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Updated on November 19th 2009

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*** European KISS Sonic Boom Tour will be announced very soon!!! *** First confirmed date seems that KISS is headlining Hellfest in France!!! *** New KISS album SONIC BOOM is OUT NOW!!! 11 brand new tracks!!! Comes with new recordings Greatest Hits CD and 6-track DVD from Argentina!!! Get your copy now!!! *** Ace Frehley's New album Anomaly is OUT NOW!!! *** Ace Frehley Anomaly European Tour in december!!! *** 1979 - 2009: I'm celebrating 30 years of enjoying KISS! *** Peter Criss recording new rock album, slated for april 2010 *** European Private Parties with Bruce Kulick in november/december!!! *** Our Meet & Greet with Lydia Criss!!! *** My KISS collection updated with new photo's! ***

*** Upcoming KISS Merchandise: KISS Creatures Of The Night Tin *** KISS Snuggie *** Gene & Paul 12" Figures ***

European KISS Tour In May/June 2010!

According to KISS manager Doc McGhee:

* KISS will play around 40 shows in Europe in the summer of 2010, starting in may!

* The Sonic Boom European Tour will include some festivals!

* Tourdates will be announced in 2 weeks!

* Tickets will suposely go for sale on november 27th!

It seems that the first KISS European date has been confirmed, on the Hellfest Festival site you can see this:

Recognizable is the blade of the Rock & Roll Over album cover! Hellfest will be held on june 18-20th.
It seems that also these UK shows have been confirmed:

SECC, Glasgow - May 9th
MEN Arena, Manchester - May 10th
Wembley Arena - May 12th
LG Arena, Birmingham - May 13th

These are the most rumored cities/venues:

Italy: Milan, Rome
Spain: Madrid, Azkena Rock - june 24-26th
The Netherlands: Nijmegen, Arrow Festival

We'll go to as much shows as possible...

Meet Ace Frehley In Europe!!!

European Ace Frehley Anomaly World Tour hits Europe in december!
These dates have been confirmed so far:

29.11.2009: Drammen, Norway
30.11.2009: Stockholm (Debaser), Sweden
02.12.2009: Helsinki (Nosturi), Finland
04.12.2009: Malmö (Kulturbolaget - KB), Sweden
05.12.2009: Vasteras (Culturen ), Sweden
06.12.2009: Göteborg (Trädgårn), Sweden
08.12.2009: Hamburg (Grosse Freiheit), Germany
09.12.2009: Bochum (Zeche), Germany
11.12.2009: Berlin (Huxleys), Germany
12.12.2009: Frankfurt (Batschkapp), Germany
13.12.2009: München (Tonhalle), Germany
15.12.2009: Luzern (Schüür), Switzerland
16.12.2009: Rijssen (Lucky), Holland
17.12.2009: London (O2 Bush Empire), England

Also there are now VIP Meet & Greet packages aviable for his European shows!
Prices are $ 250,- with concert ticket or $ 200,- without ticket!
You can order the packages by clicking on the photo below!

We'll meet Ace in Bochum, Germany...

Coming Up: Bruce's Private Party!

We'll be @ Bruce Kulick's Private Party in Amsterdam!

He'll do a guitarclinic, a Q&A session and a Meet & Greet (including taking photo's) with his fans! Also he'll give the fans a seak preview of his upcoming third solo album BK 3!
There are 4 of these gatherings in Europe, these are the dates:

November 27th:  Amsterdam @ Muziek Podium 3, Voegboogstraat 3 @ 20:30 hrs.
November 28th: Switzerland, Serre @ Salle Du Centre.
November 30th: Norway, Sandvikka @ Backstage Muzikk AS
December 1th: Norway, Glassheim @ Jevnaker

Bruce said this on his site:
In about two weeks I am coming to Amsterdam for a very special event called "Bruce Kulick, the Private Party". My Dutch fans are amazing!!

Also his new third solo CD BK 3 will (release date in the US februari 16th 2010 and comes in a digi-pack!) be probely aviable there! The CD contains 11 tracks and has a lot of special guests, as Gene Simmons, John Corabi & Eric Singer. Bruce released earlier this year a special limited BK3 EP CD with 3 tracks from his upcoming CD...

Tracklist BK3 CD:

Fate, Ain't Gonna Die (featuring Gene Simmons), No Friend Of Mine (featuring John Corabi), Hand of the King (featuring Nick Simmons), I'll Survive, Dirty Girl (featuring Doug Fieger),  Final Mile, I'm The Animal (featuring Tobias Sammet & Eric Singer), And I Know, Between The Lines (featuring Steve Lukather) & Life.

KISS Creatures Of The Night Gift Set!

Upcoming is this very cool KISS Creatures Of The Night Gift Set!
This gift set includes a replica tour shirt, KISS Beanie & Badge set, and has the striking Creatures Of The Night album cover on the Tin Lid.
Release date is november 30th, you can pre-order it here!

KISS Snuggie!

Just released in the US, the KISS Snuggie. A comfortable, cozy fleece blanket with convenient sleeves...

KISS Expo Belgium - Report!

Yesterday we went to the KISS Expo in Kuurne, Belgium. We arrived @ 2 PM at the venue, went inside, got 2 free posters at the door and then it was straight to the merchandise stands. There were about 8 dealers who sold old & new items, KISSonline was there with a lot of new items and of course Lydia Criss was the special guest, who sold & signed her awesome photobook Sealed With A KISS! First we went to Lydia, to let her signed our copy of the book (we had it since it came out) She was very nice and when we asked for a photo, see came behind her table to the front of it and we take some cool pics with her.

We bought some items, like DVD's and 2 cool Alive 35 Hoodies. Also there was a videomessage from Bruce Kulick, he talked about his upcoming new BK3 album and the private party's in Europe in november/december (we'll be there) Around 5 PM it was time for the Q&A with Keith Leroux (KISSonline) He told some cool stories about all the merchandise and that KISS was playing songs from Sonic Boom on the rehersals, like I'm A Animal, When Lightnings Strikes or Danger Us. He was sure that KISS will return to Europe in 2010 (on the expo there was going a rumour around that they'll play on Graspop again, as they did in 2008)

After that it was time for the Unplugged show of KISStory and right after it Lydia Criss took the stage for her Q&A session. She told some cool stories about Peter Criss when she was married to him. Some of them we never heard off before, like that she has some old filmfootage when KISS did their first tour in Japan and that it's possible that it could come out on DVD in the future!

Than it was time for the great mega show of KISStory, they opened with Modern Day Delilah and had a great setlist with bombs, smoke and pyro! It was great to talk with fans and a lot came up to me and gave compliments about my site! Enjoy the photo's...

New Displayed KISS Collection!

After moving into a bigger new house last month, it was also our intention to display our KISS collection in cool way. We bought some extra glass cabinets and displayed a lot of the collection in there.
You can see the new photo's on the slideshow (almost on the top of this blog) our just click on the photo below...

KISS Sonic Boom Items!

Last week I got these (related) KISS Sonic Boom items in.
The KISS M&M's are awesome, also I got 2 Sonic Boom T-Shirts, a Make-Up Set and the Love Gun Blanket! Take a closer look to the M&M's...

Thanks to Kevin (sos) who got these items for me!

New KISS CD Sonic Boom Out Now!!!

