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Episode: Exclusively Van Halen: GENE SIMMONS Claims #EDDIEVANHALEN Considered Joining KISS in 1982 🤘🔥1/4/26
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KISS bassist and co-founder Gene Simmons has revealed that Eddie Van Halen once seriously considered joining KISS during a volatile period in Van Halen’s...