Wow, 2018 What A (KISS) Year For Us!
To our big suprise we've been interviewed by Veronica Magazine, the biggest Dutch TV magazine and this was published in july!
July was a busy month for us, because besides the 3 Gene Simmons Band shows, we also did the Gene Simmons Vault Experience in Amsterdam! This experience was so incredible and special! For all who want to know about the music on the Vault? It's amazing!
We were so happy that we could sail with KISS again on the KISS Kruise VIII and of course we had a blast! With performances of Ace Frehley & Bruce Kulick! A moment in KISStory seeing Ace & Bruce playing with KISS on the sail away show! Meeting Bruce, Shannon & Sophie and our photo on the KISS stage!
During our 7th KISS Kruise we had our second Gene Simmons Vault Experience in Key West! Again a incredible moment for us!
So, let's see what the new year has in for us at this moment: the KISS End Of The Road World Tour, going to 3 shows!
We hope 2019 will be awesome for us...
I got this awesome Ace Frehley Spaceman Orange Vinyl with Alternate Cover as a Christmas gift from my lovely wife today!
I'm so happy with my present...
This is the cover of Paul Stanley's Backstage Pass Book!
In this follow-up to his popular bestseller Face The Music, the Starchild takes us deeper into his personal life and his home todaylife on and off the stage.
Release date is april 30th 2019.
We've pre-ordered our copy last month...
We got our special limited vinyl edition of Ace Frehley's Spaceman in with a alternate cover (& poster!) and is on blue vinyl...
Really like this cover...
During our stay in Miami for the KISS Kruise VIII, we got this cool KISS Itty Bitty's Set from our good friend Kevin! This set includes itty bitty's stylized plush versions of the Catman, the Demon, the Starchild & the Spaceman...
We got the chance to be at the Gene Simmons Vault KISS Kruise VIII Experience!!!
The event was held in the Spinnaker Lounge on the 13th floor of the Norwegian Jade on november 1th in Key West. We arrived there around 11:30 AM, we got our laminates and a wristband, this time we were # 39.
We got some good seats and when everybody was in Keith told us what you could expected today and how everything will go. So we only have to wait untill Gene would come in. He arrived around 12:15 PM and he just walked down the stairs close by our seats. Of course fans where cheering when "The Demon" made his entrance. Then Gene told us that he wouldn't do the songs & stories today, but wanted to talk with the fans instead. He thought that a lot of fans would have questions about the final tour of KISS and he was happy to answer them all. Lucky for us this wasn't our first Vault Experience, we did our experience, last july, in Amsterdam with the songs & stories session and getting our Vault signed by Gene! Some of the questions were: in witch city will be the last final KISS show, but he couldn't answer that because the tour was still in progress. Will there be a new KISS album? Gene answered: No.
After the Q&A was over there was a small break to prepare the stage for the meet & greet. So for us we could relax a bit and talk to fans and watch what was going on when Gene meet the fans.
Then it was our turn and this time we were relaxed and Gene was so nice to us and talked to us all the time. He even looked at our Paul Stanley Puma's and asked us if we were happy, of course we are, lol. The first item we let signed by him was a poster of our Vault Experience in Amsterdam.
He recogniced us and said some Dutch words to us and asked what's thanks in Dutch? So we said "dank je wel" and he pronounce it like he was Dutch too, lol.
We chatted about Amsterdam and the next item he signed for us was the book from the CD boxset:
Next up was our photo's taking with a dancing Gene and as you all can see above, they turned out great!
We talked some more with him and thanked him. We left the stage with a big smile on our faces!
But it wasn't over for us... when everyone had left the lounge we were packing our signed items in (the signatures had to dry for a while) and when we want to leave, Gene took a seat to get lunch, he saw us and said something to us. We went over and we talked quite some time with him. We talked about the sail away show, about Ace Frehley & Bruce Kulick and about the Vault music. He was so easy to talk with, so relaxed. He even offered us some potato chips. Wow, eating chips with Gene, never cross our mind we'll ever do this with him.