First new KISS album in 11 years! SONIC BOOM!!! Out Now!!!

Although I got a copy of the new KISS album " Sonic Boom " 2 weeks ago, I bought last friday the special 2 CD/1 DVD set at my local record store. I got also a free promo CD-single of Modern Day Delilah (!) and a promo poster!

Sonic Boom! Wow! What a album! It's in my CD player all the time!
KISS give us fans what we want, a true all balls out album! There isn't not one song that's bad, from Modern Day Delilah till Say Yeah it's a real pleasure to listen to! Paul & Gene vocals on the tracks are awesome and to my suprise, Eric & Tommy's songs are unbelieveble!
Eric drumparts are strong and Tommy's guitarparts & solo's are so cool, it's great to hear Paul & Gene sharing vocals on several songs, wow what a line-up, what a album!

My favorites are; Modern Day Delilah, Russian Roulette, Stand, All The Glory, When Lightning Strikes & Say Yeah, but as I said before, there isn't any bad song on Sonic Boom! KISS delivered the goods and it was worth the wait, their album is for sure a Sonic Boom!!!

The bonus DVD from Argentina, shot during the Alive 35 World Tour on april 5th 2009, brought back a lot of good memories to me and my girlfriend. We couldn't stop thinking about when KISS was on tour in Europe last year! The footage is raw and it's only a shame that only 6 songs are on it, but we see a great band in action! We just want more...

KISS is back, with a Sonic Boom! So, get this album now!!!

The album contains 11 tracks:

Modern Day Delilah - Stanley 3:40
Russian Roulette - Simmons 4:00
Never Enough - Stanley, Simmons, Thayer 2:16
Yes I Know (Nobody's Perfect) - Stanley, Simmons 3:21
Stand - Stanley 5:20
Hot & Cold - Stanley 3:36
All The Glory - Simmons, Thayer 4:10
Danger Us - Simmons, Singer 3:18
I'm A Animal - Stanley 4:04
When Lightning Strikes - Stanley, Simmons, Thayer 3:38
Say Yah - Stanley, Simmons, Singer 2:25

The Jegoku Retsuden tracklist is:

Deuce, Detroit Rock City, Shout It Out Loud, Hotter Than Hell, Calling Dr. Love, Love Gun, I Was Made For Lovin' You, Heaven's On Fire, Lick It Up, I Love It Loud, Forever, Christeen Sixteen, Do You Love Me, Black Diamond & Rock & Roll All Night.

The DVD tracklisting is:

Deuce, Hotter Than Hell, C'mon & Love Me, Watching You, 100.000 Years & Rock & Roll All Night.

Release date of Sonic Boom! in Europe is October 2th, in the US October 6th!
Sonic Boom comes with a 20 page booklet and will be released as a regulair 1 CD, a 2 CD-set and the special 2-CD/DVD package! Also it will be released on vinyl soon! I got my copies in!

This is my promo CD-single of Modern Day Delilah...

New KISS Figures Box Set!

Out now: KISS Super Stars Limited Edition Collectable Box Set!
These fantastic 3.5 inch non-articulated, highly detailed figures represent some of the music World's most famous superstars. This awesome 4 piece boxset features 4 band members from the legendary rock band KISS.
Featuring Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley & Peter Criss.
My set is on his way. You can order this set here!

Moving: What A Experience!

I'm back! The last copple of weeks we were busy moving to our new house. We had to paint it from bottem to the top, then moving every thing (including my KISS collection that was packed in close to 100 boxes!) from the old to the new house. We listened to Ace's Anomaly CD and of course KISS Sonic Boom CD during the work, lol.

Slowly we're coming to the finish of our moving experience and our KISS collection is almost unpacked and back in 6 glass cabinets! Totally new displays ect. There'll be new photo's of my entire collection posted on my site in the upcoming weeks, so look out for that...

Ace Frehley's Anomaly CD - Out Now!!!

I bought Ace Frehley's new album Anomaly on september 12th here in Holland! It's the digipack-pyramid version and all I can say; I love his new album, it's Ace's best album since 1978!!!
Last friday I got the signed Anomaly CD & Vinyl in, very cool! On Ace site they're sold out!
Take a look to my signed CD booklet by Ace...

Here's my digipack-pyramid version:

This is the tracklist:

Foxy & Free, Outer Space, Pain In The Neck, Fox On The Run, Genghis Khan, Too Many Faces, Change The World, Space Bear, A Little Below The Angels, Sister, It’s A Great Life, & Fractured Quantum. Bonus iTunes track: The Return Of The Space Bear.

Also Ace will be releasing a instruction DVD.
Ace plays the songs Cold Gin , Shock Me & Pain In The Neck  with a band on this DVD...

1979-2009!

This month I'm celebrating my 30th aniversery as a fan of the hottest band in the world...KISS!!!
There were many highlights in my KISStory, like seeing them for the first time live in 1984 in Zwolle (NL) or the many shows I attended during their Reunion tour in 1996/97. My trip to see them in Australia and meeting them in the hotel in 2001 and my 7 Alive 35 shows with, of course, my Meet & Greet with the band in Oberhausen 2008!

But there were many other highlights, like the release of every new KISS album or DVD, adding another very rare item to my collection and my weblog, visited by many fans worldwide each day!
And not to forget...that I found the love of my life through KISS...

KISS Jewelry From Germany!

Upcoming are these KISS Icons Rings from each member!
These silver rings are from Germany and the price will be € 29,90 each...

Peter Criss Recording New CD!

Peter Criss next album will indeed be a rock album!
After his 2007 release, One For All, this new album will be an all out rock and roll record from the Catman.
Peter is now the process of recording, laying down 10 tracks, for the disc which is slated for release April 2010...

KISS Calendars 2010!

Take a look to these 5 (!) KISS Calendars 2010. The first one is the only official.
I got already the second and third one in, the other 3 will be added soon to my collection...

12" Gene & Paul Figures - New Photo!

Medicom will be releasing these awesome 12" Real Action Heroes Figures from Gene Simmons & Paul Stanley, in december. Figures from Ace Frehley & Peter Criss will follow begin 2010!
Take a look to the new photo and see the details. They're from Japan, price will be $ 149,- (!)

KISS 4 Faces Pint Glass Set!

I got this new KISS Glass Set in! This set features 4 black pint glasses showing the face of each band member on one side and reads the band name on the other side. They're very big...

KISS House Key!

I got a copple of these KISS House Key's in, on the backside there's Gene...

Our Dog Loves KISS!

Our dog Jody loves KISS also, when he takes a nap he often lays his head on Paul's booth and starts dreaming...

1 Year Ago... KISS Live In Nijmegen!

Today it's been 1 year ago when KISS visit my country for their headliner show at the Arrow Rock Festival.
I still think a lot of this beautifull day the past year, because it was the first KISS show that I attend with my girlfriend!
Let's hope that KISS will return in 2010 to Holland again, here's the story for you all to read again, enjoy...

So finally on June 15th KISS was in my home country, for the first time in 9 years! The band was headliner on the big Arrow Rock Festival, besides KISS also other bands performed, like Def Leppard & Whitesnake. Around 2 pm we arrived at the festival, as a luxe ticket holder, you became a parkplace right before the intrance of the place. Also you got a free T-Shirt and a place right before the big stage! And we could get free drinks all the day...

