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Gene Simmons hates music pirates

16 November 2007 18:53 by Andre "DVDBack23" Yoskowitz | 48 comments

According to a Billboard Magazine interview, it appears that Gene Simmons, the founding member and front man of KISS, hates music pirates as well as the new ideals of Radiohead and Trent Reznor.

As quoted from the article, Simmons had this to say about anyone who downloads unauthorized music from the internet. "Every little college kid ... should have been sued off the face of the earth. They should have taken their houses and cars and nipped it right there in the beginning."

But Simmons wasn't done yet. When asked how he felt about the band Radiohead and Trent Reznor, the front man of Nine Inch Nails, who are offering new, interesting purchasing models for their music and removing the record labels completely from the equation, he added this, "I open a store and say 'Come on in and pay whatever you want.' Are you on f---ing crack? Do you really believe that's a business model that works?"

According to a comScore report however, Radiohead made $2.7 million USD on its first day of sales, a day anyone would hope for especially considering the record label wasn't there to take 90 percent of all profits.

Gene however, in his most hypocritical statement of the whole article, said it was not about the money. "The most important part is the music. Without that, why would you care?" You must be reminded however that Gene has a reality show, a cartoon show, and had been branding KISS merchandise for at least 20 years. About the music indeed Mr. Simmons.

Source:
Dailytech

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RNR1995 (Inactive) 17 November 2007 9:06
Radiohead did an excellent job, after all if your boss screwed you out of 90% of the take, wouldn't you rather strike a deal on your own and maybe make a little more money? Gene Simmons is a greedy douche bag and he should go lay in one of his KISS coffins. He will sell anything, it is all about the $$$$$$$$ [ + quote]
c1c (Member) 17 November 2007 10:33
Simmons is an idiot, my wife doesn't need KISS tampons and douche. [ + quote]
neo1000 (Junior Member) 17 November 2007 11:00
I think i�ll go and dowmload all the kiss songs i find even tough i don�t like them [ + quote]
7thsinger (AfterDawn Addict) 17 November 2007 11:14
*Originally posted by neo1000:* I think i�ll go and dowmload all the kiss songs i find even tough i don�t like them LOL! Make it interesting, only download the ones Gene sings! And Shepards we shall be... [ + quote]
jookycola (Member) 17 November 2007 11:23
Yeah....all 2 of them LOL [ + quote]
oappi (Junior Member) 17 November 2007 11:48
lol @ Simmons... you can see from this a-holes quotes he has never had trouble with the money. Just anotherone of these once a grate artist who live off their moment of glory which happened like a decade ago. i bet he also had rich parents who bought everything litle Gene wanted.. and yes car at the age it was legit for him to drive. [ + quote]
7thsinger (AfterDawn Addict) 17 November 2007 11:51
*Originally posted by jookycola:* Yeah....all 2 of them LOL LMAO! Hell yeah! Take that Gene! And Shepards we shall be... [ + quote]
navi1199 (Junior Member) 17 November 2007 12:22
i got 3 words for you Gene Simmons, Go **** yourself. [ + quote]
canuckerz (Senior Member) 17 November 2007 15:04
I wanna download illegal music all night! And party to it every day! [ + quote]
jetyi83 (Member) 17 November 2007 16:32
gene is a f-ing idiot.. there should be a reality show that ends with him getting murdered [ + quote]
edsrouter (Newbie) 17 November 2007 17:58
*Quote:* Quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here's right about this, though: Quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I open a store and say 'Come on in and pay whatever you want.' Are you on f---ing crack? Do you really believe that's a business model that works?" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hahaha! Nice. It'll never work as a business model. Something new will (it has to), but not "pay what you want". -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What do you mean it will not work? Did Radiohead make a couple million during the first day or did they not? I don't know how accurate that figure is, but if it's even close, then it proves that there a chance it will work, and very well... Agreed. Music is spiritual, and the internet world eliminates supply and demand, and a lot of overhead. The only other spiritual commodity in this world is religion when the "offering plate" comes around. Where I am in the U.S. there's churches in every town that have this "business model". If more bands like Radiohead took this approach the world could be a happier place. Gene Simmons needs to take his tongue and stick it to a frozen flagpole. Simmons is a total right-winged loser that spoke out all the time in support Bush including his re-election - not surprising. [ + quote]
