"My name is Gene Simmons (born Chaim Witz; Hebrew: חיים ויץ [χaˈim ˈvits]; born August 25, 1949). I'm an American musician. I'm also known by my stage persona "The Demon", I was the bassist and co-lead singer of the hard rock band Kiss, which I co-founded with Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley and Peter Criss in the early 1970s until their retirement in 2023. I was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014 as a member of Kiss."