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Gene Simmons

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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2666 total appearances

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The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
Gene Simmons | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

It doesn't last long, but boy, does it taste good.

The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
Gene Simmons | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

I appreciate it.

The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
Gene Simmons | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

If that's the byproduct or somebody else does a thesis on the social significance of the panographic art form as exemplified by Mickey Mouse, go for it.

The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
Gene Simmons | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

It was less about inside the band and more what was happening in the world.

The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
Gene Simmons | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

Okay, so take me through that, please.

The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
Gene Simmons | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

Music changes.

The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
Gene Simmons | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

New generations of fans come up.

The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
Gene Simmons | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

So the birth of...

The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
Gene Simmons | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

So while the band was sane and playing on stage, there was the all for one, one for all.

The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
Gene Simmons | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

Once Peter and Ace, bless them, and they were equally important for the formation of the band, but not everybody's designed in their DNA to run marathons.

The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
Gene Simmons | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

Most people, it's difficult to keep a band lineup, as you know.

The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
Gene Simmons | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

Been there.

The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
Gene Simmons | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

And so...

The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
Gene Simmons | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

once ace and peter succumbed to the weaknesses the drugs and the alcohol and all that there was trouble in paradise and then you can you throw you know flammables into the flame and society starts to change and new generations come up and disco comes up well maybe we should do a song and everybody fell victim rod stewart the stones every so that starts to change again sorry to interrupt you but because it's important to sort of get what i'm after

The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
Gene Simmons | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

Yes, it was the beginning of disco.

The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
Gene Simmons | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

We were doing, ironically, what became our biggest single, number one around the world, I Was Made For Loving You.

The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
Gene Simmons | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

We did it all the way to the end, and you could play an ogre fest where there's not a chick within a thousand yards of that place.

The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
Gene Simmons | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

And they're all singing.

The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
Gene Simmons | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

80,000, you know, death metal fans, and they're jumping up and down like biblical locusts going doo.

The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
Gene Simmons | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

You know, it makes no sense whatsoever.