On june 12th I went to my third and last Ace Frehley show, after seeing him in London & Cologne earlier. Around 4 pm I arrived at the 013 venue, with some other fans we went to grap something to eat & drink before the show started. Before we got let into the venue, we talked to a lot of fans, coming from the UK, Belgium & Germany. When the doors opened I directly went to the stage and got me a good spot, right before Ace!
Around 9 pm the intro started and right behind that Ace took the stage and started with Rip It Out and from that the crowd jumped and sing along with him. The band sounded much better and also the music wasn’t that loud. Ace played the same, shorter set list as in Cologne, instead of the full setlist as in London (that included songs as Hard Times) Ace had funnplaying that night and the interaction between him and the fans was great. I thought that this show as even a little bit better than in London. I’ve really enjoyed this one. 90 minutes later it was all over and I’ve to wait till next year as Ace promissed to us, that he would be back, why? Because Ace told you so…
Setlist: Rip It Out, Parasite, Snow Blind (incl. I Want You ending) Rock Soldiers, Breakout, Into The Void, Strange Ways, Shout It Out Loud, New York Groove, 2000 Man, Shock Me, Rocket Ride, Deuce, Love Gun, Cold Gin (incl. Black Diamond ending)
Enjoy the photo's...
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This was my second show I attended of this Euro tour. Together with Marina (who I did the Meet & Greet with in Oberhausen) we saw I awesome show again, we were right in front of the left side of the stage and had a great view of everything that happened, like that Gene was brushing his hair several times, lol. Paul’s voice sounded great to me and he was smiling all the time, the guys had a great time. They played the same setlist as the nights before. With standing on the left side, very close to the confetti cannons, when they went off, oh man it was as everything was white, this was so cool. I had a great time and was back in my KISS rush again, caused by this follow up after our Meet & Greet in Oberhausen…
Marina & me had our M&G photo’s with us and we the only reason we did that is because we wanted to get them signed by KISS So, only to figure out how we could get those 2 pics to KISS So the only one who could help me was Doc or Dean, it all depends wich one I would see first, so it was Dean and we had the to go for a Soundcheck at the last moment, but when we talked about it with Dean he said all Soundchecks were now official cancelled. So I had to come up with another plan right now.
So I waited till everyone had their M&G instructions and went to Dean again, simply asked him if he could do anything for us, explained to him that we did a M&G with KISS in Oberhausen on may 9th. He asked us to show him the pics, so we did and to our big suprise he took them with him and said to us that he would do his best for us We had to look for him after the M&G session this night or come over to him next day in Oberhausen (told him that I was there too) So we crossed our fingers and hoped for the best. Because of the good spots right before the stage that night in Oberhausen we didn’t leave to find Dean, but I would find him the day after in Oberhausen.
Almost at the end of the show we saw Dean taking pics at the front of the stage, he saw us and waved to us. Later that night he came to us with a envelop containing our pictures, and said to us that KISS did sign them for us So, after the show we looked at the signed pics (see it on my site, as it’s 1 of the headphoto’s) and could not believe how cool they looked now signed by Gene, Paul, Eric & Tommy This was for sure the topping on the cake, we can thank Dean not enough to do this for us!
They played over 2 hours long and the venue was almost sold out. Merchandise was the same. I also picked up my Live CD from the show and recordings are great! So, here are the photo’s, enjoy…
The Starchild in action in Mannheim…
Here’s the Demon:
Here are Eric & Tommy…
KISS Live In Oberhausen 2:
The day after Mannheim I travelled to Oberhausen, to see them for the third time. It was KISS second date in Oberhausen. This time I had seat ticket right at the right side of the stage with a great view. This emotional show was great again, KISS played over 2 hours and did a real cool version of 100.000 Years. Also Gene almost take a fall on stage! Paul tried to make this "night 2"better as "night 1" with his interacting with the crowd. They where in good spirit again and the crowd was jumping from the start and almost all the sitting people were standing throughout the whole show! The venue was almost sold out. The setlist was the same. Picked up my Live CD and also bought a cool bootleg T-shirt, with on the back all the cities with dates.
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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 Genesaid 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!)
