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World... Kiss... Announce Formation Of Kiss Records...
Joins Sanctuary Records Group For Debut Of Double CD Kiss Symphony:
Alive IV On July 22
New York, N.Y. -- KISS, America's #1 Gold Record Award Winning
Champion Group (RIAA-Group category) and Sanctuary Records Group are
proud to announce the formation of KISS Records, a joint venture
between KISS and Sanctuary Records Group, it was announced today by
Merck Mercuriadis, Chief Executive Officer, Sanctuary Group Inc. and
longtime KISS manager Doc McGhee, President, McGhee Entertainment.
Merck Mercuriadis commented, \"We wanted the best and we got the best.
KISS are the barometer that everyone looks to for gold records, ticket
sales, licensing income, merchandising sales and as a result are the
perfect partners for Sanctuary's 360 model. Gene and Paul have lead
the way throughout their career and continue to do so with the
formation of KISS Records and this revolutionary deal with Sanctuary.\"
\"After seeing what has been going on at the major record labels,\" Doc
McGhee adds, \"KISS searched for an innovative way to reach their
audience. We looked mostly at new and up and coming independent
labels. In doing so, we talked with Sanctuary Records and found what
we were looking for. By forming KISS Records we can control how we
appear, and with the great staff at Sanctuary Records, we feel we have
the opportunity to create something very special in the 21st century.
Both KISS and Sanctuary Group believe that if it's worth doing, it's
worth over doing.\"
Debuting on KISS Records/Sanctuary Records on July 22, KISS Symphony:
Alive IV, is unlike anything recorded or released before by the Rock
Icons. KISS Symphony: Alive IV, captures one of the world's greatest
performing rock bands with the prestigious 60-piece Melbourne Symphony
Orchestra live before a sold-out crowd from Australia's Telstra Dome
while on the 2003 tour. The energy packed two-disc set promises to
captivate and tantalize fans new and old alike with twenty-two newly
recorded live tracks featuring ten classic KISS tracks backed by the
60-piece Melbourne Symphony, six never-performed-live acoustic
versions of KISS classics and six raw classic KISS tracks sans
orchestra. This spectacular concert event proved to be a memorable
show highlighted by the Melbourne Symphony appearing in full KISS
makeup and will be released as a DVD, in the future.
KISS' lead singer Paul Stanley states, \"KISS Records is the
continuation of the road paved by us for the past thirty years. Our
first release KISS Symphony: Alive IV ushers in a new era where we
will exert uncompromising attention to detail, control of quality, and
overall feel and direction from concept to completion.\" With a sly
grin, Stanley adds, \"With KISS Symphony, you are cordially invited to
witness the unholy marriage of black tie and black leather.\"
\"After 30 years, KISS has finally come home. KISS Records signals the
end of one era and along with our perfect partners, Sanctuary Records,
the beginning of a new one. You better believe it,\" comments KISS
bassist Gene Simmons. As for the KISS Symphony, Simmons says, \"KISS
and The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, never have so many grown men and
women looked better in KISS make-up.\"
KISS' drummer Peter Criss comments, \"I am moved deeply to know that
after thirty years millions of people are still being touched by our
music. It was an honor to perform with the Melbourne Symphony
Orchestra. As a writer and performer it was truly a dream come true.\"
\"As the new kid in town, I'm honored and excited to be part of the
continuing KISS legacy. I know that KISS Symphony: Alive IV will put
die-hard KISS fans in the middle of the action like nothing they've
ever experienced before. I was blown away by the immediate acceptance
of the fans and the thrill of being onstage for a show as important as
KISS Symphony, \" states new KISS lead guitar player Tommy Thayer.
Over their illustrious 30-year career, KISS has sold over 80 million
albums, played thousands of spectacular SRO tours and continues to
garner a succession of gold and platinum awards (they currently hold
the RIAA record for No. 1 most Gold albums second only to the
Beatles). The legend carries on with their upcoming North American
tour with Aerosmith, which kicks off on Aug. 2 in Hartford, CT.
Sanctuary Records Group is part of the Sanctuary Group, one of the
world's leading developers of intellectual property rights (IPR's) in
the fields of music, television and entertainment and the owner of the
world's largest independently owned catalogue of music and visual
rights. With an ever-growing recorded music repertoire of over 100,000
tracks, Sanctuary has distribution in all of the world's major
territories. Sanctuary is also a major international artist management
company, representing artists from Guns 'N\" Roses, Iron Maiden, Jane's
Addiction, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, The Who, Adam F and Buddahead, as
well as 30 of the world's top music producers. Through its visual
rights licensing company and Europe's largest live agency, Sanctuary
can offer a complete service to artists. Other important areas of
business include a television and DVD production division, which sells
to over 100 countries worldwide and a burgeoning music-publishing arm.
