Gene Simmons claimed on this day in 2017 that he invented the "devil horns" hand gesture, but is there truth to that claim?

Both committed metal overlords, but which one could have raised the devil’s horns and entered the history ... He actually tried to trademark the symbol earlier this year, though abandoned ...

Where did the "devil horns" hand gesture originate? Who invented it? The sign of the horns, also known as devil horns or metal horns, is ubiquitous in heavy metal, hard rock and beyond.

KISS frontman Gene Simmons wants to trademark the universal sign for rock-and-roll, but he's doing it wrong. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the 67-year-old singer filed an application ...

Three decades later, what some call "the devil's horns" or "sign of the horns" has morphed into a mainstream way of saying, "Rock on" or "Hell, yeah" or "Good times." These days, even Britney ...

KISS frontman Gene Simmons has applied to trademark his signature “devil horns” hand symbol: index, pinky, and thumb out, middle fingers tucked in. Simmons claims he was the first to use the ...

In American Sign Language, a similar gesture is used ... And don't forget Satan -- some folks call those the "devil's horns," which can make for an awkward situation if you also happen to be ...

Jews eventually were required to wear a symbol of their horns ... And, though Cass Holloway is not Jewish, invoking the same devil horns to criticize him for his stance on Israel, evokes the ...

But in reading the obits, we thought about another of Dio's contributions to hard rock: he's widely considered to be the originator of the "devil's horns" sign that metalheads make whilst headbanging.

And to make him look even more law abiding the Oklahoma man has added to his facial inkings with two large devil horns, Nazi SS lightning bolts below his eye and a lipsticked kiss on his cheek.

Here’s everyone from Margaret Thatcher to Pope Francis to Jesus to Darth Vader who has received the rough end of TIME’s “horns.” Any resemblance to cats, bats or devil horns is entirely ...

In American Sign Language, a similar gesture is used ... And don't forget Satan -- some folks call those the "devil's horns," which can make for an awkward situation if you also happen to be ...