Fifty years since their first show, the 74-year-old frontman of the glam rock band is preparing for their final curtain – and, he says, stands ‘guilty as charged of everything’
– Kiss has weathered no small number of lineup changes. But Simmons and Paul Stanley have remained the driving creative force, co-writing the bulk of the band’s laundry list of hits. Their relationship – and the healthy competition between them – was the bedrock on which their quest for rock dominance was built.“Paul’s like the brother I never had,” Simmons says. “I wouldn’t have been able to do anything on the level that I’ve been able to do on my own without Paul.
Stanley echoed the sentiment in an email. “Seeing someone in the best and worst situations shows you over the years who they are. Gene is my brother through thick and thin … He is family and his family is part of my family.”Simmons came to global fame at a time in history when rockstar appetites could be generously described as libertine. As someone who named their autobiography Sex Money Kiss,
“Would I ever leave if Shannon dilly-dallied like I had? No. Absolutely not, that will never happen. This will be the only marriage I ever have because my definition of marriage isn’t based on that stuff, it’s based on somebody who in a real sense will give their life for you. And we’ve proved it in creating two new, wonderful, amazing forms of life; our kids. Nobody else can do that,” he says with affection.
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