It was a rainy, cold day, but we had a awesome time. Also all the time during the day, people came up to me and give me compliments on my site. I met with friends from several forums ect. Fans came to the festival from worldwide and about 30.000 people saw KISS that night.

Around 9 pm it was time for the Hottest Band In The World. And I saw, once again a great show, for me a very special show...KISS did all the tricks in the show, even Paul did his flying act. Because of our good spots on the right side of the stage we had a lot of interacting with Tommy, he was smiling to us and looked us right in the eyes! Paul did wear his jacket later in the show and during the show he mentioned the KISS Army Netherlands! Also he hold up the Dutch flag on stage.Here's the setlist:

Deuce, Strutter, Got To Choose, Hotter Than Hell (with Gene's firebreathing) Nothin' To Lose, C'mon And Love Me, Parasite, She (with Tommy's Guitarsolo) 100.000 Years (With Eric Drumsolo and a cool jam session) Cold Gin, Let Me Go Rock & Roll, Black Diamond, Rock & Roll All Night, Shout It Out Loud, Lick It Up (with Won't Get Fooled Again Part) I Love It Loud (With Gene's bloody bassolo) I Was Made For Lovin  You, Love Gun (with Paul's flying act) Fans singing the Dutch National Athem & Detroit Rock City.

I had a great time and here are some photo's, enjoy...

After the show I picked up my copy of the Live CD and special Arrow Luxe T-shirt. KISS did only sell a small part of their merchandise at this festival, tourbooks sold out fast, so I missed mine, but will buy a copy on one of the other shows...

*(c) 2008. All personal photo's/slideshows may only be used by others if is reference/linked to this site or me, otherwise ask me first!

KISS Coasters In Tin!

I bought this set of KISS Coasters last week.
They came in a tin with KISS graphics and contains 6 coasters with icons and logo's!
They look great on my table...

KISS Ikon Trading Cards Boxset!

I got the new KISS Ikon Trading Cards Boxset in, 24 sealed packs with the newest latest KISS collectable cards!
I'm only in doubt, if I should open up the box or not...

In august Press Pass will release a second series of trading cards, called KISS 360...

1 Year After May 9th 2008...

May 9th 2009...
1 year after our Meet & Greet experience!
We still can remember everything that happened that day in Oberhausen!
We still get a big smile when we look at the Meet & Greet pictures!
There isn't a day gone by when we don't think about that day!
What a day! We'll never forget this for the rest of our lives!
Here's the complete experience to read again, enjoy...

Why? Finally I could see a KISS show again, my first one since my last one 7 years ago in Australia! But this kick off show of the Euro tour in Oberhausen (Germany) wasn't the only reason why this date will allways be special for me...

I also had a meet & greet with Gene, Paul, Eric & Tommy that day! Here's my story...

After a 90 minutes car drive I arrived, together with my brother in a sunny and hot Oberhausen. Checked out the venue and than waited for Marina to arrive, she also did the M&G. We went to the expo to look for KISS stuff ect. Spend a little time there and around 3 pm we were back at the Arena to get our laminate, T-shirt and instructions for the M&G. A very friendly Dean Snowden told me everything I wanted to know and that we had to be back in the venue at 7:30 pm, with our stuff we would like to have signed. So we went to a place to meet friends and with some cool drinks and something to eat (however because of the nerves we almost couldn't eat) talked to other fans and enjoyed those hrs till it was time for the M&G.

2 days earlier I received a email with the latest M&G details, stated that you could bring guitars in for signing. So I decided to take 1 of my Paul Washburn Guitars with me, along with some records and photo's. Finally it was time, nerves kicked in now really bad (lol) and together with Marina we got into the venue to the meeting point. With us there were around 20 fans there for the M&G (more than I thought) and at 8 pm we got backstage, to a room, with on the walls the Alive/35 logo and banners with the KISSology DVD's (this was the same room where the pressconference was on thursday) We got the last instructions from Dean and a copple of minutes later the door went open and with a loud of cheering by us fans, they enter the room...Gene, Paul, Eric & Tommy!!!

The meet & greet:

The guys were very kind and thanked us al for coming, first it was time to take the photo with the band. A suprise to us all was that we could also use our own camera to make photo's!!! When it was my time for the pic I give all the guys a hand and Gene said how are you doing and Paul said something like great to see you, Tommy said welcome and Eric said something too but I cann't remember what, lol. Time to take my 2 pics with the band and when I saw how my 2 pics have turned out, I couldn't be more hapier, they're incredible!

After the photoshoot was over, the guys started to mingle around the fans, so it was time to got my items signed. Paul signed my guitar right away, also his solo picture disc and a photo with me and his self-portrait print. And when he saw that photo, he said that's really cool! Than Eric & Tommy signed my Rock The Nation DVD and they're both were very friendly and Tommy is just a great guy, no bad worth about him from me! Last one was Gene and he signed his solo picture disc, Asshole CD and a Family Jewels photo.

The meet & greet was going to its end and the guys got ready to get out of the room very slowly, Paul was the first leaving, with a little later Eric and than Tommy. Gene was still in the room and I was lucky enough to got a photo with him alone, my favorite member! Gene was great and stayed the longest in the room, no arrogance at all.

After the guys where gone (snif) we all got our programm (with a extra photo inside) and to our suprise it was signed by the whole band! And than it was over, it was something special I'll never forget, it was great to meet the guys in a relax situation, everyone took their time for me and I'm glad I could meet them...

Here is some short footage of my Meet & Greet and Marina's with KISS...
(Note: my photoshoot took longer, this footage shows only a copple of seconds of it!)

The show:

And than it was time for the show, finally the wait was over and when I heard The Who with Won't Get Fooled Again I knew it was only a copple of minutes before the return of KISS in Europe! We had a good place on the floor, almost at the front - right of the stage. Around 9:25 pm we heard the famous words: Allright Oberhausen, You Wanted The Best...And off it went with Deuce with Gene, Paul & Tommy coming down from a platform. From the start of the show till the end the 12.500 crowd went nuts and I had a great time. The guys looked great, sounded great, performed great, it was one of my best KISS shows I ever saw. The band enjoyed it as much I did, the interacting between the fans and the band was just awesome! Also Tommy did a great guitar solo with playing his guitar behind his head, looked really cool and he was just great on stage! Eric played his drums like it was his second nature. Gene did all the tricks and this time he did his bloody bass solo during I Love It Loud, however Eric started the song while Gene hadn't started his solo and he turned to Eric to let him stop, lol. Also the curtain on the right side stucked, Gene's riser went to slow but these where all the little mistakes. Paul did however stole the show, after his heartproblem last year, he jumped, rann, talked as never before, wow what a show! Also this was a show with the most explosions, fireworks and lots of lots of confetti I ever saw at a KISS concert! I had the time of my life! I also saw Doc walking before them stage and along the crowd, he was very nice when I asked if he would go on a photo together with me, no problem.

KISS played first all the Alive! tracks and after that they did songs from after 1975. This is the full setlist:

Deuce, Strutter, Got To Choose, Hotter Than Hell, Firehouse (Gene spits fire) Nothing To Lose (Vocals Eric) C'mon And Love Me, Parasite, She (Tommy's guitar solo) Watching You, Rock Bottom, 100.000 Years ( Eric's drumsolo) Cold Gin, Let Me Go Rock & Roll, Black Diamond (Vocals Eric) Rock & Roll All Night. Encores: Shout It Out Loud, Lick It Up (mixed with Won't Get Fooled Again) Gene's Bloody Bass Solo, I Love It Loud, I Was Made For Lovin'  You, Love Gun (Paul's Flying) and Detroit Rock City.

