According to The Batavian, ten people were charged during Saturday’s (September 15) KISS and MÖTLEY CRÜE concert at Darien Lake Performing Arts Center in Darien Center, New York.
Among the arrested:
* A 43-year-old Syracuse woman who was charged with harassment and resisting arrest. When deputies attempted to arrest the woman, she allegedly physically resisted being taken into custody. After being transported back to the security trailer, the woman allegedly kicked an officer that was walking past her. The woman was jailed on $500 bail.
* A 44-year-old Churchville woman who was charged with of harassment after allegedly fighting with a security guard. The woman allegedly bit the security officer and hit him in the throat. She was jailed on $250 bail.
* A 39-year-old Buffalo man who was charged with disorderly conduct. The man allegedly engaged in disruptive and threatening behavior which was directed toward security officers and deputies. He was jailed on $250 bail.
* A 23-year-old Batavia man who was charged with of disorderly conduct. The man allegedly engaged in disruptive and threatening behavior which was directed toward his girlfriend, security officers and deputies. He was jailed on $250 bail.
* A 31-year-old Rochester man who was charged with trespass for allegedly refusing to leave the concert venue after being told to leave on several different occasions.
For a complete list of arrests, visit The Batavian.
Figures Toy Company is about to introduce KISS Series 2 action figures, reminiscent of the action figures first released in 1977-1978 by the Mego Toy Company. These figures will have rooted hair, cloth clothing, 16 points of articulation and are based on the very first, self-titled KISS album from 1974.
CFO Anthony Balasco states, “I never understood why 8″ KISS action figures were not produced back in the 1970’s when The Mego Toy Company had already released the 12″ versions. Our second release will have the retro look from the 1970s but updated with more detailed costumes. Future releases will cover all time periods in KISS’ 40 year musical career from 1972 to 2012.”
Look for a Demon “Hotter Than Hell” and Starchild with “Bandit Makeup” exclusives and limited edition releases. Collectors will be able to find KISS Series 2 at toy stores, comic shops, music stores and on-line retailers starting in late October.
KISS’ long-awaited new album, Monster, will be released in North America on October 9th via Universal Music. 30-second clips from all songs are now available to sample at iTunes.
Monster tracklisting:
‘Hell Or Hallelujah’
‘Wall Of Sound’
‘Freak’
‘Back To The Stone Age’
‘Shout Mercy’
‘Long Way Down’
‘Eat Your Heart Out’
‘The Devil Is Me’
‘Outta This World’
‘All For The Love Of Rock & Roll’
‘Take Me Down Below’
‘Last Chance’
‘Right Here Right Now’
KISS is currently on the road with MÖTLEY CRÜE. Remaining dates on The Tour are as follows:
September
15 – Darien Lake PAC – Darien Lake, NY
16 – Comcast Center – Mansfield, MA
18 – Toyota Pavilion – Scranton, PA
19 – Susquehanna Bank Center – Camden, NJ
21 – PNC Bank Arts Center – Holmdel, NJ
22 – Nikon at Jones Beach – Wantagh, NY
23 – Comcast Theater – Hartford, CT
According to WWJ-TV, investigators with the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office are searching for a man accused of sexually assaulting a woman at last night’s KISS and MÖTLEY CRÜE concert at DTE Energy Music Theater in Clarkson, Michigan
The woman, a 25-year-old from Orion Township, told police that she was forced into the woods and assaulted by a man around 9:40 p.m. She went home before notifying authorities.
The suspect is described as a white man in his mid-20s, with brown hair and brown eyes. He was wearing cargo shorts and a V-neck shirt.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office at 248-537-3530 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-SPEAK-UP.
A truck transporting some of the pyrotechnics equipment for MÖTLEY CRÜE‘s tour with KISS was involved in a road accident en route to the two bands’ concert tonight (Wednesday, September 5) at the DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan.
MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx posted three post-accident photos of the truck — which ended up on its side — on his Twitter account and wrote, “Thank god our driver is OK.”
The two bands have since issued the following joint statement:
“On its way to Detroit, our pyro truck was involved in an accident and flipped, spilling our gear all along the freeway.
“We owe you the show you expect and deserve, so we’ve jointly decided to give our crews the 24 hours necessary to piece everything together to make it possible.
“The party is now Thursday night, September 6th. See you there!”
MÖTLEY CRÜE and KISS‘s tour — dubbed simply “The Tour” — kicked off on July 20 in Bristow, Virginia and is currently scheduled to wrap on September 23 in Hartford, Connecticut. Although the bands are officially co-headlining the tour, MÖTLEY CRÜE is opening for KISS each night.
“Destroyer: Resurrected”, the newly remixed version of KISS‘s 1976 multi-platinum, landmark album “Destroyer”, sold 7,200 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 58 on The Billboard 200 chart.
“Destroyer: Resurrected” features remixes by “Destroyer”‘s album’s original producer, Bob Ezrin. Ezrin pulled the tapes from the vaults and painstakingly remixed the entire album, enhancing the sound and bringing out its rich texture and vibrancy, while keeping the integrity of the original recording intact. “Destroyer: Resurrected” will also include rare and unreleased recordings rediscovered during the remixing process, plus the originally intended cover artwork.
