New KISS Bed Linen!

We've added this latest new KISS Bed Linen to our collection!
These double sided bed linen look fantastic!
Especially with Gene's face on the one side and Paul's star & lips on the other side.

10 Years Ago Today: Our First Meet & Greet With KISS!!!

May 9th 2008, We’ll never forget this day in our lives!!!

Why? This day have changed our lives forever!

Finally we could see a KISS show again, my first one since my last one 7 years ago in Australia! But this kick off show of the Euro tour in Oberhausen (Germany) wasn’t the only reason why this date will allways be special for me…

We also had a meet & greet with Gene, Paul, Eric & Tommy that day! Here's our story!

After a 90 minutes car drive I arrived, together with my brother in a sunny and hot Oberhausen. Checked out the venue and than waited for Marina to arrive, she also did the M&G. We went to the expo to look for KISS stuff ect. Spend a little time there and around 3 pm we were back at the Arena to get our laminate, T-shirt and instructions for the M&G. A very friendly Dean Snowden told me everything I wanted to know and that we had to be back in the venue at 7:30 pm, with our stuff we would like to have signed. So we went to a place to meet friends and with some cool drinks and something to eat (however because of the nerves we almost couldn’t eat) talked to other fans and enjoyed those hrs till it was time for the M&G.

2 days earlier I received a email with the latest M&G details, stated that you could bring guitars in for signing. So I decided to take 1 of my Paul Washburn Guitars with me, along with some records and photo’s. Finally it was time, nerves kicked in now really bad (lol) and together with Marina we got into the venue to the meeting point. With us there were around 20 fans there for the M&G (more than I thought) and at 8 pm we got backstage, to a room, with on the walls the Alive/35 logo and banners with the KISSology DVD’s (this was the same room where the pressconference was on thursday) We got the last instructions from Dean and a copple of minutes later the door went open and with a loud of cheering by us fans, they enter the room…Gene, Paul, Eric & Tommy!!!

The Meet & Greet:

The guys were very kind and thanked us al for coming, first it was time to take the photo with the band. A suprise to us all was that we could also use our own camera to make photo’s!!! When it was my time for the pic I give all the guys a hand and Gene said how are you doing and Paul said something like great to see you, Tommy said welcome and Eric said something too but I cann’t remember what, lol. Time to take my 2 pics with the band and when I saw how my 2 pics have turned out, I couldn’t be more hapier, they’re incredible!

After the photoshoot was over, the guys started to mingle around the fans, so it was time to got my items signed. Paul signed my guitar right away, also his solo picture disc and a photo with me and his self-portrait print. And when he saw that photo, he said that’s really cool! Than Eric & Tommy signed my Rock The Nation DVD and they’re both were very friendly and Tommy is just a great guy, no bad worth about him from me! Last one was Gene and he signed his solo picture disc, Asshole CD and a Family Jewels photo.

The meet & greet was going to its end and the guys got ready to get out of the room very slowly, Paul was the first leaving, with a little later Eric and than Tommy. Gene was still in the room and I was lucky enough to got a photo with him alone, my favorite member! Gene was great and stayed the longest in the room, no arrogance at all.

After the guys where gone (snif) we all got our programm (with a extra photo inside) and to our suprise it was signed by the whole band! And than it was over, it was something special I’ll never forget, it was great to meet the guys in a relax situation, everyone took their time for me and I’m glad I could meet them…

Here is some short footage of my Meet & Greet and Marina’s with KISS…
(Note: my photoshoot took longer, this footage shows only a copple of seconds of it!)

Read more about our Meet & Greet and the show here including many photo's...

*(c) 2008. All personal photo’s/slideshows/filmed footage may only be used by others if is reference/linked to this site or me and ask me first!

KISS Dynasty Action Figures!

The new KISS Dynasty Action Figures set have arrived to us and added to our collection!
These figures were announced in 2014 and finally they've been released.

The Paul Stanley outfit looks great.

I think the Gene Simmons figure looks the best, his head looks the same as on the photo of the package.

I had to re-arange Peter Criss's costume (with lions heads) to make his face visible.