But all good things have to end and you can imagine that we had a blast with this Experience on the KISS Kruise VIII!
Here are some more photo's of our meet & greet with Gene:
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We arrived in Miami on october 29th and once in our hotel we arrived in the middle of the Vinnie Vincent Event that was going on. We checked in and relax a little bit in our room. Later that evening we took a walk on the Bayside and did some shopping, after diner we got back to our hotel and stayed in. The next morning we got up early and after breakfast it was time for our Vinnie Vincent Meet & Greet Experience! You van read all about our experience here!
After meeting Vinnie we went back to the Bayside erea and enjoyed our sunny spot near the water. Next up was the pre-party in the Hanger with Vinnie as special guest. We had a great time there, seeing old friends and make new ones.
The next day, wednesday october 31th, we checked out of our hotel because it was time for the KISS Kruise VIII, our 7th one! This time our ship was the Norwegian Jade, instead of the Pearl, who was öur" ship for the past 6 Kruises. Before we went on board it was time for our welcome on board photo: Once on board we saw a lot of familiar faces and after many hugs and catch up with eachother we went to the restaurant to get lunch. Around 2:30 PM we headed over to entrance gate and waited untill the band arrived. They were late but finally the band arrived and we shook hands with Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Shannon, Sophie, Eric Singer & Tommy Thayer! Here's our video of Paul Stanley & his family arrival:
Here's our video of Tommy Thayer & Eric Singer's arrival:
And our video of of Gene Simmons & his family arrival:
Once KISS was on board it was no time to do something else because the drill was held a few minutes later. After the drill we went as fast as we could to the pool deck, we had to run up the stairs to deck 12, lucky enough we managed to have a very good spot, second row at Gene's side.
Around 6 PM there was the welcome shot hosted by our captains KISS! Followed by a group photo with the band and fans. A few minutes later it was time for the sail away show and they started with Comin' Home. Everytime we see the band right in front of us, sailing away from the port in Miami, we got a special feeling over us! The band sounded awesome again. Here's our video of See You Tonight:
They played some great tunes like Mainline & Flaming Youth. Then Paul said it happens to be that we have Bruce Kulick on board and the crowd went nuts. Yes! Bruce came on stage and took place next to Tommy! This was so cool to see and the first song they played together, since 1995, was Domino followed by Hide Your Heart. Here's our video of Domino:
Paul takes the mike and said, we have Bruce Kulick on board but it happens to be that we have also Ace Frehley on the Kruise! So with this announcement Ace came on stage and wow, this was so special, a moment we'll never forget. Everybody in the audience went crazy! So awesome to see Gene, Paul, Tommy, Eric, Bruce & Ace on stage to play together! The first song they did, since 2000, was 2000 Man follwed by New York Groove & Nothin' To Lose! Here's our video of 2000 Man:
They all had so much fun to play together as we did to see them play together. The last song of the evening was Rock & All All Night and here's a part of it:
And then it was all over. We needed a moment to settle it all in. Tonight another page in KISStory has been written and we're happy to be a part of it! Here's a selection of the photo's we took:
We never left our spot because next up was Ace Frehley for the first time ever on a KISS Kruise! And wow, Ace was awesome, backed up by the Gene Simmons Band (we know they are now Ace's band but we still see them as the Gene band) and they started with Save Your Love played live for the first time ever! Here's our video:
Ace sounded great and made a lot of jokes on stage. He had a great setlist with songs as Getaway, Rocket Ride & Rockin' With The Boys, here's our video:
His next suprise song for us, he never played live before was, Torpedo Girl and here's our video:
We had the time of our live we knew that his new band had a lot of influence about the setlist this night, wow what a show!
