TAG: Teenagers

Jan30

Is there anything they can’t sell?

Long past their prime at the business of rocking, Gene Simmons and his Kiss cohorts are still the tops in the business of business. In Mar they'll be getting back to one of their earliest merchandising endeavors by teaming up with Platinum Studios to launch Kiss Comics Group.

Kiss first got into the comic book business with Marvel in the 70s while they were still focused on music sometimes. In the 90s they teamed up with Todd McFarlane and his Dark Horse Comics.

Their first book with Platinum, Kiss 4K, features the band in full make up transformed into “warrior spirits of the 4K” to save the world and it's going to be published at a ludicrously sized 18-inch by 30-inch “Destroyer” edition. They're billing this as the world's largest comic book and …

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Jan23

Album of the Week – Bob & Gene

Anyone who reads the mag knows that we cover a lot of music in the reviews section. Sadly, though, we just can’t get to everything. So, in the interest of highlighting upcoming albums that we think deserve a little shine, we bring you our new “Album of the Week” feature. Every Monday morning, (Yeah, we know it’s Tuesday, but we were still giddy off a Rage-induced high.) we’ll spotlight an album worthy of your time and discriminatin' ears, with links to samples if we got 'em. Enjoy.

Bob and Gene
If This World Were Mine…
(Mo Do/Daptone)

The mid-1960s were a groundbreaking time for soul music. With labels like Motown and Stax already responsible for classics we still bump today, countless record labels sprang up that, while low on resources, recorded music that immediately cut …

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