Q & A with Paul Stanley

Over at Washburn.com Paul Stanley has answered tons of questions that were submitted to the message board. Here are a few examples:

Q: If KISS were to play their last show, would Ace and Peter play?

PAUL: I'm not sure that when Kiss plays its last show, I'll be playing.

Q: If Eric Carr were still alive, what would be the chances of him still being in the band?

PAUL: That's too hypothetical a question. His loss was a tragedy and it's pointless to hypothesize.

Q: What do you think of Anomaly? And is the reality show with Ace a go?

PAUL: Honestly, I've never heard the whole album. For me, the most important thing is that Ace is alive and hopefully doing what he loves. As far as a reality show, I have no idea what you're talking about.

Q: Grant me one wish: Never let Peter Criss and Ace Frehley be members of KISS again.

PAUL: Your wish is granted.

There are many more interesting questions and answers at washburn.com. To check out all of them click here.  

Accept - Blood of the Nations

The release of ACCEPT’s brand new record “Blood Of The Nations” is fast approaching. It will mark the first studio-album of the band since more than fifteen years. Just recently ACCEPT signed up with Nuclear Blast. “Blood Of The Nations” will be released in late summer of 2010. The album was recorded in the winter months of 2009 in England with the help of famous producer Andy Sneap (Megadeth, Opeth, Killswitch Engage, Machine Head).

In march 2010 ACCEPT shot the video for their brand new song “Teutonic Terror”. For the perfect setting the band chose a military graveyard in Los Angeles Access exclusive behind the scenes footage here
In autumn 2010 the band will start off a big World Tour.

Here are the dates for the Warm Up shows:

8 May – Gramercy Theater – New York City (SOLD OUT!)
11 May – Forum Palace – Vilnius, Lithuania Tickets
14 May – B1 Maximum – Moscow, Russia Tickets
15 May – DK Lensoveta Theater – St. Petersburg, Russia Tickets
18 May – Virgin Oil. Co. – Helsinki, Finland Tickets
20 May – Debaser Slussen – Stockholm, Sweden Tickets
22 May – Rock Hard Festival – Gelsenkirchen, Germany Tickets
23 May – De Pul – Uden, The Netherlands Tickets
24 May – Le Bataclan – Paris, France Tickets
26 May – Islington O2 Academy – London, UK Tickets
28 May – Sala Heineken, Madrid (Spain)
30 May – Rockstar Live Barakaldo, Bilbao (Spain)

Taken from acceptworldwide.com   Hear the brand new song "The Abyss" below. You may need to turn down Global Pirate Radio first. Just scroll down and lower the volume on the player first. Don't forget to turn it back up.

Bret Michaels Leaves Hospital, Expected To Make Full Recovery

Bret Michaels has been discharged from Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix almost two weeks after suffering a massive brain hemorrhage, his doctor announced in a televised press conference on Tuesday (May 4). The Poison frontman is currently resting in an undisclosed location, where he is receiving physical therapy and being monitored.

"He's walking. He's not walking very well. He's talking very well, and he's very mentally aware," Dr. Joseph M. Zabramski said, adding, "He'll fortunately make a 100 percent recovery."

Following a third angiogram that determined no aneurysm had taken place in his brain and that bleeding was no longer occurring, Michaels' condition was downgraded from critical to stable. Zabramski was not at liberty to say where Michaels had been transferred but did say that airplane flight was not prohibited for someone in his condition. The 47-year-old singer will receive a fourth angiogram in two weeks to monitor his progress.
While Michaels' recovery continues, Zabramski said he is "really suffering again right now." The reason for the suffering is that as the blood clot from his hemorrhage begins to "clear," the clot's various "blood products" create painful irritation inside the skull and along the spine. Steroids can usually be administered to mitigate the irritation, but Michaels' diabetes prevents the use of such drugs. A clot can take seven to 10 days to clear, Zabramski said.
Zabramski also said that Michaels' situation was an extremely lucky one. Fifteen to 20 percent of people who suffer subarachnoid hemorrhages die before they can even reach a hospital. An additional 20 percent arrive at a hospital with severe deficits that assure lifelong cognitive and physical issues. While Michaels arrived at the hospital with slurred speech and memory lapses, Zabramski said that by the next day, his speech had returned to normal. The singer might continue to have problems with back pain and new problems with headaches but is expected to make a full recovery and is not at a higher risk to suffer a hemorrhage again.
Asked when Michaels might resume his regular activities, Zabramski said he sees about four to six weeks of continued rest for the singer. But he went on to caution: "What I made him promise me is that he would not make any promises."
Taken from MTV.COM