I met Paul, I talked to Gene on the phone.

When I met Paul, I was going to a concert in Toronto.  It was the Psycho Circus tour.  I bought a ticket and a "all access pass".  I assumed the pass to be b.s but I figured hey, it's a keepsake at least!
I went to the side door and showed the security guard my pass and surprising to me, he let me in!
I was backstage, walking through the hallways of where KISS comes through from their dressing rooms to the stage.  sadly their were A LOT of security sitting in that hallway to the room(s)
I went into the arena itself and there was a local news station doing some corny but cool spot of a news anchor dressing up and acting like Gene, only to get thrown out, it was entertaining to watch.
after that i went down to the front row seating and sat down and watched KISS' techs play around on Paul's lift that he rode on during "Lovegun".
as i'm staring up at the tech i hear "no no, thats not high enough" in Paul's voice
my head jerked so fast i probably gave myself whiplash.
i look over onto the stage and sure enough it's PAUL!!!!!!!!!!!
he's dressed down in a green jacket, jeans, his hair pulled back and a baseball cap on.  he notices me, jumps off of the stage and says hey, who are you?? come over here!
just as my heart reaches my throat i walk over and i assume...OK this is where i get thrown out. Paul puts out his hand and says hello there, im paul stanley!!
I shake his hand, he asks me my name and like a idiot, all i could say is "i forgot"
paul was very sweet and he smelled amazing!!

as far as Gene,  he was doing a radio show on EddieTrunk. (eddietrunk.com)
and i managed to not only get through but i got ON THE AIR WITH GENE!!!
I was never more nervous in my life.   Gene's best quote to me (from our conversation was)  "Too bad this is radio, otherwise i'd have my way with you over the phone"

I also once got 2 roses handed to me from Peter, All I have to say is I love KISS!!!!!!!!!

 

This is what I'm talkin' about!  WOW!  thanks for the story and for kicking this blog off with a good one!
 

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I HAVE MET ACE MANY TIMES,  I HAD PIZZA WITH HIM IN 1985,  NEAR HIS THEN HOME IN WILTON CONN.,  HE WAS TRASHED!!   ME AND MY MOTHER HUNG WITH HIM FOR ABOUT 45 MIN.,  THAT NIGHT,  HE WAS VERY RUDE TO THE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE RESTAURANT,  BUT YOU COULD TELL THEY NEW WHO HE WAS,  HE WAS WEARING A NEW YORK YANKEES JACKET,  A MARILYN MONROE SHIRT,  OLD CONVERSE SNEAKERS,  HE EVEN RAMMED HIS TOUNGE DOWN MY MOTHERS TROAT,  AND KISSED HER,  I KID YOU NOT,  HE WAS HAMMERED,  BUT IS WAS GEAT,  MET HIM SEVERAL OTHER TIMES, AND DRANK A COUPLE OF BREWSKIS WITH HIM THROUGH OUT THE YEARS,  HE KNOWS WHO KEVIN IS,  ACE,  THATS MY BOY.,  ALSO MET PAUL STANLEY BRIEFLY FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES,  HE WAS VERY SNOTTY,  NO PUN INTENDED!!  HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   KEVIN,  THE TALISMAN.
 

Yes I have met KISS

I met them at ACE FREHLEYS birthday party back in 96 at a bowling alley in Los Angles. IT WAS UNREAL!!! My brother inlaw tipped me off about the KISS party. See, he works at Interscope Records, and some of the Interscope folks got invited, and he was one of them.

 They were all cool . ACE was the coolest of course , I met him walking out of the bathroom. KISS had an open beer tab at the bar, so it was all free for guests, along with the bowling of course. So I'm in the bathroom taking a leak and who do ya think is taking a leak next to me? ACE!!! My heart dropped and then I froze. I followed him out and I called his name. He stopped and I said ''Ace, I have been a fan all my life and your the coolest'' or something dumb like that. He invited me over to lane that KISS were bowling at. I waited till I had a few more beers in me to walk over . GENE was really super nice. He walked over, working the room, and struck up a conversation with me and my friends. ERIC SINGER and BRUCE KULICK were also there. TOMMY THAYER  as well come to think of it. I remember spotting all of them when we gathered around the cake to sing ''Happy Birthday to ACE.''

