Gene Simmons

The Berry family asked me to do that. It's on YouTube. And... Again, when the Beatles came along, it was a seismic shift. So before the Beatles, there was a sound. Before Chuck Berry and everything. My darling. Music used to be that way. It was called doo-wop. Doo-wop because it was New York-based. Wop was a derogatory term for Italians. The passports, W-O-P, without papers, a WAP.

The Berry family asked me to do that. It's on YouTube. And... Again, when the Beatles came along, it was a seismic shift. So before the Beatles, there was a sound. Before Chuck Berry and everything. My darling. Music used to be that way. It was called doo-wop. Doo-wop because it was New York-based. Wop was a derogatory term for Italians. The passports, W-O-P, without papers, a WAP.

The Berry family asked me to do that. It's on YouTube. And... Again, when the Beatles came along, it was a seismic shift. So before the Beatles, there was a sound. Before Chuck Berry and everything. My darling. Music used to be that way. It was called doo-wop. Doo-wop because it was New York-based. Wop was a derogatory term for Italians. The passports, W-O-P, without papers, a WAP.

And even Little Richard, a WAP, Babaloo WAP, a WAP, Bamboo, Tutti Frutti, you know, all that. So music kept changing based on the way the ears were tuned, what people heard. And soon as Elvis started doing black music, it changed white music. It was doing, in those days, it was called race music. You couldn't hear that stuff on radio.

And even Little Richard, a WAP, Babaloo WAP, a WAP, Bamboo, Tutti Frutti, you know, all that. So music kept changing based on the way the ears were tuned, what people heard. And soon as Elvis started doing black music, it changed white music. It was doing, in those days, it was called race music. You couldn't hear that stuff on radio.

And even Little Richard, a WAP, Babaloo WAP, a WAP, Bamboo, Tutti Frutti, you know, all that. So music kept changing based on the way the ears were tuned, what people heard. And soon as Elvis started doing black music, it changed white music. It was doing, in those days, it was called race music. You couldn't hear that stuff on radio.

Elvis opened the doors for black music that was shamefully not allowed to be played on regular radio. So as you go through the different eras, there was the big band era, the so-and-so era, populations and tastes change. And even through rock and roll came in, based on Chuck Berry, and they stopped doing that, and it became riffs. You know, the Zeppelin thing.

Elvis opened the doors for black music that was shamefully not allowed to be played on regular radio. So as you go through the different eras, there was the big band era, the so-and-so era, populations and tastes change. And even through rock and roll came in, based on Chuck Berry, and they stopped doing that, and it became riffs. You know, the Zeppelin thing.

Elvis opened the doors for black music that was shamefully not allowed to be played on regular radio. So as you go through the different eras, there was the big band era, the so-and-so era, populations and tastes change. And even through rock and roll came in, based on Chuck Berry, and they stopped doing that, and it became riffs. You know, the Zeppelin thing.

That moved it a little to bigger sound, less complex, bigger riffs. And so we're a product of all those English bands, actually. But even during our reign, As the Gallup pulled number one band on the planet three years in a row, 77, 78, 79, above the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and the Bee Gees, there was something going on. It was called grunge.

That moved it a little to bigger sound, less complex, bigger riffs. And so we're a product of all those English bands, actually. But even during our reign, As the Gallup pulled number one band on the planet three years in a row, 77, 78, 79, above the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and the Bee Gees, there was something going on. It was called grunge.

That moved it a little to bigger sound, less complex, bigger riffs. And so we're a product of all those English bands, actually. But even during our reign, As the Gallup pulled number one band on the planet three years in a row, 77, 78, 79, above the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and the Bee Gees, there was something going on. It was called grunge.

It came out of Seattle, and it was a different form of music. Then there was new romance, new wave alternative. Music keeps changing. There was once something called big band. It was, you know, they had the template, which is lots of horns and that's what you did. And the Beatles came along and all of a sudden it was less about the temptations and four or five guys

It came out of Seattle, and it was a different form of music. Then there was new romance, new wave alternative. Music keeps changing. There was once something called big band. It was, you know, they had the template, which is lots of horns and that's what you did. And the Beatles came along and all of a sudden it was less about the temptations and four or five guys

It came out of Seattle, and it was a different form of music. Then there was new romance, new wave alternative. Music keeps changing. There was once something called big band. It was, you know, they had the template, which is lots of horns and that's what you did. And the Beatles came along and all of a sudden it was less about the temptations and four or five guys

moving together with steps with a big band in back of them. And it was just four or five guys in the front playing their own instruments, writing their own songs. So music will continue. And now we finally come to the end of days when you can be an EDM artist and make an awful lot of money. And the expertise goes in front of 50,000 people. The expertise goes something like this.

moving together with steps with a big band in back of them. And it was just four or five guys in the front playing their own instruments, writing their own songs. So music will continue. And now we finally come to the end of days when you can be an EDM artist and make an awful lot of money. And the expertise goes in front of 50,000 people. The expertise goes something like this.

moving together with steps with a big band in back of them. And it was just four or five guys in the front playing their own instruments, writing their own songs. So music will continue. And now we finally come to the end of days when you can be an EDM artist and make an awful lot of money. And the expertise goes in front of 50,000 people. The expertise goes something like this.

The finger presses up, boom, bop, boom, bop, boom, bop, boom, bop. You see 50,000 people jumping up and down because of this computerized, pre-recorded stuff with lights and everything. But all the guy's doing is, what's up, you know, jumping up and down with them. And by the way, I fully support that. Life is short, and if music in any way, shape, or form makes the experience of living beautiful,

The finger presses up, boom, bop, boom, bop, boom, bop, boom, bop. You see 50,000 people jumping up and down because of this computerized, pre-recorded stuff with lights and everything. But all the guy's doing is, what's up, you know, jumping up and down with them. And by the way, I fully support that. Life is short, and if music in any way, shape, or form makes the experience of living beautiful,