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Gene,
 Hi! My name is Amber Bailey, I'm 16 years old and am going to be starting my own business called "BLACK RAINBOW" sometime this summer. I am writing to you because I thought that you might be interested in selling one of my products at your concerts. I make and sell guitar pick earrings. I am sending you a picture of sample earrings that have already been made. The scan is not very good but the earrings are awesome! In the picture I used Fenders picks, but I was thinking that it would be really cool to have Gene Simmons guitar picks as well as KISS and the other members of the band. I know that people at concerts would buy these because in the past KISS concerts people have always tried to buy them off of me! I sell my personal earrings with my own logo for $7.00 a pair but I'm sure you could get about $15/pair at concerts and on the internet! Please write back with your thoughts and any suggestions! I hope you like them and if not I will be seeing you thi!s summer anyways at the Washington D.C. concert!!! Thanks for your time!
Response from Gene:
Tell you what, Amber. You make em, and I'll let everyone know where they can get 'em. I admire your entrepreneurship. You're a winner.
DEAR GENE,
MY WIFE AND I HAVE A3 YEAR OLD SON WHO MIMICKS YOU IN EVERY WAY, ALWAYS TALKS ABOUT YOU AND KISS AND THINKS HE'S GENE SIMMONS EVERY SINCE WE TOOK HIM TO SEE YOU AND AEROSMITH LAST YEAR IN DALLAS. HE WATCHES YOUR SYMPHONY DVD AT LEAST ONCE A DAY AND KNOWS THE WHOLE CONCERT WORD FOR WORD AND EVEN ASKED TO HAVE MAKE-UP ON JUST LIKE YOU. WE BOUGHT HIM A BASS GUITAR AND WATCHES THE DVD AND TRIES TO PLAY THE GUITAR AND ACTS LIKE YOU. WE ARE COMING TO YOUR JUNE 11, 2004 SHOW AT THE SMIRNOFF IN DALLAS AND WOULD GIVE JUST ABOUT ANYTHING IF HE COULD MEET YOU IN PERSON, THIS WOULD ABSOLUTELY MEAN THE WORLD TO HIM. OUR SON'S NAME IS DEVON LEE JOHNSON. WITH THIS EMAIL THERE ARE TWO PICTURES WE WANT YOU TO SEE OF DEVON. WE KNOW YOUR TIME IS TIGHT BUT IF YOU COULD SEE YOUR WAY TO SPEND TWO MINUTES WITH HIM, IT WOULD MEAN THE WORLD TO US. PLEASE TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION AND REPLY ONE WAY
OR THE OTHER.
THANK YOU,
LYLE, MARY & DEVON
Dear Gene,
 Donald Trump just got engaged for the third time. Trump is one of the wealthiest men on the planet (he probably has more $$ than Kiss) so your thoughts and advice to DT???
Thanks,
Jim
Response from Gene:
Don't.
Dear Gene,
 Congratulations on an amazing album ! "A**hole" is a real killer and has everything a fan can expect and even more than that. Tracks like "Beautiful", "Now That You´re Gone" and "Waiting For The Morning Light" are the best "McCartney-Tracks", that Paul has not written. I just had a chance to listen through the entire album and I am blown away. The title-track is fantastic and should be a single-hit - I am looking forward to see the
videoclip.
The production is terrific and there is NO FILLER, JUST KILLER ! The Coverphoto is also something to talk about and I simply love it.So everyone out there should go and buy it as soon as it´s available - I´ll definately do it !!!!
Still I´d love to know, when you actually started recording the album and how long did it take you, to finish this masterpiece ?
With lot´s of respect and the best wishes for a huge success
Sven Buhrmester (36)
Hamburg / Germany
DEAR UNCLE GENE,
 THANK YOU AS AN ARTIST FOR SENDING ME THE RIGHT MESSAGES GROWING UP. I HAD NO PARENTAL SUPERVISION OTHER THAN HORRIFIC ABUSE AT THE HANDS OF MY INSANE MOTHER.
I COULD HAVE TURNED TO DRUGS AND CRIME LIKE SO MANY OTHER POOR KIDS AROUND ME IN THE PROJECTS BUT I DIDN'T.
I TURNED TO KISS AND TO COMICS...AND WEMON!!!
I'M A COMIC BOOK ILLUSTRATOR NOW. I HAVEN'T MADE IT TO THE TOP YET BUT I'VE BEEN PUBLISHED 13 TIMES AND HAVE COLLECTED CHECKS.