The show:
And than it was time for the show, finally the wait was over and when I heard The Who with Won’t Get Fooled Again I knew it was only a copple of minutes before the return of KISS in Europe! We had a good place on the floor, almost at the front – right of the stage. Around 9:25 pm we heard the famous words: Allright Oberhausen, You Wanted The Best…And off it went with Deuce with Gene, Paul & Tommy coming down from a platform. From the start of the show till the end the 12.500 crowd went nuts and I had a great time. The guys looked great, sounded great, performed great, it was one of my best KISS shows I ever saw. The band enjoyed it as much I did, the interacting between the fans and the band was just awesome! Also Tommy did a great guitar solo with playing his guitar behind his head, looked really cool and he was just great on stage! Eric played his drums like it was his second nature. Gene did all the tricks and this time he did his bloody bass solo during I Love It Loud, however Eric started the song while Gene hadn’t started his solo and he turned to Eric to let him stop, lol. Also the curtain on the right side stucked, Gene’s riser went to slow but these where all the little mistakes. Paul did however stole the show, after his heartproblem last year, he jumped, rann, talked as never before, wow what a show! Also this was a show with the most explosions, fireworks and lots of lots of confetti I ever saw at a KISS concert! I had the time of my life! I also saw Doc walking before them stage and along the crowd, he was very nice when I asked if he would go on a photo together with me, no problem.
KISS played first all the Alive! tracks and after that they did songs from after 1975. This is the full setlist:
Deuce, Strutter, Got To Choose, Hotter Than Hell, Firehouse (Gene spits fire) Nothing To Lose (Vocals Eric) C’mon And Love Me, Parasite, She (Tommy’s guitar solo) Watching You, Rock Bottom, 100.000 Years ( Eric’s drumsolo) Cold Gin, Let Me Go Rock & Roll, Black Diamond (Vocals Eric) Rock & Roll All Night. Encores: Shout It Out Loud, Lick It Up (mixed with Won’t Get Fooled Again) Gene’s Bloody Bass Solo, I Love It Loud, I Was Made For Lovin’ You, Love Gun (Paul’s Flying) and Detroit Rock City.
KISS played till 11:40 pm, so about 135 minutes and 22 songs later it was all over, but I and Marina had the best day of my lifes, a historic meet & greet and a killer KISS show. Also my brother who hasn’t see a KISS show before, was very impressed.
Enjoy the photo’s! KISS Live In Oberhausen – Part 1:
KISS Live In Oberhausen – Part 2:
KISS Live In Oberhausen – Part 3:
Last week I got my pics from the meet & greet with KISS in a much bigger size. All I can say they’re looking awesome and I’m very satisfied how they turned out! I’ve them framed in.
* My meet & greet photo is published on the official Paul Stanley site!
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On april 11th I went to London to see Ace Frehley live during his new Rocket Ride Tour!!! It’s been 20 (!) years ago when Ace was the last time in the UK for a solo-gig! So I had to be there.
After a trip of 5 hrs with the Eurostar, I was directly in the heart of London, went to my hotel to check-in and than to a restaurant for something to eat. Around 6 pm I was at the Astoria, a old (dirty) venue, but what I’ve understand, had quite some legancy in London…When I saw the line at the Astoria, that went back to around a corner, I thought, oh boy…it will be hard to get a good spot with all those people for me. But, thanks to Billy & Dan from the UK forum, they pulled me into the line, with now only 25 people before me! Thank you both! It was great to talk face to face to them and a lot of other KISS/Ace fans as well, during the wait (I’ve met a lot of people who are – daily – visitors of my site and got a lot of compliments from them and that’s always good to hear. Not only at the show, but also next day; on the street, Starbucks ect) Around 7 pm the doors went open and before I know it I was in the venue, leftside of the stage, almost at the front and I’ve taking some great pics. There was also a balcony. The place was packed, I think it was a sold out show with 2000 fans there…
At 8:45 it was time for the Spaceman, it all started with a countdown from 10 to 1 and there he was…Ace Frehley…kicked in with Rip It Outand the crowd went nuts! Ace was in a good mood and spirit. Hard Times followed and the music was loud! But I didn’t care, it was so awesome to see Ace this close in action! With Parasitethe crowd in the middle went crazy (there was a lot of pushing going on ect – but luckily enough where I was it wasn’t) and I saw serveral people who where pulled out of that pushing crowd by secrurity who couldn’t take it anymore. It’s a shame that some people trying to ruining it for other fans…
But back to Ace, as I said before, he was in a good spirit and the band had a lot of funn on stage. For me it was almost unreal that this is/was the same person as in KISS! Looked like these are 2 different people, lol. Ace loosed some weight and he was looking great! Snow Blind (one of my favorite songs) went over to I Want You…Ace dedicated Breakoutto the greatest KISS drummer, mr. Eric Carr who’s rocking in heaven now. And the fans agreed with that. There was also a medley with some great songs, like Torpedo Girlor Speeding Back To My Baby (another favorite by me) Than Ace started his signature song…New York Groove…complete with the lighted guitar (-solo) of course, ended it with saying it’s actually the London Groove now.
