KISS
BEHIND THE MASK THE OFFICIAL AUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY
Chapter One
TONGUE TIED: The Bat Lizard
The magic is done. The Wayback Machine has deposited us along the banks of the
Mediterranean Sea, thousands of miles from the New York origins of KISS. Chaim
Witz, later to become Gene Simmons, details his heritage. "My parents were born
in Jand, Hungary, a small town on the Danube River. During World War II, my
mother was in a concentration camp, and her mother, her brother, her
grandmother, and most of her family were killed. After the war, my parents met
in a way station, got married, and snuck into Israel. They didn't return to
Hungary because Hungary, like a lot of countries, wasn't interested in taking
back the Jews that were still alive. I was born August 25, 1949, in the port
city of Haifa."
"When I was very young, we moved to the village of Carmel, where the Scrolls of
Carmel were discovered. As a small child, I remember playing on a hill that had
these little caves. There was always lots of stuff around, but I never gave it
much thought. It turns out ... read full excerpt from KISS ebook
