The New Guy

"...cameos by Vanilla Ice, Tommy Lee, David Hasselhoff, and Gene Simmons. With hints like these, it seems almost a..."

May 10, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Detroit Rock City

Four high school bandmates try to get into a KISS concert.

"...KISS make cameos in the film and head KISSer Gene Simmons produced Detroit Rock City?..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Anomaly

Kiss at the Frank Erwin Center tonight ain't Kiss with Ace Frehley (and Peter Criss).

"...lady (the Cat, man). Instead, one’s left with Abbott (Gene Simmons) and Costello (Paul Stanley)...."

Dec. 4, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Kiss Triple Feature

"...(1978). D: Gordon Hessler; with Peter Criss, Ace Frehley, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Anthony Zerbe, Carmine Caridi, Deborah Ryan,..."

Nov. 4, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Extract

Mike Judge, the writer/director of Office Space, mines the workplace for more satiric comedy.

"...Jason Bateman, Mila Kunis, Kristen Wiig, Ben Affleck, J.K. Simmons, Clifton Collins Jr., David Koechner, Dustin Milligan, Beth Grant..."

Sept. 4, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Film Flam: Neon, Blue Starlite, and Kiss

Movie news, Tim League, and Gene Simmons (not dueting, sadly)

"...coming to town. Wizard World announced this morning that Gene Simmons, the blood-spitting, tongue-waggling bassist with the epochal glam..."

Jan. 20, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

We Are X

Japanese rockers are the best band you've never heard of

"...solid fan, scouring eBay for old concert T-shirts. As Gene Simmons notes, “If X had been born in America,..."

Oct. 28, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Music DVDs

"...its peak comes courtesy of the franchise's controlling partners, Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, the two founders and band..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

After a Fashion

Stephen makes the party rounds this week and finds out which celeb made an appearance at Flipnotics.

"...at Flipnotics' vintage KISS toys, Billy Bob commented how "Gene" had given him some KISS memorabilia. We can presume..."

March 7, 2003 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

No Regrets

Spaceman Ace Frehley

"...Stanley, Peter "the Cat" Criss, "Spaceman" Ace Frehley, and Gene Simmons "Megalomaniac." Bruce Springsteen maintains that U2's the last..."

June 15, 2012 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Record Reviews

"...Twenty years after the fact, Gene Simmons is still fighting the bad fight. Asked by..."

Feb. 21, 1997 Music Review

Where Are They Now?

The future of Music Televison

"...immediately. British Prime Minister Madonna and United Nations Secretary General Bono urged rebel forces occupying strategic power plants and..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...Legendary downtown filmmaker Amos Poe (Alphabet City, The Blank Generation) directs this neo-noir comic thriller about an ensemble of..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

Escapism and Connection: The Illustrated Life of Billy Perkins

Hustling Austin posters for 30 years, Perkins perseveres

"...Framed concert photos (Eddie Van Halen, Gene Simmons), an entire wall of Austin Music Awards for..."

June 17, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...guitar tormentor Jimbo Yongue that's eerily reminiscent of early Gene Simmons, Twinkle glistens and glints like garage huffers lit..."

May 28, 2021 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Go See Darkbird!

"...Darkbird reminds you that rock & roll isn’t dead, Gene Simmons. Although the crowd was sparse at 2:30 in..."

Nov. 18, 2019 Postmarks

SXSW Film Review: We Are X

Music doc explores the biggest band you never heard of

"...be the biggest band in the world. So sayeth Gene Simmons of Kiss in We Are X, a history..."

March 23, 2016 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Wish List: Kiss & Def Leppard

No bands have ever sounded better at Circuit of the Americas

"...had pyrotechnics. I wish I could breathe fire like Gene Simmons. I wish I could impress upon you the..."

July 14, 2014 Music Post by Luke Winkie

2014 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Broadcast

Almost exclusively white faces, as fine as they are

"...dock. Then the Coldplay frontman opens his bible to Genesis for a riotously funny recounting of “Phil the Collins”..."

June 6, 2014 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Alejandro Escovedo Hosts Matt McCormack Benefit

‘I looked at the windows to see water coming through them’

"...Mollica. I had just got a song cut by Gene Simmons of Kiss. I went out to Los Angeles..."

Feb. 5, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

At It Again

Say Anything savant Max Bemis let goes of his alienation

"...or being Jewish at all," he admits. "Yeah, [Israeli-born] Gene Simmons gets down with the ladies and rock &..."

April 27, 2012 Music Feature by Richard Whittaker

Pentagram

"...If Gene Simmons had abused substances as he did sex and..."

Aug. 26, 2011 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Can't Stop the World

Austin's native contribution to the Go-Go's, guitarist/bassist Kathy Valentine, relives 30 years of Beauty and the Beat

"...stay in a hotel and record a record, and Gene Simmons came down and met us. Great! How could..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Nights in White Satin

Streaming Spotify all the way back to the reel-to-reel

"...And the industry responds. Lefsetz rags on Kiss magnate Gene Simmons, then debates him publicly with no preparation. Quincy..."

Aug. 5, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Planet of the Mermaids

A hot band plays cool music for a wild sci-fi film that may or may not be a put-on

"...who resembles a latter-day David Byrne (and a present-day Gene Simmons when he dons a wig in the film)...."

Jan. 21, 2011 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Immortal

Metallurgy

"...sticks out his tongue on "Sons of Northern Darkness," Gene Simmons is already dialing his lawyer even before the..."

Dec. 3, 2010 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

XBRMNT's Top 10 for the Week of Dec. 1

Buttheads, boots, bullies, and Dykes help make up this week's Top 10.

"..."Under Suspicion" – Angel Discovered by KISS bass player, Gene Simmons, this Seventies androgynous glam band (take a look..."

Dec. 2, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Nakia

Viva Las Vegas

Behind the scenes of Cirque du Soleil's Viva Elvis and Love

"...the Las Vegas strip. Attended by the likes of Gene Simmons, Laurence Fishburne, and Scott Weiland, the world premiere..."

Feb. 24, 2010 Music Post by Austin Powell

How to Paper a Powder Room

New books for when you've got a little time on your hands

"...popular in jail if I so chose." – Kiss' Gene Simmons to NPR Fresh Air host Terry Gross What..."

Dec. 4, 2009 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Off the Record

Casting the annual ballot for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and paying tribute to poster artist extraordinaire Bill Narum

"...regarding this year's runts of the litter: the Chantels, Genesis, the Hollies, LL Cool J, and Red Hot Chili..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

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