Also another highlight of this show was Shock Mewith Ace’s smoking guitar solo and smoked he does, lol. This was awesome to see from almost 2 mtr were I was standing…Last song before the encores was Rocket Ride and the fans still loved it! When the band came back they started with Deuce and it looked that the roof went off, followed by Love Her All I Canand Love Gun,Ace thanked Paul Stanley for writing such a great song! Last song was Cold Gin with a Black Diamond ending and at 10:15 everything was over…But what a time I’ve had, it was loud but great! As I heard from fans who where at the Sheffield show (a day earlier) this London show was way better! After the show was over, fans talked outside the club and in pubs about this historical show. BTW London looked on friday/saturday that it was taking over by the KISS Army, with fans from Holland, Germany, Russia, Norway, Sweden, Belgium, France ect.
Here’s the setlist: Rip It Out, Hard Times, Parasite, Snow Blind/I Want You, Rock Solders, Breakout, Into The Void, Strange Ways, Medley: Torpedo Girl – Speeding Back To My Baby – Five Card Stud & Trouble Walkin’, Stranger In A Strange Land, New York Groove (Lighted Guitar) Shot Full Of Rock (Part) 2000 Man, Shock Me (Smoking Guitar Solo) Rocket Ride. Encores:Deuce, Love Her All I Can, Love Gun & Cold Gin/Black Diamond…
Enjoy the photo’s…
Ace Frehley Live In Cologne:
Ace played the same setlist as in London but the band sounded much better! Also the music wasn’t that loud again. This time I enjoyed Ace’s show from a little distance. Ace had a lot of funn. When he did his guitarsolo something went wrong after the smoking guitarpart, and Ace called it some "technical difficulties". The show lasted about 90 minutes. I had a great time, bad that only about 450 people showed up! But KISS played in Berlin that same night…(Pics will be posted later!) When Ace arrived at the venue he had to walk throught the people outside, so he walked right by me, tried to talk to him, but secrurity hold everyone back, but Ace give a tumb up, lol. There was also some merchandise for sale, 2 T-Shirts and 2 posters.
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Finally, my last KISS Exclusive Premium Sideshow Figure, has reached it’s destination! Peter Criss filled in the opening between my other KISS Premium Figures(scroll down for my review & pics of the Ace, Paul & Gene figures!) Now that this set is complete, it’s for sure the most incredibleKISS figures ever been released! So here’s Peter… The Catman is holding a pair of drumsticks. Let’s see him a little bit closer… Peter’s Destroyer costume is very detailed, he has a tattoo on his chest…
The cross with the necklage aren’t molted on the figure, but are loose…
His make-up is very well done, as you can see… Peter’s is standing on his icon-logo base…
My Premium Figures are limited to 200 and Peter’s number is 85 (the same number as my Ace figure!)
Gene Simmons Rocks My Home!!!
Last week I got my third KISS Exclusive Premium Sideshow Figure in! This time Gene Simmons arrived in my crib in the same package as my previous Ace & Paul Figures came in (scroll down for my reviews & pics about these 2 figures!)
I must admit, that I like this Gene Figure the most! It’s just awesome and I’m glad they add the batwings to his costume. So take a look to this incredible figure…
Isn’t he awesome? Take a look at Gene’s back with the batwings…
Let’s see The Demon a little bit closer and look at the details of his costume…
And closer. Take notice of the expresion of his face and of course his tongue…
Here’s another view from The Demon’s head, from the side…
Also the details on his dragon boots are amazing, complete with the red eyes. Gene is standing on his icon-logo base…
Out of the 200 limited Exclusive figures, I got number 167…
Paul Stanley Has Arrived!!!
