Gene simmons is the front man, lead singer and bass player for kiss, the theatricallyminded and facepainted rock band that had its heyday in the 1970s. Gene simmons from kiss decides to turn some students from a posh christian school into hellraising rock nrollers in this reality series an idea inspired by the jack black movie the school of rock. Gene simmons family jewels reveals a side of the detroit rocker thats been kept hidden until now and shows how the most nontraditional traditional. If i were a betting man i would say that both jack black and gene simmons have basically ripped off this guys concept that running a school to teach rock and roll in a nutty kind of way. Gene simmons rock school is a funny and fresh take on an old idea think. Watch all 7 gene simmons rock school episodes from season 1,view pictures, get episode information and more.
Watch gene simmons family jewels season 5 prime video. Gene simmons family jewels goes backstage for a second season of the hit real life series following the lives of the simmons clan the happily unmarried gene and former playmate of the year, shannon tweed, and their two remarkably normal teenagers nick and sophie. As one classmate says in the programme, josh isnt the most popular pupil in the school. In the first series of rock school, gene had it easy at an illustrious boarding school with wellbehaved children. This time round he has to teach tough teenagers from kirkley comprehensive school in lowestoft. Gene simmons biography birthday, trivia israeli rock.
Shannon is furious to learn that gene took year old sophie to the filming of a sexy exercise video. Kiss frontman gene simmons on rock school music the guardian. Gene simmons fronted the channel 4 reality show more than a decade ago. Buy gene simmons family jewels, season 5 microsoft store. Simmons takes the deputy headmistress of the school to the american. Rig rundown kiss gene simmons, paul stanley, and tommy thayer duration.
Watch gene simmons family jewels online full episodes of. August 25, 1949 is an israeli american rock bassist, singer, songwriter, musician, actor, and businessman. With christian oconnell, gene simmons, nick simmons. Gene simmons will be remembered for falling onstage on july 16, 2016 while performing rock and roll all nite at brick breeden fieldhouse in bozeman, montana. He tells dan glaister why he almost regrets choosing rocknroll excess over. Season five gives viewers a behindthescenes look at the many adventures and milestone moments that make the family so cohesive.
Gene simmons rock school vh1 show season 2 2 dvd set pal. Its 6 months after the main gig and things at school have gone back to normal when gene invites the kids to pay him a visit in l. The kiss founding member and allround rock expert spins his favourite tunes, from the likes of acdc, iron maiden and alice cooper. Simmons was ranked number 12 in roadrunners list of 50 best frontmen in metal history. I watched quite a bit of the first season, but never knew they continued on with it.
He also starred in gene simmons rock school shown on vh1 in the u. Recent docuseries featuring a family dynamic have proven to tear families apart, but the simmonstweed clan just keeps growing closer together. For nonprofit use copyright disclaimer under section 107 of the copyright act 1976. Watch gene simmons rock school season 2 episode 1 online. Gene simmons rock school season 1 episode guide on tv.
Rock legend, television star, multihyphenate entrepreneur, writer, lecturer, and guest of financial and news programs, gene simmons is one of the worlds most recognized personalities. In a new tv series, kiss frontman gene simmons tries to turn a class of private school kids into a rock band. Season 5 of gene simmons family jewels, featuring rock god gene simmons and his unconventional family, will cross the 100th episode threshold and continue to give viewers a behindthescenes look at the familys many adventures and milestone moments. Gene is a rock star and multimedia magnate whos also the kind of dad who brings gatorade to his daughters soccer games and stands in the front row of his sons rock band when they play gigs. Kiss frontman gene simmons on rock school music the. Its career day at school, and sophie decided to follow gene around for the day. Watch gene simmons rock school episodes online season 1. After lil chris sad death we look at the show that. In addition to performing, simmons has his own record company, simmonsuniversal music, a joint venture with universal music. Simmons takes the deputy headmistress of the school to the american music awards as his date and announces the.
Episode 1 and 5, as himself, discussing the requirements of being in a rock band. He also renamed the band hoax uk, inspired by a slogan on chriss cap. Wild kiss frontman gene simmons has just six weeks to transform prim and proper thirteen yearolds from christs hospital boarding school on the outskirts of lo. Gene simmons, the lead singer and cofounder of the hard rock band kiss was born as chaim witz in israel and later. Gene simmons was born in israel, but he and his mother emigrated to new york in 1958 and he soon began going by the name gene klein. Rockschool was a television series aired by the bbc and pbs on 1 november 1983. With christian oconnell, gene simmons, chris hardman, ric ricci titcombe. Watch gene simmons rock school season 2, episode 1 episode 1. Gene klein, known professionally as gene simmons, is an american musician. Rock school also known as gene simmons rock school is a british reality television series starring gene simmons from the rock band kiss, in which he has a short time to turn a class of schoolchildren into a fully fledged rock band, following which they had to perform in a supporting slot for a leading rock band. Rock school is a british reality television series starring gene simmons from the rock band kiss. Gene klein born chaim witz on august 25, 1949, known professionally as gene simmons, is an american musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, actor, author and television personality. Gene simmons is best known as the frontman for kiss, the rock band he cofounded in the early 1970s, as well as for his tv show gene simmons family jewels.
Gene simmons prepares classically trained prepschool students to be rock stars. Official youtube channel for gene simmons musician, mogul and entrepreneur. Gene simmons of kiss fame takes on a group of diehard classical music fans in the form of the pupils of superposh christs hospital school. In fact, i didnt even know their was a rock school 2. Gene simmons biography facts, childhood, family life. Gene simmons was born chaim witz on august 25th, 1949 in haifa, israel. At age nine, he briefly attended a jewish religious school, yeshiva torah.
Gene simmons meets a huge kiss fan, ccos chris shaffer. Graduate of televisions rock school whose star burned. Gene returns to england to form another band, but the challenges are more difficult. As with everything he does, simmons demonstrates dedication to the job, admitting that. My watchlist keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your devices. He is famous as one of the cofounders of the rock band kiss. Gene simmons, frontman of glam rock band kiss and the host of rock school, has paid tribute to lil chris following his death on monday. Following the final episode he was approached by the record.
Gene simmons has just four weeks to teach a group of apathetic teenagers, most with no musical talent, to play instruments and form a rock band. Gene simmons rock school 2005 gene simmons prepares classically trained prepschool students to be rock stars. Theres a doco called rock school about the paul green school of rock or something like that that is well worth seeing. In the final episode simmons reveals the final lineup of the band, dropping an obviously devastated ellie and opting for chris, who he felt was more charismatic. What is the episode of friends called where joey and chandler have sex and start dating each other.
Airing on channel 4 in 2005 and 2006, rock school was a reality show which saw gene simmons put together a band of school children. Kiss frontman gene simmons must transform a group of british boarding school students into a rock band. Rock and roll all nite live in houston, tx video short 2011. Copyright disclaimer under section 107 of the copyright act 1976, allowance is made for fair use. Rock and roll all nite live in oshkosh, wi video short 2011 the demon uncredited castle tv series 2011 gene simmons 1 episode, 2011 kiss. Rock school the complete first series is released to coincide with the series end. Gene simmons, frontman of glam rock band kiss and the host of rock school, has paid tribute to lil chris following his death on monday real name chris hardman, he. This prime time show is hilarious, heartwarming fun. Watch gene simmons family jewels full episodes online. Gene simmons from kiss decides to turn some students from a posh christian school into hellraising rocknrollers in this reality series an idea inspired by the jack black movie the school of rock. Known as the demon, he is the bassistvocalist of kiss, a hard rock band he cofounded in the early 1970s.
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