KISS legend Gene Simmons made a keynote address at the M For Montreal music conference on November 17th. Patryk Pigeon at MusikUniverse.net has posted video and a picture gallery from the event. The photos are avaiable here, video footage can be viewed below.

Following is an excerpt from an interview with Simmons conducted by John Gaudiosi for Crispy Gamer:

Q: If you were to make another videogame with today's technology, what direction would you like to go?

Simmons: "If I were to try to use that I would tell you that I would start with Guitar Hero first and foremost because the mixture of fantasy and this kind of evolution from musician to demigod is sort of like what happens to me talking to you glibly and parlaying a different languages and when I get up on stage and become the demon. I can talk about it now, but when you unleash the inner demon, if you will, inside of you you'll understand it. I do."

Q: Bands like AEROSMITH and THE BEATLES have their own music games. Will we ever see a stand-alone KISS Guitar Hero game?

Simmons: "Well, we don't do things for pennies. They made the wrong deals. Never do anything, never sell yourself short. There's no hurry. We have 3,000 licenses, everything. Go into any 7-11, you ll see what I mean any where in the world, 37,000 stores. We have KISS ice boxes. We have KISS caskets. KISS condoms. We'll get you coming and we'll get you going. Nobody touches us. We outsell the Beatles and Elvis together."

Click here for the complete interview.

As previously reported, according to Pegasus News, Simmons will host 1,000 Texas servicemen and women and more than 3,500 party-goers at the 2011 Aces and Angels Salute to the Troops, a benefit supporting The Wounded Warrior Project and the USO. It is the first major event of the big game week in Dallas and takes place at Fair Park's Centennial Hall, Wednesday, February 2, 2011, 6 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.

Aces and Angels will feature live performances in part by multi-platinum Grammy-nominated artist FIVE FOR FIGHTING, ACM Vocal Group of the Year LITTLE TEXAS, and many others. Aces and Angels Salute to the Troops will also play host the $100,000 Texas State Poker Championships where the winner will advance to represent the State of Texas at the World Series of Poker. The first 100 ticket purchasers will receive $100 off general admission. For more information or to purchase tickets, log on to Aces-angels.org or call 214-440-3936.

"There is one man who will blow the roof off Dallas and that man is Gene Simmons. This is absolutely the one event that you definitely don't want to miss," said Executive Producer Michael Eakman.

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