 I have it all on video. PAUL is an amazing bowler. I couldn't believe that PAUL STANLEY was bowling in the lane next to mine, with one strike after another. I took off with the KISS bowling score sheet, but not before I walked over to their lane and got my 77-78' tourbook , that I just happened to have with me, signed by all four of them.( My most prized KISS item , and the one I love the most. In excellent shape I might add)

 I also had a camara with me. When GENE walked over to our lane, I asked if  I could have my picture taken with him and he said , in his very calm and cool voice  ''No pictures. We wanna keep it like the old days . No pictures without the make up.'' My heart dropped again. I said ''I understand'' . then he shook my hand and offered me a piece of ACES birthday cake .It was chocolate. The cake had air brushed art work of  two naked chicks holding up a deck of cards with the ace card in the center .

GENE was bowling in his cowboy boots. The others all had bowling shoes. KISS in bowling shoes. That was a cool sight. Everybody was in high spirits. It was great hearing PETER shout ''YEAH!!!'' in his cool rock n roll voice everytime he hit a strike.

It might have been ACES birthday, but I thought I had died and gone to KISS heaven.

I should get the video transferd to dvd soon.

Thanks for letting me share.

Rock on brother!!!

P.W.

 

WOW...October rocked!

I got to see Gene at the Oxford Valley Mall in Middleofnowhere, PA and I got to see Paul at the TLA in Philly!  I have the video of Gene at the Mall on my page, and here is the picture with Paul at soundcheck....read the blog about this on my page!

 

Oh yeah, I met them 12-12-03 on the Kiss/Aerosmith tour Kiss should of been

the headliner Aerosmith had a tuff act to follow the crowd could not get into

it they were blown away.I asked Gene how he got the big tounge he said he pulls

it everynight I said who would of knew I've been pulling the wrong thing all thease

years he got laugh out of that.Paul and Tommy were cool signed alot of stuff. Peter

was funny I told him when we took the photo that I thaught I was dreamming,he

said have you seen the movie 28 daays later.

 

You guys are really fortunate,great stories......I've never got to meet them.They're my favorite band.It's great to read these stories.
 

July 23, 1995.  It was amazing!  I went to Cleveland to my first KISS Konvention.  The tickets were $100 each (big cheese for tickets then) and it was limited to 1000 fans.  Our tickets were laminates, so it looked like everyone had a backstage pass.  The 12 hour event was scheduled in roughly 2 hour blocks.  Each block contained an awesome event.  When we got there, I knew that I was going to get to stand in line and actually get their autographs since there was an autograph session.  In my mind I was thinking "OMG, I get to stand across the table from Paul (and others) and maybe even get a hug or handshake".  I always wanted him to sign me somewhere and have it tattooed.  I was excited!!!!

So we enter the hotel (where the convention was held) and an entire floor belonged to us, the KISS Army!  The hallways were lined with tables selling and displaying KISS stuff (nope, no demon boogers on display).  People were just kind of walking around like they were at a comic book convention.  I, on the other hand, was jumping up and down, yelling from time to time and just being estatic- I WAS GOING TO MEET KISS and get an autograph sometime today!

Now comes the kicker.  We watched Bruce give his guitar clinic on the stage.  The biggest room is where the stage was and everyone was sitting on the carpet waiting for the events to come.  I'll admit, I didn't watch the whole clinic because I don't play guitar.  He was actually teaching some basics and some tricks and stuff I wouldn't be interested in.  My friend and I walked back out into the halls and other rooms to look around some more.  It was then that it happened.  The stage managers for the band approached us.  They told us they needed some "hot chics" to paint their faces and hang out with the band.  I looked at them as if "yeah right".  They were serious.  They really took us up to their suites, painted our faces (of course I was Paul), she wore Ace paint and this other chic there (I didn't know her) wore Gene paint.  We then made our way back downstairs and this time entered from backstage.  They were just finishing the wedding onstage where Paul was the best man and Gene gave the bride away.  (we totally missed Eric's drum clinic while getting painted).  When the wedding was over and "Forever" started playing in the room - my dream came true!

