Gene Simmons
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
You got to have a backup.
So we did two.
Right.
We only did two last shows of all time for the band.
How old are you?
Very emotional, especially because you're...
Well, I was a New York kid.
We all were.
Although I wasn't born in America.
I know I don't look Swiss.
So the band started at 10 East 23rd Street, which was 10 blocks away from Madison Square Garden.
Literally.
And I remember as a 20-year-old kid walking 10 blocks to see who's playing Madison Square.
And you'd see Elvis and stuff like that.
No, no, no.
I was a...
one of those classic jews who simply refused to spend any money and lived at home until i was with my mother till i was 20 i mean we were playing anaheim stadium headlining it happened very fast for the band and i was living at my mom's house
That's how you know Jesus was Jewish.
He lived with his mother until he was 33 years old.
He thought his mother was a virgin, you know, all that stuff.