A look at the nature of inspiration, via Gene Simmons moving to the US at eight, discovering rock music, comics and movies, and forming Kiss as a direct result.

Although the guitarist eventually aced his audition, his relationship with Simmons and the rest of the band got off to a ...

Gene Simmons was born Chaim Witz in Haifa, Israel, in 1949, but was raised in Queens, New York. He co-founded Kiss in the early '70s and has since become the group's most visible and most ...

Simmons was speaking on Billy Corgan’s The Magnificent podcast and said of Frehley: “He immediately tore open the doors of ...

Dropped and downtunings later became a defining characteristic of many ’90s guitar bands, but Gene Simmons recently stressed that Kiss was early to the detuning party. “Unlike other bands ...

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Musicians as diverse as Joni Mitchell (”Hopin’ for the future/And worryin’ about the past” she laments Court and Spark’s “Help Me”) and Gene Simmons give credence to focusing on the ...

(JTA) — Kiss frontman Gene Simmons said his mother almost never spoke about her Holocaust ordeal, including time in Nazi camps. A German newspaper has provided him with plenty more information.

Gene Simmons has added more shows to his 2025 solo band tour. The Kiss rocker initially began unveiling dates at the end of 2024. He’s steadily added to his schedule since then, and what began ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Gene Simmons — bassist-singer-songwriter for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees Kiss — is coming to the MGM Northfield Park on Wednesday, May 14. Tickets for the show go on ...