KISS played till 11:40 pm, so about 135 minutes and 22 songs later it was all over, but I and Marina had the best day of my lifes, a historic meet & greet and a killer KISS show. Also my brother who hasn't see a KISS show before, was very impressed.

Enjoy the photo's! KISS Live In Oberhausen - Part 1:

KISS Live In Oberhausen - Part 2:

KISS Live In Oberhausen - Part 3:

Last week I got my pics from the meet & greet with KISS in a much bigger size. All I can say they're looking awesome and I'm very satisfied how they turned out! I've them framed in.

* My meet & greet photo is published on the official Paul Stanley site!
I want to thank my brother Albert for making most of these cool pics, if you want copies, please contact him here!

*(c) 2008. All personal photo's/slideshows/filmed footage may only be used by others if is reference/linked to this site or me and ask me first!

Tommy Thayer Pack Is In!

I got this Tommy Thayer Custom String & Pick Pack in today!
The cover is personaly signed by Tommy!
The package includes 6 guitar strings and 1 black, white and transulent blue KISS Alive 35 Tommy Thayer Guitar Picks. You can order this package here!

Signed Bruce BK3 Limited Edition EP!

Today I got these Bruce Kulick BK 3 EP's in, also includes a BK3 promo Guitar Plectrum! It's a special limited 3-track CD made for his recent Australian Guitar Clinic earlier this month.
Bruce signed these personal to us! The 3 new songs from his upcoming album are awesome!!!
Thanks to our mate George from KISS Army Australia!

KISS Be@rbricks Are In!

I got this KISS Bearbricks Boxset in today. These 2,8" in size exclusive figures are only released in Japan...

Japanese KISSology DVD Boxset!

Take a look at the just released Japanese KISSology DVD Boxset! What a great package! This is deluxe version that includes all the 3 volumes with 9 bonus DVD's and comes in a special pop-out book and includes a T-Shirt, Plectrums, Mirror Ball, Sticker and special booklet...

KISS Dressed To Kill Vans Are In!

I got the second in series of the KISS Vans in! These have the Dressed To Kill design and are awesome! They came in a special themed box...

German KISS PlayList Plus Package!

Take a look to this German KISS Playlist Plus 3-CD Boxset package, that's totally different than the US release. This German set comes in a cardboard sleeve with 3 seperate CD's with different covers. You can order this set for only € 8,97 here!

I Got The Gene Axe Controller In!

Finally I got one of the latest hottest collectable in, the Gene Simmons Axe PSP2 Controller! The scale is 3/4 of the real Gene Axe Guitar! Comes with strap, cords and in a real cool package.

This Axe guitar keeps me going untill I got my hands on the real Gene Axe...lol...

Rockhead @ Arrow Rock Festival!

I came accros this photo of me and my girlfriend (right side) that was taking from the videoscreen during KISS performance @ the Arrow Rock Festival last year...

ESP Live In Holland & Belgium - Review!

We went to the concert of ESP in Uden, after a 90 minutes drive we arrived at the De Pul, a small venue were about 200 fans show up for the gig. We met a lot of friends and it was great to talk to eachother again.
About 9 pm ESP took over the stage and as ussual it was from the start a party, Chuck a.k.a. Hellvis is always great to rock his bass and his Gene Simmons impression is often hillerious, John joked a lot with his funny stories and one-liners. Of course Bruce guitarplaying was excellent and Eric rocked behind his drumkit.
We saw ESP a copple of times before, like in Helmond in 2007 so we know that we could expect a great show and that's exactly what we got. The band was in a great spirit and it was great to see them perform live again here in Holland.
The only complaint was that there wasn't allowed to take photo's during the show! I don't understand why, because in the past you were allowed to take photo's at ESP shows.

ESP's setlist:

Parasite (KISS), Love (Union), Under My Wheels (Alice Cooper), Unholy (KISS), Live Wire (Mötley Crüe), Domino (KISS), Highway Star (Deep Purple), Master and Slave (KISS), Power To The People (Mötley Crüe), Master & Slave - Continue (KISS), I Wanna Be (Union), Man in the Moon (Scream), Helter Skelter (Beatles), Ace of Spades (Motorhead), I Love It Loud (KISS), Black Diamond (KISS) & Tie Your Mother Down (Queen)

After the show they did a signing session and this time it was better organised than I witness at previous ESP signing sessions, however it seems that they (management?) stopped before everyone got their item signed. Only 1 item was allowed to let signed. Bruce was as always a gentleman and made a comment about my girlfriends Paul Stanley tattoo, Eric signed our photo with him backstage at Alice Cooper from last november.

On monday februari 16th we went to the ESP gig in Verviers, Belgium. It was only a 30 minutes drive for us. The venue, The Spirit Of 66, was small and I guess around 200 people were there. We got a front spot at the stage, before Bruce and this time it was allowed to take photo's, but only for the first 3 songs. So I took as many pics as was possible.
Again the spirit of the band was great and this evening, we stood so close at the stage that, if we wanted, we could thouch Bruce or John.

After the show was over they came out to do a signingsession on the stage. We had a few things with us for signing, as photo's, ESP CD cover ect. Everyone signed our stuff. All were very nice, especially Bruce, who was thankfull to us, we got each a guitar plectrum from him! He's still a great guy! We had a blast!

All we can say, if you can catch ESP live, do so!
Enjoy the pics...

*(c) 2009. All personal photo's/slideshows/filmed footage may only be used by others if is reference/linked to this site or me and ask me first!

Eric Carr Bobble Head Is In!

I got this awesome new Eric Carr Unmasked Bobble Head in. This is the third Bobble Head of Eric that has been released over the years, it's a limited edition to 250 (!) I got # 6...

KISS Creatures Of The Night Blanket!

From my girlfriend I got this nice KISS Creatures Of The Night Blanket as a christmas present last year. I love it...

KISS 10" Wall Busts! New Pics!

I got these 4 very cool KISS 10" Wall Bust in of Gene, Paul, Ace & Peter, they have just been released in the US. One of the nicer newer items that have been released in a while...

I Got The KISS Vans in!

I got my pair of the new KISS x Vans Sk8 Hi in, I must admit the Solo Faces on the vans are nicely done. The vans are constructed with black canvas and suede uppers...

This week the second series of KISS Vans has been released...the Dressed To Kill ones...

Backstage With Eric Singer!

On friday november 21th we went to Essen to see the show of Alice Cooper with on the drums Eric Singer.
After driving for 1 hour in rain and snow, we arrived at the Gruggahalle. First we went for something to eat and around 6 pm we were at the front of the hall, 30 minutes later the doors went open and we went directly into the hall to make sure we got a good spot, we had on the right side of the stage, first in line.

