February 27 :
Carlsson and Denander covers "Roomservice"
From :
andreascarlsson.se
/
andreascarlsson blogg
/
Kissfaq.com
Following is a brief blog entry from songwriter Andreas Carlsson,
who co-wrote five tracks on Paul Stanley's 2006 solo album, "Live To
Win," including the title track.
According to Carlsson, who attended a KISS rehearsal in Los Angeles
on Feb. 25, the band ran through "Sweet Pain," "Flaming Youth," "I
Stole Your Love," "Christine Sixteen," and "Room Service" -- might
one of these songs make it into the Australian tour set list? (Note:
the following blog dated february 25 was translated via Google
Translate.)
Hello! Having it awesome in Los Angeles! The other day I was at SIR
studios to see KISS prepare for their Monster Tour in Australia. I
ended up in a crossfire of plectrum as Gene and Paul took turns to
fire at me. Gene can from 20 feet away hit a Coke can, which
precision. Maybe it was a way of selecting the groupies in the
audience back in the day? I got to my great delight select and hear
songs that rarely even been in KISS repertoire from my comfortable
couch in front of the edge of the stage. Forgotten classics like
Sweet Pain, Flaming Youth, I Stole Your Love, Christine Sixteen and
unusual Room Service.
The last one was a proposal that emerged from a demo that I and my
good friend guitar Phantom and producer Tommy Denander recorded in
my studio a few weeks ago.
A total homage to the world's best band with yours truly on vocals.
Listen to Denander and Carlsson's cover of "Room Service"
HERE.
February 16 : A World With Heroes
40th Anniversary KISS Tribute album to Benefit Cancer Hospice
From :
Mitch Lafon
/
Three Sides Of The Coin
/
bravewords.com
To mark the 40th Anniversary of KISS, rock scribe Mitch Lafon has
gathered some of the greatest rock musicians for a KISS tribute
album. A World With Heroes features unique performances of
incredible KISS songs.
Says Mitch: "A World With Heroes (40th Anniversary KISS Tribute),
with all profits going to benefit the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Palliative
Care Residence, a cancer care hospice (my father-in-law passed away
there peacefully on January 4th).
KISS songs from every era will be represented. All basic tracks will
be recorded by Eric Brittingham (bass - CINDERELLA) , Jeff LaBar
(guitars - Cinderella) and Troy Lucketta (drums - TESLA).
Vocalists and other artists that will contribute to the CD include:
Terry Ilious (GREAT WHITE), Bumblefoot (GUNS N' ROSES), Russ Dwarf
(THE KILLER DWARFS), Ron Young (LITTLE CAESAR), Doug Alrich (WHITESNAKE),
Rex Brown (KILL DEVIL HILL, PANTERA), Dery Grehan (HONEYMOON SUITE),
Bill Leverty (FIREHOUSE), Derek Sherinian (BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION,
DREAM THEATER), Phil Lewis (L.A. GUNS), Doro, Mark Zavon (Kill Devil
Hill), SLAVES ON DOPE, Chris Van Dahl (ex-L.A. Guns), TOMMY DENANDER,
Johnny Dee (DORO), JEFF PARIS, PHIL NARO, WILLIE BASSE and Sean
Kelly (NELLY FURTADO, HELIX).
More to be announced shortly. Please support this great cause."
At
PledgeMusic you can be a part of the creation of this album.
Visit
PledgeMusic for further details and to see how you can be
involved.
February 16 : TOMALO's Tribute to "The
Hottest Band in the World"
From :
tomaloweb.com.ar
/
facebook.com/tomalohardrock
TOMALO (Hard Rock band from Argentina) presents the second video
from their new album LIVE TO ROCK (2012). "The Hottest Band in the
World" is a tribute to KISS, our favourite band.
We would like to thank the 34 people that have participated in this
video. You have made our message yours, we have shared the fanatism,
the admiration and specially the love for the hottest band in the
world: KISS!
Thank you Gene, Paul, Peter, Ace, Eric C., Vinnie, Mark, Bruce, Eric
S. and Tommy for these 40 years of magic.
From :
Kiss Related Recordings
FYI, yours truly have participated in this video as well .... Enjoy
February 9 : A World With Heroes (40th
Anniversary KISS tribute)
From :
Mitch Lafon
/
Three Sides Of The Coin
Mitch Lafon : I've put together a PLEDGE MUSIC campaign for this
project... It'll go live next week.... Hopefully, you support this
great cause...
