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Gene Simmons

Born on August 26, 1949 in Haifa, Israel, as Chaim Witz. Gene Simmons, is best known as the blood spitting, fire breathing bass player for the rock band KISS. He emigrated to New York City as a child with his family.

Simmons formed the rock band Wicked Lester in the early 1970s with Stanley Eisen (aka Paul Stanley). Wicked Lester recorded one album, but as of 2002 it has never been officially released for public consumption. Eventually, two other musicians joined the band, Peter Criscoula and Paul Frehley - who would become Peter Criss and Ace Frehley respectively and the band would change its name to KISS in the early 1970s. KISS released their first self-titled debut album in February of 1974.

Simmons is also a movie producer and actor who has appeared in a number of movies including Runaway . He also created the animated television series called My Dad The Rock Star , by the Canadian animation company Nelvana, about the mild mannered son of a Gene Simmons-like rock star who wants to live a normal life, with his wealthy and eccentric father making such a life nearly impossible.

In May of 2004, he ignited a controversy in Australia due to his comments about the Islamic religion, in which he attacked the religion by claiming that dogs were treated better than women in it [1] http://www.rockandmetal.com/genesimmons.html .



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