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Gene Simmons and his family bought a home in the Las Vegas Valley in May 2021 to escape the high taxes inCalifornia.And now, he and his family have sold theirLas Vegas home for $11 million dollars because they did not care for the summer heat inSouthern Nevada.
According to an article on Blabbermouth.net, the Simmons family purchased the mansion, and the lot behind the property, for a total of $10.8 million dollars less than two years ago. He and his family planted 137 trees on the property and put in new floors throughout the home. So, all in all, they have put a lot more money into the property than they are receiving in the sale. But don’t worry. They own homes in Whistler, British Columbia, Malibu, California,and two houses inLos Angeles.
According to articles onBlabbermouth.net andTMZ.com,Simmons was very dismayed after the2020 elections with the amount of taxes he was paying inCalifornia.During interviews around that time, he also complained about living inSouthern California,being on celebrity maps and celebrity bus tour routes. His grown children,Nick andSophie,had moved out of their big home into nearby homes of their own. He was looking for a quieter, less “taxing,” lifestyle here inSouthern Nevada.
Unfortunately, according to reports inBlabbermouth.net, TMZ.com,andThe Wall Street Journal,his family really did not want to move here. He toldTMZ:“They’re not gonna put up with the heat, and down the street, there’s strippers and stuff like that. They don’t wanna deal with any of that.”
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KISS: The 'End Of The Road' Is A Worthy Celebration [Review + Photos]
As KISS frontman Paul Stanely sings in “Psycho Circus,” “Welcome to the show!” KISS, as always, put on an amazing show during a recent stop on their “End Of The Road” farewell tour.
A few times during KISS’s “End Of The Road” tour stop last night (August 14) at New Jersey’s Prudential Center, the monitor screens showed black-and-white footage of the band during their early days. Obviously, a lot has changed since then: in the early ’70s KISS were rock and roll upstarts; now they’re a cultural institution. The members have changed — founding members Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley are still the band’s leaders — and so has their budget for their stage production. During the show, Gene Simmons breathed fire, spit blood and rose to the top of the lighting rig; Paul Stanley flew over the audience to sing a few songs from a small stage on the other side of the arena. There were explosions, fire, lasers, huge video screens, and even KISS balloons and confetti.
But for a few seconds during their 1974 classic “Black Diamond” toward the end of the set, a strobelight gave the stage, and the band, a black-and-white look. It’s an effect they surely could have afforded, even in their club days. And in that brief moment, you could imagine them as that band with “nothin’ to lose” and everything to prove. Back then, they wanted to be the band that they wanted to see, one that would put on the best rock and roll show that anyone ever had. So, they may no longer have anything to prove, but they are still putting on the show that they dreamed of as a club band.
And while they have been criticized for their artifice, for their over-the-top marketing, and for any other thing that disgruntled fans or snobbish naysayers can pick on, one thing that is real is their music. Most of the twenty songs that they played are etched in the memories of millions of rock fans; there’s at least thirty more that you could add to that list.
And for all of their production, they are still playing and singing live – which was evident in the strain in Paul Stanley’s voice from the beginning of the concert. A consumate pro, he powered through the show, perhaps unwisely not giving his vocal cords time to rest – he didn’t cut down on his stage banter at all, or even his backing vocals on the songs that Gene Simmons sings. After all, perfection is overrated; besides, KISS would never let a sore throat get in the way of giving fans the greatest show they’ve ever seen, one last time.
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Larry Martino has been the afternoon drive personality on 96.3 KKLZ since 2007. He is also Music Director and Assistant Program Director. He’s been a professional radio broadcaster since 1980, serving as on-air talent, Program Director, and Music Director during his career. As a content creator for 96.3 KKLZ, Larry specializes in writing articles about music, recording artists, movies, food/restaurants, and hockey.
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