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“I said, ‘Mike, I don’t know how to tell you this, but that’s a note-for-note guitar solo from...” Mike McCready stole his Alive solo from Kiss – but Ace Frehley had already stolen it from another legendary classic rock band

The revelation comes from Gene Simmons, who sees no problem in bands taking inspiration – and lifting ideas – from others

Guitar World

“Kiss just had an attitude back then. The four of us were so different, but when we got together it was magic!”: How lead guitarist Ace Frehley wrote and recorded his first classic Kiss song

“It’s all about the tone,” Ace says

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If you ever wanted to hear a whiskey-voiced Gene Simmons crooning a jazz standard, now's your chance

Gene Simmons' sultry cover of Stormy Weather comes from the soundtrack of the Dennis Quaid movie Reagan

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"Whether it has anything to do with being sober I don't know – but I needed a release": Slash tells the story of his star-studded debut solo album

Slash's band split. He was called a 'sell-out' and 'a cancer'. And through it all he emerged with the first great rock album of the last decade

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Gene Simmons Defends Jojo Siwa's Edgy New Look At Awards

Rock legend Gene Simmons defends JoJo Siwa's bold new look inspired by Kiss at iHeartRadio Music Awards 2024. Siwa's evolving style and upcoming single 'Ka...

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Upbeat skipper wants a Red-hot go against ACT Brumbies

Despite last week's loss to the Force, Queensland Reds captain Tate McDermott doesn't want his players to change too much when they take on the ACT Brumbies.

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Why I love Kiss, by Bill & Ted’s Alex Winter

“They were like superheroes”: how Bill & Ted star Alex Winter fell in love with Kiss as a 10-year-old. Excellent!

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"I went out expecting to see Kiss at Hammersmith Odeon and instead spent the evening in a pub with Bon Scott and Angus Young": An AC/DC story

When AC/DC headed off on their Lock Up Your Daughters Tour in the summer of 1976, a future Classic Rock writer was there every step of the way

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Robben Ford has been sideman to stars from Miles Davis to Joni Mitchell, George Harrison and even Kiss – and he's an expert in fusing the worlds of jazz and blues guitar

Improve your voice leading, chordal vocabulary and harmonic tension and release now as we put Ford's style under the microscope in this in-depth lesson

Guitar World

Taylor Swift once dressed up as Kiss legend Ace Frehley to prank Keith Urban during a live show

Well before she was a global superstar and an economic goliath, Taylor Swift was a mere support act with an Ace Frehley costume

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"You're so independent; you're so tough": Relive the bizarre moment Donald Trump fired Gene Simmons on Celebrity Apprentice

According to Gene Simmons, it was all part of his plan

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Kiss bring the curtain down on the End Of The Road tour - and their epic 50-year career - with a spectacular, and intriguing, final bow in New York City

Or could the end be just another beginning?

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The final ever Kiss show is to be streamed as a pay-per-view event

If you didn't get tickets to see Kiss's last ever show at Madison Square Garden next month, you can watch it at home instead

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Klimt & The Kiss review – deep dive into the celebrated erotic masterpiece

There is plenty to discover about the iconic ,poster-friendly image as well as the artist’s influences and obsessions

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9 times Nuno Bettencourt proved to be guitar's M.V.P.

The string-skipping, warp speed-shredding and hard-riffing virtuoso has been blowing minds since '89. Here are 9 highlights from his spectacular catalog with Extreme and beyond

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Ask Anna: How to kiss a girl for the first time (and like it). Plus, is it unusual to bring a gift on a first date?

Dear Anna,

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Step aside beauty influencers, here's Gene Simmons with a tutorial on how to perfectly achieve Kiss' make-up look

Gene Simmons once gave a thorough makeup tutorial on how to achieve Kiss' iconic look to women's magazine Cosmopolitan

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Watch Kiss play a seven-minute version of She on The Midnight Special in 1975

More televisual gold emerges from the Midnight Special as Kiss make their second appearance on the show

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'Spinning Gold' review: 1970s record biz tale is out of tune

A gangly, unruly tale that attempts to spin the success stories of Kiss, Donna Summer and record industry executive Neil Bogart into one confounding narrative, "Spinning Gold" is a tangled mess of a movie, a tribute act masquerading as the real deal.

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