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Hello Holy Man!

I am the editor (Anil Tashan) of Stillhard Rock Magazine from TURKEY.. You have soooooooo many fan here in TURKEY but you haven't come here yet.... did you ever think about come and visit us?? may be you wish to ROCK for us??
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GENE,

JUST GOT BACK FROM THE TORRANCE BOOK SIGNING I LIVE 5 MIN AWAY AND IT'S 11:35 PM AND YOU STILL HAD MORE THAN 50 PEOPLE TO GO, YOUR AWESOME ! I BROUGHT ALL MY KIDS AND YOU SIGNED EACH AND EVERYONE OF THERE ITEMS AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART YOU ARE A KIND MAN AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES KISS LAST, THE LOYALTY TO THE FANS.I GAVE YOU ONE OF MY BUSINESS CARDS AND I MEANT WHAT I SAID IF YOU NEED MY COMPANIES SERVICE YOU GOT IT,IM JUST PAYING IT FORWARD FOR ALL THE AWESOME YEARS OF ROCK AND ROLL!! AND BY THE WAY MY FRIEND WILLY HE'S STILL IN SHOCK HE THANK'S YOU TOO.




FRED MATHER
TORRANCE,CA

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Hi Gene!

At first, let me introduce myself. My name is Roman and I'm from Russia. I don't want to tell you how I love KISS and how your music changed my life (it really has) because I think that you've been told about it a million times. The aim of my letter is a bit different.

Yesterday I was tyding my room and suddenly came across three tickets to your concert in Moscow which was to take place in 1999. I just want to ask you what to do with them! Can I wipe my ass with them? Or you think that I should send them to you so that you could use them as toilet paper too? You know, you always use to say that you love your fans and you always give them what they pay for. The question is, what I have paid for? This was the first time when I paid half of my mother's salary for nothing! The tickets were rather expencive, you know. The show was cancelled and no-one returned our money! What I want to ask you is, why did you do this to all your russain fans? Do you think it's faire?

Regards,

Roman

Response from Gene:

Roman. I am sorry to hear this happened to you. But, we had nothing to do with it. We never contracted to play in Russia. There were some talks, but nothing happened. It's no secret that there is an "element" in Russia that takes advantage of people. Unfortunately, you were taken advantage of. It's unfortunate, but it happens in America as well, sometimes. Again, sorry about your situation, but we had nothing to do with it.

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Gene,

Someone mentioned that on TV, you said something about a revolving stage for this tour? I thought it was going to be a regular stage with a catwalk that went out to the middle of the floor. Hence all the kills on the first few rows..
Lisa

Response from Gene:

There WILL be a revolving stage for the KISS/AEROSMITH tour. Believe it.

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Dear Gene,

It has been a pleasure seeing your cute smile on t.v. lately. You looked great on Rita Cosby's show. It was painful waiting for your appearance on the new Tom Green show. You know you have hit the big time when you go first!!! You are looking too thin!! Eat something!! I have some super poppy seed cake waiting for you when you come to Chicago. Oprah brought her book club back. I recommended your new book to her. I was thinking, that although you bring about points why men shouldn't get married, I think you may actually save some marriages by explaining how men and women are different, and women may see that men can separate sex and love.

2 months, 6 days and counting!!!
Rita Zaslavsky

Response from Gene:

It's fascinating that all the millions of housewives who watch both Oprah and Martha, as prime examples of "women to be admired by the wives of America" (nothing wrong with that, by the way), actually are blind to the fact that both women ARE NOT MARRIED!!! Hmmm.

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Dearest Demon,

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Gene,

There is a Internet Newsgroup called "rec. music. artists. kiss" that is usually filled with lies, people arguing and idiots but this morning I read something on there that sounds like it could be true and if it is, it might actually be pretty cool.

I decided that since you answer questions from the fans, I'd ask you for the truth.

Here's the post that I read,
Mike

By now everyone has heard about Paul Stanley working on his new solo album but it seems that he's not alone.
Both Peter Criss and Gene Simmons are working on solo albums as well.

All three of these will be released at the same time and all three will be unified as was the case in 1978.
It would have made better sense for these albums to come out this year since it would mark the 25th anniversary of the original solo albums but it looks like we won't see these albums until 2004.

Ace Frehley was asked to participate in this project, he too supposedly has an almost finished album under his belt with no company to release it.
Unfortunately, Ace refused this offer.
I'm guessing that he doesn't want KISS to receive any money off of his works and I guess that I can almost understand that.

Ace was heard to say...
Let them give Tommy a solo album (Heavy Ace Laughter)

The album cover art is going to be similar to the art of the solo albums of the 1970s minus the makeup but with the same basic idea of each member having his own colored light around his head.

The album art is certainly subject to change since these albums are not due out until next year.

I look at it this way, if they can't agree with each other in the studio, solo albums are better than nothing.
I do wish that Ace would change his mind because this set will seem incomplete without his input.

My predictions are that Paul will record a pop album and I say that judging by who his song writing partners are.
Gene will try to rewrite the Beatles.
Peter has already announced that his will be a jazz album.

And Ace will fade away because he doesn't realize where his bread is buttered.

Response from Gene:

Biggest load of shit I've heard in years. Very little of it is true. Tell the guy he's hung like a second grader and is a very bad liar.

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Katey Segal aka Peg Bundy sang backup for Bette AND Gene (solo record 1978). There's the connection.

This is common knowledge as she is listed on the credits.

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Gene,

On behalf of Christians everywhere, let me apologize for the idiots like Amin Herouf who have NO STINKING CLUE what it means to be a Christian. You don't go to heaven by praying ten times a day. It's by accepting Jesus as Lord and Savior. Anyway, this guy doesn't have a clue. We're not all like that. Some of us read the Bible!
Danny

Response from Gene:

I don't know how to tell you this, but even though I like Rabbi Y'sua Ben Joseph, I don't believe he or anyone else is God, the son of God or anyone related to God. I'm not a Christian and have no interest in becoming one. And, I don't want anyone knocking on my door to tell me they're right and I'm wrong. It's not for them to say.

Even well intentioned Christians such as yourself mean well, but your tone winds up being insulting to anyone not of your religious persuasion.

Both of you (the idiot Mammon guy and you, the well meaning guy) leave everyone alone and look at your own plate.