I REMEMBER...
FILMING ROCK SCHOOL [2005
CHANNEL 4 DOCUMENTARY].
They lived in Lowestoft, Suffolk,
and didn’t have much to do, but
I got them to form a band and have
something to care about. You could
see the lights go on in their young
eyes and hearts. In the end, we flew
them to California to open for Judas
Priest at Long Beach Arena, playing
their own song. I just love children
and want to help them—what can
I say?
...CRYING AGAIN, WHEN I
VISITED ZAMBIA. I had been
sponsoring several African kids
anonymously for years, through
ChildFund International. But, in
2012, the makers of my Gene
Simmons Family Jewels [reality]
programme, arranged for me to
meet one of them, Joseph, now a
young man with a partner and baby,
in his home village. People there
lived in huts made of cow dung and
most of the men had got the women
pregnant, then left, partly because
there are so few jobs in poor places
like that. But Joseph was still there.
The smile of love on his partner’s
face when he cradled the child really
struck me....GETTING UP ON STAGE WITH
KISS ON THIS TOUR AND FEELING
UNBELIEVABLE. This has been one
of the highlights of my career. I’ve36