After the show I went over to the merchandise store and bought 2 T-shirts & hoodie's, went back to the pooldeck and headed over to my spot for the last show this day, the Bruce Kulick Band and as we remember his show last year on the KISS Kruise VII, we knew what we could expect. So when Bruce took the stage we got ready for a journey through KISSstory! They started with King Of The Mountain and followed their setlist with a lot of KISS songs we never had heard live before or hadn't heard in a long time! Like Who Wants To Be Lonely, I Still Love You, Let's Put The X In Sex & Little Ceasar! The band had so much fun playing these songs and Bruce was smiling all the time. Before we knew it was all over. Here are some photo's of Bruce's show:
We had a blast with the KISS sail away show, Ace Frehley and of course Bruce Kulick and this was just day 1...
The next day we made sure we had our Spaceman Cup at 9 AM, lol. Yesterday we missed our first black KISS Kruise VIII cup because we wanted to see all the shows. With our Spaceman cup secured we had breakfast and for us it would be a relax day. Today we were in Key West. But we had no time to visit the city because we had the chance to be at the Gene Simmons Vault Experience, right on this Kruise! We had a blast and you can read all about our experience here! Later that day it was time for the first member activity this Kruise, the Gene Simmons On Power Talk and this was just great. This was a Q&A between Gene & Doc. Mc.Gee about business. Also some fans were asking questions and sometimes Gene was funny in his answers but also very serious to others. We came very motivited about a lot of the things he said. Later than evening we checked out , every drummer of all the bands were in the jury, it was just a cool event. Also we checked out some of the other bands before we got some rest.
On friday november 2th we had a full day ahead of us. First up was to buy our next Cup, the Demon one. After breakfast we headed over to the pooldeck (first row) for the Gene Simmons Vows Renewal and this was so cool to be a part of! Here's our video:
Next up was the Paul Stanley Kitchen were he would cook and explained what ingredienst he used for that meal. In the meantime he answered question from fans about the tour, his upcoming new book, called Backstage Pass (out april 30th 2019) and new music (no new KISS album is planned) It was a great to see him hosted this event. Then it was time for the signing session for all the bands on the Kruise (except KISS & Ace Frehley) When we were waiting to get in we saw Sophie standing and we went over to talk to her and she was happy to take a photo with us. We got only in line for Bruce and his band. When we meet Bruce he recognized us right away and was glad to see us again! We talked for a while with him and his wife Lisaand let them signed the photo of us with them from the Peter Criss Meet & Greet Experience in New York last year. it's always great to see them again. Then we headed over, for the second time today, to the Stardust theater for the Paul Stanley Art Class were he teached some fans to paint. Each one got a canvas with a print of Paul's first solo album and their job was to paint it up the way they like. Also Paul pianted one too. Very cool to see and with his passion you wanted to paint something right away, lol. In the meantime he answered questions from fans about art, KISS & more. Great event! So now it was time for a break, went over to the restaurant and one of the waiters came up to us asking if we want a KISS cup, just before I wanted to answer; we have the red one, we saw the black one (we've missed) from the first day. So we bought the black Cup. After dinner it was time to get ready for our KISS indoor show in the Stardust. We had standing spots at Gene's side and we were hoping that the band would wear their new costumes. A few minutes after 9 PM we heard the famous announcement: You Wanted The Best, You Got The Best. The Hottest Band In The World...KISS!!! And yes, there they're walking on the stage with their new End Of The Road costumes! Hell yeah! Gene's costume looked great, we loved it. Also Tommy's outfit looked cool! It was so cool to see them perform in their new costumes, that was a treat, a real treat! Let the show begin! They started with Shout It Out Loud, here's our video:
Paul mentioned that the ticket sale for their final tour was incredible. The band sounded great and especially Paul's voice was awesome! They played one of our favorites: Say Yeah & Warmachine. Gene was annoyed about fans who were texting on their cellphones right in front of him. He reached out for one of the fans phones (who probely thought that gene would take a photo of himself) and once he had it, he threw it away in the crowd! He did that more than once! Some other songs in the setlist were Heaven's On Fire, Hotter Than Hell & Hell Or Halelujah, here's our video:
There were no deep cuts this time, but we had still a awesome time. With Rock & Roll All Night the show came to his end, but not without a rain of confetti. Always great to see KISS live and we love the band. Here's a selection of our photo's:
Once the KISS show was over we headed over to the pooldeck to see Ace Frehley's second show on this Kruise! This time he had some suprises on his setlist for us, like Bronx Boy, and here's our video:
We had a awesome time with songs as Hard Times, Torpedo Girl & 2 Sides Of The Coin, our video of it:
We loved to see Ace this second show! Time to relax now and get ready for tomorrow.
