As the band’s final large-scale tour looms, the Superstrat pioneer looks back on how he got started, why he quit, and why he’s not planning to fall silent again ...

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KISS bassist Gene Simmons restated his opposition to hip-hop’s inclusion in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame during a recent LegendsNLeaders podcast interview, underscoring an ongoing genre-definition ...

They defined eras and left us timeless songs – yet these 12 iconic bands were a musical full stop, their sound still strangely unclaimed to this day ...

They won the big prize... and lost the love. Thirteen rock bands who found fame and fortune - but lost the simple love of ...

For many people — or at least people of a certain age — the 1980s are considered the high-water mark for music (and entertainment at large). There's no denying that the decade of excess, neon colors, ...

Ken Steacy's rejected poster for Supergirl coulda and SHOULDA found a way into theater marquees, as it's monumentally superior to virtually all the sappy over-airbrushed "official" posters that failed ...

In my last essay, What Happened to Generation X, Part 1, I attempted to explain some of the characteristics that many in Generation X—my generation, believe explains and defines us. This is the ...

Simmons shared a similar story with Stanley right next to him. During a 2023 appearance on Sirius XM’s The Howard Stern Show, the rockers were asked if there was ever a KISS song they disliked.

Music legend Gene Simmons has yet again slashed the asking price of his former Beverly Hills home—months after trimming a half-million dollars. Simmons, 76, initially listed the “exceptional” home for ...