Aaaahhh, Haters in the House.
"The Truth about Gene Simmons". It's a the internet equivalent to a buglight. Lot's of folks here on this forum will be unable to bring themselves to not fly into it.
There is no "truth" about Gene, other than he's just a fella. No different from many others in the music biz. He joined a band in the early 1970s that became very successful and he was able to parlay that into a celebrity career that lasted decades beyond. That career is ongoing. Good for him! We should all have our hard work rewarded so.
And he did work hard. All the successful ones do.
You don't like his music? Who cares? If you look at your radio, or TV, you'll notice that there is more than one station. Know why? Cuz it's not all there for you. Some people like things you don't like. Haters can make themselves feel more sophisticated by slagging some dude they've never met on an internet forum because they don't like the artist's product, but what are you accomplishing? Have you raised anyone's artistic appreciation that way lately? Didn't think so.
Gene didn't write any songs? They're still playing Rock n Roll all Night on the radio. Over the years I've heard plenty others. A popular music career doesn't last four decades because you've got cute boots.
Know what I like about Gene musically (this is a musical forum, no?)
-I LOVE his tone in the early days. That distorted Gibson Ripper was heavy duty in 1974.
-The Macca inspired melodic lines that sometimes served as a counter point to the guitars. Now, this changed sometime around 1979 (the whole band did - drugs, fatigue, creative burnout, star syndrome, overexposure) but early on Gene's patterns showed creativity and melodic awareness. Later metal players tended to stick to root notes and speed. Early Kiss is more melodic and Gene's basslines were a big reason.
-Dedication to performance. Rock and Roll is part circus. Don't like it? Don't buy a ticket, Plebius. But Gene hated going to a rock concert and watching some wanker turn in a dead show. He made sure his band didn't do that.
You don't have to be the best bass player in the world. I don't want to be and neither did he. But he wanted to be in a great Rock n Roll band and for awhile there, Kiss really was.
Buy a ticket to the show, my friends. Maybe not his, but someone else's. Maybe down the street. But go see a live band. It's cool. It's fun. It's rock n roll.
"The Truth about Gene Simmons". It's a the internet equivalent to a buglight. Lot's of folks here on this forum will be unable to bring themselves to not fly into it.
There is no "truth" about Gene, other than he's just a fella. No different from many others in the music biz. He joined a band in the early 1970s that became very successful and he was able to parlay that into a celebrity career that lasted decades beyond. That career is ongoing. Good for him! We should all have our hard work rewarded so.
And he did work hard. All the successful ones do.
You don't like his music? Who cares? If you look at your radio, or TV, you'll notice that there is more than one station. Know why? Cuz it's not all there for you. Some people like things you don't like. Haters can make themselves feel more sophisticated by slagging some dude they've never met on an internet forum because they don't like the artist's product, but what are you accomplishing? Have you raised anyone's artistic appreciation that way lately? Didn't think so.
Gene didn't write any songs? They're still playing Rock n Roll all Night on the radio. Over the years I've heard plenty others. A popular music career doesn't last four decades because you've got cute boots.
Know what I like about Gene musically (this is a musical forum, no?)
-I LOVE his tone in the early days. That distorted Gibson Ripper was heavy duty in 1974.
-The Macca inspired melodic lines that sometimes served as a counter point to the guitars. Now, this changed sometime around 1979 (the whole band did - drugs, fatigue, creative burnout, star syndrome, overexposure) but early on Gene's patterns showed creativity and melodic awareness. Later metal players tended to stick to root notes and speed. Early Kiss is more melodic and Gene's basslines were a big reason.
-Dedication to performance. Rock and Roll is part circus. Don't like it? Don't buy a ticket, Plebius. But Gene hated going to a rock concert and watching some wanker turn in a dead show. He made sure his band didn't do that.
You don't have to be the best bass player in the world. I don't want to be and neither did he. But he wanted to be in a great Rock n Roll band and for awhile there, Kiss really was.
Buy a ticket to the show, my friends. Maybe not his, but someone else's. Maybe down the street. But go see a live band. It's cool. It's fun. It's rock n roll.
