Here's KISS guitarist Tommy Thayer posing on stage with members of Mr. Speed, KISSteria, Rock and Roll Over and KISS Forever, just after Mr. Speed was declared the winner of the KISS OFF contest. Tommy was a judge at the competition that took place Sunday at the Hard Rock Hotel.

KISS Off Bands with Tommy Thayer of KISS - photo by Erik Kabik

Tommy Thayer will be the judge: to find the World's best KISS tribute band! Enter the KISS by Monster Mini Golf® “KISS Off”!

KISS by Monster Mini Golf is searching for the ultimate KISS® tribute band with its first ever, “KISS OFF” (judged by Kiss' Tommy Thayer at the Hard Rock Hotel, Las Vegas). The “KISS OFF” winner will receive the opportunity to perform at the grand opening event of the KISS By Monster Mini Golf on Thursday, Mar. 15, 2012.

How To Enter:

- Email us your YOUTUBE video link (or any other video link) and Band info to Kiss@monsterminigolf.com Submissions will be accepted now through Jan 15, 2012 (midnight PST deadline).

- Fans and KISS band members will have Jan. 16 - 17 to vote online for their favorite KISS Tribute band right here on this site.

- The top four KISS tribute bands will be announced on Wednesday, Jan. 18 at 12 noon and be invited to showcase their talents live in front of a crowd of KISS® fans and KISS’s own Tommy Thayer! Who better to judge you than KISS!

The “KISS OFF”, ultimate battle of the bands finale will be on Sunday, Jan. 29 at Body English at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino located at 4455 Paradise Road, Las Vegas, NV 89109. No cover charge for this event. Free for fans!

• Perform at the Grand Opening event of KISS® By Monster Mini Golf®.
• Receive a complete set of authentic KISS® costumes and boots (Valued at $3,000)
• Meet and Greet with Tommy Thayer
• Appear on KISS® by Monster Mini Golf® website, social media, publicity and advertising campaigns and collateral materials.
• Free “Lifetime Pass” KISS® by Monster Mini Golf® for each of the four band members. (Valued at $1,000)
• Free framed 8×10 portrait of choice for KISS FAN PAPER featured in the KISS By Monster Mini Golf Fan Wall (one for each band member, Valued at $1,000)

Tribute bands will be judged based on talent, performance, appearance and showmanship. Sound, lights & Back line provided for all bands.

KISS By Monster Mini Golf is located across from the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino at the Shoppes at Harmon Square at 4501 Paradise Rd. Las Vegas, NV 89069. Questions? Email: kiss@monsterminigolf.com

To the aging, toothless rocker who has been singing "All I want for KISSmas is a cruise with the band to the Bahamas where I can play mini-golf with Tommy Thayer and see Gene Simmons without his make-up," your wish has been heard and granted!

KISS has just announced that the guys will again be calling on the KISS Navy to suit up in their sexiest black vinyl swimwear and SPF face paint to, you know, rock and roll all night (for four nights) and party every day (for five days) on the high seas!

In case you missed our coverage of last year's voyage, you can get a taste -- with your Simmons wannabe tongue -- of what this thing is all about here.

Like last year, the band will play an unmasked outdoor set as well as suiting up for some full-on, indoor rocking. There will also be a Q&A with the band, and each cabin will get a photo with the four man-monsters and an autographed poster. In addition to these guarantees, kruisers can walk the decks drunk with excitement -- and booze -- at the possibility that Paul Stanley may be around the next corner. Aboard the Norwegian Pearl, Halloween will be KISSmas indeed.

Tickets don't go on sale until after the new year, but fans can sign up for pre-sale now. KISS Kruise alumni need not do so as your service last year has earned you the priveldge of booking before any newbies. Keep an eye on your email inbox for orders from high ranking KISS Navy officials soon.

KISS Kruise 2012. October 31 - November 4. Sailing from Miami to Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas. Tickets cost $525 to $2500. Click here.

Let's all give thanks for our family and friends and to keep the world a peaceful place where we can all be happy and pursue our dreams! - Tommy

Thanks for sharing Cassidy!

KISS spent all day (and late into the night!) in the studio yesterday working on a new song for their "Monster" album.

Photos courtesy of Eric Singer