“We met up with Gene in his suite at Caesars Palace in Vegas, which was an experience in itself!”: The hair metal band that had Gene Simmons as their producer – before their guitarist joined Kiss

Gene Simmons.

In the ’80s, Kiss star Gene Simmons turned his hand to producing other artists, and even founded his own record label – which he named, somewhat inevitably, Simmons Records.

And one of the acts that Simmons worked with back then was Black ’N Blue, featuring guitarist Tommy Thayer, who ended up joining Simmons in Kiss in the 2000s.