I got my second KISS Exclusive Premium Sideshow Figure in! Yesterday I welcomed Paul Stanley in my home! He came in the same package as my previous Ace Frehley Sideshow Figure (srcoll down to see my review & photo’s about my Ace figure!) This Paul figure is also limited to 200 (!) and came with 2 bases (1 with the KISS-logo and 1 with Paul’s Icon-logo) This time I got number 81…
Take a look at Mr. Stanley’s back…
And this is what the Starchild looks from the side…
So, here’s Paul, 20"/50 cm in size…
His costume is based on the Destroyer erea. Material that has been used are: real fabric, polystone, rhinestone, sequins & metal. So let see this awesome figurea little bit closer…
And closer…
Take a look at the details of his costume with a lot of sparkles and let’s not forget Paul’s chesthair…
Also his boots are very detailed too…
So finally Ace has some company from Paul. They’re now waiting for Gene to arrive, who’s up next…
Ace Frehley Is In The House!!!
The release was suposed to be last november, but with a delay of 3 months it was now scheduled for februari. It took almost 3 weeks from the US, through the UK to reach Holland and after wait another 4 days, caused by "carnaval" over here, it finaly reach it’s final destination…my home!
I’m talking about the Ace Frehley Exclusive Premium Sideshow Figure! The package was about 70 cm x 50 cm and heavy. They double boxed it and here you see the original package design:
First you see the front, than the side and the back, below you see what’s written on it:
So it was now time to open the box and when I had the very good wrapping open, I saw a glimp of Ace:
Because my Ace is a Exclusive Premium Figure it has 2 basesand are packed on both sides of the figure. These ExclusivePremium figures are numbered & limited to 200 (!) As you can see at the back on this base (front has KISS-logo on it) I’ve number 85…
So after I took the Ace figure out of the wrapping material, I finally see how he turned out. Below you’ll see a closer look at Ace back…
Material that was used to create this figure were; real fabric, polystone, rhinestone, sequins & metal. Take a look at Ace from the side…
And finally…here’s the Spaceman…20"/50 cm high and quite heavy!
A closer look to his boots, you can acually see the zipper. Also you see the other base…
A close up to Ace face and chest. Take notice of the expressions on his face and details at his Destroyer costume…
So here’s my complete KISS Exclusive Premium Sideshow Figure set…
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Since a copple of months I was thinking about to buy a Paul Stanley Self-Portrait Print. After several emails and phonecalls with Gerard, owner of the gallery where Paul shows his art, and with some fans (at PSP) who have bought one and their reactions on the print, I’ve decided to buy a print too.
I was a little bit anxious about it all, because it was a lot of money. Would everything go well? Would the litho arrive without any damage? And so on…I was a copple of weeks in some kind of excitement about it all…And what a reliefe when I finally had the tube in my hands! I could not wait to see the print with my own eyes…
When I saw it, it looks better than I expected! Paul’s Self-Portrait Print is about 50cm x 45 cm in size and is on real canvas. If you feel with your fingertips on it, it’s like you can feel the paint…It’s feels like a real painting! The prints are limited & numbered to a 100 pieces and my print has number 20. The print is numbered and signed by Mr. Stanley himself!!! Also I got a personal letter to my name from Paul too…There’s a COA included and all of this makes a great investment for the future.
I had bought this litho without a frame, so I needed a frame for this beautiful piece of art. This wasn’t easy at all and tried several frames for my Paul print. At last I choosed for a aluminium frame. The color of the passe-partout is blue. I choosed blue because this color comes back in the print. When I finally had my Paul Stanley Self-Portrait Print framed it looked awesome and I knew I made the right choice…Since yesterday the print hangs in my wall from my KISS-room and I love it.
In the future this Paul’s Self-Portrait will only increase in value!
Since I’ve it hanging on my wall, it’s becoming a real eye-catcher in my collection! Family and friends are blown away about the print, they love it…
Some of these photo’s are also published on several KISS websites and magazines and I got great reactions on it. So I’m curious about yours…
This is my KISS Pinball Machine. Finally, 2 years ago, I got my hands on a European version (with the SS) It’s now almost 30 years old and it’s often called The Holy Grail by fans.
It still works and the playfield is a used original one (not a reproduced one) It can work on coins and still has his original coinbank. I also have the original instruction book that came with this Pinball and the promotion kit/flyer.
This is how the playfield looks when the lights are on.
There aren’t many KISS Pinball Machines excist here in Europe, they’re becomming very rare now…It’s a real eye-catcher in my collection!