World... Kiss... Announce Formation Of Kiss Records...
Joins Sanctuary Records Group For Debut Of Double CD Kiss Symphony:
Alive IV On July 22
New York, N.Y. -- KISS, America's #1 Gold Record Award Winning
Champion Group (RIAA-Group category) and Sanctuary Records Group are
proud to announce the formation of KISS Records, a joint venture
between KISS and Sanctuary Records Group, it was announced today by
Merck Mercuriadis, Chief Executive Officer, Sanctuary Group Inc. and
longtime KISS manager Doc McGhee, President, McGhee Entertainment.
Merck Mercuriadis commented, \"We wanted the best and we got the best.
KISS are the barometer that everyone looks to for gold records, ticket
sales, licensing income, merchandising sales and as a result are the
perfect partners for Sanctuary's 360 model. Gene and Paul have lead
the way throughout their career and continue to do so with the
formation of KISS Records and this revolutionary deal with Sanctuary.\"
\"After seeing what has been going on at the major record labels,\" Doc
McGhee adds, \"KISS searched for an innovative way to reach their
audience. We looked mostly at new and up and coming independent
labels. In doing so, we talked with Sanctuary Records and found what
we were looking for. By forming KISS Records we can control how we
appear, and with the great staff at Sanctuary Records, we feel we have
the opportunity to create something very special in the 21st century.
Both KISS and Sanctuary Group believe that if it's worth doing, it's
worth over doing.\"
Debuting on KISS Records/Sanctuary Records on July 22, KISS Symphony:
Alive IV, is unlike anything recorded or released before by the Rock
Icons. KISS Symphony: Alive IV, captures one of the world's greatest
performing rock bands with the prestigious 60-piece Melbourne Symphony
Orchestra live before a sold-out crowd from Australia's Telstra Dome
while on the 2003 tour. The energy packed two-disc set promises to
captivate and tantalize fans new and old alike with twenty-two newly
recorded live tracks featuring ten classic KISS tracks backed by the
60-piece Melbourne Symphony, six never-performed-live acoustic
versions of KISS classics and six raw classic KISS tracks sans
orchestra. This spectacular concert event proved to be a memorable
show highlighted by the Melbourne Symphony appearing in full KISS
makeup and will be released as a DVD, in the future.
KISS' lead singer Paul Stanley states, \"KISS Records is the
continuation of the road paved by us for the past thirty years. Our
first release KISS Symphony: Alive IV ushers in a new era where we
will exert uncompromising attention to detail, control of quality, and
overall feel and direction from concept to completion.\" With a sly
grin, Stanley adds, \"With KISS Symphony, you are cordially invited to
witness the unholy marriage of black tie and black leather.\"
\"After 30 years, KISS has finally come home. KISS Records signals the
end of one era and along with our perfect partners, Sanctuary Records,
the beginning of a new one. You better believe it,\" comments KISS
bassist Gene Simmons. As for the KISS Symphony, Simmons says, \"KISS
and The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, never have so many grown men and
women looked better in KISS make-up.\"
KISS' drummer Peter Criss comments, \"I am moved deeply to know that
after thirty years millions of people are still being touched by our
music. It was an honor to perform with the Melbourne Symphony
Orchestra. As a writer and performer it was truly a dream come true.\"
\"As the new kid in town, I'm honored and excited to be part of the
continuing KISS legacy. I know that KISS Symphony: Alive IV will put
die-hard KISS fans in the middle of the action like nothing they've
ever experienced before. I was blown away by the immediate acceptance
of the fans and the thrill of being onstage for a show as important as
KISS Symphony, \" states new KISS lead guitar player Tommy Thayer.
Over their illustrious 30-year career, KISS has sold over 80 million
albums, played thousands of spectacular SRO tours and continues to
garner a succession of gold and platinum awards (they currently hold
the RIAA record for No. 1 most Gold albums second only to the
Beatles). The legend carries on with their upcoming North American
tour with Aerosmith, which kicks off on Aug. 2 in Hartford, CT.
Sanctuary Records Group is part of the Sanctuary Group, one of the
world's leading developers of intellectual property rights (IPR's) in
the fields of music, television and entertainment and the owner of the
world's largest independently owned catalogue of music and visual
rights. With an ever-growing recorded music repertoire of over 100,000
tracks, Sanctuary has distribution in all of the world's major
territories. Sanctuary is also a major international artist management
company, representing artists from Guns 'N\" Roses, Iron Maiden, Jane's
Addiction, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, The Who, Adam F and Buddahead, as
well as 30 of the world's top music producers. Through its visual
rights licensing company and Europe's largest live agency, Sanctuary
can offer a complete service to artists. Other important areas of
business include a television and DVD production division, which sells
to over 100 countries worldwide and a burgeoning music-publishing arm.