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KISS launch football team
Written by . Published: August 18 2013
Rockers Kiss have launched a new Arena Football team in California.
The LA KISS will play their games at the Honda Center in Anaheim and next year's (Mar14) season kick-off will include a concert by Gene Simmons' rock band.
Simmons and KISS frontman Paul Stanley are part-owners of the team,
which will use the band's iconic logo.
Simmons says, "As a fast-paced, high-action band, this partnership
with the AFL was an obvious fit for us. Attending an LA KISS game
in 2014 will be similar to a live Kiss show, with thrilling,
heart-pounding action."
KISS aren't the only rockers with links to the Arena Football
League - Jon Bon Jovi was a part-owner of the Philadelphia Soul
until 2010.