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Gene Simmons Appreciation Thread for Sunday (with Poll)
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How about a '69 GTO Judge with a 400, Ram Air IV system and 4 speed manual transmission?
Only 239 were made.
Gene did have some tasty bass lines through the years. This one from their disco years, from Unmasked. Ace was no longer playing on the albums. Still I think it has a good groove and sound for bass. IMO
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Gene uncannily predicted "covid fashion" over 40 years ago
I used to do this in a cover band sometime when it was fairly new.
When I saw the the thread title, I almost peed a little.
When l saw the poll, I did.
When l saw the poll, I did.
When I saw the the thread title, I almost peed a little.
When l saw the poll, I did.
Not to worry, Jiminy Hendricks fans are welcome here, too!
For those of us watching TV live in the 70s, the award show where Gene licked Meatloaf's award trophies was a national shocker on par
with Kanye stage-bombing Taylor.
In this post-covid age, if Gene were to try this, he'd be cancelled for sure... Probably charged with assault, too.
with Kanye stage-bombing Taylor.
In this post-covid age, if Gene were to try this, he'd be cancelled for sure... Probably charged with assault, too.
Did you know Bloomfield used to do that during the 60's with the Butterfield Blues band?
Bloomfield Breathes Fire... literally!
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Did not know! And I am surprised that Gene didn't insist on dropping this fire breathing business early on. Seems rather perilous gargling flammables, even before you bring a giant torch into the equation.
Did Bloomfield do this in clubs?! Or strictly concert halls?
I used to drink in Ensenada in the the 80s and for a while there, the car window washers all had a second trade in fire-breathing at the stop lights.
You'd stagger out of the bar and see three fireballs billowing in the street simultaneously.
I'm not sure even how often he did but I know he did do it, i was mentioned in the book I read about him, he loved carnival geeks and stuff like that., i posted a picture of him too, he didn't have a big fireball like Gene though. I think that's insane myself. We have the car window washers here too but haven't seen any fire breathers yet, some good jugglers and acrobats though, they're very inventive here..
Oh yeah he did it while they were playing, I realized I didn't answer your question, not sure how often though.
I never rate a musician based solely on his skill level. This is a tough business. Gene and Paul hit a vein of gold and they cultivated it. Gene Simmons is one of my music business heroes, right up there with Berry Gordy and Ahmet Ertegun.
