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Gene Simmons · Arts & Literature

What

Israeli-born co-founder, bassist and vocalist of the rock band KISS.

When

1949, Haifa, Israel

Where

Israel · United States

Biography

Gene Simmons is recognized among Israeli contributors to Arts & Literature — Israeli-born co-founder, bassist and vocalist of the rock band KISS.

How & why

Gene Simmons, born Chaim Witz, is an Israeli-American musician who co-founded the hard rock band KISS in 1973, serving as its bassist, co-lead vocalist and "The Demon" character, and became a key architect of the band's theatrical spectacle and merchandising empire. He is Jewish, born in Haifa to a Hungarian Jewish Holocaust-survivor mother before emigrating to the United States as a child.

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons

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Israeli-born co-founder, bassist and vocalist of the rock band KISS.

1973

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons