Gene Simmons

my mother's maiden name, get over here, what were you doing? I was just sticking it out. Show the class what you were doing. I'd stick it out and they would all laugh. And so again, Singularity, the four original members of KISS, John, Paul, George, oh no, that was another band. Myself, Paul, Ace, and Peter, we were lucky enough to find each other in the beginning.

my mother's maiden name, get over here, what were you doing? I was just sticking it out. Show the class what you were doing. I'd stick it out and they would all laugh. And so again, Singularity, the four original members of KISS, John, Paul, George, oh no, that was another band. Myself, Paul, Ace, and Peter, we were lucky enough to find each other in the beginning.

And not everything lasts forever. Not everybody's designed to run a marathon. It's just life. But in the beginning, all for one, one for all, we had written some songs, pretty good. We found the right guys. We were in a rat-infested loft, 10 East 23rd Street, only 10 blocks from 33rd Street, Madison Square Garden.

And not everything lasts forever. Not everybody's designed to run a marathon. It's just life. But in the beginning, all for one, one for all, we had written some songs, pretty good. We found the right guys. We were in a rat-infested loft, 10 East 23rd Street, only 10 blocks from 33rd Street, Madison Square Garden.

And not everything lasts forever. Not everybody's designed to run a marathon. It's just life. But in the beginning, all for one, one for all, we had written some songs, pretty good. We found the right guys. We were in a rat-infested loft, 10 East 23rd Street, only 10 blocks from 33rd Street, Madison Square Garden.

And then one day, I can't remember who, said, hey, let's go downstairs to Woolworth, which was a New York store, and bought makeup and black lipstick and red lipstick, and decided to put on makeup, bought some mirrors. And pretty much on that very first day, what became possibly the four most recognized faces on the planet, more recognized than Mount Rushmore. Yeah, that's a marketing truism.

And then one day, I can't remember who, said, hey, let's go downstairs to Woolworth, which was a New York store, and bought makeup and black lipstick and red lipstick, and decided to put on makeup, bought some mirrors. And pretty much on that very first day, what became possibly the four most recognized faces on the planet, more recognized than Mount Rushmore. Yeah, that's a marketing truism.

And then one day, I can't remember who, said, hey, let's go downstairs to Woolworth, which was a New York store, and bought makeup and black lipstick and red lipstick, and decided to put on makeup, bought some mirrors. And pretty much on that very first day, what became possibly the four most recognized faces on the planet, more recognized than Mount Rushmore. Yeah, that's a marketing truism.

If you ask people on the street, just a close-up of Teddy Roosevelt on Mount Rushmore, and say, who's that? They have no idea. Well, who's on Mount Rushmore? Elvis? No. But as soon as you show those faces, they go, oh yeah, Kiss. Even if you hate the band. And I'm talking Africa, Southeast Asia, anywhere you go. It doesn't mean it's the best band.

If you ask people on the street, just a close-up of Teddy Roosevelt on Mount Rushmore, and say, who's that? They have no idea. Well, who's on Mount Rushmore? Elvis? No. But as soon as you show those faces, they go, oh yeah, Kiss. Even if you hate the band. And I'm talking Africa, Southeast Asia, anywhere you go. It doesn't mean it's the best band.

If you ask people on the street, just a close-up of Teddy Roosevelt on Mount Rushmore, and say, who's that? They have no idea. Well, who's on Mount Rushmore? Elvis? No. But as soon as you show those faces, they go, oh yeah, Kiss. Even if you hate the band. And I'm talking Africa, Southeast Asia, anywhere you go. It doesn't mean it's the best band.

It just means that the imagery connected in ways no other band connected. You don't know what everybody in Farner looks like. You just don't. And they had hit records and all that stuff. So there was a decided difference in who and what KISS was, which enabled us to have literally thousands and thousands of licensed and merchandise products.

It just means that the imagery connected in ways no other band connected. You don't know what everybody in Farner looks like. You just don't. And they had hit records and all that stuff. So there was a decided difference in who and what KISS was, which enabled us to have literally thousands and thousands of licensed and merchandise products.

It just means that the imagery connected in ways no other band connected. You don't know what everybody in Farner looks like. You just don't. And they had hit records and all that stuff. So there was a decided difference in who and what KISS was, which enabled us to have literally thousands and thousands of licensed and merchandise products.

Well, music changes because new generations come along. And when my mother and I first came to America, this was pre-Beatles in 1958. Sometimes I think it's 1858. The first music I heard was Chuck Berry, even though I couldn't speak English. Chuck Berry, Little Richard. As a matter of fact, ironically and strangely, I did the eulogy for Chuck Berry's open casket when he passed away.

Well, music changes because new generations come along. And when my mother and I first came to America, this was pre-Beatles in 1958. Sometimes I think it's 1858. The first music I heard was Chuck Berry, even though I couldn't speak English. Chuck Berry, Little Richard. As a matter of fact, ironically and strangely, I did the eulogy for Chuck Berry's open casket when he passed away.

Well, music changes because new generations come along. And when my mother and I first came to America, this was pre-Beatles in 1958. Sometimes I think it's 1858. The first music I heard was Chuck Berry, even though I couldn't speak English. Chuck Berry, Little Richard. As a matter of fact, ironically and strangely, I did the eulogy for Chuck Berry's open casket when he passed away.

The Berry family asked me to do that. It's on YouTube. And... Again, when the Beatles came along, it was a seismic shift. So before the Beatles, there was a sound. Before Chuck Berry and everything. My darling. Music used to be that way. It was called doo-wop. Doo-wop because it was New York-based. Wop was a derogatory term for Italians. The passports, W-O-P, without papers, a WAP.

The Berry family asked me to do that. It's on YouTube. And... Again, when the Beatles came along, it was a seismic shift. So before the Beatles, there was a sound. Before Chuck Berry and everything. My darling. Music used to be that way. It was called doo-wop. Doo-wop because it was New York-based. Wop was a derogatory term for Italians. The passports, W-O-P, without papers, a WAP.

The Berry family asked me to do that. It's on YouTube. And... Again, when the Beatles came along, it was a seismic shift. So before the Beatles, there was a sound. Before Chuck Berry and everything. My darling. Music used to be that way. It was called doo-wop. Doo-wop because it was New York-based. Wop was a derogatory term for Italians. The passports, W-O-P, without papers, a WAP.