shannon tweed

My name is Gary The sole proprietor of Underground Explorations

I literally grew up on KISS. Cold Gin was the first song I learned to play on the drums and I used to play along with their albums all the time. My grandmother gave me a new KISS record every Christmas for years and years (let's face it, Gene Simmons has made 78 of them -- most of them with KISS -- so there was always one I didn't have by the next Christmas). I had the make-up kit... well, I was a fan.

I had no idea this was even on until tonight and I gave it a spin, even though I've seen Simmons on other shows and in interviews and he always struck me as a real jerk. And I know how those cats always say that's just an "on-air personality" and so on and so forth, but... well, come on. Still, I was really shocked...

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