Hello everyone!

As you all know, after my journeys to NYC and Brazil, it was time to jump right into a very exciting Rock N Roll Fantasy Camp because of two factors. First, the Playboy Mansion was where the big event night for the performances would be held, and naturally for me to have Paul Stanley as the headline guest has its significance. I always enjoy jamming and seeing him, and my campers were especially excited as we prepared a medley of KISS hits along with a Van Halen tune.

First day of camp was jamming with all the campers and then I got to work with my band, as we had to play at Guitar Center Hollywood after a few hours of rehearsal. We prepared Strutter and I got a chance to feature my three guitarists.

Guitar Center that night showed off the amazing Gibson ES 335 from Eric Clapton's Cream days, and his famous Fender "Blackie" Stratocaster. To have them up close on display along with one of Stevie Ray Vaughn's guitars, was quite a treat. After that presentation, all the bands played a tune. We did good for Strutter and I knew we would be learning more tunes for the big Playboy Mansion Party performance.

Robin Leach strikes a pose at SPAGO located in Caesars Palace. The Lifestyles Of The Rich And Famous star, wore KISS boots in celebration of KISS by Monster Mini Golf coming to Las Vegas, Nevada soon.


Photo By: RD / Kabik / Retna Digital

This letter is to introduce you to Dallas based artist, Steve Uriegas. Steve has just completed a series of paintings entitled, "Classic Rock Song Titles of the 1970's" in which several of his pieces are on display at ilume Gallerie in Dallas, TX. He's also recently completed a new original piece, "Give Us A KISS", that we wanted to share with you. It's a 24"x48" acrylic on canvas that is done in Steve's unique painting style. Enjoy!

Sincerely,
Melanie

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Our Eurovision winner and huge KISS fan Lordi and the masked choir performs I Love It loud on Finland`s television program "Choir War". They are in the next round in that competition, so viewers liked them:)

Sakke72

Thanks to Ron Buckley for sending KOL this photo of the KISS Panda Display at FYE. The KISS Pandas are available in two sizes.

KISS IS EVERYWHERE!

Thanks to Mark Senff for sending KOL this photo of KISS art he spotted on a random wall in Montreal.

Check out my great new KISS by tattoo artist -Gil at Joker tattoo SP.

Luiz Tosi (São Paulo, Brazil)

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It's Homecoming weekend at the University of South Carolina. My niece's sorority (Phi Mu) has a very interesting Homecoming Banner! My niece, Kelly, is in the dark shirt... her roommate, Leslie, is in white.

KISS' influence is EVERYwhere! Go Gamecocks!

MeMe Hardwick

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Paul Stanley returned to Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp last night in an amazing event held at the famous Playboy Mansion! This incredible camp offered fans the opportunity to learn from and jam with their favorite musicians. During the party, Paul joined each of the camp's ten bands on stage. He played guitar with all of the bands, singing no vocals but having a great time rocking.

The atmosphere at the Playboy Mansion was rocking too! There were beautiful girls everywhere -- Playboy bunnies were dancing both on and off the stage all night, swimming in the grotto and mingling with guests. Many celebrities were in attendance too, including Rick Schroeder, Corey Feldman, Crispin Glover, Phil Collen and Ron Jeremy. Each of the fan bands had a celebrity musician as their camp counselor, and any rock fan will be familiar with them: Lita Ford, Kip Winger, Chris Slade, Mark Hudson, Phil Soussan, Billy Sheehan, Rudy Sarzo, Teddy "Zig Zag" Andreadis, and our friend Bruce Kulick.

When Bruce's band "Electric Angel" (that he was the counselor of) took the stage, Paul played an entire set with them, which included "Deuce," "Ain't Talkin 'Bout Love," and "Shout it Out Loud."

At the end of the night, many of the camp counselors jammed in an all-star band! Eric Singer joined them on stage and played drums for "Baby You Can Drive My Car," "School's Out" and "Rock and Roll All Nite." He also had a reunion of sorts with Lita Ford for "Close my Eyes Forever" (Eric's first job as a touring drummer was with Lita's band in 1984!)

Bruce Kulick plans to write a full story about the entire experience, so we'll keep you posted when that goes live.

Photos by WireImage. View more photos from Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp at the Playboy Mansion at WireImage.com.

A new website called Kitten Covers features famous album sleeves remade with cats replacing stars like Kiss, the Beatles and Nirvana. New York-based artist Alfra Martini says Kitten Covers is a personal tribute to the classic rock albums that influenced her own career.

KISS Army member Michael Aldana spotted these new KISS car seat covers at Walmart in San Antonio, Texas. He writes, "They have the Love Gun screen print and the KISS logo is embroidered into the fabric."

KISS IS EVERYWHERE!
Here's an ad for the Dutch telecom provider, KPN, which reads: "Enjoy your favorite unlimited music. Free Spotify Premium in the extra all-in-one package." And which "favorite" is featured first in the ad?

Thanks to Anton Lenders for sending the image to KISSonline.

Rutland, Vermont's 52nd annual Halloween Parade 10/31/11

Proctor Jr. / Sr. High School presented KISS....our Marching Band performed "Shout it Out Loud" and "Rock And Roll All Nite" during the parade. They were a HUGE Hit among the viewers standing in the cold. We also had a float that depicted KISS on Stage...... it truly was amazing! We are so very proud of our students, and I thought I'd share this with you.

Rita Denko

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Check out these KISS USB drive prototypes coming soon from Funko Toys! These 3.75" figures were just approved by the band.

WE WILL NEVER FORGET

Those who live in freedom will always be grateful to those who helped preserve it. We will never forget what our veterans did for us!