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Gene Simmons blames NIN, Radiohead and fans, for 'death' of music industry
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article published on 25 June, 2008
Last November we reported that Gene Simmons, founding member of the rock group KISS, had gone off on Nine Inch Nails, Radiohead and college aged pirates, going as far as to call Radiohead "idiots" and saying "Every little college kid ... should have been sued off the face of the earth," for their unauthorized downloading of course.
He has followed his last tirade with some new comments, ... [ read the full article ]
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adre02
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29. June 2008 @ 15:47 |
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Simmons is a turd. He hasnt released any music because his band was a dying breed. Hey, Simmons, here is an idea, if the artist would start releasing COMPLETE cd's with good music instead of 2-3 songs and the rest garbage, then maybe some people would care to purchase the music.
I remember in 1990 the music was actually good and the WHOLE album was solid. Now a days there only a handful of artist that put out complete albums that are good. There is no way I am forking over 16 bucks for 2 good songs.
Also, more and more artist are going to start using the internet for promotion. It is easier, cheaper, and it's return is well worth it.
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Mez
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30. June 2008 @ 08:13 |
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I agree with djgizmo and Matt355. Gene is all washed up! He is too old to be creative and I guess too old to even go on the road and do a good show. I am really crying for the bastard! His music is not realty good enough to be classic but I am sure he would differ with that opinion. What he doesn't figure is his opinion does not matter. Too bad he didn?t invest more money when the getting was good. He must have assumed a few years of creativity would carry him for the rest of his life.
I believe it was the music industry the killed the music industry. Their greed has stopped the creative flow that existed in the olden days. Now most bands are artists instead of entertainers. They do not realize it is the lowly fan that makes them great or actually millions of lowly fans.
I am sure he pirated music when he was a boy.
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1. July 2008 @ 01:58 |
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Yeah Right, as if he didnt copy music using a cassete recorder, we did, he did, everybody did, and now its suppose to be different, so damn hypocritical. All these damn moguls make me sick anymore with all thier crying and moaning, what are they really losing even with pirating, what is like 7 to 8 percent from everything I read, oh man, so instead of them making a mil a year and mostly more, they'll make like what 920 thou a year or more, oh man boo hoo my f#$%#$g heart bleeds for them.
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1. July 2008 @ 02:16 |
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Originally posted by FredBun:
Yeah Right, as if he didnt copy music using a cassete recorder, we did, he did, everybody did, and now its suppose to be different, so damn hypocritical. All these damn moguls make me sick anymore with all thier crying and moaning, what are they really losing even with pirating, what is like 7 to 8 percent from everything I read, oh man, so instead of them making a mil a year and mostly more, they'll make like what 920 thou a year or more, oh man boo hoo my f#$%#$g heart bleeds for them.
Does anyone remember holding the cassette recorder up to the tv or radio to get your "mix" down?!@! I do.
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G_Hubcap
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1. July 2008 @ 02:16 |
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i f'ed up
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 1. July 2008 @ 02:19
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1. July 2008 @ 11:18 |
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Originally posted by Daxsmoker:
gene simmons is stupid, the music industry is because of lime wire and music share sites, as well as the crap music that is out today like solider boy, lil wayne, and coldplay.
Lil Wayne has been making music for nearly 10 years or longer. It's not like it just came out. Get yo mind correct son!
/rant off
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2. July 2008 @ 01:29 |
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Hey Gene maybe you can bury the music industry in one of those KISS coffins you sell!
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2. July 2008 @ 07:34 |
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Does Simmons have any fans left? Did he ever have any? So much venom for such a never-was.
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2. July 2008 @ 07:46 |
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Kiss used to be huge, but they sold out for more money. I just saw Alice Cooper in concert recently and he has way better showmanship plus way better music. A good example of a musical artist that stuck to his roots and stayed faithful to his fans.
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2. July 2008 @ 13:41 |
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Kiss was NEVER huge, and I've heard 'em all starting with Elvis who was huge, twice! Alice Cooper was indeed huge also.
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2. July 2008 @ 13:50 |
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Alice Cooper (along with rockers like ZZ Top) still put on a kickin' show.
Never seen KISS live, don't intend to. I only like a couple songs. And obviously have zero respect for Gene Simmons.
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2. July 2008 @ 22:31 |
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The point is that he doesn't want to make any more music because he believes the record industry is dead and more importantly.... He can't make enough money.
Isn't the guy rich enough. Even if you keep touring people are going to want to see you play just as much as ever, and if people share your new stuff, well at least it's getting out there and people are hearing it. Some will love it, others will burn it(like some of the people in this thread)but you should be happy That its circulating the masses.
If you still arn't making enough money maybe you should go do another reality tv show you . Maybe this time it should feature gordon ramsey with kiss as his apprentices.
Everyone who has read this topic should really see the christian rock band episode of south park if they have not allready.
Thanks for listening.
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clangour
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2. July 2008 @ 22:31 |
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The point is that he doesn't want to make any more music because he believes the record industry is dead and more importantly.... He can't make enough money.
Isn't the guy rich enough. Even if you keep touring people are going to want to see you play just as much as ever, and if people share your new stuff, well at least it's getting out there and people are hearing it. Some will love it, others will burn it(like some of the people in this thread)but you should be happy That its circulating the masses.
If you still arn't making enough money maybe you should go do another reality tv show you . Maybe this time it should feature gordon ramsey with kiss as his apprentices.
Everyone who has read this topic should really see the christian rock band episode of south park if they have not allready.
Thanks for listening.
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