At 8 pm Whitesnake took over the stage and did a 90 minutes set, we saw them earlier this year at the Arrow Rock Festival were they opened for KISS! At 10 pm it was time for Alice Cooper, for me it was the first time I saw him live. Alice opened the show with It's Hot Tonight. He also did a copple of songs from his new album Along Came A Spider and of course all the classic Cooper hits like, 18, Schools Out, No More Mr. Nice Guy and Poison where played. For us it was cool to see Eric on the drums, he has a different drumstyle than when he's playing with KISS and it's cool to see him using a double bass. During Eric's drumsolo he got some "help" from the guitarplayers who played along with him on some extra snare drums! Alice 90 minutes horror show, including the hanging part, was very cool to watch and we have enjoyed his show.

After the show it was time for us to go backstage. In the room were some other fans, just relaxing and drinking. We wait to see what was comming. We were welcomed by Alice's tourmanager, who directly said we had the wrong shirts on, lol. First Chuck Garrick came in, he said hi to every one and started talking to the fans. A copple of minutes later Eric came into the room and he spotted us right away and came directly to us, asking us about our KISS shirts and why the German T-shirts still have that rediculois ZZ logo, he didn't understood it. He than saw our KISS Meet & Greet pics and wanted to see them and asked if we wanted to get them signed, of course he signed them right away, we talked some more and than he went looking for a sandwich. Eric talked to the other fans and after a while he came back and we took some photo's with him.

We got some Alice Cooper guitarpics, including on from Eric (!) The other bandmembers dropped in and they all just mingled around the fans, talking and taking pictures with them. Eric came back to us and I asked him about the new KISS-album rumours (said they aren't recording and that Paul was up to the idea of recording a new album) and the upcoming ESP Euro tour in Februari 2009 (said they would have a cool setlist and that Bruce would be spit fire, lol) All in all, it was very cool to experience all what happened backstage, all were relaxed and Eric took really time for us. We stayed for over 90 minutes and saw the band leaving to the tourbus. We had a great time and we'll never forget it! All we can say, thank you to a special friend!

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KISS Ibox Speakers!

Just got these KISS Ibox Speakers in with a cool first KISS/Dressed To Kill album design, it's like a case because you can open it. You can use it for your computer, radio, Ibox, MP3 or even a CD player...

KISS - Jigoku Retsuden CD/DVD Review!

Take a look of the CD package of this new best of CD, called: KISS - Jigoku Retsuden from Japan! My limited edition comes with an extra DVD. It includes the new versions of the songs that the band recently re-recorded with Gene, Paul, Eric & Tommy!

If you listen to these new recordings some tracks are different than the originals, like Forever or I Was Made For Lovin' You (with more guitar and power) or I Love It Loud (Less heavier drums than the original, like the version with Eric Carr on the drums much more!) Some tracks are very close to the originals, but if you've listen to the CD a copple of times it is just if you hear some minor diffrents, like in the backing vocals or some little music sounds have been added. Some tracks like Lick It Up are a bit slower. You've to compare these new recordings with the originals to hear the differents and wich version you prefer.

Also the CD/DVD package is very nice, with a booklet, Japanese lyrics, a Alive 35 Sticker and Obi. This KISSology The Best is sure worth the money, I hope this will result in a brand new KISS album in the near future...

CD Tracklist:

Deuce, Detroit Rock City, I Was Made For Lovin'  You, Love Gun, Rock & Roll All Nite, I Love It Loud, Black Diamond (vocals Eric!), Lick It Up, Christeen Sixteen, Do You Love Me, Heaven's On Fire, Calling Dr. Love, shout It Out Loud, Forever & Hotter Than Hell..

Listen to a 45 secondes sample of each track here!!!

Live At Budokan Tokyo, Japan '77 DVD Tracklist:

Detroit Rock City, Let Me Go Rock & Roll, Ladies Room, Firehouse, I Want You, Cold Gin, Nothin' To Lose, God Of Thunder, Rock & Roll All Nite, Shout It Out Loud & Black Diamond.

You can order this CD now for € 24,50 (including shipping) here!

I'm In Dutch Newspaper - English Version!

On wednesday june 18th, I was interviewed by phone for a big local newspaper!
They interviewed me because they do a story about the then upcoming KISS gig as headliner @ Graspop on june 28th.
On june 24th, the story was published in that Dutch newspaper, called Eindhovens Dagblad.

Here's the story...

'KISS' A undistructible brand!
by Frank van den Muijsenberg. Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Gene Simmons would like to take the stage in a t-shirt and jeans.

But that's Impossible: he's the bassist of KISS, the band with one of the strongest logos in the world. So Simmons and his bandmades have to take two hours before each show to put their make-up on their faces. "Nothing is like the feeling that I get when I'm The God Of Thunder," says the man about his alter-ego.
In the most recent edition of the English magazine MOJO Simmons gives a jokely, but striking characterization of KISS, next weekend one of the headliners during Graspop in the Belgian Dessel. He describes the band as "the Olympic Games on platform shoes." KISS is just like the Olympics a strong brand, grotesque and unattainable for many people. In MOJO, the group even described as a 'cultural institution, just as iconic as Disney. "
"Let people, anywhere in the world, see a photograph of the band, and they say: 'That's KISS'" says KISS-connoisseur Carol Hendrix. Not the music (uncomplicated hard rock), but the masked faces, excessive costumes and bombastic shows makes the band to phenomenon.

The Americans worked carefully on their image. During the heyday of KISS i the seventies even the fans didn't know how their heroes looked without make up. Anyone who tried to take a snapshot of the men unmasked would ended up with nothing. "It doesn't matter if you wait for the band at a concert hall to catch them unmasked, because if they went inside they wear their make-up already," says Hendrix. "And/or after the concerts the limousines are waiting for them. The group was very well protected by bodyguards."
KISS provided in 1983 a shock among the fans to take their make up off. Even without masks the four booked succeses, but in 1996 turned the KISS-men back in disguise. Under the leadership of the two members of the first hour, Gene Simmons and guitarist Paul Stanley, KISS founded a clever business empire. The band brought in 35 years a huge amount of articles on the market, ranging from postage stamps to guitars and turntables and dolls. For who wants to remain faithful to KISS forever, there's even a KISS coffin!

Carol Hendrix would like to add to his enormous KISS collection, which he exhibited on his weblog, with something as simple as a new CD. "The band hasn't released anything new the past 10 years. I think a lot of fans would respond cheerfully to a new album."
KISS, however, has no plans to go into the studio soon. "We must first find out how we can sell our music in a new way," says Simmons in MOJO. "Whatever people say, the sharing of music files over the internet is like poison, that's precisely that kills what they like so much."

Graspop Metal Meeting on june 27, 28 and 29th in Dessel, over forty kilometers from Eindhoven. KISS plays Saturday, June 28th.

'KISS' Een onverwoestbaar merk!
door Frank van den Muijsenberg. dinsdag 24 juni 2008

Het liefst zou Gene Simmons in een t-shirt en spijkerbroek het podium oprennen.

Onmogelijk: hij is bassist van KISS, de band met één van de sterkste beeldmerken ter wereld. En dus zijn Simmons en zijn collega's voor elke show twee uur bezig met het schminken van hun gezichten. "Niets gaat boven het gevoel dat ik krijg als ik The God Of Thunder ben", zegt de man over zijn alter-ego.
In de meest recente editie van het Engelse blad MOJO geeft Simmons een kolderieke, maar treffende typering van KISS, komend weekend één van de hoofdacts tijdens Graspop in het Belgische Dessel. Hij omschrijft de band als 'de Olympische Spelen op plateauzolen'. KISS is net als de Spelen een sterk merk, grotesk en voor veel mensen onbereikbaar. In MOJO wordt de groep zelfs betiteld als een 'cultureel instituut, net zo iconisch als Disney'.
"Laat mensen, waar ook ter wereld, een foto van de band zien en ze zeggen: 'Dat is KISS'", zegt KISS-kenner Carol Hendrix. Niet de muziek (ongecompliceerde hardrock), maar de geschminkte gezichten, buitenissige kostuums en bombastische shows maken de band tot een fenomeen.

