Ariel Messman-Rucker is an Oakland-born journalist who now calls the Pacific Northwest her home. When she’s not writing about politics and queer pop culture, she can be found reading, hiking, or ...

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Kissing occurred around 21.5 to 16.9 million years ago, the researchers said. Stories have long been swapped on awkward first kisses and princesses smooching frogs, but a new study suggests the ...

KISS honored Ace Frehley in the band’s first performance since his death. The rock group performed its three-day KISS Kruise: Landlocked event in Las Vegas over the weekend and paid tribute to the ...

Manager Doc McGhee offered Kiss fans in Las Vegas a sneak peak at three big projects the band is planning to release in the near future. During the "Future of Kiss" panel at Kiss Kruise: Land-Locked ...

Kiss fans have grown to expect what Gene Simmons describes as a "gathering of the tribes" at the Kiss Kruise, which first set sail in 2011 and has happened on a semi-annual basis since then. But the ...

Ace Frehley, the original lead guitarist and founding member of the glam rock band Kiss, died on Thursday, his family and agent said. He was 74. Frehley died peacefully surrounded by family in ...

Kiss lead singer Gene Simmons shared a tribute to his bandmate, guitarist Ace Frehley, who died on Oct. 16 in Morristown, New Jersey, at the age of 74. While Simmons and Frehley were known for their ...

Frehley and the band were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014. Ace Frehley, the founding guitarist for the rock band KISS, has died at age 74. His death was confirmed in a statement ...

Frehley left KISS in 1982 and launched a successful solo career with hits like "New York Groove" Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

Ace Frehley, the legendary original lead guitarist for the rock band KISS, is in the hospital and on life support, according to a report from TMZ. The prognosis for the 74-year-old Frehley “is not ...

I’ve always been an Ace guy — from the time I saw that early concert film on HBO back in the ’70s, a choice I wore with pride when Kiss released four solo albums on the same day (such a Kiss move) and ...