GENE SIMMONS THINKS HE SHOULD BE THROWN OUT OF KISS
Thursday, September 24th, 2009 at 12:00pm by Axl RosenbergI found the following quote from a recent interview with Gene Simmons to be (inadvertently) hilarious:
“This is electric church, and no one on that stage — me or anyone else — wears the makeup and platform heels by some kind of birthright. This ain’t Europe; just ’cause your dad was king doesn’t make you the king. You’ve got to earn it. And when you defile KISS, you should be thrown out.”
Gene is referring to dudes like Ace Frehley, Peter Criss and Vinnie Vincent, of course. But I have to wonder what he thinks they did that was worse than this:
Or this:
Or this:
Or this:
Or this:
Or, for that matter, dressing up dudes who aren’t original members of Kiss in the same exact costumes as the original members of Kiss as though that were the same thing. Say what you will about Axl Rose, but he never made Robin Finck wear a top hat.
I know that at this point saying Gene Simmons is a sell-out about as insightful as saying that Ronnie James Dio is a midget, but seriously, the cojones on that dude just never cease to amaze me. A few people have told me that the new Kiss album is actually pretty good, but I can’t even bring myself to illegally download it because I just hate this fucker so much.
I wish Shannon Tweed would have a nervous breakdown and go all Brynn Hartman on his ass already.
-AR
I”m with you guys, I hate Gene because he makes truck loads of money too
Why do you hate him for making money? That’s not why most people hate him…
Because we’re petty and jealous.
oh yea, because we’re really angry that he makes money. This scum of the earth has somehow found his way into the heart of every trailer trash, middle-aged, female gas station cashier, and thinks that he is just the greatedt thing to ever happen to music. it’s not that he makes money, it’s how he does it. By being a soulless, merchandise-hungry sellout.
For as popular and supposedly influential as KISS are/were… the music is pretty lame. Even for the time. I’m greatful for some of the bands KISS inspired (Pantera, Immortal (lol), GWAR) but I just DON’T understand what’s so cool about them.
Simmons is a tool and a stain. But he’s a brilliant businessman. I think We Love Metal above put it best.
haven’t a larger percentage of his business ventures been absolute failures? hence the endless shilling of a ship that sailed ages ago to brainwashed heshers who don’t know any better. anybody who incessantly talks about how much money they have is more than likely covering something up…
he’s not a brilliant businessman.
If he were, he would’nt be so open about his own greed.
If he pretended to be in it for love of the music like Paul. he would make more money in the long run.
I’ll never buy anything kiss related again because of him, and I’m sure there are a lot of people feeling the same way.
Most successful business people have more failures than successes. It’s usually their failure that fuels the obsession to become successful. I dislike Simmons too, but that doesn’t blind me from the reality that he is good at marketing himself as a product. Sure, he’s a whore, but so what?
As for your statement, Columbo, about how he would have made more money in the long run, um, what the hell are you talking about? So he would have 100 million instead of 50 million (or whatever the relative figures are)? That is really one of the stupidest statements ever made on this site, and dude, that’s saying something.
really? If you rely on people buying your crap to make money, it does’nt make a lot of sense to tell the same people that you only do it because you need a new Bentley now does it?
They might just turn on you.
Ask any former kiss fan why they no longer spend money on kiss items, and I guarantee that Gene is one of the main reasons.
And if you don’t understand that logic, maybe I’m not the idiot here..
I’m listening to the new Ace Frehley album on YouTube. It’s pretty good.
KISS sucks. Always have, always will.
I mostly hate Gene Simmons because he insists that he invented the “Devil Horns” metal sign when what he is doing is fucking sign language for I love you. What a fucking idiot.
From what I can remember, he’s actually right about that. He did’nt invent it, most likely stole it from sister, but he was one of the first to use it
He still sucks though
Either way, the Dio version is far superior and that’s still the love sign. Not very metal.
Fuck you, Gene Simmons!
There’s a picture of John Lennon (with the beatles) doing the “devil horns” sign from the 1967-1968 era.
“Say what you will be about Axl Rose, but he never made Robin Finck wear a top hat.”
Axl,this may be one of the best lines you have ever written. Just struck me as funny!
Ceth, I’m glad you said this. I totally agree. It’s a brilliant line.
He is an obnoxious braggart and comes across as an unbelievably arrogant asshole, and I hate that the Kiss name has been smeared on every product you can think of and that two other guys now wear the face paint… but I met him a few years ago and he could not have been more gracious and polite. So, I suppose he is entitled to do what he wants… I just choose not to support what he offers.
Or maybe it’s all part of the act. Everything he does is calculated to get a response, which leads to publicity, which leads sales of whatever he is currently selling. Simmons, like Madonna, is a marketeer, and a brilliant one. The fact that so many people truly believe his over-the-top bravado and conceit is real just adds to his reputation.
Or maybe he is a brilliant marketeer who is also a conceited prick.
After seeing Gene’s porno, i felt pretty good about myself. take that how you will.
I like Kiss. I’m seeing em when they roll through Atlanta. And to be perfectly fair, Kiss was never about the integrity of the music or not selling out. They put their brand out on absolutely everything and it worked fantastically. But they had more than enough good songs to separate from the endless merchandise.
And yea, the new Kiss album is pretty good. Nice little 70’s throwback
Holy shit my pee pee felt horrible when I saw those Kiss “tongue lubricated kondoms”. Burn in hell Gene Simmons, burn in hell.
Ummm…that new KISS album is NOT good
Kiss sucks.
OLD MAN CIRCUS
Fuck you all!
He’s the elder statesman of metal!