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Kiss star Gene Simmons says if he was harder on them, Ace and Criss might have been in the band until the final shows

In early December Kiss played their final ever show, at New York's iconic Madison Square Garden: Classic Rock was there to talk to Gene and Paul about the enormity of it all

Returning with 10,000 Volts of rock 'n' roll, the legendary former Kiss guitarist explains why his style needs no evolution – just a Les Paul, a Marshall on 10, and he's good to go

The former Kiss guitarist has often been accused of sloppiness, a label he says he doesn't mind at all

Kiss’s longest-serving guitarist looks back on growing into his onstage role and eventually writing one of the band’s standards, and what lies ahead after the rock institution’s final shows

Also available: the special, limited edition Kiss bundle edition. Inside: Iron Maiden, Thin Lizzy, Nirvana, The Doors, Saxon, Peter Gabriel and more

With the help of Trixter’s Steve Brown, the Kiss guitar legend reckons he’s made the best record of his career. He explains why 10,000 Volts debunks his former bandmates’ claims, what made the Fender Strat a recording mainstay throughout his career – and why Yngwie Malmsteen and Eddie Van Halen’s…

Gene Simmons worked with them, Bon Jovi borrowed their producer and they appeared on the b-side of a Madonna single – Black ’N Blue are one of 80s hard rock’s great near-misses

He's happy his former bandmates have closed the curtain on their final physical farewell tour, but Frehley admits he doesn't “get” the next phase of Kiss

A 23-song setlist filled with hits, some trademark displays of showmanship and a surprise cameo from the digital stars set to carry Kiss into their next era

Ahead of their very last show, an all-star cast of rock guitar luminaries reveal how they were influenced by the Hottest Band in the Land