Yesterday we attended the Movie Days in Dortmund, Germany were ex-KISS Guitarist Bruce Kulick was a special guest!
As soon as he saw us, he said: "There they are", as usual it was a pleasure to see and talk to Bruce again.
First we did a profesional photoshoot with him (he called us his family) and that pic turned out great! Bruce signed it also for us.
Here are 2 more pics from that photoshoot.
Later it was time for the Q&A with Bruce and I asked him if we would see him on the KISS Kruise III, he answered that he would love to do it, if he was asked!
Also he told us that he's working on a new album that is slated for end of this year!
We had a great time with Bruce and we're looking to forward to see him soon...
We got these KISS Hello Kitty Ty Beanies Plush Figures in today!
My wife love these and say that they're so cute.
Here are the Catman & the Starchild.
And the Demon & the Spaceman.
The figures are about 7" in size.
Last year we got also these KISS Hello Kitty Figures set in.
These are from vinyl and about 7" in size. These plush KISS Hello Kitty's are the first ones we added to our collection and was a gift from my lovely wife. They are about 4" in size and so cute...
Take a look to this very rare KISS Figure Stage Set that we've added to our collection! It was released in Mexico and there are only a few made. A closer look to the Paul figure. And the very cool figure of Gene. Also the Tommy figure is great.
And a better view to Eric behind his drumkit.
All the figures are about 5" in size and made from resin.
This set is so awesome...
We just got this Australian KISS Ice Cream Box in!
It comes also with 5 Wrappers, 1 of each bandmember in white and 1 as band in color.
Thanks to Donna & Brett who send us this...
We've added this awesome KISS Casablanca CD Singles Boxset to our collection!
This limited edition, in a beautifull black box, contains 29 CD-singles with covers from all over the world and a great booklet. Also the solo CD singles includes replica's of the masks from 1978!
I've decided for the CD version because I've almost all the original vintage 7" singles...
We go this Paul Stanley Nutcracker in today!
It's about 15" in size and a bit scary, lol.
It took a while before the Paul one been released, more than 1 year ago we got the Gene Simmons Nutcracker in...
Last week I got my Signed Peter Criss Book "Makeup To breakup" in!
After our KISS Kruise II Experience we had a stop over at the New York airport, we saw this book at a bookstore were this above photo has been made.
There's been a lot of conversation about Peter's book, I'll start reading it very soon...
We've just got the second KISS Monster Magazine 3D Edition in today! The magazine includes a great poster of the Monster album cover and many photo's in 3D.
In july we got the first issue in.
During our stay in Miami for the KISS Kruise II we had the opertunity to buy some cool KISS Merchandise!
At Claires we bought these Hello KISS Kitty items:
At FYE we bought these KISS Xmas items and other stuff:
And also this big KISS Truck:
It's so cool to walk into a store in the USA and buy KISS merchandise right from the shelves...
We arrived in Miami on sunday october 28th at 8 PM, 1 day earlier as scheduled. We're so lucky that we could re-booked or flight otherwise we wouldn't have make it, because of the hurricane Sandy.
We checked in to the Holliday Inn, get a snack, spoke to some fans and than relaxed in our room. Early morning we went to the Bayside, find a store who sold Hello KISS Kitty stuff and bought some of it. Later that day we checked out the Port Of Miami. After dinner we went to the pre-party in our hotel. We meet many friends there and we had a great evening.
On tuesday we went to Miami Beach, a nice place to relax for us with in mind what all was coming up for us. Later that evening we went to the pre-party at the Hard Rock Cafe, only if you were on the guestlist you could come in. The cafe was packed with 600 KISS fans, 2 tribute bands and we had another great night.
On wednesday it was finally time were we came for, the start of the KISS Kruise II. We arrived at the dock around 12 PM and after we checked in, went to our room (very nice) and check the whole place out. The boat is so big, unbelieveble. At 5 PM we had our savety check and right than we run over the stairs to the pooldeck were the KISS Unplugged Show was. We got our spot on the balcony so that we had a good view to the stage, we could see everything. After a shotglass of Cabo it was time for KISS to hit the stage! It was great to see them unmasked and hear all the great songs, some of them they hadn't played for years like, Only You, A Million To One or Everytime I look At You! The band was in great spirit and they had a lot of fun. They played for 90 minutes or so and we loved every minute of it! This was the setlist: Hard Luck Woman, Christine Sixteen, Got To Choose, Goin' Blind, Love Her All I Can, Nothin' To Lose, Take Me, Anyway You Want It, A Million To One (Partial) A World Without Heroes, Only You, Comin' Home, Everytime I Look At You, Strutter, Sure Know Something, C'Mon And Love Me, Rock Bottom, Beth, Shandi, She, Do You Love Me, Mr Speed & Shout It Out Loud
After the show it was time to get some food, we watch some of Skid Row and then we headed over to see the Halloween costume contest, hosted by Tommy Thayer. We had another great spot and could see everything. Tommy came on stage, put on his glasses and the contest began, suddenly Eric Singer came also to the stage and watch the contest. After a while Paul Stanley was there too! Was great to see them and they had a lot of fun during the contest. After the contest was over every member walked by us and we could shake hands with them! Marina was so overwelmed that she finally was so close to Paul...
The next day we did our Wedding Vows Renewal, hosted by Steve from the KISS Wedding Chappel in Las Vegas. He did the whole ceromonie in KISS-style, that was so cool. We thought it was better than our original wedding, except that our daughter wasn't there, lol! After the ceremonie we got our documents, of course in KISS Kruise II style!
