Condi Meets Kiss

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had a late-night encounter with the rock band Kiss while on a diplomatic trip to Sweden Thursday.

Rice, in Stockholm for a conference on Iraq, first ran into Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer in the lounge of the Sheraton Hotel, the Associated Press reports. Rice later accepted an invitation to meet with the band after her dinner with the Swedish foreign minister.

Though the rockers did not have on their painted faces and leather costumes, Rice said she was “thrilled.”

“It was really fun to meet Kiss and Gene Simmons,” Rice, a classically trained pianist, told reporters. She said that her favorite Kiss song is “Rock And Roll All Nite.”

(Photo courtesy of KISSONLINE.)