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"'You’re just 5’ 7'? Sorry it’s not going to work out”: Yes, Marty Friedman really was too short to audition for Kiss

Marty Friedman was turned down for Kiss because he's too short

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“I’m 5’7” but I’ll have an operation, I’ll do something”: Ex-Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman was denied a Kiss audition for being too short

Marty Friedman’s height cruelly cost him the chance to join one of rock’s biggest-ever bands

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Bryan Adams showcases the "chaos and destruction" of battle in new video for War Machine

War Machine is a song Bryan Adams co-wrote for Kiss before he was a star

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“I am in the Gene Simmons business. I am the biggest fan of Gene Simmons”: Happy 75th birthday to Gene Simmons, Kiss bassist and unrepentant asshole

Self-confessed “asshole”, politically incorrect philanderer, money-obsessed businessman, rock superstar – god bless Gene Simmons

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“There’s no denying that the thought of Robben Ford playing on a Kiss album is weird”: A brief history of Kiss’s session guitarists – featuring Bob Kulick, Dick Wagner, Rick Derringer and more...

We take a head count of the Creatures of the night that were released into the wild the next morning as the Kiss rock juggernaut rolled on and on

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“I was never fired from Kiss – I was left behind for a wildly successful commercial venture. You don’t have to be an accountant to understand Paul and Gene”: Bruce Kulick shares war stories from Kiss’ no-makeup era – and the reunion that killed it

Kulick offers a front-row perspective of what went down with Kiss in the ’80s: the tension between the past and future, his six-string independence from Ace Frehley, and the coming grunge asteroid

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The best new rock songs you need to hear right now

Including Blues Pills, The Sheepdogs, X and five more rockabilly rebels from head to toe

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Before he was famous, Bryan Adams co-wrote Rock And Roll Hell and War Machine for Kiss: Now he's recorded his own versions

Bryan Adams' video for Rock And Roll Hell was filmed on the roof of London's iconic Royal Albert Hall

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Bruce Springsteen: The torment and triumph of Born In The USA - only in the new issue of Classic Rock

Also in this issue: Dio, Deep Purple, Duff McKagan, Canned Heat, Blondie, Gene Simmons, Tito, Suzi Quatro, Orange Goblin, Fish, Tyler Bryant, Blues Pills and more

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“I’ve always missed being in Kiss, but if that meant being the Spaceman like Tommy, I wouldn’t want to do it”: Bruce Kulick was never invited to rejoin Kiss – and he's OK with that

Kulick was around for Kiss' under-appreciated no-makeup era, but when the band's first reunion fell through, he was never invited back

Guitar World

The new issue of Classic Rock is an AC/DC 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition

Also in this issue: Heart, Black Country Communion, Allman Brothers, Ian Hunter, Manic Street Preachers, ELP, Black Crowes, Anvil, Marcus King, Lindisfarne, Lemon Twigs, Mitch Ryder and more

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Gene Simmons wishes he was harder on former Kiss members Ace Frehley and Peter Criss over their substance abuse issues

Kiss star Gene Simmons says if he was harder on them, Ace and Criss might have been in the band until the final shows

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“He came up to me after the show and said, ‘Mate, you can give John Entwistle a run for his money’”: Gene Simmons recalls the moment Jimmy Page complimented his bass playing – and turned out to be a KISS fan

The KISS bassist on that time he nearly passed out after Jimmy Page praised his bass playing

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“I wish guitar players were more adventurous, but they’re just not. They seem like the most conservative people on the face of the planet”: Buzz Osborne has a piece of playing advice that every guitarist should listen to

Words of wisdom from Gene Simmons and author Flannery O'Connor have helped the Melvins maestro maintain his maverick sensibilities

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“Ace Frehley is very good at creating a song within a song when it comes to solos, and I've always thought along those lines”: Rock City Machine Co. went from KISS Army to KISS collaborators. Now they're going it alone.

Ryan Cook and Jeremy Asbrock have worked with Ace Frehley and Gene Simmons, but say it’s time for them to stand on their own, er, four feet...

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“When I was a kid, I thought bass playing was about throwing up and cutting yourself – I blame Gene Simmons and Sid Vicious”: Bad Religion’s Jay Bentley on his bass-playing influences and the “best-sounding P-Bass he’s ever heard”

Vomit and blood may be punk rock, but it’s not what you might expect from longtime Bad Religion bassist Jay Bentley

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“Drugs were everywhere in New York. Everybody knew at least five people who had OD’d. I always learned from other people’s mistakes”: the unlikely rise and sudden fall of White Zombie

White Zombie’s final album Astro-Creep: 2000 was released on this day in1995. Rob Zombie looks back on the band’s unlikely success

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Gene Simmons Defends Jojo Siwa's Edgy New Look At Awards

Rock legend Gene Simmons defends JoJo Siwa's bold new look inspired by Kiss at iHeartRadio Music Awards 2024. Siwa's evolving style and upcoming single 'Ka...

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10 massive pop stars who secretly appeared on rock and metal songs

Katy Perry, Elton John, Boy George, Billy Joel – they’ve all secretly rocked it up over the years

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"I've had to turn my back, because, you know, the big man is not supposed to cry": All the stories from behind the scenes at Kiss's emotional final blow-out at Madison Square Garden

In early December Kiss played their final ever show, at New York's iconic Madison Square Garden: Classic Rock was there to talk to Gene and Paul about the enormity of it all

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Gene Simmons, Helen Mirren, Boy George sign open letter supporting Israel’s inclusion in Eurovision

The names were among 400 celebrities and entertainment figures who signed the letter, amid calls for a boycott

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In 1980 Lynda 'Wonder Woman' Carter paid tribute to Kiss on TV, and we're not sure if our eyes have ever recovered

Lynda Carter's Kiss costume was unlike anything the screen had ever witnessed – until Gene Simmons wore the same outfit six years later

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"Like a heavier Styx or a lighter Uriah Heep, but dressed like the Bee Gees": Angel by Angel - Album Of The Week Club review

Discovered by Gene Simmons and sold as a more wholesome alternative to Kiss, Angel's stage show was equally theatrical, but their music was a mix of pomp and prog

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“I consider myself friends with Paul and Gene – we’re like brothers, brothers have arguments”: Ace Frehley offers an olive branch to his old Kiss bandmates, takes a swipe at backing tapes and avatars

Ace Frehley talks to Classic Rock about his relationship with Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons

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