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The time Carlos Santana picked a fight with Gene Simmons
By Elizabeth Swann last updated
The spiritual “Smooth” guitarist created a commotion when he became strangely outraged by Kiss’s makeup

Gene Simmons tells how he, Paul Stanley and Ace Frehley gave Kiss some British swagger
By Phil Weller published
The bassist grew up adoring British bands and felt they had a wild, carefree attitude that U.S. acts lacked. Kiss set about changing that

Ace Frehley says Kiss are lying about his departures from the group. Here's his side of the story
By Phil Weller published
The guitarist parted from the glam rockers in 1982 and 2002, but he says the stories Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley have been spinning are false

Alex Lifeson on how Rush’s early failure pushed them for their breakthrough success
By Gary Graff published
The guitarist explains how the band’s more ambitious direction “inspired me to mess around with my guitar tone”

Bruce Kulick says nothing prepared him for his worst gig of all time with Kiss
By Andrew Daly published
His long-running stint with the makeup-free version of the group made Kulick one of the most beloved of their non-original members

Karl Cochran, guitar player who worked with Kiss and Joe Lynn Turner, has died
By Elizabeth Swann published
The guitarist was a member of Ace Frehley's band and co-wrote "Into the Void" from Kiss's 1998 reunion album, 'Psycho Circus'

Gene Simmons on intimidating Geezer Butler and Kiss’ territory-marking tour with Black Sabbath in 1974
By Phil Weller published
Black Sabbath were at the height of their powers in the mid '70s, but that didn’t stop Simmons from trying to scare off the competition

Gene Simmons says Ace Frehley copied a Robby Krieger guitar solo note for note on a famous Kiss track
By Christopher Scapelliti published
Frehley's solo from "She" was directly inspired by Krieger's own for the Doors' "Five to One"
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