Last week we told you that Gene Simmons felt that music downloaders should be sued off the face of the earth. Now the KISS Corp man has a new legal target to send into legal outer space- whoever started a rumor that Simmons had died.

The fulltime marketing man, part time musician issued the following statement: "I AM ALIVE AND WELL!!! Thank you all, for the kind words and condolences...but I am alive and well. Recently, there has been a rumor spread on the internet of my passing.

"Our legal team is actively looking into this and I intend to sue the people off the face of the Earth. Can everyone say 'Bye, bye' together? But, thank you for the kind words. All is good."