KI$$ FINALLY GO TOO FAR
Friday, June 6th, 2008 at 11:43am by Axl RosenbergThere’s no such thing as a war between art and commerce – or, at least, there isn’t anymore. Commerce kicked art’s ass all up and down the street, and now you have Chuck Close selling shirts at The Gap, an American film industry that is interested in making little product besides sequels and remakes… and now KI$$ are making plans to continue their “brand” with four entirely new members (see video below), so that Chaim Witz and Stanley Harvey Eisen can have an even better retirement package than the one already provided for them by album royalties (including approximately 2,376,893 greatest hits collections, allegedly-but-not-really live albums, and box sets), concert revenue, clothing sales, comic book tie-ins, horrible movies and cartoons, reality television programs, acting and voice-over work, books, DVDs and videos, games and toys, Kiss condoms, Halloween costumes, trading cards, incense, bedding, furniture, instrument endorsements, kitchenware, calendars, and, oh yeah, the single stupidest piece of merchandising in the history of stupid merchandising. (For a complete list of every fucktarted piece of shit anyone has ever made or purchased in the name of KI$$, click here).
You have to wonder with asshairs like this: isn’t there such a thing as “enough” money? I’m not so naive as to think that art shouldn’t be a business at all, but do Paul and Gene really need that extra few million dollars? Mightn’t they take a look around their mansions and say to themselves, “Hey, you know what? We’ve sold millions of records, made millions of dollars, influenced practically every rock musician who came after us in some capacity or another, fucked hundreds of gorgeous women, and pretty much ensured that our families will never want for everything… maybe, as I grow closer to death, I’ll keep my legacy in mind and I’ll at least PRETEND I actually care about music and not devalue it by making it a commodity that has nothing to do with art by shitting all over whatever is left of my good name by actively participating in turning my band into Menudo? Especially in a world where young bands that probably looked up to me when they were kids are on the verge of breaking up due to financial issues, to say nothing of the terrible poverty that afflicts so many other people throughout the world – can’t I just be grateful for my blessings and not act like a total cocksucking piece of dog shit?”
If I was an anti-Semite, Gene and Paul would be the examples I used to recruit teenage skinheads. I hope someone makes them watch while their families are dropped in boiling acid before gouging their eyes out so it’s the last thing they ever see, then cutting their dicks off so they can’t even take solace in the bed of a willing groupie. But I’d settle for an IRS audit resulting in these two smegma stains getting Wesley Snipe’d.
-AR
[via Blabbermouth]
Yeah, I don’t like KISS either.
They went too far ages ago, nothing they do surprises me any more…
BUY MY WAFFLES!!!
A-fucking-men. Spot on post, guys.
but im sure Opeth and Napalm Death are cool to do it…
and btw I’m glad those bands have…im more a fan of non-original member material by those bands than the original incarnations..
where would we be if every inventor or creator took their creations with them to the grave?
i say go for it and for chrissakes please SAVE the Kiss name with some good music…
nice hairpiece gene
I’m going to go ahead and point out that football teams work exactly the same way. Players change over time, and the team stays the same…
So, of course, I don’t think it’s particularly cool to do it, but on the other hand, it’s not so ‘out of the ordinary’… It’s just an ‘old’ concept brought to a new game play.
In business, something I’m unfortunately part of, it’s called innovation. E.g. Bento Boxes… Hugely popular idea that came from Japan.
Anyways… Enough ranting, KISS (or what’s left of them -which won’t be for too long now, I guess) are just entrepreneurs, and as far as business goes, that’s a good thing. It’s their brand, let them do what they will…
My hate for them knows no boundaries… thankfully we have MetalSucks to word such feelings eloquently. A blog post by me would just consist of a video of the KISS Psycho Circus game.
[...] *The KISS coffin: This isn’t just for Gene Simmons. You can buy one, too. [metalsucks] [...]
It is official: Gene Simmons is the most obnoxiously money-grubbing human being who has ever walked the earth. All the stereotypes & jokes in the world do not do justice to the degree of greed this guy possesses. I would not be surprised to see Gene bagging & selling his feces if he thought he could make a dime or two from it. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised to learn he’s already doing it.
Excuse the primitive Lambgoat comment;
VANFLIP/YARMULKA FLIP
there is no point in writting a paragraph about these souless money grubbers. TheCount said it best, and they dont surprise me either.
I read in an interview with Al Jourgenson that he’s planning to do a similar thing with the Revolting Cocks. Very sad….
How badly do people still want to hear Rock & Roll All Nite?
i can’t even find the words. i am baffled that people are actually defending and rationalizing this. these people must not give a shit about art or music in any way. even die hard kiss fans think it’s stupid.
[...] But, you lucky people you, I write about people who come alive at night. No, not vampires (although some would call KISS such). [...]