By Dan Reilly

As one of the largest bands in the world for over 30 years, Kiss are certainly no strangers to the kind of fame that Lady Gaga currently enjoys. With that and their outlandish fashion sense in common, it shouldn't surprise anyone that the rockers and the diva hit it off immediately.

Gaga posted two pictures on her Twitter account, one showing her with guitarist Paul Stanley and another of her and the entire band. The pictures were taken backstage after the band's Friday gig at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, N.J., which Gaga attended with her boyfriend, Luc Carl.

On Saturday, Gaga performed in Tacoma, Wash., and spoke of how inspired she was to meet Stanley and company. "You meet so many people [in Hollywood] who are so ungrateful for what they have," she said, according to PopEater. "But Kiss, these guys have been making music for decades and they were ... beyond nice and beyond down to earth, full makeup and everything. They hung out with me and my friends for 30 minutes just shooting the s--- backstage like they don't have anything better to do ... That's gonna be me in 30 years."

Naturally, fans everywhere started speculating about a collaboration between Kiss and Gaga, but it seems that's just wishful thinking.

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Kiss front man Paul Stanley says he'll "never be as good a guitarist" as his 16-year-old son Evan, but don't expect the teen to be putting on the grease paint any time soon. When we asked Stanley whether his son will ever play onstage with the band, he replied: "I hope not."

Although Evan does jam with the band during sound checks, Kiss' Star Child says he wants all three of his kids to "live by the same philosophy that got me where I am, which is: find your own path. Follow your desires and succeed without any sense of owing anybody any debt of gratitude." Adds Stanley: "Being Frank Sinatra Jr. is a hard cross to bear."

On Aug. 14, Stanley, Gene Simmons and the rest of Kiss will rock Nikon Jones Beach Theater, and Stanley says the band has never been "more vibrant or lethal." The band's Hottest Show on Earth tour has also been attracting some interesting fans, too. Says Stanley: "When you look out in the audience and Jimmy Page is out there with a big smile on his face, that says volumes."

Das Titelblatt vom Magazin Nuvo in Indiana (USA) ist ein Tripute an die heisseste Band der Welt!