Also Ace Frehley's figure looks great!
The Dynasty erea is the one with the most colorfull costumes in KISStory. These figures are serie 8th and aviabele in 8"& 12".
Last year we got the KISS Destroyer Action Figures set in.


This 7th serie looks great.


It took 3 years untill these Destoyer figures were released!
The lastest KISS Alive Action Figures were released in 2014!


They used the same heads as the previous ones and again they look great!
This time the Gene head has some little blood on his face, very cool.
There are no variants this time and these have been released and only 2 months after the Dressed To Kill figures.

These figures look really awesome in their suites and there are also 2 variants of Gene & Peter!
Last year these awesome KISS Monster Action Figures came in.
First to notice is that each bandmembers name and a band letter is of the package, as they did on the first figures from Mc.Farlayne.

This Gene figure looks awesome with his studs.

As you can see these figures have new sculpted heads.

This set is 8" in size.

Also with this set there are 2 variants figures of Gene & Paul, as they did with the First Album Figures.

Besides a diffrent photo on the package the Gene Figure comes with a very bloody mouth!

And the Paul variant has feathers and that looks cool!
When you did order the whole Monster Figures set, you got this Gene Hotter Then Hell Bloody Figure for free!

2 months ago we got these very cool Sonic Boom Figures in!


Instead of the first 2 series, these figures have new sculpted heads.

Each 8" figure comes with a mini replica of the Sonic Boom album cover.

This set includes the first Tommy Thayer figure ever!

And of course also the first Eric Singer figure ever!
Previously we got these KISS Action Figures in, based on the First KISS Album Here are the ones of Ace Frehley & Gene Simmons.

And Peter Criss & Paul Stanley.

Besides this set, we also got these 2 limited editions variants of Gene Simmons & Paul Stanley!

Last year we got these KISS Love Gun Action Figures in, the first in series.

These 8" figures are based on the Mego Love Gun figures from the 70's and includes a mini album cover.

Gene Simmons Concert Poster!

I managed to get this cool Gene Simmons Concert Poster, from his upcoming show in The Netherlands!

Gene Simmons In Dutch Gossip Magazine!

Gene Simmons is featured on 2 pages in the Dutch gossip magazine Privé!

A Happy Birthday To Paul Stanley!

A happy birthday to Paul Stanley, the ultimate frontman of rock & roll, who celebrates his 66th birthday today!

KISS: 1977 - 1980 Book Is In!

We got this new KISS: 1977 - 1980 Book in!
This is the definitive photographic chronicle of KISS at the height of their popularity, by Lynn Goldsmith with Gene Simmons & Paul Stanley as contributors!
This book includes many awesome photo's, a must have for every fan!

Gene Simmons On Power Book Is In!

We got Gene Simmons On Power Book in today!


Let's see if we'll get more power after we've read his book, lol...

KISS Cherry Kola!

During our stay in New Orleans for the KISS Kruise VII, we found a shop who sold the KISS Cherry Kola!

Of course we bought a bottle and this one will look great next to the KISS Destroyer Kola in our collection...

KISS Kruise VII Cups!

Here's a closer look of the KISS Kruise VII Cups we got this year!

KISS Kruise VII Guitarpicks!

Here's a closer look of the KISS Kruise VII Guitarpicks, aswell the Casino Chip & Pennies we got this year!

Our KISS Kruise VII Experience!!!

We arrived in New Orleans in the evening. After we checked in to our hotel, we got some diner and explored the city of NOLA. The city has some nice spots, but totally different than Miami. The next morning we visited some local shops and the French market.
After we've checked out our hotel, we got a cab to the port of New Orleans and it was time for the KISS Kruise VII, our 6th time that we are sailing with KISS!
Before we went on board of the Pearl, we got a great photo for giant KISS statues.

