Gene Simmons
In KISS: 1972 - PRESENT
Born - Chaim Witz, later
changed name to Eugene Klein
Birthdate: August 25,1949
Born in: Haifa, Israel
Widely known as the vampiresque
bassist of KISS, Gene Simmons is highly visible
(and totally unmistakable) onstage with his
leather bat wings and dripping blood; and fire
spews from his mouth. Aside from producing the
visual extravaganza, Simmons also puts out
straightforward, steady bass lines.
Gene Simmons formed KISS in 1972 with Guitarist
Paul Stanley.
Gene started playing Bass at 16, sighting The
Beatles as a major influence.
Gene has a Bachelors Degree in Education from
Sullivan County College, and speaks four
languages fluently -
Hebrew, Hungarian, English and German.
Gene is an inductee of the Rockwalk of Fame in
Hollywood, California.
KISS
releases with Gene Simmons
***Greatest Hits and
Compilations excluded***
Kiss (Gold), Hotter Than Hell
(Gold), Dressed To Kill (Gold),
Alive! (4xPlatinum), Destroyer (3xPlatinum),
Rock And Roll Over (2xPlatinum), Love Gun
(3xPlatinum),
Alive2 (4xPlatinum), Gene Simmons (Platinum),
Dynasty (3xPlatinum),
Unmasked (Gold), Music From The Elder (N/A),
Creatures Of The Night (Gold), Lick It Up
(Platinum),
Animalize (2xPlatinum), Asylum (Platinum), Crazy
Nights (Platinum),
Hot In The Shade (Platinum), Revenge (Gold),
Alive3 (Gold),
MTV Unplugged (Gold), Carnival Of Souls (N/A),
Psycho Circus (Gold)
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