Saturday november 3th, we get up early and when we got our Starchild Cup it was time for breakfast. We took our time because the first thing that was coming up for us was our photo taking on the KISS stage. Our turn was 12 PM and we think that our photo looks great (see the first photo in this review) It was kind of special to be on same the stage as the band was last night! When we left the stage we got some cool KISS Kruise VIII Guitar Picks! We headed over to the pool deck to see Teaze and to make sure we got front row for the next event: the Ace Frehley & Bruce Kulick Panel, a Q&A between the 2 former KISS guitarists! Very cool to see and as always Ace is so funny and don't remember a lot, lol. Here's our video with a part of the Q&A were Ace & Bruce are talking about Eric Carr:
Another great moment in KISStory!
Right after the Q&A the Bruce Kulick Band took the stage for their second & final show on the Kruise. We had rumors that this time they even had a better setlist than show 1. They played a Crazy Nights medley with songs as Hell Or High Water, I'll Fight Hell To Hold You, When Your Walls Come Down & No No No and they did a tribute to Eric Carr with Little Ceasar, here's our video:
So cool to do this! Other cool songs they played were Take It Off, Uh! All Night and the song that was played when we got married Forever, still brought tears on our eyes. Here's our video:
Then Bruce said they'll do something special, a medley of songs of a album that is loved by the fans or hate. he said even KISS didn't knew what they were doing. Fans were cheering because we knew what album he was talking about, of course Carnival Of Souls! Incredible to hear finally these songs Hate, Master & Slave, Rain & In The Mirror live. The Bruce Kulick Band did it again, what a show, wow! It's a shame they did only 2 shows on the Kruise.
Time to get something to eat. When we came back from our cabin we saw Shannon and we got a photo with her. Then we went up to the Spinnaker Lounge for the Micheal James Jackson Q&A with Keith Leroux, he was the producer of the KISS albums: Killers, Creatures Of The Night & Lick It Up. He had some interresting things to say about the recordingproces of songs for the albums. Also Bruce was in the audience and had a though question for him. Cool Q&A for sure. We also took a photo with Bruce! Next up was visiting the art of Paul Stanley, this year he had some new paintings aswell some cool glass sculptures! Always great to see his art and spend some time there. Then we did our KISS Expo Tour, like last year a tour on the boat that guids you by displays filled with KISS gear & costumes! So cool to see all these items (some of them we've in our collection) for real.
Sunday november 4th, we were in the Bahama's and after breakfast and got our hands on the Catman Cup and have our set complete now. We went off board and did some sighseeing. When we were back we just relaxed, talking to fans and enjoyed our Kruise. During the sail away from the Bahama's it was time for the last KISS activity, a lypsinc contest. We would have prefered a Q&A like the past years, but it was all good. Always fun to see how Paul, Gene, Tommy & Eric interact together. Also a cool moment was when they brought Bruce on stage! Here's a selection of our photo's of the member activities:
Before we have dinner, we went back to our cabin and when we got in we saw the signed gifts for this year; a set of signed KISS King Cards and we loved it. Now it was time for our last show on this Kruise: Ace Frehley show number 3 in the Stardust theater! We made sure that we had a spot to this show because there could only around 1200 people in. At 9:30 PM it was time for Ace and again we had such a great time during his show. Another great setlist with Snow Blind, Rockin' With The Boys & Shock Me, here's our video:
Another great song he played live for the second time ever was Dark Light, Here's our video:
We had a blast at all the Ace shows and with the last song Cold Gin this show came to a end. Here's a selection of our Ace photo's:
After some snacks in the restaurant It was time to get back to our cabin to start packing our suitcases.
