program that's being produced in partnership with E1 Entertainment and will feature the four KISS members as characters. Simmons says he hopes to have the program on air "in the next six months."
Meanwhile, he and his bandmates are planning to give fans old and young alike a freshened KISS show after focusing on the group's "Alive!" album -- which turns 35 this year -- during last year's road trek. "Technology has enabled us to do all kinds of wacky stuff," Simmons explains, while the repertoire includes three songs from last year's "Sonic Boom" album -- "Modern Day Delilah," "Say Yeah" and "Animal" -- as well as the seldom-performed "Crazy Nights." And drummer Eric Singer will be taking over the Peter Criss-sung smash "Beth" each night.
"It's acoustic -- there will be no tapes, just two acoustic guitars and bass and that's it," says Simmons, adding that KISS had previously kept the song out of the shows "out of deference to Peter Criss," who has left the band three times, most recently in 2004. "We still have a tug of the heart...Peter and Ace [Frehley] are beloved, as well they should be for the beginning, for helping launch the band. But it's important to note that with them in the band today, KISS wouldn't be around."
Simmons says KISS is anxious to work on a follow-up to "Sonic Boom," the group's first new studio album in 11 years. But he won't guess when that will be. "I think we'll do another one, but we need time," Simmons explains, noting the group's heavy touring schedule as well as his continuing "Gene Simmons Family Jewels" reality series on A&E and co-founder Paul Stanley's burgeoning art career.
The next KISS project will likely be a fourth version of the popular "KISSology" DVD series, which Simmons says is coming "soon" and will feature "some new stuff but some stuff nobody's ever seen before, going all the way back to 1973." The group is also expecting to film a third commercial for Dr. Pepper in the near future.
KISS To Deliver New Album Early Next Year - "There’s No Plan To Sit Around In 2012" Eric Singer Tells BraveWords.com In Part II Of Exclusive Chat Rock Hard Posted on Monday, August 01, 2011 at 14:28:58 EST
KISS drummer Eric Singer recently sat down with BraveWords.com scribe, Mitch Lafon, for an all-encompassing three-hour chat. Part I of the sit-down can be found here. In Part II, Eric discusses more of KISS' upcoming plans.
On the upcoming KISSology IV DVD Box set: “It should be out before Christmas. It’ll be about twelve hours of stuff. Tommy has been putting it all together, but I can’t tell you exactly what is on it because we still have to get the rights to some of the stuff. The band has to buy the rights even if it’s only one song like on David Letterman or Jay Leno. Even though it’s your performance, it’s their show and they own it. KISSology IV picks up where the last one left off. For the most part it runs chronologically, but there is some old vintage stuff on there that they had been trying to find. It’s all a matter of clearance and them getting permission to use certain stuff. There’s an A list of stuff we want, a B list of stuff we know we can use and C list of stuff we have to wait and see if we can use, but I do know there will be a Cobo Hall (Detroit) concert from 2009.”
On the topic of Paul Stanley: “Paul is the consummate pro. Paul never complains. He’s calm before the show, but when he walks out on stage he flips the switch, goes 100%, gives it all and never ever complains. This is a guy who has had both knees replaced, his hip (on the right side) replaced twice and torn both rotator cuffs (in his shoulders). He might say, ’I’m really sore, so I’ll need a massage or I’m staying in bed today, but still after all he’s had done he never complains.”
KISS maven, Gene Simmons: “Gene is the archivist in KISS. Anytime there’s an article about KISS, Gene tears it out nicely and he puts them in these big coffee table sized books. He used to have them stacked at home under the bed at his mom’s house, but I don’t know where he stores them now. He collects anything and everything KISS."
As for Gene’s love of money, Singer says: “I laugh when people say that all Gene Simmons cares about is money. Nobody really knows who Gene is. Nobody loves KISS more than Gene… NOBODY! Gene eats, breathes, and lives everything KISS. That’s what he does. Gene is a workaholic. We’re on a day off right now and I’m at home, but Gene’s in Vancouver doing demos with local musicians. He’s working on song ideas for the new record. He did it in Toronto last week on his day off too. Gene can’t sit still. He can’t just relax by the pool and get some sun. That’s just the way he is. He’s got work ethic like nobody’s business. There’s nobody more driven and with a better work ethic than Gene. Gene is 24/7 KISS. Everything he does is because of KISS.”
