Simmons Vows To Keep Make-up

KISS star GENE SIMMONS has vowed never to ditch the band's trademark face paint again.

The bassist stopped using the iconic make-up for 13 years during the 1980s. But Simmons insists it will never happen again.

He says, "It takes two hours to put that make-up on. That's work that other rock bands don't have to do.

"Sometimes I wish I was in a band that can just get up on stage in jeans and T-shirts. But then I remember there is nothing like the feeling I get from being The God of Thunder - that sense of power."