Nick Simmons and Evan Stanley, the sons of KISS legends Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, recently teamed up for a cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Sound of Silence.”
Nick shared a video to Instagram of him and Evan performing the song along with the caption: “he garfunkeled my simon till my hall got oates.”
Proud father Gene also shared the video, writing on Twitter/X: “Nick Simmons and Evan Stanley. Check this out. Amazing.”
In the comment section, fans seemed to agree with Gene and left quite a bit of positive feedback about the pair’s cover of the track. Some even went as far as to suggest that Nick and Evan should team up and take over for their dads in KISS.
“The next lineup of Kiss?” one person wrote, with another adding: “The next generation of Kiss.”
Earlier this year in an interview with Jeff Gaudiosi of MisplacedStraws, Evan discussed the possibility and rumors of him taking over his father’s role in the band.
“No, it’s the funniest thing. People keep asking that constantly,” he said. “It’s like, dude, you can look at like a thousand interviews where my dad says it, Gene [Simmons] says it, I say it, Nick [Simmons] says it. It’s like, no. That’s my dad’s thing. I’m busy with my thing. I appreciate it. I’m grateful for it. I love it. I’m a fan of the music. I’m a fan of the show. I’ve gotten to have a really unique and very wonderful life as a direct result of it.”
He continued: “Do I want to put the makeup on and be baby Paul? F*ck no, I got my own thing going. That’s not a knock. I think there’s someone out there who probably would want to do that, and they’ll probably do an amazing job. I’ve not spent my life trying to be that so, no, I got too much other stuff going on.”
After KISS’ final show in December 2023 at Madison Square Garden, the band announced that, while they will not physically continue to tour, the band will continue on through digital avatars with a show similar to ABBA’s virtual concert “Voyage.”