On KISS’ work ethic, Singer states: “These guys don’t fuck around. When we meet at rehearsal, they put on the guitars and gear and we run the set from front to back and it’s see you guys later. Let’s say the set takes two hours to run down, we’re there no more than three hours. Other bands goof around for hours, but these guys come in and ‘bam’ they run this shit down and get it done with. They do their work and leave. Still to this day (38 years or whatever later), they still do the work and whatever it takes that you are supposed to do to be in band. They will talk to Joe Fucks website. Whatever interview list they give us to do… we do it. In other words, we do the work. That’s why, for any of the naysayers out there, we get along and this line-up works. This is why Gene and Paul still want to play and enjoy it. We’re all completely different in our personalities, but when it comes to being in a band everybody treats KISS professionally and with respect. It’s about being respectful to it and being serious. Bottom line is that this band has given everybody a life style that is better than most people and that comes from them doing the due diligence, doing the work, treating it with professionalism, respect, and not running away from the work. It gets done. I’ve learned a lot from Gene and Paul about those things that are taken for granted by most musicians. Much smaller bands will sit there and have an attitude about doing interviews… ‘I don’t want to do this or I don’t want to do that,’ and you know Mitch – you hear it and see it all the time. Then you see a band like KISS, that will do whatever they have to do.”
On the new KISS album currently being recorded: “It will be completed in the next couple of months. The plan is to put it out at the beginning of the year and to do a tour with a new stage (new staging and new show) and maybe even new costumes. There’s no plan to sit around in 2012.”
When asked if the new album will be a Walmart exclusive (much like their last offering, Sonic Boom): “I don’t know. What’s changed more than anything, is in the old days you toured to support a record, but now you make a record so that you have a reason to tour. It’s exactly the opposite of what it used to be. The only way bands can make money anymore is by touring. People just don’t buy records when I was in BADLANDS in 1989, we sold almost 400 000 copies of our first record and that wasn’t enough. Atlantic records said that they’d kick in the real big money if we could get it to Gold (500,000 copies sold). We came so close to getting MÖTLEY CRÜE's Dr. Feelgood tour, but WARRANT got it because they had radio songs happening. Badlands did one more record. They went from selling almost 400,000 to selling 80,000 on the next one and then the band was over. If you sold 350,000 records today; that would be considered phenomenal.”
When asked if KISS will ever tour again without make-up Singer offers: “I don’t know. I’ve heard Gene mention something about maybe doing another KISS convention thing again in the future, but I don’t know if that’s ever going to happen. When we did it in 1995, it cost 100$, but that’s nothing compared to today’s prices. For the fan, that was a great experience, but Gene says a lot of things. He’s an idea man and in business if one or two of your ideas comes to fruition you’ve done pretty damn good. Do you know how many pilots and screenplays that get done, but never see the light of day and that nobody knows about? One of the things we plan on doing on the KISS Kruise, however, is to play unplugged with no make-up.”
Post subject: [2525-??-??] KISS - "KISSology Volume IV"
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 5:37 pm
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This is being reported by a KISS fan site as the KISSology IV program, but I'll believe it when/if it's announced. Too much post 2001 stuff for my taste -- I wish they'd focuse solely on the vintage stuff.
(from Kiss Forum/simmonsmeteor) KISSOLOGY IV will get a late November release date later this week.
4 discs and bonusdisc on first limited edition.
Content includes: 1976 Houston full Destroyer show 1977 Cobohall 1980 Kids Are People Too segment 1983 US Armed Forces segment on Lick It Up Tour 2002 Winter Olympics 2007 VH1 Rock Honors 2009 Cobohall full Alive35 show 2009 Modern Day Delilah 2010 Wetten Dass Medley
Post subject: [2525-??-??] KISS - "KISSology Volume IV"
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Dr. Chris Evil wrote:
This is being reported by a KISS fan site as the KISSology IV program, but I'll believe it when/if it's announced. Too much post 2001 stuff for my taste -- I wish they'd focuse solely on the vintage stuff.
(from Kiss Forum/simmonsmeteor) KISSOLOGY IV will get a late November release date later this week.
