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NEWS ABOUT: Kiss

Kiss stories: 9 news summaries

 KISS Drummer 
 Beats Breast Cancer 

Peter Criss aims to raise awareness of male breast cancer

Oct 16, 09 4:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Peter Criss has been declared cancer-free and he feels like the luckiest Catman alive. Criss, a founding member of KISS, received treatment for a tumor in his breast before it could spread and got the all-clear with his latest mammogram. The 63-year-old survivor is now doing his best to raise... More »

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cancer • breast cancer • rock stars • Kiss • Peter Criss

 New Kiss Disc 
 to Land at Wal-Mart 

Group becomes latest classic band to move merch through retailer

Aug 17, 09 7:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - The deal was sealed with a Kiss: the heavy metal band is joining the ranks of classic bands releasing their music through Wal-Mart, the world’s biggest retailer, the AP reports. Their new collection, “Sonic Boom,” comes out Oct. 6 only at Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club; it... More »

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music • retail • Kiss • Sam's Club • heavy metal • Wal-Mart • Jay-ZTV

OPINION


 The Worst Lyrics 
 of All Time 

'I feel real phoney when my name is Bill... or was that Phil' and more

Jun 3, 09 2:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Great music can inspire, but even the greats have thought up some atrocious lyrics. NME mines these gems:
  • "What else could I say? Everyone is gay." (Nirvana, All Apologies)
  • "I met a girl. She asked me my name. I told her what it was."
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entertainment • Bob Dylan • list • pop music • Kiss • Nirvana • Razorlight • Jennifer Lopez • worst songs • lyrics • R. Kelly • Rod Stewart



 Tongues to 
 Chest Hair, 
 Stars Insure 
 Prized Parts 

Dolly Parton's chest worth $11K per inch

Mar 10, 09 10:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Celebrities are known for insuring their most famous body parts, but now other types are getting into the practice. This week, a coffee taster’s tongue was insured for $13.8 million, making it the most valuable in the world. To mark the occasion, the Mirror lists some of the... More »

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insurance • celebrity • Kiss • Bruce Springsteen • Dolly Parton • Tom Jones • Rod Stewart • Gene Simmons • Bill Maher Grid

 Kiss Cuddles With Condoleezza 

Secretary of state crossed paths with the band in Sweden

May 30, 08 11:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a crossing of paths fit for Madame Tussauds, ‘70s icons Kiss were staying at the same Stockholm hotel as Condoleezza Rice yesterday. Not content to be strangers passing in the Swedish night, the rockers asked if the secretary of state could stop by after dining with the country’... More »

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Condoleezza Rice • Kiss • Sweden • Madame Tussauds

 Metal Makes a Heavy Comeback 

Hair we go again: '80s nostalgia brings monsters of rock  back to life

May 24, 08 7:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Heavy metal is coming back with a vengeance this summer, the Guardian reports. Kiss, Def Leppard, Judas Priest, and plenty of other massive metal names from the '80s will dust off the spandex and play stadium shows for audiences of aging headbangers along with a new generation of fans weaned... More »

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rock stars • Kiss • Metallica • Guitar Hero • heavy metal • rock music • concert tour • Def Leppard • Judas Priest

Rock N' Roll's Worst Lyricists

Heavy-handed metaphors, Hallmark sentimentality and pompous mysticism about in these 40 icons of rotten rhymes

Oct 25, 07 11:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Just because you can play a guitar doesn't mean you know how to string a sentence together. Blender looks back at rock's cringe-worthy lyricists:
  1. Sting
  2. Neal Peart, Rush
  3. Scott Stapp, Creed
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list • singers • Kiss • Sting • worst lyricists • Neal Peart • Rush • Scott Stapp • Creed • Tom Marshall • Phish • Paul Stanley • Diane Warren • Donovan • Jim Morrison • The Doors

100 Years of Kisses

The iconic Hershey's Kiss hits the century mark today

Jul 7, 07 8:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Today the Hershey's Kiss will turn 100 and The Hershey Company is pulling out all the stops. What do you get the candy that has everything?  A U.S. postage stamp?  A 15,026 pound bigger-than-life-size version of itself? A party? Yes.  More »

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Kiss • The Hershey Company • birthday

(Newser) - Richad Gere and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are hardly soulmates, but both got into trouble last week for kissing (not each other) in public. The actor was hanged in effigy by an angry mob for kissing a female Bollywood star during a charity event in India; the Iranian president  reprimanded by religious... More »

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India • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Richard Gere • Shilpa Shetty • Bollywood • Kiss • kissing

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