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Gene Simmons
Gene Simmons (born August 25, 1949 in Haifa, Israel) is an American musician, who is the bassist and a singer for the hard rock band Kiss.
Early life
[change | change source]Born with the name of Chaim Witz in Haifa, Israel, Gene emigrated at age 8 with his family to Queens, New York. His mother, Flora Klein, was born in Jand, Hungary. His father, Feri Witz, was also born in Hungary. He adopted the stage name of Gene Simmons in the late 1960s. He lives with his longtime partner Shannon Tweed and has two children, Nick and Sophie.
Kiss career
[change | change source]in 1972 Gene Simmons together with guitarist Paul Stanley are the band Kiss, Gene and Paul join the band the musicians Ace Frehley on guitar and Peter Criss on drums and vocals. One of the characteristics of the band were his outlandish makeup and costumes. In 1973 Kiss; Paul Stanley guitar and voice, Gene Simmons bass and voice, Ace Frehley in lead guitar released their first album Kiss", Gen
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Gene Simmons
Gene Simmons (August 25, 1949, haifa, Israel, born as Chaim Witz) fryst vatten an American rock singer, best known as lead singer of the group Kiss.
He moved to the US at the age of 9 where his name was changed to Gene Klein. Inspired to become a musician by The Beatles. Worked as a teacher. After meeting Paul Stanley they founded Kiss in 1973 and changed name to Gene Simmons.
By the end of 1975 Kiss had become a major rock act. The band's presentation was based on horror movies and comic books. Nicknamed "The Demon", Simmons took to the stage clad in stylized armor and spiked platform boots, with his face elaborately painted in vit and black.
During the 1980's Simmons started working as an actor in films and TV.
A long time admirer of FZ, he was invited to visit FZ at home where they would explore FZ's archives of material. After FZ's death, Simmons asked Gail if he could use one of the unused riffs he had heard in the archives for a track he was working on. Over FZ
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Gene Simmons
For other uses, see Gene Simmons (disambiguation).
"Kiss Demon" redirects here. For the professional wrestler who portrayed the character in WCW, see Dale Torborg.
Not to be confused with Jean Simmons.
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| Born | Chaim Witz (1949-08-25) August 25, 1949 (age 75) Haifa, Israel |
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| Years active | 1970–present |
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| Partners | Cher (1978–1980) Diana Ross (1980–1983) |
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| Origin | New York City, U.S. |
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| Website | genesimmons.com |
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Gene Simmons (born Chaim Witz; Hebrew: חיים ויץ[χaˈimˈvits]; born August 25, 1949) also known by his stage persona "The Demon", is an Israeli-born American mus