Later that day we have our indoor KISS Show and we thought wouldn't it be nice to go in make-up? So we did, before the show a facepainter maked us up as Gene & Paul! At 8 PM it was time for our show, we headed over to the Stardust Theather, we had great seats and could see everything. Around 9 PM the fun started and KISS took over the place, they started with Psycho Circus and it was amazing to see the band in that kind of theather, so close, that we catch a lot of guitarpics! Again the band was in great shape and had fun to perform there. We had the idea that they didn't want to stop playing! They came back for 2 encores! They played 5 songs of the new album Monster! That was so cool to hear these for the first time live! There weren't any pyro's, bombs, blood spitting at all, only confetti during Rock And Roll All Night, But that didn't matter, we loved the show! This was the setlist: Psycho Circus, Shout It Out Loud, Hell Or Hallelujah, Wall Of Sound, Hotter Than Hell, All For The Love Of Rock & Roll, I Love It Loud, Out Of This World, War Machine, Long Way Down, Detroit Rock City, Calling Dr. Love, Love Gun, Black Diamond, Lick It Up, Christine Sixteen, Rock And Roll All Night, Cold Gin, Got To Choose, Nothin' To Lose & Deuce. Enjoy watching our video of 4 songs during the KISS Kruise II...
On friday we had a stop in Cosumo, Mexico. We walked around, did some sightseeing and went back to the Norwegian Pearl. I tried my luck on the Gene Guitar Throwing Pick Contest, but sadly no points for me. When we took the elevator, suddenly it went to floor 14 (the floor KISS was staying) and when the doors went open, Shannon Tweed stepped into the elevator! We said hello and shaked hands. Also later that day we saw Doc McGee and took some photo's with him.
Also you had the oppertunity to check out the Monster Book, so we did and it was cool to see this book and yes, it was heavy, lol.
Today it also was our Meet & Greet with the band! Around 7 PM it was time for us and as you all can see our photo turned out amazing! We loved to see the band again and they joked a lot during the photo session! We had a great time! Later that night we watch the second indoor show on a big screen together with a lot of fans, the place was packed.
On our last day on the KISS Kruise II there where a lot of events going on. First we went to Doc McGee's Q&A and that was so cool. He answered a lot of questions and most great news is that there'll be a European Monster tour in june 2013, there'll be a Kruise III (maybe with Bruce Kulick) a special re-release of the KISS catalog and after his Q&A it was time for the Gene Simmons Guitar Throwing Pick Contest. The Gene & Paul events where on the same time so we choosed for the Gene one. But Mr. Simmons was running a bit late and after a little while he came on stage and did his thing. Gene knows how to throw guitarpics, but all his experience didn't help him, he lost. When we hit the elevator we saw Shannon & Erin heading over to the gym. At 5 PM it was time for the KISS Q&A, sitting over a balcony the band asnwered all kind of questions, joked a lot and said that they had a amazing time on this second Kruise. Said that they had signed the contract today for a third Kruise. They hoped that we all came back for that next year. We probely will... After dinner it was time for the last event on the KISS Kruise II...the Eric Singer Blackjack Night. Before it all started Eric did some signing for fans and we had the luck to got out laminates signed and get a photo with him!
We hanged around after that and got something to eat. When we came into the restaurant we saw a big KISS-logo made from ice, so cool! Than we headed over to the KISS Lounge, there was a private party and we ran to some members of Skid Row & Adler and took some photo's with them. Around 3 AM it was time for us to take a nap.
On Sunday the boat docked at 6 AM, we packed everything and get some breakfast. After that we said goodbye to a lot of great people who we've meet during this Kruise. We had such a amazing great time while we were on the boat, people came to us all the time, asked are you Rockhead, they even want photo's with us, lol. It all was if we where one big family, a KISS-family and we felt like home! We are one! So, it was time to leave the Norwegian Pearl, took a cab to our hotel (Holliday Inn again) and went to Bayside and get some coffee at Starbucks (if you don't know why there, think twice, lol) went to the FYE store and my lovely wife find some KISS items for our collection! Later we checked out Wallmart and did some shopping there, lol. After dinner we relaxed in our room.
On monday november 5th it was time for us to leave Miami and go back to The Netherlands. We had a amazing time on the KISS Kruise II All the things we heard from last year was true, this is a special, one of a kind happening! 5 days with KISS and 2000 fans on a boat, a unplugged & indoor show, Meet & Greet with the band, Q&A's, all the special events with each band member and so on and on... We had a blast and we're so glad that we could be a part of this experience, we'll never forget this!
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I got the KISS Destroyer - Resurrected Vinyl LP in!
This LP does not include the bonus track of Sweet Pain (Original Guitar Solo)?
On the release date (August 17th) I bought the CD version at my local recordshop.
The album was remixed late last year by original producer Bob Ezrin and features outtakes, new remixes and the original cover art. This is the tracklist:
1. Detroit Rock City 2. King Of The Night Time World 3. God Of Thunder 4. Great Expectations 5. Flaming Youth 6. Sweet Pain 7. Shout It Out Loud 8. Beth 9. Do You Love Me? Bonus Track: 10. Sweet Pain (Original Guitar Solo)
As you can see it's only 1 CD at it looks like a vinyl record.
I got these new KISS Glasses in today.
These are the 3th version of the Sonic Boom Glasses Series. Earlier I added these to my collection.
And this set too.
These are the first set of glasses featuring the current line-up.
Just added these KISS Mini Wacky Wobbler Bobble Heads to our collection! These are about 3" in size. About 18 months ago we got the bigger ones (about 7" in size) They look much better looking then the Bobble Dobbles ones from 1997.
The latest addition to our KISS Collection are these Mini KISS Panda's! Earlier we added the big size KISS Panda's to our collection. Here are both sizes together. My beautifull wife says "they're so cute"...
