Victor Stabin – Signed Unmasked artwork

Victor Stabin signed and numbered Unmasked artwork

Unmasked coverFor many of us the Unmasked period was the time we really grew up to become huge Kiss-fans, and we spent hours looking at the album cover and poster.

Victor Stabin is the talented artist who made de incredible artwork for Unmasked, now he has a limited amount of signed prints of the artwork for the Unmasked album cover and poster for sale. He made them public on the NJ Kiss Expo. But still has some left.

After these pieces are sold out he will not sign or sell any more Kiss art. So get your print while you still can.

These are the different versions and sizes for sale.

Oversized print of the Unmasked poster. Size 33 x 64 inches
They will be limited to an edition of only ten. Price: $300 .

Print of the Unmasked poster. Size 22 x 32 inches
They will be limited to an edition of only hundred. Price: $100 .

Print of the Unmasked cover. Size 41 x 41 inches
They will be limited to an edition of only ten. Price: $200 .

Print of the Unmasked cover. Size 22 x 22 inches
They will be limited to an edition of only hundred. Price: $100 .

Just send me a message and I will give you the contact information.

Kiss Pacifica buckles

The coolest merchandise from the 70′s

Beside the music, books and posters, the Pacifica Kiss buckles from the 70′s are probably my favorite part of my Kiss-collection. Probably because I really wanted one bad in the late 70′s and early 80′s, but never managed the get hold of one here in Norway. One of my friends had the Destroyer buckle. And It is probably one of the few times I have been really envious of somebody in my whole life.

When I first started to collect buckles one of the problem was finding a complete list of Pacifica Kiss buckles on the web. So I just thought I should post a pictures of what I believe is the complete list of Pacifica Kiss buckles. Continue reading →

Eraldo Carugati. The man who painted the solo covers

Eraldo Carugati si like a mystery figure in Kisstory. Most Kiss fans know the story behind the iconic album covers made by Ken Kelly and Michael Doret, Those albums covers are probably the ones used most on Kiss merchandise together with the covers for the solo albums, painted by Eraldo Carugati.

Strangely there haven’t been much told about the making of the solo album covers. The only story I believe I have heard is one that Dennis Woloch has told about how Carugati painted the blood drop on the spot, when he was told that Gene’s album needed something extra. Something that tells a lot about how good he was.

I just found this article about Eraldo Carugati when I was surfing the web. There is not much about his story with Kiss, even if It’s mentioned. But I think It’s a cool story that deserves to be read anyway.

The eminent supreme artist revisited

Gene Simmons interview 1992

Part I  – Fra ‘Kiss Army Norway Magazine’ #3 – 1996.

This is the ‘blast from the past pages’ where we take a look at things that have happen in the past. We would like to open this spot with a interview that was done for one of the biggest radio station in Norway, NRK P2. The interview was done at Lip Cafe, when Kiss visited Oslo the 11th of June 1992 on their promotion tour for Revenge. The interviews was sent on the radio the same mouth, but the Gene Simmons interview was mighty edited. As I were there together with Steinar Fjeld from NRK, I were lucky enough to take a part in a separate interview with Gene and Paul. Exclusively for the Kiss Army Norway members will I here give you for the very first time the hole unedited interview with Gene I hope you enjoy it!!

After shaking hands….This was how we started the interview with small talk…

Steinar Fjeld: As you see have I brought a sample of a fan.
Gene: Yeah…He’s Crazy…. Continue reading →

KISS Scandinavia Tour’96

From ‘Kiss Army Norway Magazine’ #5 – 1997

STOCKHOLM – Friday – 6th December
Kiss Army Norway followed Kiss on the Scandinavian part of the reunion tour, and in this report you can read about all the important events during Kiss’s stay in Sweden and Norway as well as all the exi­ting details.
Stockholm were first stop. And we arrived the Stockholm Globe Hotel which is actually connected to the Globe Arena where Kiss were going to play the same day. The hotel were packed with Kiss fans from all over Europe. And in Stockholm, it was Kiss hysteria more than in any other place in Europe. For a Kiss-fan it was just like coming to heaven. All radio-stations were playing Kiss, they had lots of Kiss-fans interviews and contests. All the largest news-papers had Kiss-specials inside. In the record-stores there was a lot of different promotion material to see. But not as much Kiss merchandise as you find at a Kiss Convention. Kiss Army Sweden were arranging their third annual Kiss Convention at Heartbreak hotel/King Creol from 2.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m, so that was of-course where we were going to spend most of the day. Continue reading →

The Eric Carr Story

The Eric Carr StoryThe Eric Carr Story
By: Greg Prato
Published December 2010, 256 pages

The first-ever book about the story of Eric Carr.

When I first heard that this book was coming out I was really excited. Eric’s story is one that really deserves to be told. Especially after the reunion the the bands history in the 80′s seems to be more or less overlooked. When Prato could tell about all list of people that were interviewed for the book like the producers Bob Ezrin, Michael James Jackson, and Ron Nevison, his sister Loretta Caravello,  his girlfriend Carrie Stevens, Kiss ex-guitarist Bruce Kulick and last but probably most important one of the last-ever interviews conducted with KISS’ original manager, Bill Aucoin. One could not help to be excited. There are also a lot of questions unanswered after Eric’s death concerning his place in Kiss and the Kiss organization. Continue reading →