Once on board we saw a lot of familiar faces and after many hugs and catch up with eachother we went outside, because we knew the band will be arriving soon. Just a few minutes later we shook hands with Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Shannon, Sophie, Eric Singer, Tommy Thayer & Doc McGee, how cool is this!
Here's our video of Paul Stanley & his family arrival:

Here's our video of Gene Simmons & his family, Tommy Thayer, Eric Singer & Doc. McGee's arrival:

When we catch our breath we went to the restaurant, inside they had curved out melons of the KISS members placed all over, so cool. After the drill we went as fast as we could to the pool deck, and we got a very good spot, second row at Gene's side. But we had to wait for 2 hours before the show, in the mean time we got our first Kruise Cabo Cups and 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. The band sounded awesome and it was great to see them again. Always a incredible feeling when you see the sail away show on the boat while sailing away from the port.
Here's our video of A World Without Heroes:

They played some cool tunes, like Love Her All I Can, See You Tonite & Every Time I Look At You:

As always we had a blast during the show and it all ends to soon. KISS delivered again and this was just day 1!

Then we headed over to the merchandise lounge, we bought some T-Shirts, Hoodies, a Bag and some other items.
At 9 PM it was time for, the first time ever on a KISS Kruise, Bruce Kulick's show on the pooldeck! Together with his brother Bob, they played a killer setlist, with all KISS songs we never had heard live before or hadn't heard in a long time! Like Wouldn't You Like To Know Me, Who Wants To Be Lonely, Goodbye, Turn On The Night and many more! Here's our video of Nowhere To Run:

We had the time of our lives. Wow! We were wondering if KISS could top this...
We ended our first day with a great diner.

Day 2:
After we had bought our secondKISS cup, the one from Tommy, at 9 AM (yep that early) we had breakfast and then it was time for the KISS World Panel on the pooldeck. Guests included were: Bruce & Bob Kulick, "Big" John Harte, Lydia Criss and for the first time ever: Micheal James Jackson (producer of the albums: Killers, Creatures Of The Night & Lick It Up) hosted by Keith Leroux. All kind of questions were asked, about how it was to work with Vinnie Vincent on the albums MJJ produced, the setlist of the Kulick brothers last night, how it was to work for John for the band, Lydia's work for the band and many more. Quite a interesting time we spend with this panel.
Up next was name that tune with Tommy Thayer. He did this also last year on the Kruise and we liked it. Always great to hear him play some guitarsolo's and then guess from what KISS song that solo is.
Up next we went to The Dives who played their first show. We had seen them last year on the KISS Kruise VI and all we can say they are much better now, with all gigs they've played this year in the US and as special guests during the European KISS tour in the UK, they've grown as a band! Amoung the songs they played, were all the songs from their first EP. We had a great time and we love this band!

Then we headed over to the KISS World Meet & Greet event, were you could get autograps & photo's from all the guests. When we meet Bruce he recognized us right away and was glad to see us again! We talked for a while with him and it's always great to see him again.

Also we got cool photo's with "big" John, the famous pose photo.

As on previous Kruises, there's everything going on, so it was now time for the making of the Gene Simmons Vault, hosted by the Demon himself & Keith Valcourt. There were 2 vaults placed on the stage in the Stardust theater and it was a very interresting event 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 a song on a accoustic guitar!
1 hour later it was time for: are you smarter than a rock god? with Gene again, he was competing at a panel about who was smarter. He was winning, but looses the battle after he choosed for double or nothing!
Finally it was time to go to the restaurant to grab some food, lol. Later that night we went to the show of Sophie Simmons (she was also on the last KISS Kruise) and this time she performed a lot of original songs. Also Gene & Shannon were watching her show. We loved her show and when we meet her after the show, she was so nice to us.
Here's a compilation of the photo's we took from Sophie & The Dives:

Day 3:
Yes we had our Gene cup at 9 AM and we were in Cozumel, Mexico. It was a relax day for us. We visited Cozumel and took it slow. Once back on board we did the KISS World Expo Tour, a tour on the boat that guids you by displays filled with KISS gear & costumes! So cool to see Paul's Dynasty costume for real!
We visited also the art of Paul Stanley, this year he had some new paintings aswell some cool glass sculptures!
At 6:45 PM it was our time for our photo with the band. This time we decided to switch, Marina would stand by Gene and I stood by Paul! As you all can see above, our picture turned out awesome!!!

