According to News.com.au, KISS have reassured fans their grand prix show will be a full concert. The longtime rockers will play for two hours on Sunday once the race has ended.

"There's all this incredible horsepower, incredible noise and speed -- and then there'll also be the car race,'' Paul Stanley says.

"We will bring loudness to a new level. You're going to shiver and quiver in all the places that count. This is bigger than ever.''

"Don't listen to your girlfriends,'' Gene Simmons adds. "Size does matter.''

The band launch their Kiss Alive 35 world tour in Melbourne, celebrating the band's formation in 1973. The setlist borrows heavily from their classic 1975 album Alive!

"We have no intentions of stopping,'' Stanley says. "We gave up doing this for money a long time

ago. We do it because we love it. But we still like being paid for it.''

"Rock and roll's in a pathetic state,'' Simmons rants. "The reason we're on stage is because we're goddamn bored and sick and tired of bands getting up on stage and not giving you value for buck. A warning for all low-flying planes -- Kiss are here.''

The band are filming the Australian tour for an hour-long TV special called Kissteria, and the crew for Gene Simmons' Family Jewels are also in town.

"When we played Kiss Symphony in Melbourne (in 2003) we didn't record the behind-the-scenes stuff,'' Simmons says.

"We're going to do it right this time.''

The new series of Family Jewels is being promoted in the US with the catchphrase "One man, 4800 women''.

"And some farm animals,'' Simmons clarifies.