Kiss News

By Richard Freedman, Vallejo Times-Herald

For Paul Stanley, it was never sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll during the 40-plus years of prancing on stage in face makeup as one-fourth of the iconic band KISS. Well, not entirely.

“For me it was ‘You keep the drugs, I’ll keep the rest,’” Stanley said.

Beer? A whole different ballgame, especially when it comes to investing. Beer and food, actually. And music. Which is why Stanley and KISS colleague Gene Simmons took the plunge into “Rock & Brews” in 2012.

Six years later, there are 20-plus locations of the “rock-inspired restaurant” with 50 on the drawing board, and a Tuesday ribbon-cutting in Vacaville with Stanley and dignitaries appearing at the Vacaville Commons Shopping Center site.

“Conceptually, it made so much sense,” Stanley said of the investment.

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There are more Kiss love songs than you might expect from a group full of fire-breathing, space traveling, leather-wearing groupie magnets. Now, we're not talking about "Makin' Love" or declaring yourself to be "Dr. Love" or even boasting about loving it loud. No, the focus here is squarely on romantic lyrics that even your grandmother could endorse – provided she doesn't catch Gene Simmons doing all those sinful things with his tongue while he plays them. Here's our attempt to win over your makeup-covered little hearts: a list of the Top Kiss Love Songs.10

Yes, the much-mocked Michael Bolton helped write it, and yes, the production on this particular Kiss love song is decidedly saccharine. Still, there's a reason this is one of the biggest-selling tracks in "Kisstory": Paul Stanley takes a strong melody and sings the hell out of it, complete with a surprising amount of emotion and nuance.

For a limited time only, the KISS Komics Kollection has taken over the official store. Sizes SM - 6XL now available for pre-order.

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By Brian Doughty / Local10.com

KISS frontman and co-founder Paul Stanley exhibited his original artwork at the Wentworth Gallery in Fort Lauderdale on Friday, February 9th.   

The high-energy Stanley bounded into the shop just after 11 a.m. to greet members of the media to discuss his different artistic side.  Stanley, who created the iconic KISS logo decades ago, has been painting and creating for about 18 years; he said he started during a particularly turbulent period in his personal life and it resonated with him.

Note from Tommy:

Our Ernest Hummingbird book reading & signing at  Barnes & Nobles in Thousand Oaks was a blast. Thanks David, Genevieve, Sara, Peter, Dan, Mark & Jenny for making it sing! 

Only a few weeks until Dynamite comics releases the first issue of KISS / Army of Darkness!

Here's one of artist Ruairí Coleman's pencils from the issue hold you over.

Publisher: Dynamite Comics

Page Count: 144 pages

ON SALE DATE: 2/14

L.A. is a strange town on the best of days, but in the summer of 1974, the City of Angels feels especially demonic. As temperatures soar and wildfires burn, all sorts of strange creatures are drawn to town, including Vampirella. While Vampi goes out and hunts down monsters all across La La Land - defending humanity from evil - she's also killing it every night on stage as a member of the all-girl rock group Witchkraft - defending rock 'n' roll from a dying scene. Help arrives in the form of four creatures who've just flown into town: The Starchild, The Demon, The Spaceman and The Catman. Away from their home turf and trying to record their new album, KISS discovers that all their favorite L.A. bands have mysteriously broken up, disappeared, sold out, or gone crazy. Led by a driver who moonlights in the occult and haunted by satanic strangers dressed in black, KISS finds themselves drawn into a web conspiracy that threatens to kill rock 'n' roll itself. 

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Friday, February 9th
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Wentworth Gallery, Las Olas
819 E Las Olas Blvd
Fort Lauderdale, FL
954.468.0685
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Saturday February 10th
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Wentworth Gallery, Town Center Mall
6000 Glades Road
Boca Raton, FL
561.338.0804
towncenter@wentworthgallery.com

View Paul Stanley’s Art at http://www.wentworthgallery.com/stanley.html

Collection of Originals, Mixed-Media Originals & Acrylic Guitar Sculptures on Exhibition & Available for Acquisition.