Ariel Messman-Rucker is an Oakland-born journalist who now calls the Pacific Northwest her home. When she’s not writing about politics and queer pop culture, she can be found reading, hiking, or ...

KISS frontman Gene Simmons blamed “bad decisions” for his friend and fellow bandmate Ace Frehley’s death. The band’s co-founder condemned Frehley’s substance abuse, suggesting it was to blame for the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Kiss debuts its half-century-old live album Alive! in the U.K.

KISS honored Ace Frehley in the band’s first performance since his death. The rock group performed its three-day KISS Kruise: Landlocked event in Las Vegas over the weekend and paid tribute to the ...

During the latter show, former KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick joined the rock legends for the final two songs. Meanwhile, on Sunday, November 16, Simmons, Stanley, Thayer, and Singer took part in a ...

SBS’s “Dynamite Kiss” is off to a strong start! According to Nielsen Korea, the November 12 premiere episode of “Dynamite Kiss” garnered an average nationwide viewership rating of 4.5 percent.

On Sunday, Oct. 26, Paul Stanley confirmed news of Francis' death on X Mick Hutson/Redferns; Paul Stanely/X KISS' longtime security guard Danny Francis has died after a "brutal fight with liver cancer ...

Following the death of KISS guitarist Ace Frehley last week, a medical examiner in New Jersey is now investigating the cause. A rep from the Morris County Medical Examiner’s Office told TMZ that an ...

The first three Kiss albums weren't recorded particularly well, but Hotter Than Hell somehow manages to turn that weakness into a strength better than the other two. Unlike their self-titled debut, ...

Adam Brody is revisiting that epic on-screen kiss with his “Nobody Wants This” co-star Kristen Bell — you know the one — from the first season of the hit Netflix show. The rom-com series that debuted ...

Claire-Louise Bennett, a leading purveyor of cerebral and largely plotless novels, returns with her third book. By Mark O’Connell Mark O’Connell is the author, most recently, of “A Thread of Violence: ...