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Jackson Maxwell

Gene Simmons says Geddy Lee "didn't understand what a blues scale was" when they first jammed together

Gene Simmons (left) and Geddy Lee perform onstage

As improbable as it may seem today, there was a time when Kiss and Rush – two bands that would each go on to sell tens of millions of albums – used to frequently share bills, with the latter opening for the former. 

At the time, Rush bass guitar player Geddy Lee hadn't yet grown into the low-end legend he is today and, reportedly, played mostly by ear. According to Kiss bassist Gene Simmons, for that matter, Lee – during Rush's early days – didn't even know what a blues scale was.

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