The next morning, our last morning on the Norwegain Jade, we had breakfast for the last time and we've to embark the ship soon, but not before said goodbye to a lot of friends. During the Kruise I always got compliments about my KISS blog and that's always great to hear and that still get's me inspired! Here's a selction of our photo's about this year Kruise experience:
We had such a awesome time again, expecially with Ace Frehley & Bruce Kulick, seeing KISS in their new costumes was awesome and this was our 7h KISS Kruise and every Kruise we did was special, we have no favorite, all 7 kicked ass! We hope we're sailing with KISS again on the KISS Kruise IX next year!
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On october 30th we had our Vinnie Vincent Meet & Greet Experience in Miami!!!
This was 1 day before we went sailing with KISS on the KISS Kruise VIII. The event took place at the Holliday Inn hotel and this was easy for us because we stayed there, lol. Also there was a special Vinnie VincentPink Cup for sale and of course we bought it. At 9 AM we got in line to get all our stuff, like laminates, poster & goodie bags.
First we'll get our photo taking with Vinnie and as all you can see, they turned out great! We knew that he would wear make-up and that was so special because he had not done that for decades. When it was our time to get our photo with him he was very nice to us. Asked where we from and took all the time for us!
When all the fans got their photo's taking, it was time to get our items get signed by Vinnie. The first item we got signed was our Wedding License and he was very humble to sign it too, especially when he saw that all other KISS members had signed it (Except Ace Frehley) he never has signed such a item before, he told us.
Our signed Wedding license!
Next up he signed our Lick It Up vinyl, that I bought the day it was released in 1983.
Of course we had let him sign the Vinnie Vincent Invasion vinyl!
The last item he signed for us was this Vinnie Vincent EP CD!
All the time he was very chatty to us and we got all the time with him. All we can say is that we had a great time meeting Vinnie and it was so cool to see him in make-up! We had a awesome experience!
Later that night we went to the KISS Kruise VIII pre-party in the Hanger, a 15 minutes walk from our hotel. It was sold out because Vinnie would play on his guitar on 2 songs with the band Four By Fate (with John Regan & Tod Howarth, ex-Frehley's Comet members!) This was the first time since decades that Vinnie would take the stage and perform live! Besides Vinnie as very special guest, there were other guests too, like Big John Harte, Lydia Criss, Bob Kulick & Ken Kelly. Finally it was time for Vinnie to take the stage after he was announced and from that moment the place went nuts, Vinnie, Vinnie, Vinnie is all we could here that fans were yelling. The first song was Lick It Up and we must say it was so cool to see Vinnie in make-up playing his guitar since such a long time! Here's our video:
The second song was I Love It Loud and we had a blast to see him perform. Here's our video:
After these 2 songs the fans want more and keep chearring Vinnie's name. So we got a third song: Cold Gin! For us it didn't matter that he didn't play his guitar as he used to play way back. This was a moment in KISStory that maybe never will be happen again!
We had a great night and what better way to get on board of the KISS Kruise VIII the next day?
Here's a selection of our photo's:
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We got the new Ace Frehley Spaceman Album in!!!
This is the European purple vinyl version with CD:
And the European digi-pack CD version with poster:
This is Ace 8th solo album and contains 9 new tracks:
Without You I'm Nothing , Rockin' With The Boys, Your Wish Is My Command, Bronx Boy, Pursuit Of Rock And Roll, I Wanna Go Back, Mission To Mars, Off My Back & Quantum Flux.