De Amerikanen werkten zorgvuldig aan hun imago. Tijdens de hoogtijdagen van KISS -de jaren zeventig- wisten zelfs verstokte fans niet hoe hun helden eruit zagen zonder schmink. Wie een snapshot van de mannen in burger wilde maken, ving altijd bot. "Het had totaal geen zin de bandleden bij een concertzaal op te wachten, want als ze naar binnen gingen hadden ze hun make-up al op", aldus Hendrix. " Na afloop van de concerten stonden de limousines klaar. De groep werd heel goed afgeschermd."
KISS zorgde in 1983 voor een schok onder de fans door 'in natura' verder te gaan. Ook zonder maskers bleef het viertal successen boeken, maar in 1996 keerden de KISS-mannen weer terug in vermomming. Onder leiding van de twee leden van het eerste uur, Gene Simmons en gitarist Paul Stanley, stichtte KISS een slim gerund zakelijk imperium. De groep bracht in 35 jaar tijd een gigantische hoeveelheid artikelen op de markt, variërend van postzegels en gitaren tot platenspelers en poppen. Wie KISS eeuwig trouw wil blijven, kan zelfs een KISS-doodskist bestellen.

Het liefst zou Carol Hendrix zijn enorme collectie KISS-producten -die hij tentoonstelt op zijn weblog- uitbreiden met zoiets eenvoudigs als een nieuwe cd. "De groep heeft al tien jaar niks nieuws meer uitgebracht. Dat staat me een beetje tegen. Ik denk dat heel veel fans een nieuwe plaat juichend tegemoet zullen zien."
KISS heeft echter geen plannen om binnenkort de studio in te duiken. "We moeten eerst uitzoeken hoe we onze muziek op een nieuwe manier kunnen verkopen", zegt Simmons in MOJO. "Wat de mensen ook zeggen: het uitwisselen van bestanden via internet is als vergif, dat juist datgene doodt waarvan ze zoveel houden."

Graspop Metal Meeting op 27, 28 en 29 juni in Dessel, op ruim veertig kilometer van Eindhoven. KISS speelt zaterdag 28 juni.

Zie ook:

Meer informatie op de Graspop-website Rockhead's KISS Weblog

KISS - Live @ The Budokan 1988 DVD!

On september 22th this unofficial KISS Live At The Budokan 1988 DVD will be released. This show was taped in Tokyo, Japan. This is the tracklist:

Love Gun, Cold Gin, Bang Bang You, Calling Dr. Love, Crazy Crazy Night, Guitar Solo Bruce Kulick, No No No, Heavens On Fire, Drum Solo Eric Carr, War Machine, I Love It Loud, Lick It Up, Black Diamond, I Was Made For Loving You, Shout It Out Loud, Strutter, Rock And Roll All Nite & Detroit Rock City.

You can pre-order this DVD for only Euro 11.49 (including free shipping) here!

KISS Axe Table Lamp!

I just got this new KISS Axe Table Lamp in. It's about 50 cm high and comes with a picture on the shade from the Farewell Tour and has Gene's Axe Guitar as stand.

KISS Alive 35 Tour Statistics!

EUROPEAN TOUR BIGGEST EVER!

We wanted to thank YOU, The KISS Army Europe for making "KISS Alive 35", our biggest and most successful European tour EVER! The concert reviews and your response at the shows were equally incredible. You made us proud! We told you that you deserved the best KISS ever and you let us know, that's what you got.

HALF A MILLION KISS FANS CAN'T BE WRONG!

See you next year.

Paul, Gene, Tommy & Eric.

So, the Alive 35 European Tour has ended on june 29th at the Graspop Festival in Dessel (Belgium) KISS played 30 shows accros Europe in 7 weeks! The groundwork is already being laid out for KISS' return visit to Europe next summer. Dates could surface as soon as late October. Let's hope this will come true...

KISS Alive 35 Tour Statistics:

May 9th - Oberhausen, Germany * Sold Out! Ca. 12.500 Fans - 23 @ M&G!
May 11th - Munchen, Germany * Sold Out! Ca. 10.000 Fans - 34 @ M&G!
May 12th - Vienna, Austria * Ca. 10.500 Fans - No SC - 18 @ M&G!
May 13th - Verona, Italy * Sold Out! Ca. 13.000 Fans - No SC - 60 (!) @ M&G!
May 16th - Sofia, Bulgary * Ca. 15.000 Fans - No SC - 4 @ M&G!
May 18th - Athens, Greece * Ca. 8.000 Fans - No SC - 7 @ M&G!
May 22th - Riga, Latvia * Ca. 9.000 Fans - No SC - 1 @ M&G!
May 24th - Moskou, Russia * Ca. 15.000 Fans - No SC - 15 @ M&G!
May 26th - St. Petersburg, Russia * Ca. 8.000 Fans - No SC - 0 @ M&G!
May 27th - Helsinki, Finland * Sold Out! Ca. 11.200 Fans - No SC - 7 @ M&G!
May 28th - Helsinki, Finland * Sold Out! Ca. 11.200 Fans - 14 @ M&G!
May 30th - Stockholm, Sweden * Sold Out! Ca. 32.500 Fans - No SC - 22 @ M&G!
May 31th - Olso, Norway * Sold Out! Ca. 12.800 Fans - 60 (!) @ M&G!
June 1th - Bergen, Norway * Sold Out! Ca. 17.000 Fans - No SC - 38 @ M&G!
June 3th - Copenhagen, Denmark Ca. 9.000 Fans - No SC - 25 @ M&G!
June 4th - Hamburg, Germany Ca. 10.000 Fans - No SC - 16 @ M&G!
June 6th - Prague, Czech Rupublic * Sold Out! Ca. 18.000 Fans - No SC - 20 @ M&G!
June 9th - Berlin, Germany Ca 9.000 Fans - No SC - 31 @ M&G!
June 10th - Mannheim, Germany Ca 9.000 Fans! All SC Cancelled - 16 @ M&G!
June 11th - Oberhausen, Germany Ca 7.500 Fans - 50 @ M&G!
June 13th - Download Festival, UK Ca 55.000 Fans - 15 @ M&G!
June 15th - Arrow Rock Festival - Nijmegen, NL Ca 27.500 Fans - 18 @ M&G!
June 17th - Paris, France Ca 11.000 Fans - 83 (!) @ M&G!
June 18th - Stuttgart, Germany Ca 11.500 Fans - 14 @ M&G!
June 21th - Bilbao, Spain Ca 30.000 Fans - 23 @ M&G!
June 23th - Zurich, Switzerland Ca 12.500 Fans - 20 @ M&G!
June 24th - Milan, Italy Ca 8.000 Fans - 25 @ M&G!
June 26th - Esch Alzette, Luxembourg Sold Out! Ca 6500 Fans - 11 @ M&G!
June 27th - Nuremberg, Germany Ca 7.500 Fans - 21@ M&G!
June 28th - Graspop - Dessel, Belgium Ca 50.000 Fans - 0 @ M&G!