A World With Heroes (40th Anniversary KISS tribute) with all profits
going to benefit a cancer care hospice (my father-in-law passed away
there peacefully on Jan 4th 2013). KISS songs from every era will be
represented. All basic tracks will be recorded by Eric Brittingham
(bass - Cinderella), Jeff LaBar (guitars - Cinderella) and Troy
Lucketta (drums - Tesla). Vocalists and other artists that will
contribute to the CD include: Terry Illious (Great White),
Bumblefoot (GNR), Russ Dwarf (The Killer Dwarfs), Ron Young (Little
Caesar), Doug Alrich (Whitesnake), Dery Grehan (Honeymoon Suite),
Bill Leverty(Firehouse). With more to be announced shortly.
Please support this great cause.
February 6 : BLACK 'N BLUE Jaime St. James
interview
From :
Kiss Related Recordings
/
oregonmusicnews.com
Ruben Mosqueda of Oregon Music News recently did an interview with
BLACK 'B BLUE singer Jaime St. James.
Topics includes Tommy Thayer and Jaime St. James KISS Tribute band
COLD GIN, the Gene Simmons produced BLACK 'n BLUE albums "Nasty
Nasty" (1986) and "In Heat" (1988), as well as Peter Criss and Ron Keel who both did
backing vocals on the song "Best
in the West". Also mentioned is Gene Simmons ripped off the riff
of the song "Nasty Nasty" for KISS "Domino".
February 7 : Anton Fig discusses playing on
Frehley's '78 solo album
From :
www.metal-rules.com
MetalRules.com's Marko Syrjala conducted an interview with Anton
Fig. An excerpt follows:
It was basically Ace, you and producer Eddie Kramer, who made the
entire album threesome?
Anton Fig: Right.
But I’ve learned that Will Lee also played some bass on the album?
Anton Fig: He really just basically… when we cut the whole record
with Ace, Ace was on rhythm guitar. We were in like a mansion with a
remote truck outside, and his amps were on a stairwell. So we cut it
all and decided to put bass on two songs. Once they got all the
tracks to New York he played bass on a couple of tracks but he
wasn’t involved in those 10 days of tracking.
How much did you have the freedom to play the way you wanted and to
be creative when the album was recorded?
Anton Fig: It was pretty much whatever I wanted to do. When we were
recording “Rip It Out”, in the drum solo on the demo when I recorded
with Ace, the first time I met him, I just played that solo off the
top of my head on the demos. When it came time for the record, he
said “I already like what you played on the demos”. They played it
to me and I liked it and played the same thing again. But that was
just something spur of the moment. They let me play whatever I
wanted really.
Tell something about the song “Wiped Out” which you did co-wrote
with Ace?
Anton Fig: Ace was playing this riff and so I started to play the
drums to it and then I changed the beat around. I played the beat in
different ways so it made his riff sound like he was doing something
different. And then he really liked that so we kind of worked on it
and basically it was just me turning the riff around. And then when
he wrote another part and then he said ‘why don’t you go work on it
and I’ll give you writing?’ So I went back and I wrote the words.
And then he did it on the record. It was like really cool. And he
gave me credit– well I did write it with him.
February 6 : BLACK 'N BLUE Jaime St. James
interview
From :
Kiss Related Recordings
/
oregonmusicnews.com
Ruben Mosqueda of Oregon Music News recently did an interview with
BLACK 'B BLUE singer Jaime St. James.
Topics includes Tommy Thayer and Jaime St. James KISS Tribute band
COLD GIN, the Gene Simmons produced BLACK 'n BLUE albums "Nasty
Nasty" (1986) and "In
Heat" (1988), as well as Peter Criss and Ron Keel who both did
backing vocals on the song "Best
in the West". Also mentioned is Gene Simmons ripped off the riff
of the song "Nasty Nasty" for KISS "Domino".
February 6 :
Kevin Valentine talks about the 3 KISS albums he played drums on
... From :
Three Sides Of the Coin
In episode #9 of 'Three Sides Of the Coin' Podcast we talk with
special guest Kevin Valentine. Kevin talks about the three KISS
albums he played drums on in the studio; "Hot In The Shade,"
"Revenge" and "Psycho Circus." He talks about recording demos with
Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons, working with Bob Ezrin and Bruce
Fairbairn, and how he had to audition for the "Psycho Circus" album. From :
Kiss Related Recordings
Another KISS Related album Kevin Valentine produced and played all
drums on is
GRAHAM BONNET's 1999 album "The Day I Went Mad" which features
Bruce Kulick on playing bass on 4 tracks.
Visit
www.ThreeSidesOfTheCoin.com and join the conversation. Three
Sides of the Coin is a KISS podcast featuring Michael Brandvold,
Mitch Lafon and Tommy Sommers.
