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Re: Gene Simmons lashes out at Axl Rose
Having recently completed a 30-plus-date European tour, Kiss will "eventually when we're ready tour America," co-founder Gene Simmons said during a keynote address today (Nov. 20) at the fifth annual Billboard Touring Conference, held at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York.
Referring to Kiss as the "juggernaut of all rock'n'roll brands," Simmons said the band is currently working out future tour details. "We've been talking with [manager Doc McGhee] about Europe and then doing a year-long tour maybe this coming summer, but we'll see," Simmons said. "Kiss and Queen, that would be a smash. That would kill. So far (it's) 50/50."
During the address, Simmons, who is also a reality TV star and entrepreneur, stressed the duties of being a live performer. "I don't care if you're Axl Rose, forgot to tie your shoelaces or your father molested you when you were three -- you're a bitch if you don't show up onstage when it says 9 o'clock," he said, drawing loud applause from the audience.
"You need to have the integrity and self-respect to respect the promoter who paid you the money in advance, the hall and the people who makes all our lives possible," he continued.
Speaking to an audience of primarily concert promoters, venue officials and booking agents, Simmons warned those in the live entertainment industry that it wouldn't be wise to lower concert ticket prices. "Don't do that, you're training an entire generation of people to pay less for something and then more for something else," he said. "They won't know what the value is and they'd rather pay less every time."
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Re: Gene Simmons lashes out at Axl Rose
I find it tasteless to whore out the image and music of a band for the sake of making a buck.
Re: Gene Simmons lashes out at Axl Rose
I find it tasteless to whore out the image and music of a band for the sake of making a buck.
Yeah I'm not too fond of the way Kiss has milked its legacy either. However, they've always been like that. It just sticks out more now that their creative peak is long over.
When I was a kid, I had a Kiss lunch box. On Halloween I would dress up as Gene Simmons. Now its reality shows, Kiss coffins,etc.
Re: Gene Simmons lashes out at Axl Rose
Axl just met his match.
Simmons would crush Axl on his cheese sandwich snack break.
And Gene is right. Although it is a bit unclassy for him to make the molestation crack.
True. The molestation remark is extremely uncalled for. The rest I have to agree with Gene Simmons. And saying that hurts way more than anyone can imagine. *lol*
