GENE SIMMONS
Gene Simmons (born Chaim Witz; August 25, 1949) is an Israeli-American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, actor, and television personality. Also known by his stage persona The Demon, he is the bass guitarist and co-lead singer of Kiss, the rock band he co-founded with rhythm guitarist Paul Stanley in the early 1970s. (More from Wikipedia)
In 1982, the Plasmatics toured as the opening act for KISS; at the conclusion of the tour, the band’s relationship with Capitol Records was frayed to the breaking point, so KISS frontman Gene Simmons approached Wendy O. Williams and Rod Swenson about recording their next album without the Plasmatics name. The result was released as a solo album by Wendy O. Williams called W.O.W. (1984) – with the album’s name taken from Williams’ initials – though the band’s website says that W.O.W. is still regarded as a Plasmatics album. Three members of KISS played on the album, Ace Frehley, Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons, with the latter credited as Reginald Van Helsing; Simmons also produced the album.
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