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Gene Simmons: Kiss and Sell...and Smell

Posted over 3 years ago
As a child of the '70s, I loved this man. I will even buy the new Kiss DVD. But I must say, this God of Plunder is just absolutely vile, isn't he?
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  1. Joxley
    Joxley says I think "this":http://www.popsmear.com/brandnew/kiss.html really takes the biscuit...
    Permalink posted 10/29/2006
  2. Heli0tr0pe
    Heli0tr0pe says I’m pickin’ up what you’re putting down, baby. Call me, let’s do some business. Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting
    Permalink posted 10/29/2006
  3. ivylander
    ivylander says My wife has been watching this show with morbid fascination. She simply cannot believe that anyone can be so crass. I can't either. But that doesn't necessarily make it entertainment....
    Permalink posted 10/29/2006
  4. Joxley
    Joxley says Is that the show where he goes into schools and teaches the kids how to "rock"? If so is it the UK version or did the Yanks get their own?
    Permalink posted 10/29/2006
  5. Heli0tr0pe
    Heli0tr0pe says Hey! I'm just tryin' to make a living here. Whaddya want from me? Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting
    Permalink posted 10/29/2006
  6. ivylander
    ivylander says Maybe somebody else knows the answer to this. I'm not sure. From time to time she strolls into the kitchen for a snack and tells me about some outrageous exchange that has just taken place. The last one had something to with his son asking him whether, if there were two pits of alligators and above one of them he (the son) was dangling, and above the other Simmons's cellphone was dangling, he would try to rescue the son or the cellphone first. Or something like that. And Gene hesitated, then said something like, "If I didn't have my cellphone, I couldn't make any deals..." I've gotta believe he's only saying this stuff to wind up viewers in the name of "good television." But my wife is convinced he's in earnest. Either way, everyday life is so replete with unfortunate people that I don't feel the need to supplement my supply by watching them on the tube.
    Permalink posted 10/29/2006
  7. Joxley
    Joxley says That sounds completely different. In the UK he had a show similar to the film School of Rock wher he went into a school ( first a really posh private school then a run-down one) and got the kids to form a band and open at a major rock concert.
    Permalink posted 10/29/2006
  8. Heli0tr0pe
    Heli0tr0pe says I love that: "I couldn't make any deals..." What a way to sum up precisely what's wrong with the movie and music industries: too few people who care about making art, and too many people who care about nothing but making deals... All I know is that several years ago, I wrote a silly article for Simmons' (surprisingly short-lived) magazine, called Tongue, and was actually relieved that I never had to go meet him in person. He is widely considered the biggest asshole in the entire music industry. Now, ponder that for a second: just how monstrously gigantic an asshole must someone be, to be the Biggest Asshole in the Entire Music Industry?
    Permalink posted 10/29/2006
  9. Gimpster
    Gimpster says Wow. Biggest asshole in the ENTIRE music industry? I don't think that's even physically possible! Wow...
    Permalink posted 10/29/2006
  10. sugarbaby
    sugarbaby says What does Eau de KISS smell like? Codpiece sweat and kerosene??
    Permalink posted 10/29/2006
  11. Heli0tr0pe
    Heli0tr0pe says ...and a few other fluids, probably. (One red, one white...I know. Ew.)
    Permalink posted 10/29/2006
  12. ivylander
    ivylander says Okay, I'll get slammed for saying this, but it needs to be said: when did Kiss ever have anything to do with actual music?
    Permalink posted 10/29/2006
  13. Heli0tr0pe
    Heli0tr0pe says Hey – once they meant everything to me! (Granted, I was 9 years old.) I do have a more recent memory: Halloween 1998, Dodger Stadium, the “Psycho Circus in 3-D” Tour. Alone onstage, Gene starts in on “God of Thunder”...in total darkness. Needing illumination, he leaned into the mic and growled, most displeased: “Gimme a FUCKIN ’ spotlight.” (Despite their raunchy rep, it is actually very rare for anyone in KISS to swear onstage. They still have a few 9-year-old fans, I guess.) I, wearing my 3-D glasses, turned back and look just as the lighting guy snapped to and turned on his spotlight. I thought, “Man, I hope that poor sap is an employee of the venue and not of the band. Because if he has the misfortune of working for KISS, he’s gonna be found belly-up in the LA River with a 6” boot-heel dent in his head.”
    Permalink posted 10/29/2006
  14. lemontwist
    lemontwist says Yuck.
    Permalink posted 10/30/2006
  15. Pseudo Cyborg
    Pseudo Cyborg says “Gimme a FUCKIN ’ spotlight.” Wow, you never say anything like that on stage. Sure you can ask for more vocals on the monitor or whatever... but demands like that just sour people's impression. Tsk tsk.
    Permalink posted 10/30/2006
  16. ROCKNROLLPIMP1
    ROCKNROLLPIMP1 says all HAIL SATAN
    Permalink posted 11/02/2006

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