Ace played bass on all of the songs on Spaceman except for 2, a KISS fan will recognice this bass for sure... Gene Simmons on the album opener, Without You I'm Nothing, which Gene also co-wrote, and Your Wish Is My Command!
More versions are on the way to us...
We got our Paul Stanley Puma Promo Poster in!
These are limited to only 30 copies released for The Netherlands to support the release of the Paul Stanley Puma Suede Sneakers.
Thanks to M&M for this poster...
We got our Paul Stanley Puma Suede Sneakers in!
These sneakers are a collaboration between Puma & Paul Stanley as a part of Puma's 50th anniversary.
Paul's version of the classic suede is decked out in zebra stripes.
With red at the heel and Paul’s logo at the tongue of the sneaker.
Finished with a silver look plated label with Paul Stanley's name.
These special limited edition sneakers came with a great colorfull box and were sold out in minutes in Europe!
We've added this latest new KISS Bed Linen to our collection!
This double sided bed linen features Gene on the front and the KISS logo on the back.
With Paul & Gene on cushion cover it's a great item...
On july 22th we had our Gene Simmons Vault Experience in Amsterdam (NL)
But first we've to go back to september 20th from last year, the day that Gene announced his Vault! When we heard what all was included in the Vault Experience we know this is something we want to have in our KISScollection. First of all the music, 166 songs (demo's & unreleased songs from 1966 till 2016) on 11 CD's, the Vault itself, a big save that contains these CD's package in a massive cloth-bound with embossed gold foil commemorative book with tons of never seen before photo's of Gene's 50 year career. A limited edition Gene Simmons Business Action Figure, a In Gene We Trust oversized Coin and a Special Gift From Gene!
So when we bought our Vault early october, on that day our experience began. On the KISS Kruise VII we got a taste of what we could expect with the making of the Gene Simmons Vault, hosted by the Demon himself & Keith Valcourt. Were you got a extreme close-up to the Vault, with some snippets of the songs that are included on the boxset and even Gene played My Uncle Is A Raft on his accoustic guitar!
Our experience went even better when on december 12th @ 8:57 PM we got a telephone call from Mr. Simmons himself! We were 1 of the lucky fans Gene called as a special suprise! He thanked us for buying the Gene Simmons Vault! We talked about the Vault and everything that was in it. Also we talked about his upcoming new book: 27. I spoke with Gene about the recent fire's in Los Angeles and I asked him if the Gene Simmons Band would do a European tour in 2018 and he confirmed some dates to me. Then we talked about family, we spoke over a lot of personal stuff and talked quite some time with eachother and all I can say that he was sincere about everything we talked about. When our conversation came to it's end he wished us a merry KISSmas and a happy new year. He looked forward to see us at the Vault Experience soon! Wow, what more can I say?
In januari we got the Vault pre-pack in with all kind of items! It includes: a Signed Golden Ticket by Gene with my name, a Download Card for Are You Ready, a Laminate & a cool T-Shirt! In may we got this special Vault Personal Gold Plated Label in! It's heavy and looking awesome with my name on it!
So, on july 22th, a sunny & hot sunday, we drove to Amsterdam were we had our Vault Experience @ the A'dam tower, in the Gibson Room on the 10th floor. We think this location was 1 of the best. But before we got in this room we first had to check us in and Keith recognised us right away and before I knew it I had my wristband, # 3 in line! When we waited untill it was time to go to the Gibson Room we got some cool Amsterdam Vault Guitarpicks from Keith and at 12:30 PM it was time to go to the 10th floor. When we came into the room we looked for the stage and got us a nice place on the front row, now it was time to relax, get some drinks, talk to other fans untill Gene would take the stage.
