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Proceeds benefit the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Sioux Empire

LIVE BID: Become a Member of the KISS Entourage on Their 40th Anniversary Tour on 2 Back to Back Shows - https://www.charitybuzz.com/catalog_items/437109

Any time in the next year, you and a guest can become members of the KISS Entourage on their 40th Anniversary Tour.

Includes:

- You and a guest will fly to meet up with KISS on tour anywhere in the US. (Valid for continental US flights only).

- You will see the KISS show as all access members of the group, stay in the same hotel as the band and fly from 2 back to back shows on the KISS jet with the band!

- Receive autographs and photos with the Band in Full Makeup during meet and greets

- Hang out at sound check and kick it with the crew-- this is your pass to be "With the Band" for these 2 shows!!

- We will then fly you back to your origination spot after the second KISS show.

This package also includes 2 coveted seats to THE Fundraiser- an epic event being held on December 5, 2013 at The Orleans Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Those attending the event will meet all of the members of KISS backstage at the event and get a photo with the whole band without makeup on.

LIVE BID: Join Paul Stanley Jan. 5 - Jan 7 in LA for the Ultimate Sports Experience - https://www.charitybuzz.com/catalog_items/437107

Perfect for sports and rock and roll fans alike, bid now on this Paul Stanley experience!Once in a life time KISS packages

Proceeds benefit the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Sioux Empire

LIVE BID: Become a Member of the KISS Entourage on Their 40th Anniversary Tour on 2 Back to Back Shows - https://www.charitybuzz.com/catalog_items/437109

Any time in the next year, you and a guest can become members of the KISS Entourage on their 40th Anniversary Tour.

Includes:

- You and a guest will fly to meet up with KISS on tour anywhere in the US. (Valid for continental US flights only).

- You will see the KISS show as all access members of the group, stay in the same hotel as the band and fly from 2 back to back shows on the KISS jet with the band!

- Receive autographs and photos with the Band in Full Makeup during meet and greets

- Hang out at sound check and kick it with the crew-- this is your pass to be "With the Band" for these 2 shows!!

- We will then fly you back to your origination spot after the second KISS show.

This package also includes 2 coveted seats to THE Fundraiser- an epic event being held on December 5, 2013 at The Orleans Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Those attending the event will meet all of the members of KISS backstage at the event and get a photo with the whole band without makeup on.

LIVE BID: Join Paul Stanley Jan. 5 - Jan 7 in LA for the Ultimate Sports Experience - https://www.charitybuzz.com/catalog_items/437107

Perfect for sports and rock and roll fans alike, bid now on this Paul Stanley experience!

Includes:

- Sunday, January 5th: You and a guest will join Paul in courtside seats at the LA Lakers vs. Denver Nuggets game in Los Angeles at Staples Center.

- Monday, January 6th: You and a guest will get to attend the BCS Championship Game at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA.

- Tuesday, January 7th: You and a guest will have the best seats in the house for the sold out Anaheim Angles vs. Boston Bruins Hockey game at the Honda Center in Anaheim, CA. Winner will have the chance to watch the warm ups from the Penalty Box along with a customized Ducks Jersey for you and your guest.

- Includes breakfast or lunch with Paul one day during your trip.

- If traveling from Las Vegas, fly to Los Angeles and back on a Private Jet for this experience.

- Deluxe accommodations will also be covered while in LA.

- Winner receives an autographed Washburn Signature Model Guitar that will be played by Paul Stanley at THE Fundraiser event.

This package also includes 2 coveted seats to THE Fundraiser- an epic event being held on December 5, 2013 at The Orleans Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Those attending the event will also meet Paul Stanley at the event where he will present you with your guitar and take a photo with you.

LIVE BID: Private Gene Simmons Expereince in LA Including a Visit to His Home and Tour of His KISS Collection -
https://www.charitybuzz.com/catalog_items/437108
This is a once in a lifetime opportunity with Gene Simmons!

Includes:

- On a mutually agreed upon date, you and a guest will fly to Los Angeles and stat at the Beverly Hills Hotel with the flights and hotel stay paid for.

- You will be transported, blindfolded and via Private Security to the Home of Gene Simmons and Shannon Tweed-Simmons. You will get at tour of his famous office from his hit television show which is a literal KISS Museum.

- Take photos with Gene while he shows you the coolest KISS collection on the planet.

