Ariel Messman-Rucker is an Oakland-born journalist who now calls the Pacific Northwest her home. When she’s not writing about politics and queer pop culture, she can be found reading, hiking, or ...

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For humans, kissing holds major cultural cachet, accompanying confessions of romantic love, religious rituals of reverence and even betrayals, à la The Godfather Part II’s “kiss of death.” New ...

And humans are far from the only species locking lips. By Ali Watkins The act has been called many things: Centrifugal motion. Perpetual bliss. The thrill of the moment. Unstoppable. In technical ...

Ace Frehley, the original lead guitarist and founding member of the glam rock band Kiss, died on Thursday, his family and agent said. He was 74. Frehley died peacefully surrounded by family in ...

I’ve always been an Ace guy — from the time I saw that early concert film on HBO back in the ’70s, a choice I wore with pride when Kiss released four solo albums on the same day (such a Kiss move) and ...

Ace Frehley, original lead guitarist and founding member of the rock band KISS, has died. He was 74. The musician’s family confirmed the heartbreaking news in a statement released Thursday. “We are ...

Ace Frehley, the original guitarist for the rock band KISS, died at the age of 74, his family said in a statement Thursday. Frehley, a New York native, became one of the founding members of KISS in ...

Ace Frehley, the wild Spaceman of Kiss who played guitar in the band throughout their Seventies heyday and again during the reunion period in the Nineties, inspiring an entire generation of musicians ...

A consummate showman, he was known for playing guitars rigged with pyrotechnic effects and for his distinctive stage persona. Ace Frehley in performance with Kiss in 1975.Credit...Fin ...

To me and millions of other people who grew up listening to alternative rock in the early 2000s, Chester Bennington was a generation-defining voice of rock music. This month marks the eighth ...