We Will! We Will Rock You!

We Will! We Will Rock You!

Gene Simmons Goes Back to School to Teach Kids How to Rock in the New VH1 Series 'Gene Simmons' Rock School' Premiering Friday, August 19 at 11PM*

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Gene Simmons invades England to teach a bunch of prim and proper boarding school students how to rock in the new VH1 series, "Gene Simmons' Rock School," premiering Friday, August 19 at 11PM.* The infamous "Demon" of KISS faces a monumental task: turning a group of classical music mini-scholars into a killer rock band.

"Gene Simmons' Rock School" has Master Simmons setting up court at one of the UK's top independent boarding schools, Christ's Hospital in West Sussex, south of London. The children who attend the 450-year-old school wear Tudor uniforms, march into the lunch hall accompanied by full brass band and know nothing about rock music. So, in just six weeks Gene must transform a class of classically trained 13-year-old musicians into little rock gods.

Some kids will make the cut, and some will have their hearts broken as Gene picks a band worthy of opening for metal legends Motorhead in front of 5,000 screaming fans.

Viewer's can log on to http://www.vh1.com/ to learn more about "Gene Simmons' Rock School."

"Gene Simmons' Rock School" is a production of RDF Media. Directed by Ros Ponder, the Grant Mansfield is the Executive Producer and Jo Crawley is the Producer.

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Contacts: Maura Wozniak/VH1 Vanessa Reyes/MTVN 212-846-7325 310/752-8081

Source: VH1

CONTACT: Maura Wozniak of VH1, +1-212-846-7325; or Vanessa Reyes of MTVN, +1-310-752-8081

Web site: http://www.vh1.com/

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