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Gene Simmons Appreciation Thread for Sunday (with Poll)
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Well, I grew up trying to touch his tone on the 1977 song "Got Love for Sale". Tasty, nasty, and absolutely AMAZING!
The guitar Paul was playing is indeed a L6 Midnight Special - (strings through the body, toggle sw 1 vol 1 tone, bolt on neck & no varitone) as his onstage "trashing guitar". ....the L6-S (which later became the L6-S Custom) had a glue in neck with a tailpiece and 6-postion Varitone switch. Paul used the simpler L6 Midnight Special variant & he broke hundreds of them. Specially setup for breakage. And yep, a few years later he was breaking Marauders.
AGREED. This album really rocks. IMO their best of the 3 before "Alive" in 1975.
Alex looks even more insane there than he did decades later with his rock and roll hall of fame "speech".
Simmons is a decent bass player. Not a great player, but not a crappy one either. But add to that the stage moves and keeping it in line ups the game. In his early work you can tell McCartney had a huge influence on his riffing.
Great show.... before gene couldn't stand to even look at ace across the stage, and before chris's voice was COMPLETELY destroyed (although it's getting close there LoL).
And Gene sounds awesome on bass. and you gotta love the great 3 part vocal harmonies those guys did live.... just outstanding always.
Aaaand... the spinal tap ending!
Not to mention he was a born businessman, promoter, and entrepreneur...
coulda sold ice to Eskimos, as they say...
He normally had a cheap guitar to smash, an epi or similar. That's what I saw when they were on tour at least. I wonder if he ever got them mixed up?
I like the “Butt Hole” formality... at least he’s above a measly compound wordMeh! After 4 years of trying to get RID of another Ego Maniac out of office, I Cant endorse this Butt Hole!
He had the best character/ Make up, but other than that I cant say anything else Good about him, Except I like His Daughter
WEll yea, it was always really rough, but awesome too. But singing like that for years just made it so he couldn't really control it as well later on, and his pitch started to go. He had work done on his throat and started singing much cleaner, but couldn't put the air through it any more and started singing flat all the time. Sad... such a talented guy.
And I think he was a great rock drummer. None of them was a virtuoso, but they were a very evenly matched set of players in the original KISS lineup.
Gene Simmons has got what no one on this board, popular as it is, does. Say what you will about his bass playing, musicianship, sense of style, and popular persona.
There was a guy decked out in Gene's full costume at my gig on Friday, it's not the first time I've seen him in attendance. He's well known for being at shows around here.
There was a guy decked out in Gene's full costume at my gig on Friday, it's not the first time I've seen him in attendance. He's well known for being at shows around here.
was smashing the drums part of the act? seems a little dangerous when Gene and Paul were right below the riser
