Gene Simmons

Biography: Blood-spitting, fire-breathing rock-and-roll showman; notorious ladies' man; marketing genius and entertainment mogul: Simmons wears many hats, or more accurately, a lot of makeup. His résumé is quite eclectic for an Israeli-born fellow who once taught sixth grade in Spanish Harlem. In the 1970s, Simmons played bass, sang in a variety of outfits, and eventually hooked up with guitarist-singer Paul Stanley. Along with drummer Peter Criss and guitarist Ace Frehley, they formed KISS, one of the most theatrical, over-the-top bands ever, and Simmons was the driving force behind its success. Playing simple but catchy hard-rock anthems and sporting skintight spandex outfits, huge platform shoes, metal spikes and Kabuki-like black-and-white face paint, the group exploded onto the music scene (literally, as their concerts were filled with pyrotechnics). KISS mania ran rampant, and soon the marketplace was flooded with everything from KISS comic books to TV-movies (such as the infamousBlood-spitting, fire-breathing rock-and-roll showman; notorious ladies' man; marketing genius and entertainment mogul: Simmons wears many hats, or more accurately, a lot of makeup. His résumé is quite eclectic for an Israeli-born fellow who once taught sixth grade in Spanish Harlem. In the 1970s, Simmons played bass, sang in a variety of outfits, and eventually hooked up with guitarist-singer Paul Stanley. Along with drummer Peter Criss and guitarist Ace Frehley, they formed KISS, one of the most theatrical, over-the-top bands ever, and Simmons was the driving force behind its success. Playing simple but catchy hard-rock anthems and sporting skintight spandex outfits, huge platform shoes, metal spikes and Kabuki-like black-and-white face paint, the group exploded onto the music scene (literally, as their concerts were filled with pyrotechnics). KISS mania ran rampant, and soon the marketplace was flooded with everything from KISS comic books to TV-movies (such as the infamous KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park) to masks. Although the band changed its lineup numerous times and its popularity waxed and waned over the years, Simmons had a knack for remaining in the spotlight with a variety of projects, whether it was penning his autobiography, launching a magazine (named Tongue, of course), overacting in a number of films (Wanted: Dead or Alive, Runaway), bragging about his sexual conquests (4,600 and counting) or hawking bizarre products (a KISS coffin that doubled as a beer cooler). Never one to ignore a trend, in the 2000s he tried his own reality series: the lackluster Gene Simmons' Rock School, in which he taught kids how to rock out, and Gene Simmons Family Jewels, a more successful, Osbournes-like, behind-the-scenes look at his home life with longtime companion Shannon Tweed and their two children. In his spare time, Simmons enjoys studying foreign languages and speaks Hungarian, Hebrew, German and Japanese...and hopes to tackle Mandarin Chinese. Expand

Gene Simmons' Scores

Average career score: 58
Highest Metascore: 72 Welcome to Sweden: Season 1
Lowest Metascore: 39 The Talk: Season 1
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 1 out of 3
3 tv reviews
Title: Year: Credit: User score:
tbd Ridiculousness: Season 30 Jan 23, 2023 Gene Simmons tbd
tbd Ridiculousness: Season 29 Nov 18, 2022 Gene Simmons tbd
tbd Ridiculousness: Season 28 Aug 31, 2022 Gene Simmons tbd
tbd Ridiculousness: Season 27 Jun 22, 2022 Gene Simmons tbd
tbd Ridiculousness: Season 26 May 25, 2022 Gene Simmons tbd
tbd Ridiculousness: Season 25 Mar 23, 2022 Gene Simmons tbd
tbd Ridiculousness: Season 24 Jan 14, 2022 Gene Simmons tbd
tbd Ridiculousness: Season 20 Feb 8, 2021 Gene Simmons tbd
tbd Ridiculousness: Season 19 Nov 30, 2020 Gene Simmons tbd
tbd Ridiculousness: Season 18 Sep 12, 2020 Gene Simmons tbd
tbd Ridiculousness: Season 17 Apr 20, 2020 Gene Simmons tbd
tbd Ridiculousness: Season 16 Jan 6, 2020 Guest / Gene Simmons tbd
tbd Ridiculousness: Season 15 Sep 7, 2019 Guest tbd
tbd Ridiculousness: Season 12 Oct 19, 2018 Guest tbd
tbd Scorpion: Season 2 Sep 21, 2015 Himself 5.9
tbd The Doctors: Season 8 Sep 14, 2015 Guest / Gene Simmons tbd
tbd Comic Book Men: Season 4 Oct 13, 2014 Appearing tbd
tbd The Wendy Williams Show: Season 7 Sep 15, 2014 Guest tbd
tbd The Chew: Season 4 Sep 8, 2014 Guest tbd
tbd 4th and Loud: Season 1 Aug 12, 2014 Appearing tbd
72 Welcome to Sweden: Season 1 Jul 10, 2014 Himself 6.1
tbd Ridiculousness: Season 5 Jul 10, 2014 Gene Simmons tbd
tbd CSI: Season 14 Sep 25, 2013 Himself 6.2
tbd Toy Hunter: Season 2 Apr 10, 2013 Appearing / Gene Simmons / Gene Simmons tbd
tbd Gene Simmons Family Jewels: Season 7 May 28, 2012 Reality Cast Member tbd
tbd Ridiculousness: Season 2 Apr 30, 2012 Gene Simmons 3.0
tbd Gene Simmons Family Jewels: Season 6 Jun 14, 2011 Himself / Reality Cast Member tbd
tbd Chelsea Lately: Season 5 Jan 3, 2011 Guest tbd
39 The Talk: Season 1 Oct 18, 2010 Guest 5.4
tbd Castle: Season 3 Sep 20, 2010 Appearing 8.5