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KISS Legend GENE SIMMONS To Serve As Co-Managing Director Of New Boxing Venture - Sep. 14, 2005

Los Angeles-based BBKO Ltd. has officially announced the active participation of KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons as co-managing director of the company. BBKO is a 21st-century boxing venture that seeks to broaden the sport beyond its traditional ring by infusing it with equally hard-hitting entertainment. The company was originally co-founded, and its business plan developed, by Simmons prior to its July 2005 acquisition by Orbit Brands Corporation.

KISS has broken box office records set by ELVIS PRESLEY and THE BEATLES and continues to be the juggernaut of licensing/merchandising, with over 2,500 licenses.

"Besides being an accomplished entrepreneur, Gene has a canny sense of how entertainment can organically enhance a sports institution such as boxing," stated Joe Cellura, chairman and CEO of Orbit Brands Corporation. "His active involvement in BBKO will fuel the growth of the company in all areas, and we enthusiastically welcome him aboard."

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	COMMENT \| Lame posted by : kwf 9/14/2005 11:48:57 AM

	WWE...been there...done that... School of Rock....Rock School...l;ame...been there done that... How about NEW KISS SONGS??? No canny ability for that, though...

	COMMENT \| What box office records did Kiss break? posted by : Busty_Asians_Rule 9/14/2005 11:50:48 AM

	Elvis is still one of the highest grossing celebrities each year and he's dead. Same thing with the beatles, though 2 of 4 are dead. So what 'box office records' are they talking about?

	COMMENT \| posted by : stevensime71 9/14/2005 11:51:17 AM

	Here we go again..Same ole posts from the same 200 people on this board.

	COMMENT \| posted by : jeffgq_1 9/14/2005 11:52:46 AM

	saw kiss at tiger stadium in 96 on the first "reunion" show. third to last show for alice in chains who opened. fucking great show. layne staley looked close to death though

	COMMENT \| posted by : RiotAct666 9/14/2005 11:56:49 AM

	fuck greed $immon$

	COMMENT \| Pleeeeze! posted by : Pink Tank Top And Orange Juice 9/14/2005 12:31:45 PM

	Gene, go back to making new music with KISS!

	COMMENT \| What box office records did Kiss break? posted by : lemmy33 9/14/2005 12:38:56 PM

	That refers to venues that KISS played at, selling out faster and more seats than the beatles and Elvis did.

	COMMENT \| Thank You Lemmy33 posted by : Busty_Asians_Rule 9/14/2005 12:45:09 PM

	Thank you for that clarification. Now I have a second question. Are these numbers adjusted for affluence? People in the 50s-60 were more conservative with thier money than those of us nowadays.

	COMMENT \| lemmy 33 posted by : bigsled 9/14/2005 12:56:47 PM

	that comment is misleading as many bands have broken those records over the years, kiss is just one of them. same with genes comments on his gold record status. saying kiss is right behind the beatles . kiss use to put out 2 albums a year back in the seventies, that at least 500,000 ( gold ) people bought but ask gene how what records he holds with platnium sales 1,000,000. ( kiss dosent hold any ) just another misleading comment. or you could ask him about last years tour stats tongue mag. solo cd " kissworld" detroit rock city movie europe tour last year ( oh wait there wasent one because promoters didnt want to pay kiss asking price without ace and peter) or you could ask him how many fans he has left after what he did with ace and peters makeup... i could go on and on, this is too easy !!!!

	COMMENT \| Great posted by : stonecold316 9/14/2005 1:08:21 PM

	he is just like the energizer bunny. He keeps going , going ,and going. Good for him. At his age I commend him.

	COMMENT \| KISS has broken box office records set by ELVIS PRESLEY and THE BEATLES posted by : lemmy33 9/14/2005 1:31:29 PM

	bigsled, KISS were the first band to surpass the Beatles and Elvis Box office records, something which is no small feat. Sure those records have been broken time and time again, actually every time thos old buildings are retrofitted and more seats added...but that isn't what this article is talking about, KISS did it first, you can't take that away from them...regardless of how much smoke you try to muster up.

	COMMENT \| And..... posted by : lemmy33 9/14/2005 1:41:06 PM

	"Now I have a second question. Are these numbers adjusted for affluence? People in the 50s-60 were more conservative with thier money than those of us nowadays." The numbers don't refer to the gate recipt, it only refers to the number of seats sold, not the revenue generated...in essence it is all about attendance figures.

	COMMENT \| posted by : The Reverand 9/14/2005 2:29:43 PM

	It pains me to agree with you, but that would indeed be cool.

	COMMENT \| posted by : The Reverand 9/14/2005 2:52:50 PM

	chuckles. dip shit.

	COMMENT \| kissrules posted by : Pink Tank Top And Orange Juice 9/14/2005 3:10:05 PM

	Hmm, Gene should be carefull. All the money they made in the 70's they lost in the 80's. Especially Gene has a radar for picking projects that go nowhere. What happened to Simmmons records in the 80's? All the movies he was involved in (Except for Runaway). Or Detroit Rock City? Even the projects he does today are just vanishing points. If you want to secure your kids financially buy houses or stock. If you want to be sucessfull - Kiss is the road to choose. PS: Paul's solo album... I won't buy it.

	COMMENT \| COOL posted by : Conflict Management 9/14/2005 4:19:46 PM

	IT WILL BE GRREAATT TO HAVE A CHANGE IN THE SAME OLD HUMDRUM. CANT WAIT TO SEE WHAT COMES OF THIS.

	COMMENT \| I wanna know posted by : hippieshateslayer 9/14/2005 6:21:28 PM

	how much money i could pay Gene to get in a boxing ring with me so I can beat the fucking shit out of him.

	COMMENT \| Hey Kissrules posted by : Itwalksamongus 9/14/2005 10:16:57 PM

	How's that CIVIL ENGINEER job going - now that mommy let you off being grounded and you're back on her computer, that is. BWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

	COMMENT \| Bigsled. posted by : Warchief 9/17/2005 12:12:28 AM

	You burnt his ass with that.No answer for it.Itwalks your right.That bungie jumping shit is about the stupidest one yet.

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