Hot on the heels of their breakthrough hit album “Alive!”, KISS released their fourth studio album “Destroyer” which is considered the most ambitious studio recording of KISS‘s ’70s catalog. Bob Ezrin, who had previously worked with Alice Cooper, was brought in to produce the album and among the production flourishes Ezrin introduced to KISS were sound effects, strings, a children’s choir, reversed drumming and the eerie, echoing sounds of screaming children over Gene Simmons‘ vocals on “God Of Thunder”. Upon its release, “Destroyer” reached the No. 11 position on the Billboard Top 200 and, with the help of the surprise top-10 hit “Beth”, was their first album to go platinum.
Originally released as the B-side to the single “Detroit Rock City”, “Beth — the heart-yearning ballad co-written and performed by drummer Peter Criss — was quickly picked up by radio nationwide and became the first top 10 for KISS, climbing all the way to the No. 7 position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. While going through the original tapes, a forgotten vocal piece that was originally edited out in the final mix of “Beth” was discovered and now, for the first time, the complete original vocal recording has been restored and is included in the final mix. Other rediscovered gems include a complete, alternate guitar solo for the track “Sweet Pain”, now heard for the first time since it was originally recorded. The newly remixed “Sweet Pain” with the original guitar solo will be included as a bonus track. In addition to the treasures found buried in the hours of recordings, KISS classics such as “Detroit Rock City”, “Shout It Out Loud”, “Do You Love Me?” and “God Of Thunder” were painstakingly remixed by Ezrin as he fleshed out the drums and guitars, bringing out the bottom end to the bass, making his mixes tight and tough.
In addition, “Destroyer: Resurrected” has now been issued with the originally intended cover art thought too controversial for the time. Created by artist Ken Kelly, the “brown” cover depicts KISS dressed in their “Alive!” costumes and standing on rubble in front of a burning city in ruins. At the time, the record company thought it was too violent and settled for the tamer “blue” version known today. This release also marked the first time that a comic-book illustration of the band appeared on the cover, confirming that the band was transforming from hard rockers to superheroes.
To this day, “Destroyer” remains one of the group’s most ambitious recordings and greatest accomplishments. In both Kerrang! and Guitar World magazine it is listed as one of the “100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums Of All Time” and in 2003, it was included on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the “500 Greatest Albums Of All Time.” Now, with today’s state-of-the-art technology, this landmark release can be heard the way that KISS intended.
“Destroyer: Resurrected” track listing:
01. Detroit Rock City
02. King Of The Night Time World
03. God Of Thunder
04. Great Expectations
05. Flaming Youth
06. Sweet Pain
07. Shout It Out Loud
08. Beth
09. Do You Love Me?
10. Sweet Pain (original guitar solo) (bonus track)
The “Destroyer: Resurrected” cover artwork can be seen below.
Released in March 1976, “Destroyer” was the second consecutive KISS album to reach the Top 20 in the U.S. The LP was certified gold by the RIAA on April 22, 1976. It was certified platinum on November 11, 1976, the first KISS album to achieve that distinction.
The biggest rock band in the world, KISS, launched the largest rock book ever to be published, “Kiss Monster Book”, standing 3 feet high by 2.5 feet wide and 2 inches thick, with a special appearance earlier today (Tuesday, August 21) at the Viper Room in West Hollywood, California.
Video footage of the press conference can be seen below.
The “Kiss Monster Book” offers a larger-than-life journey through 40 years of KISS with an intimate collection of 127 photographs by world-renowned rock photographers, including rare and never-before-seen images sourced from the band’s own archives. The massive book is a collector’s goldmine, with just 1,000 copies available and individually signed, dated and numbered by the four members of the current lineup. Printed in high-definition links by one of the world’s finest limited-edition and large format printers, each copy has been hand stitched-and-bound in Italy, by the same binder used by The Vatican.
Eleven different covers with matching signature pages have been produced, and anyone buying the book can choose their cover when they place their order. The pictures inside include unseen gems, old 35mm slides, famous moments and brand new pictures that bring the band right up-to-date. Coupled with the sheer size and quality of the images, this book is a photographic monument that chronicles the cultural phenomenon known as KISS. It’s an up-close-and-personal view of the most globally-recognized band in rock history, bringing the epic KISS experience alive.
KISS frontman Paul Stanley comments: “This book is way beyond my expectations. The photos are incredible at this size. It’s not a coffee table book, it’s a coffee table!”
KISS has worked closely with the publishers, carefully choosing the best and rarest images to illustrate every decade of their glorious history. The photos selected for the “Kiss Monster Book” capture the absolute essence of being in and around a KISS concert, with incredible work by some of the greatest rock photographers of all time, including Richard Aaron, Fin Costello, Bob Gruen, Ross Halfin, Tom Hill, Steve Jennings, Andrew Kent, Barry Levine, Eric McKenna, Evan Mover, Michael Putland, Denis O’Regan, Chip Rock, Al Soluri, Mark Sullivan, Mark Weiss and Neil Zlozower. The result is an explosion of giant photographs showing KISS alive, with a stunning recreation of the KISS live experience that leaves you with the smell of pyrotechnics in your nostrils, the sound of the music in your ears, and a sense of danger in your belly. Many of the close-up photographs are literally the closest any fan could ever get to their rock heroes without an all-access pass. The “Kiss Monster Book” is the ultimate rock book experience.
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