You possibly can “Rock and Roll All Nite” with Gene Simmons — however it’ll value you.
The Kiss frontman, 75, is giving followers the chance to be his private assistant and band roadie for over $12K.
Hawking the job as “the last word Gene Simmons expertise” on his web site, the rocker guarantees you’ll “be on the GS Band Group Crew for all the day” and be on the within of his every day schedule whereas he’s out on the street for his solo tour along with his Gene Simmons Band this spring.
Not solely will the fortunate fan do handbook labor — like serving to arrange for the band’s present — however they may sit in on sound test, arrive on the venue with the band, and hang around backstage.
Simmons additionally guarantees that the hefty value of $12,495 will likely be sufficient for the large spender to have a meal with the rocker both on the lodge or backstage on the present, be introduced up on the stage throughout the live performance, and be launched to the group.
The “I Was Made for Lovin’ You” musician gained’t allow you to depart the venue empty-handed, both.
In accordance with the itemizing, the excessive curler will go dwelling with a set listing signed by Simmons and a signed rehearsal-used bass.
He additionally claims that the fortunate assistant can take images throughout the day of their “complete expertise.” With regards to outdoors objects, Simmons will solely enable them to convey a further 4 issues for him to signal — and it might probably’t be any devices or elements.
Nonetheless, the last word fan will likely be allowed to convey one other individual as their plus one for the day.
This isn’t a one-time provide, although.
Simmons will enable one assistant expertise per venue when his band heads on tour from April 3 to Aug. 3 — and with over 20 reveals, that’s an entire lot of dough.
The assistant job isn’t the one attention-grabbing expertise accessible.
For $6,500, followers can get a signed bass (whereas provides final) and meet Simmons backstage at certainly one of his reveals.
That is the newest gimmick for the rocker, whose Kiss band has been slammed for its considerably crass advertising and marketing techniques through the years.
In 2001, Simmons and bandmates Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley and Peter Criss provided Kiss-themed caskets for $3,900, which featured their faces on them.
The rockers additionally gave their stamp of approval on Kiss Kondoms, inflatable tongues and Kiss rest room paper.
The band completed the “Finish of the Street’ world tour at Madison Sq. Backyard in December 2023, with Simmons making it clear it was “the top of the street for the band, not the model.”
“Kiss is a universe of its personal – films, merchandise, possibly even Broadway. The band will finish, however the Kiss expertise … it’s immortal,” he informed 519 Journal on the time. “It’s the top of touring … We’re the hardest-working band on-stage. I’ve bought 40 kilos of armor and all the remainder of it and 7-inch platform heels. Every of the dragon boots weighs as a lot as a bowling ball. Bodily, it’s powerful to try this.”