redux79 (Junior Member) 17 November 2007 18:25
sigh, ill never be able to watch "detroit rock city" the same way ever again... [ + quote]
cygnus_76 (Newbie) 17 November 2007 20:32
That dude is soo full of s**t. Way to go a-hole...way to disappoint all your fans and say something so hypocritical as "it was not about the money" anyone whose kept up with kiss over the years with and see the insane and ridiculous amount of merchandising that band does would know that it IS all about the money. I mean come on, why else would kiss put out a kiss branded coffin. I don't think they'd be very rich with out all that merchandising. [ + quote]
WierdName (Senior Member) 17 November 2007 20:42
Wow, he just sounds like a moron on a rant. [ + quote]
i3ipolar (Newbie) 18 November 2007 2:05
i just threw away every single kiss album i own. kiss is out dated over rated cant make a new album need to be put in a retirement home and forgotten about bunch of wankers!! [ + quote]
EricCarr (Junior Member) 18 November 2007 2:37
I own all the KISS CDs, DVD, Videos. ECT ECT. I will say I downloaded every CD they released because I was to lazy to rip them myself. [ + quote]
c1c (Member) 18 November 2007 10:39
*Originally posted by EricCarr:* I own all the KISS CDs, DVD, Videos. ECT ECT. I will say I downloaded every CD they released because I was to lazy to rip them myself. LMAO!!! I do the same as well for the CDs I own, it shouldn't be 1llegal since I own them. Sharp 37sh12u LCD HDTV, RCA DRC290 upconvert dvd player, hp dvd 840, vaio pcg-frv27,Epson r260 Printer, Wacom Graphire 4x5, My Book 500 GB, Verbatim 4X Printable DVD-R [ + quote]
oledawg (Newbie) 18 November 2007 13:37
*Originally posted by numscull:* So what, I hate Gene Simmons and Kiss! So there! Naaaaaaaaaaaa... Arg! Count me as another 'Simmons Hater'. I could never stand the grandstander, and his party affiliation has nothing to do with it, assholes are always assholes, from bad to worse. Ahoy, mateys!!! oledawg [ + quote]
agika (Newbie) 19 November 2007 2:59
i just deleted all off kisses album. damn damn damn. what an arrogant bastard but seriously what a greedy bastard. [ + quote]
ZippyDSM (AfterDawn Addict) 19 November 2007 3:08
meh they wanttobe morons and aprt of the problem let them,I will ignore them as I do anyone else who dosent understand media needs to halve tis prices. [ + quote]
EricCarr (Junior Member) 19 November 2007 3:12
Oh and one more thing. Paul Stanley writes better songs! AMD Dual Core 6400+ Gigabyte Motherboard 2G Ram 256 MB Gigabyte Geforce 7600 GT Lite On DVD Rom LG Burner [ + quote]
silent714 (Member) 19 November 2007 14:14
Gene is full of sht. I used to watch his show. His own family is always making fun of him about the things he sells or can sell with the kiss logo on it. [ + quote] This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 19 November 2007 14:19*
7thsinger (AfterDawn Addict) 19 November 2007 15:10
Right now i wish i had some toilet paper with the kiss logo on it. And Shepards we shall be... [ + quote]
Blackjax (Member) 20 November 2007 0:19
*Originally posted by 7thsinger:* Right now i wish i had some toilet paper with the kiss logo on it. Yeah but would it take anything off you? As for Gene why don't you go back to your island! You may have just made the dumbest move ever. Now watch the ratings for your lame show slide. Oh that's right it's reality so you don't need writers to be interesting..... or do you? [ + quote]
borhan9 (AfterDawn Addict) 11 December 2007 17:10
wow i think he really lost his head on this one. I think Gene needs a cold drink too cool down and take a breathe or two :) [ + quote]
gbswales (Newbie) 16 February 2008 12:12
Another luddite to join the ranks of soon redundant recording executives. Even before it was possible for the masses to download music I was suggesting that record stores should have all the music on computers and compile and burn CDs to order without any of the unwanted fancy packaging and with the selection of tracks that you actually want. Clearly digital distribution must be the future, if only on ecological grounds, and the company's that get to grips with this soonest will be the winners - however they have to accept that in doing so many many jobs will go and lead to the reality of much lower prices and better returns for the artistes [ + quote]