30 Euro shows, in total 468.700 people, avarage 15.623 pro show, 9 shows were sold out!
Other shows were alomost sold out, there were in total 448 fans @ the KISS Meet & Greet during this Euro tour, I was 1 of them!

To order KISS tickets online, go to: KISS on tour.com - ticketservice.nl - eventim.de !

There are also 3 different exclusive KISS Army Packages for sale, click on the links for details:

* KISS Meet & Greet Package!
* KISS Pre-Show Soundcheck!
* KISS Meet & Greet + Pre-Show Soundcheck!

One Last KISS - Graspop Festival!

Last night it was my very last KISS show of this Alive 35 European tour! KISS played as headliner at the Belgium Graspop Festival in Dessel, started @ 11:30 pm and ended around 1:50 am, so you can say that their last show was on june 29th in Europe (the band flew back @ 3:30 am from Frankfurt to the US!) KISS was a kind of weird band in the list of bands that performed that day. As headliner KISS played for around 50.000 people and a lot of them weren't fans, but I know for sure that they turned them over with a great performance in the open air, with more pyro's, bombs, fireworks as usual!

They played the same setlist and sounded great, a little bit tired, but still kicking ass! During 100.000 Years they had some PA problems and the sound went dead 3 times, during Eric's drumsolo, in the middle of the song and during Paul's jam/rap! Lucky enough after that the PA stayed on. Also Paul asked the crowd where they from, and when he called out for The Netherlands, we yelled as hard as possible (but I guess not many fans from Holland were there...) All the gimmicks were done and they really like to play open air. Almost 2 am in the morning everything was over, little bit sad that it was our last show, I hope so that they'll come back next year, as Paul said on stage,
I know for sure that I'll be there!!!

I did 7 shows this European tour and I'm glad that I had the chance to see them as much I can, never thought that they would come to Europe after all those years. If you ask me which show of these 7 I saw was the best, I've to say by far the first show in Oberhausen on may 9th! Why? because I had that day my Meet & Greet with the band, and I'll never forget that experience! Also the show was awesome that night, seeing them after all those years was just amazing, the setlist was also 3 songs longer than later in the tour. But every show I've attended had something special, like the one in Mannheim where I had a good spot in the front row of the stage. Both Arrow & Graspop festival where, on a personal level, very special for me. Seeing KISS in a small hall in Luxemburg was also a gig to remember...
If you want to read my reviews & see many photo's from my attending KISS shows, just click on the link below...

• KISS Meet & Greet And Live In Oberhausen, May 9th 2008 
• KISS Live In Mannheim, June 10th 2008
• KISS Live In Nijmegen (Arrow Rock) June 15th 2008
• KISS Live In Stuttgart, June 18th 2008
• KISS Live In Esch-Alzette, June 26th 2008

KISS Live In Esch-Alzette - Review!

On june 26th it was time for my next KISS show. After work I drived for about 2 hrs till arrived at the Rockhall in Esh-Alzette (Luxembourgh) in the middle of nowhere, it was located in a factory-erea. It was for the very first time ever that the band played in Luxembourgh. At 6:30 pm I was at the hall and on this warm sunny day a lot of people turned up. The Rockhall can hold up to 6500 people and I think it was close to a sold out show, with this 6500 max it was a kind off intimed KISS show.  At 7 pm the doors went open and I went directly to the merchandise stand, because at the Arrow Rock Festival the tourbooks were sold out, I really wanted to buy one with the original logo. I bought several, for some friends too, and I saw that they're sold a lot more items than on the German shows, like Keychains, Guitarstraps, Necklaces and more. So I did some shopping there. Than I went to the stage and I got a spot, front row, at the left of the stage, at Gene's place! So I could take some good pics later.

KISS started their show later as usual, around 9:40 pm they hitted the stage and from the start the crowd went nuts. The band was tight and funn to watch. It was hot in there and secrurity give the fans at the front row water, so I glady welcome the waterbottles. At the spot where I'm stood, right before Gene, I got some cool interaction with the Demon, at several times he looked right into my eyes...Also Tommy interact with me. I think they're starting to reconize me, lol. They played the same setlist and all the tricks were done. Did I mention that Gene's son Nick was there too? Paul is still one of the greatest frontmen of all time, I really enjoyed his stage performance every time! KISS played till 11:50 pm and then it was all over. Outside the hall they sold all kinds of bootleg merchandise, like T-Shirts & Posters, so I bought a copple of them. I had a great time again, just 1 more show to go!

Enjoy the pics...

*(c) 2008. All personal photo's/slideshows may only be used by others if is reference/linked to this site or me, otherwise ask me first!

KISS Live In Stuttgart - Review!

On june 18th I went to see my 5th KISS show in Stuttgart (Germany) I had to drive for almost 5 hrs and I was glad I stayed the night in a hotel, so that I don't had to drive all the way back after the gig. I arrived around 4 pm at my hotel, checked in, got something to eat and arrived at the venue around 6 pm. Of course I was approach by fans who know me from this site, talked about the shows I had seen on this tour ect.

I had a seat ticket on the first row at the left side of the stage (this time took some special effects photo's) and it was almost a sold out. This time I ran into Dean again, thanked him that he got my Meet & Greet Photo signed in Mannheim and Dean said he would give my message through to the "boys". I also saw Doc walking several times between the crowd. KISS gave another great show, but Paul's voice seems to be in trouble again. Gene & Eric where fooling around with eachother, at one time Eric threw some drumsticks to him, lol. Tommy was also great to watch on stage. Setlist was the same as at previous shows.

Here are the photo's, enjoy...

*(c) 2008. All personal photo's/slideshows may only be used by others if is reference/linked to this site or me, otherwise ask me first!

Ace Frehley Live In Tilburg - Review!

On june 12th I went to my third and last Ace Frehley show, after seeing him in London & Cologne earlier. Around 4 pm I arrived at the 013 venue, with some other fans we went to grap something to eat & drink before the show started. Before we got let into the venue, we talked to a lot of fans, coming from the UK, Belgium & Germany. When the doors opened I directly went to the stage and got me a good spot, right before Ace!

Around 9 pm the intro started and right behind that Ace took the stage and started with Rip It Out and from that the crowd jumped and sing along with him. The band sounded much better and also the music wasn't that loud. Ace played the same, shorter set list as in Cologne, instead of the full setlist as in London (that included songs as Hard Times) Ace had funnplaying that night and the interaction between him and the fans was great. I thought that this show as even a little bit better than in London. I've really enjoyed this one. 90 minutes later it was all over and I've to wait till next year as Ace promissed to us, that he would be back, why? Because Ace told you so...

Setlist: Rip It Out, Parasite, Snow Blind (incl. I Want You ending) Rock Soldiers, Breakout, Into The Void, Strange Ways, Shout It Out Loud, New York Groove, 2000 Man, Shock Me, Rocket Ride, Deuce, Love Gun, Cold Gin (incl. Black Diamond ending)

Enjoy the photo's...

*(c) 2008. All personal photo's/slideshows may only be used by others if is reference/linked to this site or me, otherwise ask me first!

KISS Live In Mannheim - Review!

