In a new episode of “The Adam Carolla Show”, Kiss bassist, Gene Simmons, recalled one of the most iconic moments from his life, which was mentioned another iconic musician.
Here’s who Gene Simmons was talking about:
“Jimmy Page, for those of you who are 20 years old, the guy created, invented more riffs than any other person on the planet. Led Zeppelin, every song, just more riffs than anybody, than anybody. Every song was like that. So he came to see (Kiss perform) quite a few times, and we became friendly, and I introduced (my son) Nick to him, who was so awed, he started crying in front of Page. ‘Jimmy, say hello to my son Nick.’ ‘Oh, how are you?’
”He’s crying his heart out; he didn’t know what to say. Of course, Nick is gonna torture me now, because I’m embarrassing him. So, Page came to see us the first time when we played Wembley, he came to see us some other times when we were there, and he came up to me after the show, my hand to God, and said, without doing an English accent, he says, ‘Mate, you can give (The Who’s John) Entwistle a run for his money.’
”And I was just about ready to pass out. That’s not true, of course, but the fact that he would even say that. That’s the highest compliment. For me, forget about it. The only higher one might be (Paul) McCartney coming over and saying, ‘You’re doing a good job,’ because nobody played bass the way McCartney does because you can hear a song and remember the bass parts that McCartney played.”