[slippery89]

Kiss Making First Album Since 1998


December 10, 2008 12:35 PM ET

Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.
Kiss has reversed course and decided to hit the studio next year to record its first new album since 1998's "Psycho Circus." Guitarist Paul Stanley will produce.

In recent years, bassist Gene Simmons has been vocal about his lack of enthusiasm about making a new album, which he attributes to the state of the business.

"The record industry is in such a mess," he told Billboard in November 2007. "There is nothing in me that wants to go in there and do new music. How are you going to deliver it? How are you going to get paid for it if people can just get it for free?"

In 2006, Stanley told Billboard making a new Kiss album in the shadow of the band's classic repertoire would be a formidable challenge. "The fact is, [fans] may tolerate the new songs, but it's the old ones you want to hear," he said. "I think Jimmy Page and Robert Plant found that out. The [Rolling] Stones certainly know it. The Who certainly know it. So unless you're willing to go into the studio accepting that how your album will be received will never match your expectations, I'm not sure it's worth the effort."

Stanley admitted complete control would change his mind. "I would consider doing it if I could do it the way I wanted to do it," he explained, adding that his 2006 solo album "Live To Win" confirmed how he'd "like music to sound that I'm a part of. To do another Kiss album, I would not be willing to compromise my point of view perhaps as much as I have in recent years."


It's unknown how Kiss will distribute the album, which will feature original members Stanley and Simmons alongside guitarist Tommy Thayer and drummer Eric Singer.

Following its 35th anniversary tour, which primarily played Europe this summer, Kiss is expected to hit North America at some point in 2009.

[Goldsausage]

Good to see he does it for the love of music

[KeepTheFaith2211]

So BTR is gonna be coming on talking about Kiss? Great.

[slippery89]

Originally Posted by KeepTheFaith2211

So BTR is gonna be coming on talking about Kiss? Great.

Shhhhhh... maybe he won't see it

[RSROCKS]

Originally Posted by KeepTheFaith2211

So BTR is gonna be coming on talking about Kiss? Great.

I'm sure he will be but acknowledging him will just make it 10 times worse. He'll het bored if he is just talking to himself and go off and talk to all the KISS fans on a KISS board who will have nothing positive to say about Bon Jovi either as evidenced by this video and the comments on it:

Richie Sambora Auditions For KISS...and Gets...

[Goldsausage]

Originally Posted by born_to_run

Paul Stanley is one of the greatest songwriters ever

Yeah and Shakespere wasn't good at writing plays.

[liljovi93]

Originally Posted by born_to_run

Too late folks! I bet RS would have been better off being in Kiss than in the state he is now.....
Kiss still Rock and BJ have become a pop country act with lame guitar work...

The new Kiss record will wipe the floor with what BJ will deliver! Paul Stanley is one of the greatest songwriters ever and comparing him to JBJ is like comparing caviar to mcdonalds!

The band that haven't done an album in a decade? Hmm.. silly thing yo say there mate.

[liljovi93]

Originally Posted by born_to_run

Kiss did lots of touring and they still wipe the floor with BJ live. They didn't destroy their classics live as BJ did in 2007/8

Funny. At one point, you said you haven't listened to Bon Jovi since LH came out. No, you're saying that you have heard them do songs from the tour.

[Stut]

Originally Posted by born_to_run

They didn't destroy their classics live as BJ did in 2007/8

Yeah, they destroyed them in the studio when they re-recorded them.

KISS - Heavens On Fire (Video with 2008 audio...

[KeepTheFaith2211]

Originally Posted by born_to_run

Too late folks! I bet RS would have been better off being in Kiss than in the state he is now.....
Kiss still Rock and BJ have become a pop country act with lame guitar work...

The new Kiss record will wipe the floor with what BJ will deliver! Paul Stanley is one of the greatest songwriters ever and comparing him to JBJ is like comparing caviar to mcdonalds!

Well he's still making records every 2/3 years, still touring succesfully etc.

Whilst Kiss...I don't even know what they're up too, nobody's really bothered about them. Shame.