Gene Simmons and the Cow Tongue

The band KISS is well renowned for its nighttime rock and roll, daytime partying, and extravagant and theatrical live shows. In addition to cosmetics, there are rockets, fireworks, smoking guitars, fire breathing, and pyrotechnics. In addition to all of that, bassist Gene Simmons gained notoriety for his extraordinarily long tongue, which he openly flaunted at every chance. In fact, his tongue became so well-known that some people began to question whether it was indeed genuine. It quickly spread that Simmons had surgically removed his own appendage and replaced it with a cow tongue to improve his appearance.

Of course, this is ludicrous for a variety of reasons. A cow's tongue is over 20 times larger than a human's, so the difference would have been highly visible, in addition to the fact that tongue transplants were medically unfeasible in the early 1970s when KISS initially achieved fame. Additionally, despite the fact that Simmons' tongue is big, it is not the biggest tongue ever or anything of the sort. Simply put, it is bigger than usual. Finally, the man himself dispelled the myth. Although he acknowledged that his words were entirely those of Gene Simmons, he described this allegation as his "favorite KISS rumor."