Yahoo! 7 News spoke with members of KISS. Portions of the report appear below.
…At the 69, Gene Simmons is the band’s most outrageous character. The other founding member, 67-year-old Paul Stanley, is more reserved – off stage, at least.
“I think there’s a time and place for everything,” Paul explains. “I prefer to live that time onstage when we’re performing. When we’re not, I don’t give it up.”
Gene admits the pair have their differences, and he can drive Paul crazy sometimes. “I’m peculiar,” he laughs. “I recognize that. I’m eccentric, I am all about myself, I love the sound of my own voice…”
…“I’d say it’s like Ying and Yang,” says [drummer] Eric [Singer]. “A battery has a positive side, negative side, and together that creates the electrical energy that is needed for it to power something.”
Gene and Paul met almost half a century ago – two Jewish teenagers with little in common except a love of music and a lust for money and fame.
“I was a little unpopular chubby kid with a deformed ear and I’m not very socially skilled,” Paul recalls. “I wanted to create this persona that would make me sought after and make the people who I didn’t think were nice to me envious. ‘Oh, we should have been nice to him…’”
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Gene has always been an ego maniac, but at least he’s honest about it, I’ll give him that.
doug r.,
that’s for sure….and he’s honest like he’s never been before…
can two jewish teenagers co-exist in the hottest band in the land band without driving each other crazy?
LOL!!!!!!!!!
Great, now the theme from The Odd Couple is stuck in my head! 😉
Well played
Wow, guess Gene is Oscar the slob Madison, and Paul, is neat freak Felix.
I really don’t give a rats ass what these 2 idiots have to say any more –
Plus what Paul says is a recording anyway 🙂
I’m going to see them in Philly on Friday !
Know what I think is most “peculiar” about Gene? His hair! (rimshot!)
LOL!!! Speaking of which, where is genesraccoonwig?
Now that was funny!
Did someone call my name? 🙂
Peculiar is one way to describe what he calls hair these days.
i believe gene’s-raccoon-wig was hyphenating all winter.
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!