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Gene Simmons

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    Finally, Snoop Dogg Is Going to Put Out a Lyric Book You Can Smoke

    See also: Jackalope Ranch's Five Other Books We'd Like to Smoke Move over Gene Simmons -- the Snoop Dee-oh-double G is poised to eclipse you in terms of marketing gimmicks. You know all those times you've been chillin', wishing you could toke up using mock-handwritten lyric sheets of Snoop Dogg s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2012

    Gene Simmons Has Beef With Rihanna, and Probably a Few Other Pop Stars

    ​See also: KISS and Motley Crue Are Coming to Phoenix (Together!)Don't make lip-syncing a habit at concerts, or outspoken KISS-man Gene Simmons will have something to say about it."We're sick and tired of girls getting up there with dancers and karaoke tapes in back of them," Simmons said at a pre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2012

    How About Some Rock: KISS and Mötley Crüe Are Coming to Phoenix (Together!)

    See also: Ace Frehley on KISS and His New Memoir, No Regrets You guys like guitars? How about makeup? Well, KISS and Mötley Crüe are coming to town. The "summer's biggest, baddest rock tour" (their words, not ours) is headed to Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion (I feel like Gene Simmons has g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2012

    This Week's Tastiest Links!

    Message to co-workers: get your damn birthday cakes and homemade goodies out of my dieting face. - The Wall Street Journal To foie gras or not foie gras? Valley chefs, restaurateurs, and readers weigh in on the controversial issue. - Chow Bella Gene Simmons of KISS is going to open up a chain of r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2011

    Ace Frehley on KISS and His New Memoir, No Regrets

    ​No Regrets: A Rock 'n' Roll Memoir is the new book by legendary KISS guitarist Ace Frehley. Assisted by Joe Layden and John Ostrosky, Space Ace pretty much hits it all: his young years in a gang, his audition to be in KISS (there was a job application), the band's rise, his drug abuse, leavin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    Serge Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life and Seven More Music Flicks That Don't Suck

    A scene from A Heroic Life​I didn't make it out to the French pop spectacular at FilmBar on Saturday night, but the pics posted on Facebook got me super-pumped to catch Serge Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life. Non-documentary or concert films are tough to pull off (those are, too) but when a movie ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 22, 2011

    Hot for Teacher

    A scene from A Heroic Life​I didn't make it out to the French pop spectacular at FilmBar on Saturday night, but the pics posted on Facebook got me super-pumped to catch Serge Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life. Non-documentary or concert films are tough to pull off (those are, too) but when a movie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2011

    Steel Panther's Balls Out Delayed: Eight Albums to Rock The Family Jewels While You Wait

    ​If you're one of the Steel Panther fans anxiously awaiting the band's new record, Balls Out, well, you're just going to have to wait a little longer. The band announced on its website yesterday that the record has been pushed from its original release date of October 18 to October 31. Practi ... More >>

  • Music

    September 1, 2011

    Sade Lets Her Music Do the Talking

    ​If you're one of the Steel Panther fans anxiously awaiting the band's new record, Balls Out, well, you're just going to have to wait a little longer. The band announced on its website yesterday that the record has been pushed from its original release date of October 18 to October 31. Practi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2011

    Five Teachers That Turned Into Rock Stars

    Having Bun B as a professor could have been interesting...​What if Sheryl Crow had been your elementary school music teacher? How cool would it have been if Bun B was your professor in a class about religion and hip-hop? How strange would your learning experience have been if Peaches had been your ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    Pauly D to Join Britney Spears on Tour

    ​DJ Pauly D will be spinning on Britney Spears' tour, according to the Fab Life.The Jersey Shore star will be opening for Britney for six dates during her fall tour."Britney is one of my favorite performers and certainly one of this generation's most influential artists," he said. "It's an amazing ... More >>

  • Music

    June 2, 2011

    CH3 @ Rips Ales & Cocktails

    ​DJ Pauly D will be spinning on Britney Spears' tour, according to the Fab Life.The Jersey Shore star will be opening for Britney for six dates during her fall tour."Britney is one of my favorite performers and certainly one of this generation's most influential artists," he said. "It's an amazing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2011

