KISS’ Gene Simmons on the one and only time he got high

nme.com:

KISS‘ Gene Simmons has retold the story of the one and only time in his life that he got high.The US rock musician, who has previously claimed to have never been drunk or high in his life, opened up about the time he accidentally ingested cannabis brownies after a KISS gig in the ’70s.The musician reflected on the eventful experience during the latest episode of Your Mom’s House with Christina P.

and Tom Segura along with his son Nick Simmons.“I’ve never been drunk or high in my life,” he reasserted on the podcast (per Loudwire), before his son brought up the “one accidental story”.Nick explained that his dad was “so removed from drug culture that he didn’t know that you can bake cannabis into baked goods”, and had no hesitation accidentally eating six brownies.“So, please describe then what you hallucinated,” he said to his dad. “You’ve told me this a couple of times.

It’s my favourite story.”Gene continued that he’s “never before or since had anything like that happen to me” and “wasn’t prepared for it”.He recalled: “So, you’ve got a room full of people celebrating – we’re breaking some kind of record in Detroit…This was in ’76…The whole room is full, and I’m just seeing the brownies piled [high].

And I love that stuff. Everyone’s [like] ‘Let’s smoke, let’s put things up our ass.’ No, just give me cake.”Gene said that it “didn’t hurt” that the woman dispensing the brownies “wasn’t bad looking, adding: “[She] comes over, and I’m [like,] ‘Give me another one of those.’ Then I started, like a dog with a bone, just following her around.