Michael Brandvold

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Metal Sludge — In a brand new video uploaded to Youtube the band Kiss knock out sound check with some VIP fans in attendance.

Sounds like a good time right?

Well the fans got their sound check and some general exchanges from the stage with both Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley.

Not to forget Tommy Thayer on lead guitar and Eric Singer back behind the drum kit.

It seems this is normal as Kiss do these regularly, however the fans at the XFINITY Theatre Hartford Connecticut got a bonus.

Simmons walked out in his bathrobe.

That’s right, the band’s co-founder and bassist explained to fans he was getting his hair colored as to why he was dressed in bath attire.

The band and fans had fun with The Demon sporting his post shower garb, including a few ball busting comments from Stanley.

This week we talk KISS KRUISE 10.5 and 11 and Are KISS EXPOS going to be the way the KISS ARMY celebrates the band once they are gone? Plus PETER CRISS is doing a COMEBACK SHOW in NY?

KISS ARMY – meet me in THE KISS ROOM!

It’s Friday the 13th, it’s #KISSROOMFRIDAY and it’s #ACEFREHLEYFRIDAY as we celebrate the close of the 10th year of THE KISS ROOM and get warmed up for the ACE FREHLEY show at the KESWICK THEATER in Glenside! I am joined in the studio by Bobby Dreher, Fran Galanti, Jerry Lee Watkins, and Chris Ann Colvin! We have some celebrity call-ins and MORE! We’re talking Ace, KISS, being back in the studio, and asking ‘if YOU could ask a question to KISS, who would you ask and what would you ask them?’ And, of course, THE KISS ROOM HOUSE BAND rocks show! PLUS, find out how YOU can enter to WIN a new Montco Radio tumbler! All of the KISS talk and KISS tunes that you expect every month in THE KISS ROOM!

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We have a LIVE DISCUSSION about all the KISS LEAD GUITAR PLAYERS! And we want you to get in on the conversation! PLUS HUGE NEWS coming out of the Creatures Fest camp involving VINNIE, ACE and BRUCE!

Gene wished Ace Frehley a HAPPY BIRTHDAY and it also camw with an invitation to join KISS on stage! Plus we talk KISS DRUMMERS in our TOPIC OF THE WEEK!

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KISS ARMY  – check out this BONUS issue of THE KISS ROOM, as I am joined by LEON DELANEY and KAT MARRA!
This is a free-wheeling, long form conversation, focusing on Leon’s life and career and, of course, the connections to KISS. This is a really fun conversation.  I smiled the entire time and I hope that you will too.  Sit back, get comfortable, and meet me in THE KISS ROOM.
This is a PodKISSt Network exclusive.

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Paul put out his list of greatest singers and we will review and give you our TOP 5 Non-KISS Singers!

If you had a friend that was not a KISS fan what 5 records would you use to influence them?

Matt Porter

On the APRIL issue of THE KISS ROOM, Bobby Dreher and I start the show talking with Joe D’Angelo about Kruise Fest! You’ll hear new music from the Quinn Vincent Invasion!
Of course, THE KISS ROOM HOUSE BAND rocks the room!
We’ve got KISS talk and KISS tunes and all of the fun that you expect every month in THE KISS ROOM!
It’s a party and YOU are invited!
Originally broadcast via Montco Radio on Friday, April 8, 2022.
For more, go to www.thekissroom.com/
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Michael Brandvold

This week the boys talk about what they think might have happened if KISS had called it a day after the CREATURES OF THE NIGHT TOUR??

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KISS frontman Paul Stanley has little sympathy for Will Smith after his outburst at Sunday night’s Academy Awards presentation.

But what troubled Stanley most about the debacle was that less than an hour after slapping Chris Rock and cursing at him for a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith, Will was given a standing ovation accepting his award for Best Actor.

Will later issued a formal apology, but that didn’t satisfy Stanley. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer echoed Wednesday what many live performers found so objectionable about the situation (and the copycats in might encourage).

“‘Unacceptable Behavior’?” Stanley began, paraphrasing Will’s apology. “What personal issues would embolden someone enough to walk onstage and ASSAULT another person? THEN how could an audience of people who believe themselves morally and socially conscious watch & spend the rest of the night cheering him? Sad and scary.”

Rock has yet to speak out on the issue in detail, but he did address it Wednesday when his stand-up tour with Kevin Hart played Boston.

“So how was your weekend?” Rock reportedly asked the audience after taking the stage.

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Blabbermouth

During a brand new appearance on “The Adam Carolla Show”, KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons discussed some of his fellow popular musicians who are not appreciative of their success and position. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “It’s not fair to point a finger, because everybody’s got their own dynamics with life and living experiences. But anybody who is lucky enough, on the face of a planet of seven and a half billion people, to have more money than you could ever spend in your life, have more chicks run after you that you don’t deserve ’cause you’re not that good looking. I’m talking about myself. Glory, fame — all that stuff. I don’t have to do a goddamn thing and people will give me free stuff. Where were they when I couldn’t afford to get on a bus? That you wouldn’t see how blessed you are is delusional; it’s criminal. Because there are millions of people who would kiss the ground you walk on just to be given the chance. So, for instance, we have Tommy Thayer [KISS guitarist] and Eric Singer [KISS drummer] who’ve been with us 20 years; we’ve been around almost half a century. And we are quitting very soon. But Tommy and Eric show up on time; they’re appreciative, professional — no drugs, no booze; nothing. And I can’t say the same thing about — I always wanna shut my mouth — Ace [Frehley, original KISS guitarist], who I love to this day, and Peter [Criss, original KISS drummer]. They were every bit as important as Paul [Stanley, KISS frontman] and I in forming the band, but not everybody has the DNA to run a marathon. Some people are shooting stars; they look great for a short time, and then bye-bye.”

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Michael Brandvold

This week we take the 10 KISS releases that were the non-makeup era and we rank them worst to 1st!