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Band perform rare makeup-free acoustic show to help fund museum named after guitarist Tommy Thayer's father

By Daniel Kreps

Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Three Lions Entertainment

KISS performed a rare acoustic gig last weekend in Lake Oswego, Oregon to help raise funds to build a military museum in the Beaver State. For three years, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers have assisted Oregon's Historical Outreach Foundation toward building the $15 million project, but the sans-makeup acoustic show was the first time Gene Simmons and the band had performed at the charity event. In all, Kiss raised over $1 million, $20,000 of which came from an auction of a guitar that Paul Stanley had played since 1989, the Oregonian reports.

Kiss guitarist and Oregon native Tommy Thayer is heavily involved in the museum, which will be named after the guitarist's father, Brigadier General James B. Thayer, a 93-year-old World War II veteran. In 1945, Thayer's father was tasked with freeing the prisoners of the Nazi concentration camps. Simmons' mother was one such prisoner and a Holocaust survivor, and while Simmons is unsure whether Thayer's father actually helped liberate his mother, given their family histories, the idea of a military museum resonated with the band.

"A museum is a living history book, because young people today and the future generations can't just read books or watch it on video because it's unemotional," Simmons told the Oregonian. "Going into a building and seeing remnants, vestiges of what it all means just cuts out all the sound and images on the outside world, lets you focus a little bit and makes you understand that this is real life and death stuff, and America exists, as far as I'm concerned, as the last bastion of hope for all of humanity on all of Planet Earth."

"It really is about the men and women of the military that make my life and your life possible," Simmons added. "There's chaos in the world. If you go to the Middle East, there are people� 'evil,' is a good word. Forget about different religious beliefs or political views; there is evil in the world. People are being beheaded today, not in some medieval time."

KISS Army Argentina is celebrating their 3rd KISS Night tomorrow in Buenos Aires!

KISS!

We are hosting our third KISS NIGHT on September 20, 2014 in Buenos Aires, Argentina! We will celebrate the 40th anniversary of HOTTER THAN HELL with our tribute band cover all of the songs on the album!

Best regards!

Marcelo Garc�a / KISS Army Argentina

Posing at the grand opening of the new Rock & Brews Albuquerque, pictured from left to right, are: Franchisee (Southwest), Brett Anz; Co-Founding Partner, Dell Furano; Co-Founding Partner, Gene Simmons; Albuquerque Mayor, Richard Berry; Co-Founding Partner, Paul Stanley; Franchisee (Southwest), Perry Mann; Co-Founding Partner, Dave Furano; Co-Founding Partner, Michael Zislis; and Rock & Brews Southwest, LLC, Region President, Matt McMahon. 

KISS front men Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, along with their co-founding partners, opened the first Southwest location of their Rock & Brews restaurant in Albuquerque, NM, yesterday, September 16, 2014. The rock-themed, family-friendly restaurant honored nearly 100 local wounded warriors, veterans and active military members with an intimate luncheon hosted by Simmons and Stanley. The evening fundraiser, benefitting the New Mexico VA Health Care System recreation programs, welcomed over 250 guests, including local VIPs, the general public and media.

The restaurant is located at 4800 Montgomery Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM.

On this day in KISSTORY - September 18 1987, KISS released their platinum album 'Crazy Nights.' Here are two of the music video released from the album.

Here are a few photos from yesterday's celebration at the lasted Rock & Brews in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

www.Rockandbrews.com