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’70s Rock Legend, Who Co-Founded Iconic Band, Was a New York Grade School Teacher

Long before Gene Simmons became the famous bassist and co-lead singer of KISS, he spent several months teaching sixth-grade students at a New York City public school. Simmons, born Chaim Witz in Haifa, Israel, moved to Queens with his mother when he was 8. He later studied education in New York and graduated from Richmond College in Staten Island in 1970. Before the stage lights, costumes and famous Demon makeup, Simmons worked several ordinary jobs to make a living. One of those jobs was teaching. According to People, Simmons taught sixth grade at a public school on Manhattan’s Upper West…

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