Get ready for Kiss: The Next Generation.
The hard rockers with the heavy makeup may have wrapped their farewell trek, the End of the Road World Tour at New York’s Madison Square Garden in 2023, but their legacy lives on in the sons of front men Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley.
That’s right: Nick Simmons, 36, and Evan Stanley, 30, are following in their fathers’ footsteps — without the face paint — by coming together in musical harmony, and the two dads are loving this unexpected Kiss connection.
“You know, they both have their own bands,” Simmons told The Post about his son’s Sym Fera duo and Stanley’s Amber Wild music group.
But of course, they have plenty of Kiss-story together.
“Both have been pals because they went to see their dads work since they were little boys,” Simmons said. “And they never thought about getting together, just strumming and humming and all that.”
While they are now rolling together, they aren’t exactly rocking like their fathers. In fact, they are making folky harmony — think more Simon & Garfunkel than Kiss.
Indeed, it all started with an impromptu rendition of “The Sound of Silence” in Nick’s living room that they posted on Instagram.
“He set up a camera, and Evan just started strumming his guitar,” Simmons noted. “They did ‘Sounds of Silence’ a few times and immediately everybody went, ‘What is that?’
“Because you can’t create that. You either have that chemistry — that sound that people react to — or not, right? Something about both Evan’s voice and Nick’s voice connected.”
The progenies are taking it to the next level after posting what looks to be a full album’s worth of song titles.
“The response was so overwhelming that now, even though they both have their own things, they’re in the middle of writing tunes and recording their first album with a producer who I’m not allowed to mention,” Simmons teased. ,
However, he did hint that the producer in question “won Producer of the Year [at the Grammys] and produced, oh I don’t know, Green Day and lots of people.”
He added, “Both Paul and I are very proud.”
It’s one more reason for Simmons to celebrate right now: Kiss is commemorating the 50th anniversary of its classic 1975 album “Dressed to Kill” — featuring the anthem “Rock and Roll All Nite” — with an audio walking tour of the NYC spots that inspired the LP.
The band also recently announced it would be returning for an “unmasked” concert as part of the three-day Kiss Army Storms Vegas event, which takes place Nov. 14-16 at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas.
Meanwhile, Simmons is also kicking off a tour with his namesake band in May after postponing multiple April dates until 2026. And get this — he’s giving fans a chance to be his personal assistant and band roadie for the day.
“The Ultimate Gene Simmons Experience” comes at the cool cost of $12,495.
“You meet at the hotel where we have breakfast together or, you know, whatever floats your boat,” he told The Post about the high price tag. “You ride with me to the gig. You can set up amplifiers and drums to your heart’s content.”
Simmons added, “You’re onstage, right offstage to my right. You can video the crowds, whatever. And I pull you onstage to sing a song with me.”
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