BRUCE KULICK INTERVIEW AND LIVE PICTURES BY MARKO SYRJALA Like all his fellow musicians, former KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick had to take a break from touring and many other activities in 2020 because of the ongoing pandemic. There was no Grand Funk Railroad summer tour, KISS Kruise was canceled, and…
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KISS 2020 Goodbye in Dubai
New Year’s Eve will be 296 Days Since the KISS Stage Went Dark To send off 2020 in their larger-than-life style on New Year’s Eve, the iconic Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, multi-platinum selling band is reigniting the FIRE and roaring back to life! In true KISS fashion, they…
SWEDEN ROCK 2019
SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL Solvesborg, Sweden 5-8 June 2019 REPORT AND PICTURES BY MARKO SYRJÄLÄ AND ARTO LEHTINEN Once again, it is time for the annual march to Sweden Rock. This is the 18th time in a row that the Finnish Metal Rules team made an invasion to the mighty Sweden…
BRUCE KULICK Discusses KISS Kruise VIII and More
INTERVIEW AND LIVE PHOTOS BY MARKO SYRJALA Former KISS guitarist, Bruce Kulick, returned to the KISS Kruise after last his highly successful debut last year. This time, Kulick performed not only with his solo band, but with KISS, for the first time since 1995! Seeing Kulick perform with KISS was…
RON KEEL – The Metal Cowboy
RON KEEL INTERVIEW BY MARKO SYRJALA Ron Keel is a vocalist, guitarist, and a songwriter for many bands from the 1980s to the modern day, including the hard rock bands Keel and Steeler. He was also very briefly a member of Black Sabbath. After Keel disbanded in 1989, Ron worked…
Atlanta KISS Expo – the Return of Vinnie Vincent
TEXT BY MARKO SYRJALA AND LASSI LIUKKONEN. PICTURES BY MARKO SYRJALA Something very unexpected happened in the KISS community on the 16th of August 2017. The Atlanta Kiss Expo announced that Vinnie Vincent would be their special guest at their next event in January 2018. For those who don’t know,…
BRUCE KULICK – solo artist, Grand Funk Railroad, ex-KISS
BRUCE KULICK INTERVIEW AND LIVE PHOTOS BY MARKO SYRJALA Bruce Kulick has had a long and successful career in the music world. He is still, and probably will always be, best known for his twelve-year-long KISS career. Kulick joined the band in 1984, but before that, he worked for many…
HELIX: NEW VIDEO & SONG: (GENE SIMMONS SAYS) ROCK IS DEAD
“I am so sad that the next 15-year-old kid in a garage someplace in St. Paul, that plugs into his Marshall and wants to turn it up to 10, will not have anywhere near the same opportunity that I did,” Simmons said. “He will most likely, no matter what he…
KISS KRUISE V feat. Kiss, Lita Ford, Fozzy, The Dead Daisies, Steel Panther and more
KISS KRUISE V Oct 28 – Nov 3 2015 REVIEW AND PHOTOS BY MARKO SYRJALA KISS Kruise is an annual festival which is held on a most luxurious cruise liner in the Caribbean. The event brings together the band’s most loyal and die-hard fans around the world. What makes this…
KISS – Guitarist Tommy Thayer
TOMMY THAYER INTERVIEW AND PHOTOS BY MARKO SYRJALA WITH THE COURTESY OF THIS IS ROCK -MAGAZINE The legendary KISS arrived in Europe in June after a two year break. The bands tour, The 40’th Anniversary tour, did not come to Scandinavia at all, so I traveled to the Netherlands, where…
KISS – St. John’s, NL Saturday August 3rd, 2013
Saturday August 3rd, 2013 Mile One Center St. John’s, NL Review & Photo’s by Celtic Bob This was Kiss’ second ever only show in this great Province (The first was 2011 in mine and EvilG’s hometown) and the first of 2 back to back nights at Mile One.…
KISS – Press conference, 40th anniversary tour, Tom Lee Music, Vancouver, Jul 4th, 2013
KISS Press conference, 40th anniversary tour Tom Lee Music, Vancouver, July 4th, 2013 by Metal Rules guest contributor, Darrin Pope Pics by Fawn Downey
KISS: Live at Hartwall Arena, Helsinki 2013
3’rd of June 2013 REVIEW AND PHOTOS BY MARKO SYRJALA BY COURTESY OF THIS IS ROCK MAGAZINE Legendary U.S. rockers KISS opened up their European leg of the Monster tour in Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden, on 1’st of June. The show was the World Premier of bands new spectacular stage…
KISS – Drummer Eric Singer discusses “Monster -tour”, the Spider, KISS fans, and the future of the band.
ERIC SINGER INTERVIEW AND PHOTOS BY MARKO SYRJALA WITH COURTESY OF THIS IS ROCK MAGAZINE Legendary U.S. band KISS started its long-awaited European leg of the Monster tour in Friends Arena, Stockholm, on 1’st of June. The band introduced its new spectacular stage set in front of 30 000 fans…
KISS KRUISE II feat. KISS, Adler, Skid Row
REVIEW AND PICTURES BY MARKO SYRJALA The second Kiss Kruise was settled to depart Miami, Fla. on October 31 — Halloween — and head to Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas. The expected return to the port was on November 4’TH. Thanks to Hurricane Sandy, the plans had to be changed at…