KISS PROUDLY ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF SONIC BOOM ON VINYL!

The critically-acclaimed KISS album will be pressed on 180 gram vinyl in five colors - Purple, Red, Green, Blue and Black. The album will be packaged in a full color gatefold jacket and includes lyrics on the inner sleeve and an exclusive 22" x 33" color poster!

Only 1000 of each color will be pressed!!

Because of the limited quantities, we are now taking pre-orders and expect the albums to ship in 6-8 weeks.

The Limited Edition KISS' SONIC BOOM Vinyl is available exclusively at KISSONLINE.com, the official home of KISS!

PRE-ORDER KISS SONIC BOOM ON VINYL NOW

There is a four page Gene Simmons interview in the latest issue of the German adult magazine COUPE. The magazine also features a Gene Simmons Axe Bass promotion and details on the KISS SONIC BOOM OVER EUROPE Tour.

Thanks to Wolf Snijders for sending the info to KISSonline!

Here's a KISS SONIC BOOM OVER EUROPE advertisement for the UK Tour dates from the latest Classic Rock magazine.

Thanks to Steve Banks for sending KISSonline the image!

Check out the KISS Sonic Boom Over Europe street poster for the Barcelona, Spain show.

Thanks to Antonio Alcaraz & Javier Rueda of KISS Army Spain for sending KISSonline the images!

Kiss fans who saw the rock band on their 2009 US tour had the chance to take the show home with them in their back pockets when they walked out of the venue.

"We do a multi-track recording of each night and make the recording available on a USB drive right at the end of the show," says Gerrit Schumann from German company Music Networx, which makes the recordings.

"We have USB duplicators that do it pretty much automatically at the venue. We stop recording about half an hour before the end of the show and include a download code, with which the fan can then download the encores and remaining 30 minutes online."

Each stick cost about $20 and an artist will get anywhere between 20-50% of the price, he says. With around 1,000 sticks sold a night at 58 dates last year, that adds up to several hundreds of thousands of dollars for the band.

They will do it all again for their European tour this year, where they will also introduce an instant download-to-mobile option.

Kiss, already the masters of music merchandise, are also selling meet-and-greet gig packages in the UK.


KISSonline Note:

You can still buy recordings from KISS' 2009 North American Tour at CONCERT-ONLINE.com

KISS is excited to add a Budapest, Hungary show to their 2010 Sonic Boom Over Europe Tour! The Budapest show will take place on Friday, May 28 at the Papp Laszlo Budapest Sport Arena.

A KISS Army ticket pre-sale will take place this Tuesday, January 19.

By Sergio Pereira

Proving that rock 'n roll can never die, Kiss continues to soldier on with their 19th studio offering, Sonic Boom.

Right off the bat, Sonic Boom is a nostalgic album. The brains behind the band, Stanley and Simmons, haven't changed a thing about their sound - there are no nu-metal or grunge influences, just good ol' fashioned rock. If anything, they've only become more comfortable writing for themselves than for the music charts and critics, who've often been ruthless and unapologetic to any experimental releases.

A lot has also been said about the absence of Ace Frehley, but in all honesty, Tommy Thayer is equally adept on lead guitar - and adds his own sprinkle of overdriven magic to the Kiss legacy on tracks such as 'Say Yeah'. The man is talented and shouldn't be forced to live in the shadow of another great guitarist.

Love 'em or hate 'em, Kiss is legendary. Behind the face paint, flashy costumes and pyrotechnics is a group who have further cemented their name into the rock 'n roll almanacs with the release of Sonic Boom.

Do yourself a favour and get a copy of the special edition release, which features an additional best of "Kiss Klassics" CD and "Live in Buenos Aires" DVD. This is a must have album!

Best Tracks: 'Russian Roulette', 'Stand', and 'Say Yeah'

"Modern Day Delilah" is the #11 song in Classic Rock Magazine's Top 100 songs of the decade!

"Modern Day Delilah" - KISS

From the 2009 album "Sonic Boom." So, can KISS still rack out the lines (music, that is)? Hell, yeah. A deceptively simple platform-booted anthem - but only KISS could pull it off.

To All,

The KISS Alive 35 tour has now ended! We started in Melbourne, Australia and ended in Pittsburgh, PA with 100 shows in between in 29 countries! We played to OVER 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE!

You showed us your incredible support and it took us to new heights...Even for us!!!

The SONIC BOOM OVER EUROPE TOUR starts in May and begins the next chapter. Almost sold out already and adding dates!

We've never had this much fun, and I can promise you BIGGER, BETTER and MORE!

Thanks,

Australia's Herald Sun recently named Sonic Boom one of the best albums of 2009:

KISS, Sonic Boom (KISS Records/Universal). A mighty feel-good album reminiscent of the band's outstanding early-1980s offerings.