    Limp Bizkit is Baaaaack: Fred Durst Says the Band is Working on Two New Albums

    Fred Durst now has a gray beard but he still wants to rock.​Bad news for people with working ears: Limp Bizkit, the rap-rock outfit that stained an entire generation by instigating a meathead riot at Woodstook 1999, is reassembling.Or so says singer/rapper/douchenozzle Fred Durst, who NME reports ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2010

    Another Piece of Pop Culture Retired: Sony Walkman

    ​"What's a cassette tape?" Parents, you'll never hear your children asking that ever again now that Sony has retired the Walkman, according to Paste.It turns out that the last of the Walkmen left Sony in April. The 30-year-old portable cassette player couldn't outlast the competition of music play ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2010

    OMB! Biebz's 3-D Movie Title, Poster Revealed

    ​Never Say Never is the title for Justin Bieber's upcoming 3-D movie, according to Idolator. The movie poster was released today as well. That makes for one more Bieber poster we can all hang up in our bedrooms! Yes!Film director Jon Chu posted pieces of the poster on his Twitter over the past two ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2010

    Toni Braxton Up to Her Eyes in Unbelievable Debt

    ​R&B singer Toni Braxton has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy again, according to TMZ. She owes between $10 million and $50 million.The companies to which she is indebted include Tiffany & Co., AT&T, The Four Seasons Hotels, and Neiman Marcus. Maybe diamonds aren't a girl's best friend a ... More >>

  • Music

    September 30, 2010

    Matt & Kim's Place Among Other Too-Happy Rockers

    ​R&B singer Toni Braxton has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy again, according to TMZ. She owes between $10 million and $50 million.The companies to which she is indebted include Tiffany & Co., AT&T, The Four Seasons Hotels, and Neiman Marcus. Maybe diamonds aren't a girl's best friend a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 22, 2010

    Ray It Forward

    Ukulele + lunchbox = great art

  • Calendar

    April 15, 2010

    Ray It Forward

    Ukulele + lunchbox = great art

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2009

    Kiss Posts New Times Review of Their Glendale Concert on Their Web Site -- After Editing Out All the Criticism

    Luke Holwerda​The official Web site for the band Kiss has re-printed my review of the band's show Tuesday night at Jobing.com Arena in Glendale. That's not a big deal; bands do it all the time. What is a little shady, however, is the way they edited it.Turns out they removed anything remotely n ... More >>

  • Music

    November 26, 2009

    Fake Kissing: A Tribute to the Long History of Kiss Tribute Bands

    Luke Holwerda​The official Web site for the band Kiss has re-printed my review of the band's show Tuesday night at Jobing.com Arena in Glendale. That's not a big deal; bands do it all the time. What is a little shady, however, is the way they edited it.Turns out they removed anything remotely n ... More >>

  • Film

    September 3, 2009

    With Extract, Mike Judge Goes Back to Work

    Luke Holwerda​The official Web site for the band Kiss has re-printed my review of the band's show Tuesday night at Jobing.com Arena in Glendale. That's not a big deal; bands do it all the time. What is a little shady, however, is the way they edited it.Turns out they removed anything remotely n ... More >>

  • Music

    March 26, 2009

    Coolzey

    Luke Holwerda​The official Web site for the band Kiss has re-printed my review of the band's show Tuesday night at Jobing.com Arena in Glendale. That's not a big deal; bands do it all the time. What is a little shady, however, is the way they edited it.Turns out they removed anything remotely n ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 20, 2008

    GWAR is War

    Luke Holwerda​The official Web site for the band Kiss has re-printed my review of the band's show Tuesday night at Jobing.com Arena in Glendale. That's not a big deal; bands do it all the time. What is a little shady, however, is the way they edited it.Turns out they removed anything remotely n ... More >>

  • Music

    August 21, 2008

    Sludge metal pioneers, The Melvins, are still doing things their own way on Nude with Boots

    Luke Holwerda​The official Web site for the band Kiss has re-printed my review of the band's show Tuesday night at Jobing.com Arena in Glendale. That's not a big deal; bands do it all the time. What is a little shady, however, is the way they edited it.Turns out they removed anything remotely n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2008

    KISS, Marilyn Manson, the Brady Kids and . . . Max and the Marginalized?