Paul and Gene exited the stage - I was standing there waiting for them.  They both walked straight to me.  I'm sure out of the three of us I looked the most anxious.  My friend was not a KISS fan, only there for me and the other chic acted almost snooty.  Paul was smiling, looking right into my eyes, Gene (imagine that) was staring at my tits and said his famous "how are they? I mean, how are you?".  I just laughed but kept my focus on THEE MR. STANLEY!  He put his arms out for a hug and it was then that my entire existence was solidified.  When he hugged me, he picked me up off of the ground and held on real tight.  All I could say was "OMG, OMG, OMG".  Once he sat me back down on the ground my legs were mush.  I had sex legs!!!!  Funny how a hug can do that when the hug is from Paul!!!  After that I was pretty calm, cool, collective all day.  We hung out with the band for the rest of the convention.  We held the microphones for them as we walked around the audience during the question and answer session.  It was hard to be out in the crowd with them onstage and look at people raising their hand for me to pick them next.  I couldn't look anyone in the eye.  Everyone looked equally desperate to be picked to ask KISS a question.  I kept picturing myself sitting there and dying to get picked next.

After the Q&A was the all accoustic, all request set.  Good stuff.  Some songs that hadn't played in 20 years so they would forget, stop, laugh, try again.  They were such "real people" that day.  It was phenominal!  They autograph session was after that.  At some point in the day I had Paul sign my right shoulder and yes, it was tattooed immediately when I left there.  There were lots of interactions that took place that day that are very memorable, but if I get started on each conversation or event this will be 7 pages long.

The point is, it was the most amazing, longed for day of my life.  It was something I dreamed about ever since I was 6 or 7 years old.  Dreams do come true!  I have a blog on my page about the day, hoping that someone out there has video of this convention.  There were tons of cameras there since they allowed them to bring them.  Alot of people had tripods set up.  So, if you read this and you know about a tape to this place and date existing, please, "let me know......."

LONG LIVE THE LEGENDS-KISS

 

I wish....I could see them...the concert and anytings else...!! but...I know..that I'm leave in Far for them....I'm from Malaysia...I wish....I could spend my money to go there. It will be a good day for me..and my lovely girlfriend..!!!
 

I met Gene the same concert I caught Pauls pick at Roanoke Va. He came around to the side of the stage shaking hands with the fans and I fought my way over there and shook hands with him. It was an awsome night!
 

I met Bruce Kulick at a KISS convention. He was cool. Ace waved at me after I shouted at him from across a parking lot near a club he was playing in the late 80s. Would love to meet Gene & Paul.
 

Ahhhhhhh, October 2006 was something special. I cannot believe it has been a year already since I met big brother Gene and actually had a dialogue with my man, Paul. Wow...KISStober was magical, indeed. It all started when my best Amigo and KISS Konfidant sent me this email about Gene coming to the Oxford Valley Mall, MY FREAKING MALL, like right down the street, to promote the new KISS fragrances. I HAD to be there. Hel-lo? Gene is going to be the one to give me away when I marry Paul. I practiced for weeks what I was going to say, what i was going to wear...and of course, that all went out the window when reality hit and I was escorted on stage to meet Gene. He was an angel, just the best big brother. When he hugs you, he HUGS you!!!! It was awesome! He must have noticed that I was white as a LOVE GUN Chick and shaking and stammering, because he just grabbed me and gave me the bestest, biggest bear hug, wow...what a way to kick off KISStober...and the ending was even MORE magical, swooooon. Big happy, dreamy, starchild swoon...sigh...I got to introduce MY song, my favorite song since the sixth grade, to everyone at the House of Blues. When Paul got to "Tonight you Belong to Me" during his solo tour in AC (Again, thanks to my 1 Amigo I had a copy of the set list, of course) I just about lost it. He slows down and says "I've been waiting sixteen years to play THIS song..." and I lost it, in a good way, for real. I screamed "MEEEE TOOOO!!!!!" From right down in front of him in the pit. He kinda smiled, stops and asks me real slow and sexy, "You too? What am I gonna play?" And I did it, i intro'd "Tonight You belong to me" right then and there. And he smiled and started strumming...and gave a sexy "Yeahhhhhh" to confirm my shrilly outburst. It was awesome, the stuff dreams are made of. "In a dream, a long time ago-o-o".
 

