HOLLYWOOD - Just when we thought KISS took off their makeup and said goodbye to their fans on their farewell tour, KISS and Make-Up, the autobiography of KISS bassist Gene Simmons, will hit stores on Dec. 11.
"It's the weirdest thing in the world," Simmons told Rolling Stone of the anthology process. "Because when you're moving ahead in life and you take snapshots of where you've been and then someone turns around and says, 'Take the last thirty years and pick six hours of highlights,' the hardest thing is how to figure out what to put in and not what to leave out."
The book begins with Simmons' birth in Israel and details his emigration to America with his mother, as well as his former relationships with Cher, Diana Ross, and current wife, Shannon Tweed. The book will also talk about the formation of KISS and give details of the band's 30-year career.
KISS plans to plug their upcoming release KISS: The Box Set with an in-store appearance at Tower Records from 7 to 9 p.m on Nov. 20 in Hollywood, where guitarist Paul Stanley and Simmons will greet and give autographs to fans. Simmons will also host the Court TV documentary The Secret of Rock 'n' Roll on Dec. 4.
Fleetwood Mac: in the studio without McVie
Fleetwood Mac is back in the studio recording its first album since their tremendous 1997 comeback The Dance. But it wouldn't be Fleetwood Mac without some kind of catch--they'll be without singer/keyboardist Christine McVie, who has retired from the group, Reuters reports. She currently lives in an English castle and prefers to indulge in her passion for cooking. "We're happily a four-piece and are creatively, artistically, handling a new chapter of Fleetwood Mac without Christine, and it's going extremely well," co-founder and drummer Mick Fleetwood told Reuters. The band hopes to tour the U.S. next summer.
New York street corner may be renamed 'Joey Ramone Way'
Six months after punk rocker Joey Ramone died from lymphatic cancer, Manhattan's Lower East Side residents are anxiously waiting for the city's Community Board 3 to approve a proposal to change one of their street names after the former Ramones' front man. Residents have asked to change the corner of East Second Street and Bowery in Manhattan to Joey Ramone Way, Rolling Stone magazine reports. The board will