Gene Simmons

Born: Haifa, Israel, 1949

Member of: Kiss

Influenced by: Dennis Dunaway, Jeff Beck, Black Sabbath, Cliff Burton, Alice Cooper, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, John Paul Jones, The Rolling Stones, Ian Hill, The Beatles, Cream, The Yardbirds

Genre: Rock & Alternative

Biography: Although Gene Simmons found fame as a blood-spurting, fire-breathing, bass-playing demon with Kiss, his early years were ...

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Sep 18 2008 12:00PM by Karen Bliss

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 Spinner.com: Makeup and role play isn't out of the ordinary for Gene Simmons. That said, it only seems fitting that the Kiss bassist makes a cameo in Japan's No. 2 box office hit, 'Detroit Metal City,' as Jack Ill Dark, a legendary American death metal guitarist...Read more

 
Jun 19 2008 7:00AM by John D. Luerssen

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 Spinner.com: Kiss bassist Gene Simmons is blaming artists like Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails and Green Day offshoot the Foxboro Hot Tubs for "contributing to the demise of the record industry" by giving away their music for free.Gene's also blaming the fans."The...Read more

 
Feb 22 2008 10:00AM by Spinner Staff

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 Spinner.com: "Every other band should be wiping my ass. The line forms over there to the left." -- Gene Simmons Previous Next...Read more

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