Kiss

Track "started off as just a song to sing the praises of this rock 'n' roll city" before gaining a deeper meaning.

See some of his work.

'You may want mom and dad to be back together, but it didn't work out,' says Stanley.

Touring musician also worked with Ian Hunter and Cyndi Lauper.

Former bandmates recorded their rendition of the 1983 hit to help raise money for charity.

Catalog adviser discusses band’s future without Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley.

The band also borrowed a trick from Marilyn Monroe.

Frontman says sound and cover of 1974 debut were “not what I had in mind.”

Gene Simmons of KISS did a video conference call with students at Rotterdam's Schalmont High School History of Rock Music Class.

Simmons spoke as part of ASCAP's 'Stand With Songwriters' advocacy sessions.