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“I would love to say that I was their first choice. No, I was probably the dark horse in the race.” Rarely in Hollywood does one see a star born overnight, but that’s what happened to Tonatiuh with ...

More than a half century after their 1973 formation in New York City, KISS is showing no signs of fading quietly into retirement. The OG shock rockers reunited this weekend for the Kiss Kruise: ...

Manager Doc McGhee offered Kiss fans in Las Vegas a sneak peak at three big projects the band is planning to release in the near future. During the "Future of Kiss" panel at Kiss Kruise: Land-Locked ...

Kiss fans have grown to expect what Gene Simmons describes as a "gathering of the tribes" at the Kiss Kruise, which first set sail in 2011 and has happened on a semi-annual basis since then. But the ...

After making their Japanese debut, KISS OF LIFE is following up with a Korean digital single! On November 13 at midnight KST, KISS OF LIFE announced that they will be releasing a Korean version of ...

A New Jersey medical examiner has announced the cause of death of KISS founding member and original lead guitarist Ace Frehley, who died Oct. 16 at the age of 74. Morris County Deputy Medical Examiner ...

Frehley died Oct. 16 following a fall, according to his agent. The guitarist had told fans about the incident in September and canceled his remaining 2025 shows on Oct. 6. "We are completely ...

The legendary rock star died on Oct. 16, weeks after suffering a fall at his home Daniel Zuchnik/Getty Ace Frehley's cause of death has been revealed The former KISS rocker died of blunt trauma ...

The world is about to get new music from a Simmons and a Stanley, but not the ones you think. Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley’s sons, Nick Simmons and Evan Stanley, have teamed up to record music ...

The wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of the Kiss guitar tech who died from Covid-19 while quarantining on the band’s End of the Road World Tour in 2021 ended Wednesday with an official ...