Tag: Kiss
'Update: The Wild Things and KISS Legend Tommy Thayer Surprise Hollywood Blvd With Impromptu Rock ’n’ Roll Concert
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'Renee Fleming Cozies Up with Kiss, Who Have Macy's Drama
Famous opera singer and soprano Renee Fleming cozied up to all four original Kiss members at the 2014 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Though the two have vastly different musical styles, Kiss vocalist Paul Stanley called Fleming “a star” after a chance meeting during an interview. He then let her cuddle inside his trademark cape, making for a very bizarre combination of musicians. This strange and hilarious meeting happened before the newest Kiss drama in which Stanley says the band was “screwed over and misled” by the executives of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on his Twitter account. Though Stanley did not delve any deeper in his Twitter rant, it is believed his anger was because the band was not put on camera until just before the first chorus of the famed song “Rock and Roll All Nite” and focused on popular bassist Gene Simmons during Tommy Thayer’s guitar solo. -
'Why the Post-Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nirvana Tribute at Greenpoint's Saint Vitus Bar Was What Kurt Would've Wanted
As is to be expected with most of these highly anticipated and star-studded evenings of musical self-aggrandizing, there were exceptional moments juxtaposed with the, well, not-so-exceptional.
