Gene Simmons

Yeah. But that's during the drug world. When I was growing up and I went to school, you couldn't even, you weren't allowed to have liquor, booze, beer. Out in the open. You'd have to have it in a brown paper bag. That's still the case. Oh, is it still?

Well, they take baths in it over there.

Well, they take baths in it over there.

Well, they take baths in it over there.

But never heard of a drug addict. Nobody smoked that we knew of. It was looked down on.

But never heard of a drug addict. Nobody smoked that we knew of. It was looked down on.

But never heard of a drug addict. Nobody smoked that we knew of. It was looked down on.

Well, if we landed in New York, and it was a shock to me because we're- We, your mother and yourself? My mother and myself landed in New York. I never saw tall buildings or every street was covered in concrete or asphalt. Every street in the small town and the bottom of Mount Carmel, like the biblical Carmel, that's where I was born.

Well, if we landed in New York, and it was a shock to me because we're- We, your mother and yourself? My mother and myself landed in New York. I never saw tall buildings or every street was covered in concrete or asphalt. Every street in the small town and the bottom of Mount Carmel, like the biblical Carmel, that's where I was born.

Well, if we landed in New York, and it was a shock to me because we're- We, your mother and yourself? My mother and myself landed in New York. I never saw tall buildings or every street was covered in concrete or asphalt. Every street in the small town and the bottom of Mount Carmel, like the biblical Carmel, that's where I was born.

just like, you know, with the grapes and like those stories in the Bible. Yeah, it's a real place, and I was right at the foot of those mountains. I used to go up there and get cactus fruit. There was no infrastructure, just dirt on the road. I'd never heard of television. Literally. Never heard of it. We didn't have radio.

just like, you know, with the grapes and like those stories in the Bible. Yeah, it's a real place, and I was right at the foot of those mountains. I used to go up there and get cactus fruit. There was no infrastructure, just dirt on the road. I'd never heard of television. Literally. Never heard of it. We didn't have radio.

just like, you know, with the grapes and like those stories in the Bible. Yeah, it's a real place, and I was right at the foot of those mountains. I used to go up there and get cactus fruit. There was no infrastructure, just dirt on the road. I'd never heard of television. Literally. Never heard of it. We didn't have radio.

There was a hole in the ground outside, and you wiped with rags that my mother used to wash.

There was a hole in the ground outside, and you wiped with rags that my mother used to wash.

There was a hole in the ground outside, and you wiped with rags that my mother used to wash.

That's a strange connection.

That's a strange connection.

That's a strange connection.

I don't know about that. No, I just wanted to say that. Okay. And two Jews talking. How are you? How am I? How should I be? Who wants to know? Why are you asking? Good Lord. Accurate. Accurate. And when we first came to America, I was in shock. People were big. The buildings were big. Everybody had cars. The sandwiches were massive.