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Peter Criss and Ace Frehley decline offer to return for last ever Kiss shows
By Stef Lach published
Gene Simmons says estranged Kiss members Peter Criss and Ace Frehley have refused a request to play with band again

Download Festival and The Heavy Metal Truants launch charity auction with memorabilia from Iron Maiden, Metallica, Black Sabbath, Slipknot, Kiss and more
By Liz Scarlett published
Download Festival and The Heavy Metal Truants kick off a huge auction in aid of kids charities, with items from some of the biggest name in metal up for grabs

Six classic rock bands who "went grunge" and lived to tell the tale
By Geoff Barton published
Grunge swept all aside as it barrelled in from Seattle, and some bands preferred to jump the bandwagon rather than stand in the way and get mown down

The 10 Greatest Festival Bands Ever, as chosen by The Darkness' Dan Hawkins
By Dan Hawkins published
Ahead of his band's BST Hyde Park show with Guns N' Roses, The Darkness guitarist Dan Hawkins selects his dream festival line-up. Scream for me Danington!

This ridiculously fun Kiss x Earth Wind & Fire mash-up is a gift from the (rock) Gods that will have you dancing into next week
By Liz Scarlett published
We bow down before the master of mash-ups, Bill McClintock, for bringing us this whopper of a mix, featuring Kiss' I Was Made For Loving You and Earth, Wind & Fire's Boogie Wonderland

Backstage at a Kiss show used to be all debauchery and decadence: these days it features Gene Simmons zooming around in a cart, waving at people like the Queen
By Liz Scarlett published
Kiss' support band The Wild Things capture Gene Simmons in a goofy mood on the latest leg of their End Of The Road tour

Hardline preacher-cum-politician Ian Paisley used to picket "evil" metal gigs in Ireland: yesterday his son invited Gene 'The Demon' Simmons to Parliament
By Paul Brannigan published
DUP founder Ian Paisley's Free Presbyterian Church used to condemn metal gigs as "evil personified": now his church-going MP son Ian Jr is on friendly terms with The Demon from Kiss

10 metal musicians who hate backing tracks and 6 who don’t have a problem with them
By Rich Hobson published
From Kiss and W.A.S.P. to Iron Maiden, Slipknot and Megadeth, metal is divided over the use of backing tracks live
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