Gene Simmons
- Our mystery guest was born Chaim Witz in Israel on 25 August 1949
- He is an American musician
- He is also known by his stage persona The Demon
- He is the bassist and co-lead singer of the hard rock band Kiss
- Despite his rock and roll image he doesn’t drink nor has he ever done drugs and credits his mum for this life decision.
- He became famous for breathing fire on stage and has been recorded blowing a stream of flames fifteen feet in length – the world record is 20ft,
- He couldn’t speak a word of English when he moved to America – Comic books were what inspired him to believe that anything was possible.
- There was a rumour floating around that he’d grafted a cow’s tongue onto his own, which is supposedly what made it so large – although completely untrue he does admit it’s his favourite KISS rumour
- He speaks 5 languages – German, Hungarian, Hebrew, Japanese, and English.
- He has dated Cher and Diana Ross,
- He is married to Canadian actress and former Playboy Playmate Shannon Lee Tweed and they have two children.
- He appeared as a contestant on Donald Trump’s Celebrity Apprentice and was fired!
- He is a businessman. KISS is as much a brand as they are a band. They have over 5000 licensed products: everything from condoms to caskets.
- It takes roughly 2 full hours for him to get into full Demon makeup.
- He did appear in an animated movie of Scooby Doo where the gang is attacked by a monster in a Kiss amusement park and Kiss saves them
- He has appeared on the TV series Miami Vice and in the films Runaway and Wanted: Dead or Alive
- He is a science fiction and comic book fan and has published several science-fiction fanzines
- KISS have released twenty studio albums, thirteen live albums, and sixty singles.
- His hits include: “God Gave Rock ‘n’ Roll to You II”, “Beth”, “I Was Made for Lovin’ You”, and “Crazy Crazy Nights” ,