AND, is it true that you got one of Paul's guitar pics from the Troc......
 

yes yes yes YES!!!!! It's true. In fact, it was the extra special spit pic that Paul spit at my Amigo during soundcheck!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

not the Troc...the TLA....10/30/06! What a night!

 

I met Gene Simmons in 1988 at the Crazy Night tour
 

Let me tell you when I met Gene,
I have been his fan since 1976, I was just a high school girl in Japan. I decided to study English even harder after I became KISS fan because I wanted to communicate with Gene if I ever meet him in person and it happened!!!!

I found out that he had a speech for the Small Business Conference on January 9, 2008 at the Ala Moana Hotel. I really didn't know that he was in town.... what a disappointment it was when I found out!

While reading related articles online, I managed to find out where they were staying and decided to have brunch at the hotel on Sunday, Jan 13 and I was hoping to see him while I was at the hotel.

I arrived about 1.5hour early for my reservation but I did not care... I just wanted to breath the same air Gene was breathing. Then I saw Shannon Tweed's sister Tracy and asked her if the rest of them were coming down. She told me that they were already gone out to for the shooting and won't be back until the evening.

I thought of what to do next...but since I've come this far, I decided to stick around until his return. I had nice brunch at the hotel and then my phone rang around 12:30pm. It was my co worker from work. He said "I heard they are at the Aloha Tower". I got into my car and rushed to the Aloha Tower. And this is where I met my hero.

I made it in time for the shooting his tv program. After the shooting by the Badass Coffee shop, he went inside and that's when I approached him and got his autograph's..... on his book, a ticket stub from a concert in Japan of 1977 and my picture with Gene's makeup from last Halloween. I was so happy and acting like a teenager..... and he asked me " When was this?" pointing the picture of me wearing his makeup and I said "Last Halloween" Gene "ummm" I hope he liked it. Then I had my picture taken with him but that picture did not come out good, in a mean time he had to change his shirt because he spilled his coffee (just a little) so he left but I was hoping to get another chance for taking a picure with him. He came out and asked me if everything was all right and I said "no, first picture didn't come out good" then he said "Let's try again!" I thought he was super nice. His camera crews were telling him that he must go so he started walking and telling my bf "Let us know when you are ready for picture" then my bf said "ready" so both of us turned around and pose for the picture. This one is in my album you can look at it....
I was walking by him from the coffee shop to the front of Aloha tower, we chatted while we were walking. There was nobody following him except ME.
He gave me a big bear hug before entering his car....
 

What a GREAT story! My favorite line...."I just wanted to breath the same air Gene was breathing"! THANKS for sharing this!
 

