Sunday, Aug 16, 2020, 5:02 pm

By:Tony Williams

#5 Gene Simmons

The calm, dignified gentlemen in this picture wasn't always such a man of class. Gene Simmons was born in Israel and grew up in Queens, New York. Dirt poor and scrapping by on bread and milk, the young Gene dreamed of becoming a musician after seeing the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show. Today he's the leader of Kiss, one of rock music's scariest but successful bands.