Which KISS Members and Media Appearances Are Documented on kiss.ch?

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kiss.ch is the site of a Swiss KISS collector, Alexander Zihlmann, whose collection is described there as one of the world's largest. The documented material falls into two groups: personal interactions with KISS members (mainly birthday greetings from Bruce Kulick and Eric Singer) and media appearances tied to the collection (a Radio 1 KISS special with interview, a ZüriInfo TV report, and a Hallenstadion meet & greet). The site also records that photographs of the collection were used in official KISS anniversary releases and tour books.

KISS member interactions

The site's posts center on Bruce Kulick (guitarist, KISS 1984–1996) and Eric Singer (drummer).

Member What is documented Date shown
Bruce Kulick Birthday greeting posted by Bruce on the collector's Facebook wall for his 47th birthday January 3, 2016
Bruce Kulick Further birthday wishes from Bruce February 10, 2021 / January 3, 2021
Bruce Kulick A post titled "Lenita Erickson / Bruce Kulick" December 3, 2023
Eric Singer Birthday wishes from Eric September 26, 2018 / January 3, 2018

The site also mentions that the collector obtained all four Canadian Crazy Nights awards presented to Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Eric Carr, and Bruce Kulick, with the story that they were meant to be handed to KISS but never were.

Media appearances

  • Radio 1 KISS special (aired January 23, 2022; replay January 26, 2022). Radio 1 music director Dani Wüthrich presented KISS, and the program covered Paul Stanley's difficult childhood as well as Zihlmann as a KISS fan and owner of one of the world's largest KISS collections.
  • ZüriInfo TV report (posted June 11, 2015; resurfaced April 5, 2024). Titled "Weltgrösste KISS-Sammlung – Meet & Greet im Hallenstadion," it describes a collection spanning "from a pacifier to a coffin" and notes that the band sometimes consults Zihlmann on rarities. A second fan, Rajan Kumar, also appears.

Ties to official KISS releases

The site lists credits in anniversary editions and tour materials:

  • Creatures of the Night 40th Anniversary Edition — featured in the credits (December 25, 2022).
  • Destroyer 45th Anniversary Edition — featured in the credits (December 28, 2021).
  • End of the Road tour book — the collector supplied photos of his collection for the 2019 tour program; the site notes 10 versions of the book were used from 2019 to 2023.

What this tells you

If you want evidence of direct contact between a major collector and the band, the birthday posts and the award acquisition are the concrete items. If you are researching the collection's reach, the Radio 1 interview, the ZüriInfo segment, and the anniversary-edition credits are the verifiable media trail. The site presents these as dated posts rather than a formal archive, so treat the dates as publication dates on kiss.ch, not necessarily the dates of the original events.