Ariel Messman-Rucker is an Oakland-born journalist who now calls the Pacific Northwest her home. When she’s not writing about politics and queer pop culture, she can be found reading, hiking, or ...

KISS frontman Gene Simmons blamed “bad decisions” for his friend and fellow bandmate Ace Frehley’s death. The band’s co-founder condemned Frehley’s substance abuse, suggesting it was to blame for the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Kiss debuts its half-century-old live album Alive! in the U.K.

KISS honored Ace Frehley in the band’s first performance since his death. The rock group performed its three-day KISS Kruise: Landlocked event in Las Vegas over the weekend and paid tribute to the ...

During the latter show, former KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick joined the rock legends for the final two songs. Meanwhile, on Sunday, November 16, Simmons, Stanley, Thayer, and Singer took part in a ...

Kiss fans have grown to expect what Gene Simmons describes as a "gathering of the tribes" at the Kiss Kruise, which first set sail in 2011 and has happened on a semi-annual basis since then. But the ...

SBS’s “Dynamite Kiss” is off to a strong start! According to Nielsen Korea, the November 12 premiere episode of “Dynamite Kiss” garnered an average nationwide viewership rating of 4.5 percent.

On December 7th, the Kennedy Center Honors will welcome dozens of celebrities to celebrate those select few who are part of the 2025 class. When it comes to the Kennedy Center Honors, the organization ...

A New Jersey medical examiner has announced the cause of death of KISS founding member and original lead guitarist Ace Frehley, who died Oct. 16 at the age of 74. Morris County Deputy Medical Examiner ...

A medical report from the Morris County Medical Examiner’s Office released Monday determined Ace Frehley, one of the founding members of the legendary rock band Kiss, died from a head injury during a ...

The wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of the Kiss guitar tech who died from Covid-19 while quarantining on the band’s End of the Road World Tour in 2021 ended Wednesday with an official ...