Classic Rock

GENE SIMMONS

As rock superstars Kiss tour the world for the final time, bassist/vocalist and co-founder Gene Simmons looks back on the past 24 years: the bust-ups with former bandmates, his marriage and reality TV show, and the sad farewells to two of the most important people in his life.

In 1998, when Classic Rock launched, Kiss delivered the Psycho Circus album – the comeback for the band’s classic line-up.

Well, first let me just say what a delight has been and continues to be. In America, rock magazines have ceased to exist, but somehow you’ve been able to do something glorious. Every timejust buries

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