HEY GENE,

MY NAME IS ARA KOKSHANIAN AND IM 14 YEARS OLD.I LOVE KISS.ON SATURDAY OCTOBER 18TH FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW KISS.I WAS BLOWN AWAY.YOU GUYS KICKED ASS.YOU GUYS BLEW AEROSMITH OUT OF THE WATER.ME AND MY MOM WENT BUT WE ONLY HAD LAWN SEATS.NONE THE LESS WE GOT THERE AND WAITED IN LINE TO GET IN SO WE COULD BE RIGHT UP FRONT ON THE LAWN.WE WERE AND IT WAS AWESOME.GREAT VIEW OF THE STAGE.ME AND MY MOM BOTH AGREE THAT AEROSMITH SHOULD HAVE GONE ON FIRST.NOBODY CAN TOP KISS.I THINK KISS HAS GOT AN AWESOME NAME FOR THIS TOUR.WORLD DOMINATION AWESOME.AEROSMITH SHOULD CALL THIS TOUR SOMETHING ELSE FOR THEMSELVES.MAY I SUGGEST THE CANT BACK UP KISS TOUR.I ALSO HEARD SOME PEOPLE TALKING AND THEY SAID KISS WOULD BE RECORDING A NEW ALBUM AND GOING ON TOUR NEXT YEAR.IF THIS IS TRUE,PLEASE SOP IN DEVORE AGAIN.I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A FULL KISS SHOW AND SO WOULD MY MOM.WE BOTH LOVED THE SHOE.KEEP ON ROCKIN.



YOUR BIGGEST FAN,
ARA KOKSHANIAN

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Gene-

I know that you are very busy these days, so I`ll be brief.
I have always had very much respect for you and KISS since my childhood, but since the show in San Bernardino (10/18) I have gained sooo much more. We had seats that were about 10 rows from the stage, and the heat generated from the flames was so intense I started to sweat. I can only imagine how intense it is on stage, night after night - year after year. Thank you for your dedication to bringing KISS fans the best experience that money can buy. It was worth EVERY penny. Hope to see you perform again.

Much (more) Respect,
Michael

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Dear Gene,

I have one question! I know you was once a school techer in New York. Back in 1994 I was dating this girl and her mother was also a school teacher in New York before she moved, I didn't pay no attention to it until I told her I was big time KISS fan, thats when she told me she taught school with you, she couldn't tell me your real name( I'm not sure if you used it then), but that kind of made me wonder, her name is Vanessa Jacovino. If you ever get the free time please clear this up for me. Also, your new book is great.


Keith Wheatley

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Gene,

I want to thank you for another killer show. I just recently saw Kiss on October 10th in San Francisco (Mountain View). This was my 14th Kiss concert and you guys put on the a great show as usual. What made this extra special was that I took my 6 year old son. We had the Gold package, and were lucky enough to get the 4th row. Maybe you remember, you actually pointed at my son an told him to stand up. Anyway, my son has not stopped talking about the show. Thanks for rocking for 30 years! I hope there are many more shows to come.

Thanks,
Mike and Brandon Cory

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Hi Gene

I recently watched a re-run of the show, "Beverly Hills 90210" In this episode the kids were walking into a nightclub and the music in the club was the intro from KISS ALIVE of "You wanted the best. You got the best" It played over and over for about 10-15 seconds. I was just wondering if you knew about this and if you gave them permission to use it.

Thanks

Ken

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Hello Again,

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Hi Gene,

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Hey Gene!

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Mr. Simmons

With 20,000+ fans screaming, just raising your hands to clap has the aforementioned mass doing the same. The crowd is at your command, and the roar they create is deafening.
Can you describe the feeling that gives you?
Can you point to a specific time that this first happened to you?
Your web-site is great.
John S.

Response from Gene:

It first hit me New Year's Eve, 1973/74 in NY, on stage at the Academy of Music.

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PAINTED BLACK

Dearest Demon: I have noticed in recent FOTOS (I spelled it the way you like it)
ie. Sacramento, that you are no longer painting your finger nails black. I think they look cooler when you have them painted black. Any reason for this?
Mikey, Ottawa, Ontario Canada

Response from Gene:

'Cause I don't wanna.

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