4 discs and bonusdisc on first limited edition.
Content includes: 1976 Houston full Destroyer show 1977 Cobohall 1980 Kids Are People Too segment 1983 US Armed Forces segment on Lick It Up Tour 2002 Winter Olympics 2007 VH1 Rock Honors 2009 Cobohall full Alive35 show 2009 Modern Day Delilah 2010 Wetten Dass Medley
I'd rather have all post 2001 and a seperate release for more vintage stuff, not a mish-mash. makes little sense. The Winter Olympics was all of 4 minutes! And Rock Honors was about 15! What about the Behind The Makeup special from 2002(?) from VH1 that was 2 hours? What about the Lane Bryant show (Ace's last gig) from 2002? How about the outtakes from the Kiss Symphony show in 2003? The tour with Aerosmith that year? The outtakes from the 2 shows for the Rock The Nation DVD from 2004? The full length 2006 show from Japan? The Alive 35 show from Germany Rock AM Ring from 2009? I have almost all of this, but not quite. Still, I'd be more than willing to buy it-especially Ace's last show. They'll force me to buy the bootleg on that one. There's also other Pro-shot shows out there including Toledo 1997 and the gig in Columbus 1997 where Eddie Kenton (name right?) filled in for Peter. I've also heard the 12-31-99 Vancouver show was filmed. Well Gene?????????
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Post subject: [2525-??-??] KISS - "KISSology Volume IV"
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 10:30 pm
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IP, I'd love to see an official release of the 1997 show with Ed "Catman" Kanon, but I think we both know that aint gonna happen.
I do agree that KISSology IV shouldn't be a mish-mosh of older and newer stuff. But I still want it to be vintage material. The '70s era really got shortchanged and that was the peak of KISS for me.
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I'm with Chris - I'd prefer to see more 70s stuff. I'd like to see more 80s stuff as well - I'd like to see them get the rights to "Animalize Live" and get that out on DVD, if only because I don't have a Beta machine anymore.
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Post subject: [2525-??-??] KISS - "KISSology Volume IV"
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I'd love to see a pro-shot Asylum show, just to see those bizarre glam outfits that were scarier looking than anything they wore during the makeup years.
Post subject: [2525-??-??] KISS - "KISSology Volume IV"
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Apparently, this is going to be the program for KISSology IV. Disappointed that it has so much recent footage -- there's so much vintage stuff that should be on here. Of course, I'll buy it for the old stuff...
Kiss ‘Kissology Vol. 4′ Contents Revealed by: Amy Sciarretto
Here’s something for your ‘Kissmas’ wish list! As drummer Eric Singer revealed a while back, Kiss will be releasing ‘Kissology – Vol. 4,’ a DVD box set, in late November. It’s the fourth in an ongoing series of video collections from the band, and now we’ve got some specifics on what will be included in the set. Lucky for you – now you won’t have to struggle over what to get for that Kiss fan in your life, because this box set certainly will suffice and satisfy that special person! Don’t think that the calendar wasn’t considered by the marketing and branding genius that is Gene Simmons, either.
‘Kissology – Vol. 4,’ which we are tempted to call ‘Kissology, V. 4.0,’ will feature footage from both their current and original lineups, spread across four discs, with a fifth bonus disc for the first-run limited edition. If you like to collect Kiss items, this box set has quickly ascended to the ranks of “must own.”
Here’s what the set will include:
1976 – Houston full ‘Destroyer’ show 1977 – Cobo Hall 1980 – “Kids Are People Too” segment 1983 – U.S. Armed Forces segment on ‘Lick It Up’ Tour 2002 – Winter Olympics 2007 – “VH1 Rock Honors” 2009 – Cobo Hall full Alive35 show 2009 – “Modern Day Delilah” 2010 – Wetten Dass Medley
If you’re looking for perhaps the last piece of Kiss merchandise you’ll ever need, the band recently announced they’ll be selling their own logo-covered cremation urns, on what just happened to be the same day Paul Stanley welcomed his fourth child into the world.
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There's so much missing from the recent years and the classic years. An odd mish-mash and an unsatisfying one. Also, a lot of what they've listed is very, very short, so how long will each DVD be? Couldn't they have at least given us a collection of all the music videos on DVD finally?
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