Original sentence: This use may have originated with Ronnie James Dio, KISS, P-Funk or perhaps an earlier artist
Edited sentence: Dio, on the other hand, probably got it from KISS’ Gene Simmons, who was ripping the gesture off of P-Funk which was the first contemporary music group to use the sign.In P-Funk, the extended fingers help to tune on onto The One and become one with The Funk, it is used as a universal greeting throughout the parts of the Galaxy that have been enlightened by The One.This latter use is believed to have originated from the often use of the gesture by singer Ronnie James Dio