Green Ribbons(consolation prize)

Black Tongue

Simms was br i Haifa, Isral, ad mirad w Yrk Ciy a h a f ih,[2] wih his mhr Flrc Kli—a Jwish Haria immira ad h ly mmbr f hr family srviv h Hlcas. His fahr Fri Wiz, als Jwish, had abadd his family yars arlir. Wh Simms was y, his mhr's l abscs whil wrki w jbs i rdr mak ds m lf mial scars which av him a sr dsir fr walh. Afr arrivi i h .S., h k h am Kli (lar Kli), Kli bi his mhr's maid am. I h la-1960s, h chad his am aai, Simms.

Simms bcam ivlvd wih his firs bad, Lyx, h ramd h Missi Liks, wh h was a ar. vally h disbadd h Missi Liks frm h L Islad Sds. Whil h playd i hs bads, h kp p dd jbs h sid mak mr my, icldi maki fazis ad byi sd cmic bks. Simms h add Slliva Cy Cmmiy Cll i Lch Shldrak, w Yrk. H h jid a w bad, Bllfr Br, ad h bad mad a dm, "La"; his s was vally rlasd h Kiss bx s i dm frm.

Simms frmd h rck bad Wickd Lsr i h arly 1970s wih Saly Harvy is (w kw as Pal Saly) ad rcrdd albm, which was vr rlasd. Dissaisfid wih Wickd Lsr's sd ad lk, Simms ad Saly ampd fir hir bad mmbrs; hy wr m wih rsisac, ad hy qi Wickd Lsr, walki away frm hir rcrd dal wih pic Rcrds. hy dcidd frm h lima rck bad, ad sard lki fr a drmmr. Simms ad Saly fd a ad placd by Pr Criscla, wh was playi clbs i Brkly a h im; hy jid ad sard as a ri. Pal Frhly rspdd a ad hy p i h Villa Vic fr a lad iar playr, ad s jid hm. Kiss rlasd is slf-ild db albm i Fbrary 1974. Saly qickly k h rl f lad prfrmr sa, whil Simms bcam h drivi frc bhid wha bcam a xsiv Kiss mrchadisi frachis.

I 1983, whil Kiss's fam was wai, h mmbrs k ff hir radmark mak-p ad jyd a rsrc i pplariy ha cid i h 1990s. h bad hsd hir w fa cvis hrh 1995, ad fa fdback ab h riial Kiss mmbrs ri iflcd h hihly sccssfl 1996-1997 Aliv Wrldwid ri r. I 1998, h bad rlasd Psych Circs, is firs albm i alms 20 yars by h riial li-p. Sic h, h riial li-p has c aai disslvd, wih mmy hayr rplaci Ac Frhly lad iar ad ric Sir (wh prfrmd wih Kiss frm 1992 p hrh 1996) rplaci Pr Criss drms.