Gene Simmons
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All were female, so don't get excited.
All were female, so don't get excited.
No. I was afraid of marriage, monogamy, and children. I didn't want to turn out like my father. Tell us about your father. Well, my father ran out on us. See, even that doesn't get close to it. My father ran out on me. I was seven years old. I never had a father figure at home. I remember my father was, you know, in the army, Israel was always being attacked one way or the other.
No. I was afraid of marriage, monogamy, and children. I didn't want to turn out like my father. Tell us about your father. Well, my father ran out on us. See, even that doesn't get close to it. My father ran out on me. I was seven years old. I never had a father figure at home. I remember my father was, you know, in the army, Israel was always being attacked one way or the other.
No. I was afraid of marriage, monogamy, and children. I didn't want to turn out like my father. Tell us about your father. Well, my father ran out on us. See, even that doesn't get close to it. My father ran out on me. I was seven years old. I never had a father figure at home. I remember my father was, you know, in the army, Israel was always being attacked one way or the other.
So I remember, I don't know, five or six, there's a machine, a Russian with a Kalashnikov, I think is what it's called. And as funny as it may sound, he had a uniform and on weekends, They'd have to go to the front line. I mean, here you are in Beverly Hills. You know, Pasadena is half hour away. That would be another country that would want to kill you.
So I remember, I don't know, five or six, there's a machine, a Russian with a Kalashnikov, I think is what it's called. And as funny as it may sound, he had a uniform and on weekends, They'd have to go to the front line. I mean, here you are in Beverly Hills. You know, Pasadena is half hour away. That would be another country that would want to kill you.
So I remember, I don't know, five or six, there's a machine, a Russian with a Kalashnikov, I think is what it's called. And as funny as it may sound, he had a uniform and on weekends, They'd have to go to the front line. I mean, here you are in Beverly Hills. You know, Pasadena is half hour away. That would be another country that would want to kill you.
And in those days, 35,000 rockets came into Haifa or in that area where I lived. And on the weekends, my father would put on his uniform, take his thing, and hitchhike. They didn't have military trucks. They still hitchhike in Israel now. Well, Israel didn't have an air force or a navy or anything, but just people with guns. And they still beat five Arab countries. We went every time.
And in those days, 35,000 rockets came into Haifa or in that area where I lived. And on the weekends, my father would put on his uniform, take his thing, and hitchhike. They didn't have military trucks. They still hitchhike in Israel now. Well, Israel didn't have an air force or a navy or anything, but just people with guns. And they still beat five Arab countries. We went every time.
And in those days, 35,000 rockets came into Haifa or in that area where I lived. And on the weekends, my father would put on his uniform, take his thing, and hitchhike. They didn't have military trucks. They still hitchhike in Israel now. Well, Israel didn't have an air force or a navy or anything, but just people with guns. And they still beat five Arab countries. We went every time.
And it's generational. Nothing's going to change there until there are new generations who aren't dominated by religion. You have to remember World War II as a student of history. And my mother was 14 when she was in the concentration camps of Nazi Germany. During World War II, Germans and Japanese, the entire culture, the entire people, bought the evil hook, line, and sinker. They were Nazi.
And it's generational. Nothing's going to change there until there are new generations who aren't dominated by religion. You have to remember World War II as a student of history. And my mother was 14 when she was in the concentration camps of Nazi Germany. During World War II, Germans and Japanese, the entire culture, the entire people, bought the evil hook, line, and sinker. They were Nazi.
And it's generational. Nothing's going to change there until there are new generations who aren't dominated by religion. You have to remember World War II as a student of history. And my mother was 14 when she was in the concentration camps of Nazi Germany. During World War II, Germans and Japanese, the entire culture, the entire people, bought the evil hook, line, and sinker. They were Nazi.
They loved it. And even after two atom bombs were dropped on Japan, they didn't make new terrorists or anything. The next generation said, you know, we were wrong. We got to move on. And they stopped worshiping the emperor as God. The culture has to change from within. When guys sitting, self-appointed religious people become less important, happened with Christianity too.
They loved it. And even after two atom bombs were dropped on Japan, they didn't make new terrorists or anything. The next generation said, you know, we were wrong. We got to move on. And they stopped worshiping the emperor as God. The culture has to change from within. When guys sitting, self-appointed religious people become less important, happened with Christianity too.
They loved it. And even after two atom bombs were dropped on Japan, they didn't make new terrorists or anything. The next generation said, you know, we were wrong. We got to move on. And they stopped worshiping the emperor as God. The culture has to change from within. When guys sitting, self-appointed religious people become less important, happened with Christianity too.
The Pope used to be a big deal and he would say, crusades for them. After a while, they ran out of grownups and they had a children's crusade. Insane. None of them made it to Israel. They were all raped or killed before because they ran out of grownups.
The Pope used to be a big deal and he would say, crusades for them. After a while, they ran out of grownups and they had a children's crusade. Insane. None of them made it to Israel. They were all raped or killed before because they ran out of grownups.
The Pope used to be a big deal and he would say, crusades for them. After a while, they ran out of grownups and they had a children's crusade. Insane. None of them made it to Israel. They were all raped or killed before because they ran out of grownups.