    Luke Holwerda​The official Web site for the band Kiss has re-printed my review of the band's show Tuesday night at Jobing.com Arena in Glendale. That's not a big deal; bands do it all the time. What is a little shady, however, is the way they edited it.Turns out they removed anything remotely n ... More >>

  • Music

    May 22, 2008

    MiniKiss is better than no KISS at all

    Luke Holwerda​The official Web site for the band Kiss has re-printed my review of the band's show Tuesday night at Jobing.com Arena in Glendale. That's not a big deal; bands do it all the time. What is a little shady, however, is the way they edited it.Turns out they removed anything remotely n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2008

    Slip Us the Tongue: Minikiss at Dos Gringos on Saturday, May 3

    Luke Holwerda​The official Web site for the band Kiss has re-printed my review of the band's show Tuesday night at Jobing.com Arena in Glendale. That's not a big deal; bands do it all the time. What is a little shady, however, is the way they edited it.Turns out they removed anything remotely n ... More >>

  • Music

    December 27, 2007

    Nashville Pussy

    Luke Holwerda​The official Web site for the band Kiss has re-printed my review of the band's show Tuesday night at Jobing.com Arena in Glendale. That's not a big deal; bands do it all the time. What is a little shady, however, is the way they edited it.Turns out they removed anything remotely n ... More >>

  • Music

    November 29, 2007

    Light My Menorah

    Imagining a rock star Hanukkah

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2007

    Rockin’ Rides: AZ gets music theme park proposal, we get some baaad ideas

    Imagining a rock star Hanukkah

  • Home Entertainment

    November 2, 2006

    Impossibly Passable

    Imagining a rock star Hanukkah

  • Music

    October 5, 2006

    The Kid's All Right

    Piano woman

  • Home Entertainment

    June 22, 2006

    Vampires of Moscow

    Piano woman

  • Film

    April 14, 2005

    Never Been Funnier

    Local indie flick is mint in box

  • Calendar

    January 6, 2005

    Sex Factor

    All this and First Friday, too

  • Calendar

    September 16, 2004

    Tongue and Groove

    Count Smokula lights up the Trunk Space

  • Music

    October 2, 2003

    Stage Fight

    It's KISS vs. Aerosmith in a battle for your metal-god dollar

  • Best of Phoenix

    September 21, 2000

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  • Music

    June 15, 2000

    Goodbye Boys

    The Half Visconte proves that breaking up isn't so hard to do

  • News

    March 23, 2000

    Letters 03-23-2000

    The Half Visconte proves that breaking up isn't so hard to do

  • Music

    March 9, 2000

    Lick It Up

    Trashman dreams of Genie, but he never shows

  • Film

    August 12, 1999

    Flinch KISS

    Detroit Rock City fails makeup exam

  • Music

    February 25, 1999

    Guns 'n' Poses

    Trashman finds that he can no longer enjoy a beer in peace

  • Music

    February 25, 1999

    Plaster Casters

    Kiss tribute band Hotter Than Hell just might be more real than the real thing

  • Music

    December 24, 1998

    Song for Xmas

    The trailer-park Grinch revisits his year of misery

  • Music

    December 17, 1998

    Too Live Crue

    Nikki Sixx sounds off on booze, dope and Kiss

  • Music

    August 15, 1996

    I Love a Band in a Uniform

    The fashionable dos and duds of pop's greatest costume gimmick bands

  • Music

    June 22, 1995

    SIMMONS SAYS

    The fashionable dos and duds of pop's greatest costume gimmick bands

  • Music

    October 20, 1994

    KISS IN OUR TIME

    THE WORLD'S GREATEST-- OR DUMBEST-- ROCK 'N' ROLL BAND REFUSES TO DIE. PUCKER UP, BUTTERCUP.

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