The Kiss Kasket is an item of

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licensed by the rock band

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. It is a

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decorated with a Kiss logo and pictures of the band members. In introducing the Kiss Kasket,

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said, "I love livin', but this makes the alternative look pretty damn good." The Kiss Kasket went on sale in 2001; as of 2008, it was no longer available from Kiss' website. As of February 2011, the second-generation models of the Kiss Kasket became available on Kiss's website.Kissonline.com, Entry of February 14, 2011 titled, "Kiss Kaskets Now Available," accessed February 15, 2011.

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, the guitarist of

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and

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, was buried in a Kiss Kasket donated by Simmons at Darrell’s funeral in 2004. His brother

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, the drummer of Pantera, Damageplan, and

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, was also buried in a Kiss Kasket at his funeral in 2018.

Reintroduction - second generation

* On December 1, 2010, Kissonline.com announced a new licensing agreement between Kiss and Eternal Image Inc. (a public company engaged in the designing, manufacturing, and marketing of officially licensed memorial products) to design, manufacture, and market a limited-edition line of official KISS-branded memorial products. The line will reportedly include caskets, cremation urns, bronze memorials, memorial prayer cards, registry books, memorial candles, and pet cremation urns—-all designed after the famous rock band's iconic images. * On December 10, 2010, Wrap Wizard, a division of Sign & Graphic Solutions, Inc. located in Newnan, Georgia produced the first mock-up of the New and improved Kiss Kasket for Gene Simmons of Kiss. * On December 15, 2010, Kissonline.com provided a sneak peek and announced that the newest second generation Kiss Kaskets are in production. * On December 31, 2010, Eternal Image, Inc. announced on its website that the latest Kiss Kaskets will be available for purchase by the end of February 2011. * On February 14, 2011, Eternal Image, Inc. announced that two models of the Kiss Kasket (a premium model and a standard model) are now available.
* On February 14, 2011, Kissonline.com provided images and details of the two second-generation caskets.

References

External links

Archived kissonline.com Kiss Kasket page
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