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Paul Stanley discusses hearing loss

According to Blabbermouth, Paul Stanley, the frontman of Kiss, will be discussing the issue of noise-induced hearing loss, and his own hearing disability, in an interview with CNN’s chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta today.

Noise induced hearing loss amongst teens and young adults is a huge issue, and I think it’s great that Paul Stanley is bringing the issue to light. The biggest problem is most likely Kiss‘ music, so it certainly is big of Mr Stanley to take some responsibility. Before you slate me, just look at the evidence. Paul Stanley is half deaf, and he plays in Kiss. And Kiss fans must be deaf, otherwise why would they listen to Kiss? Coincidence? I think not.

Of course, I’m joking and being a little crude, Stanley was actually born deaf in his right ear. Regardless, click the Blabbermouth link if you’re interested.

Ki$$ are going old $chool

Kiss have obviously run out of ideas here. They’ve tried Kiss branded condoms, toys, footballs, video games, clothing, dolls, and just about every type of money making scheme imaginable. Deciding that everything has been tried, the band have decided to go back into the studio to do what other bands have to do, i.e. write and record music. Well, according to Blabbermouth, the band have begun rehearsing for the new album.

Yeah ok, so I know they also released an album in 2009, and BTW, despite what Kiss fans will tell you, it was shit, but Kiss doing music is still fairly rare.

Friday Top 10: Heavy metal soap operas, part 2

What, you thought last Friday’s Top 10 was the only one? Ha, you wish! Just like a proper soap, we’re popping out endless sequels. Well, maybe not endless, because I plan to wrap it up with this one, but who knows when this topic will come back from the dead.

Make the jump and read ten more never-ending and/or soapy and/or embarrassing stories from the world of metal.

No Kiss for two

I’ll be honest with you. I think Kiss look like a bunch of transvestites and all they do is play shitty pop music and nothing about them is shocking at all. To me, these guys play in the same league as Bon Jovi. I hate both of these bands.

But on to the news. Paul Stanley, the guy with the Peggy Bundy haircut, the star around the eye and the red lipstick said the following about a reunion of the original Kiss line-up in a recent interview:

“The word that comes up is ‘closure.’ We had a good time that deteriorated over time. When we did the farewell tour I realized I didn’t want to say farewell to KISS, I wanted to say farewell to two of the members.”

Now, I know that Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons are in the band but that’s it. I also know that they had like 20,000 other bandmembers but I don’t know any of them by name. So, if you’re a Kiss fan, I have some advices for you: #1 Start listening to better music, #2 Stop painting your face, you look like a woman, #3 Use Wikipedia to research who Stanley was talking about.

Kiss are underground

Kiss are so original and groundbreaking, that they’ve even started running out of original non-music products to sell. Even that picture above is taken from a Samsung hi-fi ad. We’ve already mentioned most of them, from condoms to caskets. So, what do they have for us now?

Caskets. Again. My mind is blown. And while I try to act shocked and surprised, you can make the jump and see a pretty picture of something only a dead person would choose to be buried in (because they couldn’t make the choice in the first place).