Around 2 PM Gene was welcome by the fans with a lot of cheers and the Vault Songs & Stories and Q&A session began. First he told us what all was included on the Vault and his 50 year career. But we also wanted Gene to play something for us and so he did and played his very first song he ever recorded; My Uncle Is A Raft:
He also talked about how compose a song, how you come up with lyrics and suddenly he asked Marina to give him a song title. The first title she could think of was Do You Love Me and right on the spot Gene came up with lyrics and had a verse ready before we knew it. This was so awesome and here's our video of it:
The whole session was a lot of fun, Gene was funny (did a Elvis impression) joking and he even learned some new Dutch words, like gereedschapskist or what the word pick means in Dutch, lol. As we said before it was a hot sunday and Gene get's sweaty and hotter every second during the sesssion and wiping of his face with some napkins. He talked about how Paul Stanley wanted him to sing some specific parts of songs, like Take Me or I Was Made For Lovin' You. It was so funny and here's our video of it:
We had such a great time during this session and for us it could have go on for hours. But Gene would love to handing out some Vaults! Enjoy our photo's from the session:
After a small break it was time for for Gene to hand over each Vault personally. We were # 3 and around 3:30 PM it was our turn to get into the special room were would meet Gene and get our Vault out his hands! When we go into the room (nervous as hell, lol) a little bit dark, we looked for him and there he was, even without the make-up, he's still the Demon. He was so nice and sincere to us. Thanked us for beeing there and looked to all the cool items we brought with us to for him to sign. Especially the KISS Lunchbox from the 70's or his Blood Cup from the show in Rock Im Rivier 2015!
We also let him sign the massive Vault Book: We think at turned out great! During all of this we talked with Gene about all kind of stuff and he's such a funny man! So now it was time to get our Vault signed by Gene: We wanted to let him write a quote (from him) that always had such a powerfull meaning to us and still has! We think it turned out awesome, especially in gold! After everything was signed, we got our photo's with Gene. We got a awesome photo together (see above) and also some great seperate ones: But it wasn't over yet. I asked Gene if he would say a special message on video for me about our KISS weblog and he said it was a pleasure for him to do it, so here it is:
Isn't this awesome? We thanked Gene for this incredible experience and when we left the room he thanked us for the gift! We walked out the room with a big smile on our faces!
Now we had to get the Vault into our car, first we had to get it into his original packing box, went all smootly, closed it with tape, get it on our trolly, get into the elevator and rolled it straight to our car. Job done! When we got back to the Gibson Room, we talked with fans about their experiences, took photo's, got some drinks and then headed over the Butcher Club to get the special God Of Thunder burger, it tasted sooo good. But all good things have to come to a end, even if we don't want it. So we left around 7 PM (we drove very savely because we had a Vault with us) and arrived at home at 9. The first thing we did was un-packed our Vault and looked and touched it.
Then we opened the Vault and took the book out: Now we could see the Gene Business Action Figure and the In Gene We Trust Coin and the Special Gifts From Gene.
Here's a closer look to the Gene Simmons Figure:
It looks amazing in details, his leather jacket, feels like real leather and his jeans feels like a real one! Also the Gene Coin looks great:
There are so many details in it, like his signature, his devil handsign or his Axe bassguitar! This is the backside of the Coin:
This is how we set up our Vault in our livingroom:
We think our set up looks great with Gene's guitars on the background. We put a custom made glassplate on top of the Vault to protect Gene's signed quote. We placed the Coin and the Gene Figure (in a special display) on top of it. The special Amsterdam Guitar Picks & Buttons got a spot in front of the vault. We hang our Amsterdam laminates on the left handle of the Vault:
And our KISS Kruise VIIIlaminates with the Special Personal Gold Plated Label on the right handle:
It's now a real eye catcher in our room!
We alo let this vinyl sign by him: The first KISS Album! Here's a closer look to the Vault Amsterdam Guitar Pics & Buttons: And looking to all these items, looking back to this day, listening to a Journey Of 50 Years of Gene music, all we can say we had a incredible, awesome Gene Simmons Vault Experience!!!
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