- After your tour, Gene will join you for dinner in Beverly Hills at a restaurant of Gene's choosing.

- Winner receives an autographed BASS guitar that will be played by Gene.

This package also includes 2 coveted seats to THE Fundraiser- an epic event being held on December 5, 2013 at The Orleans Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Those attending the event will meet Gene Simmons at the event where he will present you with your autographed BASS and get a photo with Gene.

These lots will close at 12 noon EDT December 5 to be part of a live auction that evening. Please be sure to utilize the Max Bid feature so a Charitybuzz representative may continue to bid on your behalf at the live auction. Should no Max Bid be in place, we will bid your current bid at the live auction. Please contact [email protected] or 212-243-3900 for more details or with any questions.

'Nothin' to Lose: The Making of KISS': Pioneers of rock as spectacle

By Wayne Wise

My first concert was KISS at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena in January 1978. I was 16 and a fan. I knew even then that it wasn't really about the music, although I did love it (it took me a few more years to work up to the all night and every day status of partying). It was about the spectacle. They were superheroes, larger than life comic book characters. Music and comics were a natural pairing in my life. How could I not be a fan?

I came to the KISS party a little late. By 1978 they had been rocking the greasepaint for nearly six years. "Nothin' to Lose: The Making of KISS (1972-1975)" chronicles the band's earliest days, when no one knew who they were and few believed this ridiculous concept would succeed.

The story is told entirely with excerpts from interviews with the band and the people around them. The result is an insider's view of their rise from obscurity to the hottest band in the world.'Nothin' to Lose: The Making of KISS': Pioneers of rock as spectacle

By Wayne Wise

My first concert was KISS at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena in January 1978. I was 16 and a fan. I knew even then that it wasn't really about the music, although I did love it (it took me a few more years to work up to the all night and every day status of partying). It was about the spectacle. They were superheroes, larger than life comic book characters. Music and comics were a natural pairing in my life. How could I not be a fan?

I came to the KISS party a little late. By 1978 they had been rocking the greasepaint for nearly six years. "Nothin' to Lose: The Making of KISS (1972-1975)" chronicles the band's earliest days, when no one knew who they were and few believed this ridiculous concept would succeed.

The story is told entirely with excerpts from interviews with the band and the people around them. The result is an insider's view of their rise from obscurity to the hottest band in the world.

Quotes from those closest to them at the time allow the reader a peek behind the masks and special effects at the people who struggled and rehearsed and worked very hard for the success they achieved. The reactions they received from the bands they toured with are priceless.

It didn't take long for these bands to be regularly upstaged. The travails of the roadies, whose job it was to transport the ever-growing stage show, set it up, and deal with regular equipment failure, as well as to protect the band from less than understanding non-fans along the way, are worth the price of admission.

For the most part, audiences didn't know what to make of them. The Glam and Glitter movement of T. Rex and David Bowie was passing and had never really caught on in the U.S. Rock 'n' roll as theatrical spectacle was just beginning to appear.

Their rise from being laughed at by a small handful of people to filling giant arenas around the world took place over a few short years. In retrospect it seems meteoric, but at the time it was a slow day-by-day slog through rejection and ridicule.

Perhaps the most telling anecdote is when, as the very first artist signed to the label, they performed at the launch party for Casablanca Records. The room was filled with not only the upper ranks of the music industry, but also the hoi polloi of Hollywood stars of the era. While the party was a success their show was deemed a failure, leaving the room in confusion over what they had just witnessed. The only person in attendance who seemed to get what KISS was going for was Alice Cooper. "What they need is a gimmick," he quipped.

Much of the press surrounding KISS in the past 30 years has focused on the rifts and hard feelings between the original members of the band. Their recent nomination for inclusion in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has brought on another round of sniping at each other in the press (most of it, to no one's surprise, coming from Gene Simmons).

This book takes the reader back to a time when they were four young men with a common dream who achieved it by work, dedication, and their unique personalities and contributions. The Starchild, Demon, Catman and SpaceAce are the characters Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Peter Criss and Ace Frehley played, and in some cases the personalities of the characters have overwhelmed the men.

The behind-the-scenes anecdotes in this book serve to humanize them again. By seeing their hopes and ambitions laid bare, by reading about the times they had no money, by retelling their missteps and failures, we can strip away the weight of 40 years and see the core magic and energy that made this band succeed.