Day 4:
Today we are in Costa Maya, Mexico. But before we went from the Pearl we made sure we had our next KISS cup, the one from Eric, lol. We liked Costa Maya more than Cozumel. When we came back and had some diner we got ready for our KISS indoor show. We didn't see anything from the show yesterday on the big screen in the Atrium, because we wanted to be suprised about the show and the setlist. We managed to didn't get any details about KISS's show last night from other fans, so we went unprepared to the show. We had better spots than last year, on Gene's side, and just waited for the show to start. A little bit later than 9:15 PM we heard the famous announcement: You Wanted The Best, You Got The Best. The Hottest Band In The World...KISS!!! The curtains went open and the band came on stage! And who had thought they would open the show with: Tomorrow & Tonight??? Wow, we cann't remember if we ever have heard this song live before. Fans were cheering and singing along. Paul said that the band decided that we fans deserved more on the KISS Kruise and they would play some very deep cuts and songs they've never played live before! All we could think, wow! And before we knew it they played Sweet Pain!
We just jumped and sang along with it, we had so much fun and you could see that the band knew that these songs were greatly accepted by the fans. When the song was over, a huge applause broke loose from the fans! Of course they played also the classics as: Flaming Youth, Hotter Than Hell & I Love It Loud. Next up was one from the album Sonic Boom, we thought it would be Say Yeah (who came along in the setlist later this night) but as Gene would sing this one, it must be something else. So to our suprise, for the first time live: Hot & Cold! The crowd went nuts! You could see the band had so much fun, just smiling all the time. But it wasn't over yet. Paul asked if we wanted to hear a song from Unmasked? We thought maybe Shandi? No, what about: Is That You? Again, never heard live before! We had a blast, wow! Before we knew it the show came to it ends. After Rock & Roll All Night we thought it was over, but they had 1 more suprise for us. They played... I from The Elder to close the show! Again the crowd went nuts and singing, jumping & dancing along.

We had a blast. KISS gave us more then we ever expected or wished for, they've deliverd a awesome show tonight! Incredible!

Next up we went to see The Dives show in the Atrium. Again a great show of the boys.

Day 5:
After we had our last KISS cup, the one from Paul we started the day with something special. We were invited to have breakfast with The Dives!


We had fun with the guys and they were so friendly to us!
1 hour later we saw The Dives again on the pooldeck when they did their last show. We had a great time and we hope to see them on tour in Europe in the future.
Next up was the Gene Simmons Master Class event in the Stardust theater. We saw how he teach to write and make a song. Very interresting to watch. Right after we visit Tommy Thayers Book Reading event. He reads his book Ernest Hummingbird for the fans. Very funny to see Tommy do this.
Then we headed over to the Kruise kitchen, hosted by Paul Stanley. Great to see him do some cooking and make some salad with all different ingredients. He made some pasta and ceasar salad, that would be served in the restauarant later. Also he talked about his upcoming book, the next Kruise and if we wanted Bruce back. Hell yeah! And when Paul asked if we did like the setlist from the indoor shows and huge applause was to hear from the fans.
Next up was the KISS Q&A on the pooldeck. Always great to see that they make jokes about eachother, especially Eric & Gene are the ones who are picked on, lol. They announced the KISS Kruise VIII sailing from Miami from october 31th till november 5th 2018! Also they announced a new world tour, starting in 2018 for 2 years and possible 3 years. So we will see KISS next year in Europe!

After the Q&A it was time for us to see our last show we wanted to see on the Kruise: Sophie Simmons in the Atrium. We had good spots and to our suprise we saw Gene & Shannon standing in the audience to see her perform! Sophie performed a great show, she's amazing and has a great voice.

Her parents loved the show as we did and Gene was taking photo's & video's of her show. I even talked to both after the show. Sophie did also a Meet & Greet and she was happy to see us and so nice to us.

So, now it was time for diner and to taste Paul's pasta and ceasar salad. All we can say it tasted so good.

The next morning, our last morning on the Norwegain Pearl. After breakfast it was time to embark the ship, 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 get's me inspired to do it!

We had such a awesome time again and this was our 6h KISS Kruise and every Kruise we did was special, we have no favorite, all 6 kicked ass! We hope we're sailing with KISS again on the KISS Kruise VIII next year!

*(c) 2017. All personal photo’s/slideshows/filmed footage may only be used by others if is reference/linked to this site or me and ask me first!