Gene Simmons

• Co-founder of KISS in 1973 with Paul Stanley.
• Plays bass and sings lead and background vocals.
• Born in Haifa, Israel, on August 25, 1949.
• Birth name was Chaim Witz, later changed to Eugene Klein, then Gene Simmons.
• Taught school for six months before forming KISS.
• Acted in a number of movies, including Runaway, Never Too Young To Die, and Wanted: Dead or Alive.
• Lives with actress Shannon Tweed, with whom he has two children, Nicholas and Sophie.