Gene Simmons Blames College Kids For Music Industry Woes 860
drcagn writes "Gene Simmons has blasted 'college' kids and claims that they have destroyed the music industry, with the labels also to blame for not properly suing them out of existence when they had the chance. When asked about Radiohead and Trent Reznor's recent support of a different direction in music distribution, he says "that's not a business model that works. I open a store and say 'Come on in and pay whatever you want.' Are you on f---ing crack?" When asked about music being free and making money off of merchandise, he says, "The most important part is the music. Without that, why would you care?" even though earlier in the interview he brags that he believes that KISS's merchandise is more profitable than Elvis's or the Beatles.'"
Well, he's over 40. (Score:5, Funny)
"If you're not a Liberal when you're 18 you have no heart. If you're not a Conservative by the time you're 40, you have no brain." --Winston Churchill (at least according to the first Google hit I found).
Are you on f---ing crack? (Score:2, Funny)
Krispy Kreme and ol' Gene (Score:4, Funny)
Oh, besides being a greedy bastard.
Disclaimer: I do not read EW -- I just remembered that quote from a guitar magazine awhile back
From the department of redundancy department (Score:4, Funny)
Seriously. There is a story about this on Slashdot at least every other day with no actual new legal/economic/industry developments, resulting in the exact same comments and arguments rehashed. Yes, I know I can just ignore it. Yes, I must be new here. But what's wrong with some constructive criticism of Slashdot?
FWIW I think the only way we'll see the stories disappear is if we stop reading and commenting on them (which means /. loses ad revenue and will stop posting them).
Pity he's not writing any new music (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Music's dead? (Score:0, Funny)
why do where care about Gene Simmons? (Score:5, Funny)
Gene Simmons? (Score:5, Funny)
Seeing as how my first thought on reading the summary was 'who is gene simmons', I think its fairly safe to say the final score is:
College Kids 1, Retarded Old Drag Queen 0.
Re:From the department of redundancy department (Score:5, Funny)
Standard
This story is Burnt out, over the hill musician doesn't understand how the world is changing
Re:From the department of redundancy department (Score:4, Funny)
Re:"I was made for suing you baby..." (Score:4, Funny)
Fine and sue all nite (Score:5, Funny)
You keep downloading and your disk gets hot
You drive us wild, we'll go sue crazy
We'll twist the facts till they go in a spin
The lawsuits just begun, we'll get you in
You drive us wild, we'll go sue crazy
You keep on shoutin', you keep on shoutin'
I wanna obey the law all night, and not get sued every day
I wanna obey the law all night, and not get sued every day
I wanna obey the law all night, and not get sued every day
I wanna obey the law all night, and not get sued every day
We keep on saying you'll be fined in a while
Smoking crack and opening shops just ain't my style
You drive us wild, we'll go sue crazy
Our lawyers demand everything you've got
Baby, baby thats quite a lot
And you drive us wild, we'll go sue crazy
You keep on shoutin', you keep on shoutin'
I wanna obey the law all night, and not get sued every day
I wanna obey the law all night, and not get sued every day
I wanna obey the law all night, and not get sued every day
I wanna obey the law all night, and not get sued every day
Re:Well, he's over 40. (Score:2, Funny)
So technically I infringed copyright to get something I had legally signed up to receive. Figure the legal ramifications of THAT one out!:)
Re:Music's dead? (Score:3, Funny)
No, the stuff Kiss and Simmons put out first time was 'second rate crap that was not good enough to put out the first time'. These box sets are surely third rate crap that it would have been criminal to put out the first time.
Ah, Gene Simmons. Such a noble creature. (Score:3, Funny)
Grab your boots! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:He's right though (Score:2, Funny)
The only reason why gold is expensive is because we all agree that it is. There's no real use for it, except we all agree and abide by the idea that gold costs a certain amount per ounce. As soon as you give people the choice to deviate from it, you have chaos and anarchy.
No, he isn't. Gold has utility beyond holding arbitrary worth. It's responsible for jacking up the price of certain cables by 1000% for its presence on connectors. It's also GREAT for plating things with. Plus, it's really dense so it's good for throwing at stuff, too. Plus it's really useful for making idols out of. AND you can look really cool when you get a gold coin and you bite it to make sure it's real. So I have to take exception to Mr. Simmons' words here and to your endorsement of them. Since I can't disagree with Mr. Simmons to his face, I'll take it out on you.
Re:Well, he's over 40. (Score:5, Funny)
Gene Simmons Never Had a Personal Computer... (Score:4, Funny)
How do we know? We know because our own well-documented research has shown conclusively that a child who lacks his own personal computer during those earliest school years will very probably grow up to be a bass player in a heavy metal rock band who wears women's fishnet pantyhose and sticks his tongue down to his kneecaps. Just like Gene Simmons.
Your child's future doesn't have to look like this.
The Banana Junior 6000 Self-portable Personal Computer System, complete with its optional software - Bananawrite, Bananadraw, Bananafile, and Bananamanager - is just what your four-year-old needs to compete in today's cut-throat world of high tech and high expectations.
The Banana Junior 6000...Buy one before it's too late. Gene's mother wishes she had.
Re:But they DON'T... :-) (Score:2, Funny)
Knights In Satans Service (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Well, he's over 40. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:But they DON'T... :-) (Score:2, Funny)
He was NEVER relevant, always about the $ (Score:3, Funny)
This was a band that was putting itself on kid's lunchboxes, launching a cartoon, and putting themselves in comic book form almost from the minute they formed. Gene Simmons has the gall to say "it's about the music" when his band concentrated much more on their marketting and pyrotechnics show than they EVER did their music, and when his whole shtick was to wear stylized makeup and create an on-stage persona that played to lip-synced tracks.
Who the f**k is he kidding?!?!
Gene Simmons is just a greedy old fart who is mad than he might take a hit on that monthly royalty check that he so richly undeserves. He's worried he might have to cut back on his "Jewel-Encrusted Ferarri" budget this year.