Gene Simmons
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1,552 appearances
6 recordings
6 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard 10 Dec
Gene Simmons’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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So Paul comes up with the idea of maybe it's time to take the makeup off.
And I'm going, I'm not sure about that.
We have a, quote, legacy, whatever.
You know, we lasted longer than the Beatles.
Beatles lasted seven years and put out all this astonishing stuff.
and never as far as i'm concerned never decayed just kept moving evolving but of course nobody is the beatles and so you know i gave in i said okay let's see what happens and this lick it up record happened which was okay and you had some big hits off yes lick it up and a few other things
I could argue the ACDC or Metallica idea, which is you stay true to the DNA.
Well, it's an argument that works well for them and Iron Maiden.
Well, we didn't have a choice because we gave in.
There were those first records that had, you know, sort of Chuck Berry crossed with this and that, Little Beatles, Little Motown, Little this, Little that.
Whatever that thing was, the identity, the fingerprint was diluted as members within the band started to
veer from the band.
There are other bands that have stayed true to who they are and have survived, become bigger.
And by the way, I don't do that.
I go, that's their journey, this is ours.
Sure, but I prefer to make dollars.
Oh, that's another one!
The only thing I care about is a brand new five-year-old who experiences KISS or the imagery, even if it's not the music, just somehow gets seduced and beguiled by that thing.
That's the magic for me.
And when that...
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