Musician Gene Simmons Visits Service Members, Tours Pentagon

Gene Simmons of KISS is hosted at the Pentagon by Acting Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Charles E. Summers Jr. and Acting Principal Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Kimberley Joiner, Washington, D.C., May 16, 2019. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)

The Pentagon is filled with thousands of visitors every day, but not many of them are world-famous heavy metal rockers.

Gene Simmons, bass guitarist, singer and co-founder of the rock band Kiss, said he made his trip to the Pentagon yesterday a priority after a service member attending a concert invited him to visit the building.