Gene Simmons won’t be able to rock and roll all nite, at least for a little while.
The Kiss legend was reportedly hospitalized following a car crash in Malibu, California, on Tuesday, Oct. 7, according to NBC4 Los Angeles.
Although Simmons, 76, is now said to be “recovering at home” following the scary incident, the “Beth” rocker had either “passed out or fainted,” he told police, while behind the wheel of his SUV and collided with a parked car on the Pacific Coast Highway, per the outlet.
Gene Simmons out and about in Los Angeles on July 8. RC / BACKGRID
Gene Simmons getting dinner in Malibu on Sept. 23. Backgrid / BACKGRIDA spokesperson for the Sheriff’s Department told The Post that there was an accident matching the description of the Kiss bassist’s crash. However, they did not identify the driver involved.
The spokesperson added that the incident happened in the 25600 block of the PCH shortly before 1 p.m. Tuesday, and it involved “a black Lincoln Navigator” that “struck a parked vehicle.”
The driver, who “might have suffered a medical emergency before the crash,” was then transported to a local hospital for medical treatment, the spokesperson shared.
Kiss members Ace Frehley, Paul Stanley, Peter Criss and Gene Simmons pose for a portrait session in Los Angeles in January 1975. Michael Ochs Archives
Gene Simmons and Kiss performing in Toluca, Mexico, on Dec. 4, 2022. Getty ImagesNBC4 later identified the driver as Simmons and reported that his SUV “careened across several lanes of traffic” before colliding with the parked car.
The “God of Thunder” singer’s wife, Shannon Tweed, told the outlet that her husband is currently recovering at home and that doctors recently changed his medication.
The Post has reached out to Simmons’ rep for comment.
Gene Simmons performing at the Canyon Club in Agoura Hills, California, on Aug. 31. Ability Films / BACKGRID
Gene Simmons at the world premiere of “The Strangers — Chapter 2” in Los Angeles on Sept. 16. John Salangsang/ShutterstockSimmons isn’t the only Kiss member recovering from a startling incident.
The band’s co-founder and former guitarist, Ace Frehley, recently canceled the remaining dates of his 2025 tour because of “ongoing medical issues” following a fall that left him hospitalized.
“Due to some ongoing medical issues, Ace has made the difficult decision to cancel the remainder of his 2025 dates,” the musician, dubbed the Spaceman and Space Ace, and his team announced on Instagram Monday.
Frehley, 74, announced last month that he couldn’t make a performance scheduled for Sept. 26 because he suffered “a minor fall in his studio” that he said resulted “in a trip to the hospital.”
Ace Frehley of Kiss attends the New Jersey Kiss Expo in Parsippany on Dec. 8, 2018. Getty ImagesThe “Rock and Roll All Nite” rock band, which initially consisted of Simmons, Frehley, Paul Stanley and Peter Criss, is currently set to reunite next month to celebrate its 50th anniversary with a festival, Kiss Kruise: Land-Locked in Vegas.
Scheduled for Nov. 14-16 in Las Vegas, the three-day event would mark the group’s first performance since they seemingly retired from touring back in 2023.
Stanley, 73, opened up about the upcoming reunion while on Joel Madden’s “Artist Friendly” podcast in July.
Gene Simmons, Peter Criss, Paul Stanley and Ace Frehley in the dressing room before a Kiss concert at the Forum in Inglewood, California, in 1976. Mark Sullivan
Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley, Peter Criss and Paul Stanley of Kiss before a concert in Hartford, Connecticut, on Feb. 16, 1977. AP“Because we’re not touring, and because the band isn’t what it was, doesn’t mean we’ve forgotten our fans,” the Kiss frontman explained. “Our fans made us who we are and continue to keep us where we are.”
Although Stanley and Simmons initially wanted to organize a Kiss cruise, the rhythm guitarist admitted that they “couldn’t get a ship.”
“We’re doing a Kiss cruise without a ship,” Stanley teased regarding next month’s fest. “We’ve got the Virgin Hotel. We’re going to play. Other bands are going to play. We’ll do Q&As. There will be competitions. There’s going to be everything that people expected on the Kiss cruise.”
