Tag Archives: Peter Criss

Metal Insider top 5: Retirements that didn’t last

Posted by on January 27, 2014

Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. Tomorrow is a big day for Mötley Crüe. At 3pm EST, they’re widely expected to announce their retirement 33 years after their formation. Then they’ll be playing Jimmy Kimmel Live! later that night. And while the Crüe stepping down makes sense (Mick Mars is 62, […]

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KISS, Nirvana among Rock Hall of Fame inductees

Posted by on December 17, 2013

Looks like the audience vote winner was a harbinger of things to come for KISS, as they’ve been named among the inductees of the 29th annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The New York band will be inducted 15 years after they first became eligible, and will join Nirvana, Hall and Oates, Peter Gabriel, […]

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Short Film Looks At KISS’ “Beth” From Beth’s Point Of View

Posted by on April 24, 2013

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/64403137[/vimeo] What happens when the creative director of an ad agency wonders what Beth’s side of the story was from KISS’ 1976 ballad “Beth” was? The end result is a 4:30 short film, also titled Beth, that was the brainchild of Bob Winter of Crispin Porter + Bogusky. In the hysterical, and completely not based on fact […]

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Did KISS Rip Off The Sword?

Posted by on August 21, 2009

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-wg30aRXQ4[/youtube] Is it just us, or does the main riff in “Modern Day Delilah,” the first single from KISS’ forthcoming album Sonic Boom, bear a little more than a passing resemblance to The Sword’s “Freya?” The new album from Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Not Ace Frehley and Not Peter Criss will be out on October […]

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