KISS Live In Mannheim:

This was my second show I attended of this Euro tour. Together with Marina (who I did the Meet & Greet with in Oberhausen) we saw I awesome show again, we were right in front of the left side of  the stage and had a great view of everything that happened, like that Gene was brushing his hair several times, lol. Paul's voice sounded great to me and he was smiling all the time, the guys had a great time. They played the same setlist as the nights before. With standing on the left side, very close to the confetti cannons, when they went off, oh man it was as everything was white, this was so cool.  I had a great time and was back in my KISS rush again, caused by this follow up after our Meet & Greet in Oberhausen...

Marina & me had our M&G photo's with us and we the only reason we did that is because we wanted to get them signed by KISS So, only to figure out how we could get those 2 pics to KISS So the only one who could help me was Doc or Dean, it all depends wich one I would see first, so it was Dean and we had the to go for a Soundcheck at the last moment, but when we talked about it with Dean he said all Soundchecks were now official cancelled. So I had to come up with another plan right now.

So I waited till everyone had their M&G instructions and went to Dean again, simply asked him if he could do anything for us, explained to him that we did a M&G with KISS in Oberhausen on may 9th. He asked us to show him the pics, so we did and to our big suprise he took them with him and said to us that he would do his best for us We had to look for him after the M&G session this night or come over to him next day in Oberhausen (told him that I was there too) So we crossed our fingers and hoped for the best. Because of the good spots right before the stage that night in Oberhausen we didn't leave to find Dean, but I would find him the day after in Oberhausen.

Almost at the end of the show we saw Dean taking pics at the front of the stage, he saw us and waved to us. Later that night he came to us with a envelop containing our pictures, and said to us that KISS did sign them for us So, after the show we looked at the signed pics (see it on my site, as it's 1 of the headphoto's) and could not believe how cool they looked now signed by Gene, Paul, Eric & Tommy This was for sure the topping on the cake, we can thank Dean not enough to do this for us!

They played over 2 hours long and the venue was almost sold out. Merchandise was the same. I also picked up my Live CD from the show and recordings are great! So, here are the photo's, enjoy...

The Starchild in action in Mannheim...

Here's the Demon:

Here are Eric & Tommy...

KISS Live In Oberhausen 2: 

The day after Mannheim I travelled to Oberhausen, to see them for the third time. It was KISS second date in Oberhausen. This time I had seat ticket right at the right side of the stage with a great view. This emotional show was great again, KISS played over 2 hours and did a real cool version of 100.000 Years. Also Gene almost take a fall on stage! Paul tried to make this "night 2"better as "night 1" with his interacting with the crowd. But for me "night 1" will be always be special. They where in good spirit again and the crowd was jumping from the start and almost all the sitting people were standing throughout the whole show! The venue was almost sold out. The setlist was the same. Picked up my Live CD and also bought a cool bootleg T-shirt, with on the back all the cities with dates.

*(c) 2008. All personal photo's/slideshows may only be used by others if is reference/linked to this site or me, otherwise ask me first!

Ace Frehley Live In London!

On april 11th I went to London to see Ace Frehley live during his new Rocket Ride Tour!!! It's been 20 (!) years ago when Ace was the last time in the UK for a solo-gig! So I had to be there.

After a trip of 5 hrs with the Eurostar, I was directly in the heart of London, went to my hotel to check-in and than to a restaurant for something to eat. Around 6 pm I was at the Astoria, a old (dirty) venue, but what I've understand, had quite some legancy in London...When I saw the line at the Astoria, that went back to around a corner, I thought, oh boy...it will be hard to get a good spot with all those people for me. But, thanks to Billy & Dan from the UK forum, they pulled me into the line, with now only 25 people before me! Thank you both! It was great to talk face to face to them and a lot of other KISS/Ace fans as well, during the wait (I've met a lot of people who are - daily - visitors of my site and got a lot of compliments from them and that's always good to hear. Not only at the show, but also next day; on the street, Starbucks ect) Around 7 pm the doors went open and before I know it I was in the venue, leftside of the stage, almost at the front and I've taking some great pics. There was also a balcony. The place was packed, I think it was a sold out show with 2000 fans there...

At 8:45 it was time for the Spaceman, it all started with a countdown from 10 to 1 and there he was...Ace Frehley...kicked in with Rip It Out and the crowd went nuts! Ace was in a good mood and spirit. Hard Times followed and the music was loud! But I didn't care, it was so awesome to see Ace this close in action! With Parasite the crowd in the middle went crazy (there was a lot of pushing going on ect - but luckily enough where I was it wasn't) and I saw serveral people who where pulled out of that pushing crowd by secrurity who couldn't take it anymore. It's a shame that some people trying to ruining it for other fans...

But back to Ace, as I said before, he was in a good spirit and the band had a lot of funn on stage. For me it was almost unreal that this is/was the same person as in KISS! Looked like these are 2 different people, lol. Ace loosed some weight and he was looking great! Snow Blind (one of my favorite songs) went over to I Want You...Ace dedicated Breakout to the greatest KISS drummer, mr. Eric Carr who's rocking in heaven now. And the fans agreed with that. There was also a medley with some great songs, like Torpedo Girl or Speeding Back To My Baby (another favorite by me) Than Ace started his signature song...New York Groove...complete with the lighted guitar (-solo) of course, ended it with saying it's actually the London Groove now.

Also another highlight of this show was Shock Me with Ace's smoking guitar solo and smoked he does, lol. This was awesome to see from almost 2 mtr were I was standing...Last song before the encores was Rocket Ride and the fans still loved it! When the band came back they started with Deuce and it looked that the roof went off, followed by Love Her All I Can and Love Gun, Ace thanked Paul Stanley for writing such a great song! Last song was Cold Gin with a Black Diamond ending and at 10:15 everything was over...But what a time I've had, it was loud but great! As I heard from fans who where at the Sheffield show (a day earlier) this London show was way better! After the show was over, fans talked outside the club and in pubs about this historical show. BTW London looked on friday/saturday that it was taking over by the KISS Army, with fans from Holland, Germany, Russia, Norway, Sweden, Belgium, France ect.

Here's the setlist: Rip It Out, Hard Times, Parasite, Snow Blind/I Want You, Rock Solders, Breakout, Into The Void, Strange Ways, Medley: Torpedo Girl - Speeding Back To My Baby - Five Card Stud & Trouble Walkin', Stranger In A Strange Land, New York Groove (Lighted Guitar) Shot Full Of Rock (Part) 2000 Man, Shock Me (Smoking Guitar Solo) Rocket Ride. Encores: Deuce, Love Her All I Can, Love Gun & Cold Gin/Black Diamond...

Enjoy the photo's...

Ace Frehley Live In Cologne:

Ace played the same setlist as in London but the band sounded much better! Also the music wasn't that loud again. This time I enjoyed Ace's show from a little distance. Ace had a lot of funn. When he did his guitarsolo something went wrong after the smoking guitarpart, and Ace called it some "technical difficulties". The show lasted about 90 minutes. I had a great time, bad that only about 450 people showed up! But KISS played in Berlin that same night...(Pics will be posted later!) When Ace arrived at the venue he had to walk throught the people outside, so he walked right by me, tried to talk to him, but secrurity hold everyone back, but Ace give a tumb up, lol. There was also some merchandise for sale, 2 T-Shirts and 2 posters.

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