I MET KISS!!!!!
They were in Melbourne to do the grand prix it was about 5 days before the concert,Me and my Mum went to The Casino to pick up our front row tix (pole positsion -cant spell sorry)and i said to mum Lets have a look around see if we can see them,so we did.As we were walking on my left hand side I see Paul Stanley and Tommy thayer eating at this resturaunt i think they were eating Lobster because this place is known for its lobster..anywho.....Im, freaking out crying almost passing out mums like what the fuck ..i was like mUM MUM ....(shacking like a leaf)I was like 5 steps away from em the resturant isnt big at all ,I quietly said (with tears sreaming down my face (Paul ....Tommy) they waved and both smiled went back eating i didnt want to disturb them so i went up to the waitress i couldnt speak i started crying even more and i couldnt get a word out,My mum just said can she give you this to pass on to Paul,(Its was me in Starchild make up ,when i was in the newpaper in kinda The head line was 5 AND KISS CRAZY! although i was 4 in the picture it was just beacue i was tuning 5 dat year,anyway ..when they got out of the restruant i met Tommy he is sooo nice love him,got a picture and signature's.And then paul came out and i was crying he put his arm around me and i said i have been waiting to meet you since i was 1 and a half,and he said "I know i read it" he had my newspaer cliping in his hand.then he said to me 'DREAM BIG' I got a picture takin with him and signatures,that day i didnt meet gene ,so i went back the day after i waited around the casino for about 8 hours ,then i see Gene walking threw down stairs in the Loby i was crying more then i have ever cryed in my life my voice was like ah ah ah sounding like hikup's,I went straight up to Gene he saw me crying and put his arm around me ahh,i almost faintined Not even kidding you i could feel it in my knees going like jelly i almost colapast,but gene was holding me so tight i could fall,I gave him the newspaper cliping of me he had a bit of a read,and all the way threw it it says how much i love gene bla bla ....and he said here give me a kiss so i did ahh..and he said to my mum she's a cutie even when he was meeting the other fans there and talking to them he wouldnt let go of me i was lost for words i am playing this in my head right now as i am writing this and i have butterflies in my stomack and chills up my spin from just talking about it..as gene walked off (mind you he was picking up a ladie friend BITCH! gene just said oh heres my long lost sister)and walked off..as i was walking mum holding me i was still crying ah ah ah..i had to sit down before i did faint i couldnt believ it i met my life long hero's .although it would be grat to meet ace and peter ..I MET GENE and i dont think anyone relizes how much he means to me,i use to hav dreams and still do have dreams that he saves my life and pulls me out of water when im drowning or whateva the surcumstanceand lost of other shit he is still to this very day and until the day i doe is going to be my life long hero.I also met eric singer but i didnt like him he was ssooo uptight like he thought he was Peter fucking Criss .Wel no Singer I dont think so...although he was an ass,THIS WAS THE BEST DAYS OF MY LIFEand i got to the very front of the barria at the Grand Prix and they were filming for Gene simmons family jewls and KISStira the best KISS dvd,and the filming crew were filming me soo much beacuse still i was crying haha..gene waqs stiicking his touge out at me and i was to him he was pointing at me FUCK HE REMEMBERD ME! dreams to come !!


AS PAUL SAID "DREAM BIG!"

XxXxXOoO who eva could be fucked reading all of that i strongly eperciate it,hope i didnt bore ya ~R!kk!~
 

KISStira the next KISS dvd i mean....haha



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FUCK there is alot of thing i have spelt wrong...ummm dreams do come true at the botom what eva
 

I met the band in 1993 at the foundations forum in los angeles
 

Okay. So......
It's like ten or fifteen years ago. I'm living in Los Angeles at the time and living with a friend in LaBrea. She and I used to like to see movies in the Beverly Mall Cine. It's just a regular, old sunday and we're standing in line to get tickets to some piece of crap movie. In front of us is Gene and his family. Next in line. I was out there playing music, so I wanted to be all cool and wasn't going to say anything. I whisper in my friends ear, "hey, that's Gene Simmons and Shannon Tweed."

I had no idea what could happen next.

My friend screams at the top of her lungs, "GENE SIMMONS!!!" Now, I'm not a guy who gets embarrassed, really. ...but I was mortified. I try and look away. My friend just keeps freaking out. After two years of living together, she never told me she got star struck AND she was a wicked huge Kiss fan as a kid. She can't get it together and runs to the rest room. I'm still in line, being a kid and still quite bummed out, I look at Gene and shrug. "Women...", I say. Shannon looks like I just took a crap at their feet. Gene just laughs and moves toward me, probably to shake my hand or make fun of me. Both would've been cool with me. I thumb over my shoulder and say, "I guess I should see what all that's about."
...and left.
 

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA funny stuff.
 

Of course meeting Ace really stands out to me, back in '93. I gave him a Chainsaw Jane tape and t-shirt. Which was a big deal to me at the time, giving a tape to one of my musical heroes. Then to find a video of him wearing the t-shirt at a concert was a cool bonus.



Probably just a cool t-shirt to him--a big deal to me.



I've worn a ton of Ace/Kiss t-shirts-hahahaha.