MY NAME IS GARY FRANCIS. I WROTE YOUNG DRACULA , DIARY OF A VAMPIRE.
MY QUESTION IS THIS...
WILL YOU START A COMIC BOOK PUBLISHING EMPIRE WITH THE END GOAL BEING TO SELL THE RIGHTS TO THE HOLLYWOOD MOVIE INDUSTRY ? I WILL WORK FOR YOU , AND CREATE A NEW AGE OF WONDER AND ENLIGHTENMENT AND UNDER YOUR FLAG I WILL LAY SIEGE TO AS MUCH MONEY FOR YOU AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE. AS A SHOW OF GOOD FAITH I WILL CREATE FOR YOU FOR THE FIRST YEAR FOR TWENTY PERCENT OF THE ARTISTS SHARE AS OPPOSED TO THE 60% AN INDY COMPANY USUALLY PAYS.
I CAN OFFER A GOOD SOLID STABLE OF TALENT AND TWO REALLY GOOD GUYS AS MANAGEMENT ASST. ONE WORKS FOR DEVILS DUE PUBLISHING AND THE OTHER RAN VEROTIK PRESS AND DEALT WITH THE FRAZZETTA ESTATE.
ALSO WHAT WERE YOUR FUTURE PLANS FOR "THE ELDER"? I WOULD LOVE TO TURN SOMETHING SO MANY PEOPLE LAUGHED AT INTO A SPIKED LEATHER FULL LENGTH COFFIN COAT LINED WITH RED VELVET THAT YOU COULD WEAR TO THE OSCARS TO ACCEPT THE AWARD FOR BEST SPECIAL FX.
MY LOYALITY BORDERS ON
RELIGION,
GARY FRANCIS
Response from Gene:
Gary, I'm glad you made it. You have yourself to thank. No one else. Everyone decides things for themselves. Life IS about choice. No matter what the circumstances or obstacles.
Comic book company? Sure. Would love to do that. But now I am swamped. But, it's a good thought.
Hello,Dearest Gene!
My name is Lena,i am from Moscow. Today is my Birthday and it will be cool if You congratulated me! Thanks so much! See You in Moscow (i hope)! 30.04.2004.
Dear Gene,
Greetings once again from Denver. Thank you for posting my letter about having dinner with me. You wanted a foto, but I don't have any photos of the lasagne, so instead I decided to send our Halloween costumes from last year instead (myself "Gene", my husband "Tommy/Ace", and our cat "Paul"). We liked this image so much we sent it out as our Christmas card to friends and family - Wow! The cat's name is "Star" and she's our "child", thus the make up. (Please note: no animals where hurt during the making of this photo.) Anyway, see you in Denver.
All my love,
Maureen
P.S. Do you like sparkling apple cider? It goes great
with lasagne (non alcholic).
I celebrated my birthday this week. I wanted to share a picture with you. It is a picture of the greatest birthday cake I've ever received. My brother David drew your likeness on the cake and my sister-in-law Doris decorated it. They done such a great job I knew you would enjoy seeing it.
Looking forward to the upcoming KISS concerts.
The KISS Lady
Lee Ann Clark
Gene,
 Just wanted to share this with you - I was at the show in Detroit last summer with Aerosmith (the one that got rescheduled due to the blackout) with my fiance, my brother, and his fiance.
We're all sitting there before the show, and I love to observe what kinds of fans come to Kiss shows. Ever since I first saw you at Tiger Stadium for the first reunion show in '96, I've always dug checking out the diversity of fans, particularly in age.
Anyway, we're sitting there waiting for Saliva to come on, and this little old lady walks past us. She takes an aisle seat a few rows ahead of us, sits down, and starts working on some knitting. So we're looking around, waiting for her kid or grandkid to show up. And no one shows up, and no one shows up, and no one shows up. Before long, you guys hit the stage, and there's the little old lady standing up, and at that point we can see that she's wearing a long denim dress, completely covered in KISS patches! And that's what she had apparently been working on: sewing KISS patches onto her dress! Pretty awesome, huh? I'm only 24, but she's inspired me to "never get old," and I know I'll be a lifelong Kiss fan and GENE $IMMON$ fan!
Ian
Saline, MI
Gene
 I just wanted you to know there is a law firm in Tucson Az. that is using DETROIT ROCK CITY for there DUI commercial. thats f-cked up.
just thought you would want to know.
KISS ARMY FOREVER
JOHN carver
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