Today, Gene Simmons is best known as the star of a reality show that blatantly ripped off The Osbournes and as a character in a first-person shooter for the Dreamcast. But what you might not know is that he was also a musician!

KISS was a “rock band” — we don’t have those anymore but imagine if contemporary country music was played on an electric guitar, then replace all instances of “hometown,” “truck,” and “America” in the lyrics with “speedboat,” “rock”, and “sex partytown” and you’re most of the way there. KISS is one of the best-selling bands of all time, which proves that anything is possible in America if you know a guy who you can bully into wearing kitty cat facepaint.

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