ROCK HALL CHIEF JOEL PRESSMAN CALLS KISS’ PAUL STANLEY A “BORDERLINE RACIST”
The boss of the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame has hit back at Paul Stanley, describing the KISS frontman as a “borderline racist.”
CEO Joel Peresman had come under fire from Stanley over the handling of his band’s induction at this year’s ceremony. He and bandmate Gene Simmons wanted the current lineup to play at last month’s gala night while organizers only wanted the original members to perform. The argument ended in a stalemate, with the band not performing at the ceremony.
Stanley – who took a pot shot at judges from their own stage – this week reignited the argument by calling the Rock Hall “elitist” and claiming it lacked credibility.
Now Peresman has broken his silence, hailing Simmons’ acceptance speech, but slamming his bandmate. He tells Radio.com, “It was a lovely speech; it was actually kind of classy – as opposed to Paul’s. He’s been almost borderline racist. Not in that speech, but in other interviews talking about how hip-hop artists shouldn’t be inducted because they don’t play instruments. It’s like, ‘what are you, kidding?’
And he talks about the nominating committee, and how those guys don’t buy records. Those guys buy records. They’re fucking fans. Those guys are writers and critics and musicians. Those are the people who buy records and got into the business because they love music.”
But Peresman may have gotten his facts wrong. In a recent interview it was Simmons, not Stanley, who slated hip-hop. The bassist said in March: “A few people decide what’s in and what’s not and the masses just scratch their heads. You’ve got Grandmaster Flash in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? Run DMC in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? You’re killing me! That doesn’t mean those aren’t good artists. But they don’t play guitar. They sample and they talk – not even sing.”
Stanley made his own race-hate allegations when he referred to former bandmates Ace Frehly and Peter Criss as people who resented being “unfairly manipulated by money-grubbing Jews.” In March he said he stood by his allegations.
At the ceremony in Brooklyn on April 10, KISS were inducted alongside Nirvana, Peter Gabriel, The E Street Band and others.
source: metalhammer.teamrock.com
Really? He’s racist because he said hip hop doesn’t belong in the rrhof? This PC garbage has got to stop! That is not even remotely racist. The rock and roll hall of fame is such a joke! Not trying to get political but this liberal race baiting crap is out of control.
Imagine a world without liberals!
Yes just imagine. Half the country would be dead – shot to death by you paranoid ‘good guys’ keeping us all safe.
Notice DR, the mass shootings always occur in “gun free” zones. Each of those occurred where the shooter knew no one would be able to stop them.
Thank you! Scores of people are getting mowed down thanks to idiotic liberal gun policies! Gun free zones=death.
Notice Beth how most of those ‘shooters’ are usually people with little to no criminal history. Just seemingly average people who ‘went off’ one day. But they were allowed to purchase a gun(s) and then use it on innocent victims. You don’t know the good guys from the bad guys in most cases. This isn’t an old Western movie where bad guys wear black hats. This argument is so feeble it would be laughable if not for innocent lives being lost. How do you tell a good guy from a bad guy anyways? So nice we’re having this discussion on a music website.
Yes, perhaps we should arm all the school children. That would solve all the problems. Ughhhhh
Idiot. Use your own brain to think and not the party who’s line you tow while on your knees. The people who do the killing are the mental whackjobs (all leftists) and the minorities your side pretends to care about.
DR you are just another example of a low information voter who has absolutely no idea what you’re talking about. Liberals and their policies such as gun free zones, Medicaid, obumacare, food stamps, welfare, section 8 housing, cash assistance & numerous other bizarre illogical theories such as global warming/climate change (seriously????) & organizations & people that create reverse discrimination & biased favoritism for homosexuals such as the ACLU & people like Obuma, Biden, Dianne Not So Feinstein, Al Not So Sharpton, Jessie Jackson and many more have done absolutely nothing but enable bad people to take advantage of good honest hard working people to pay taxes so they can pop out 5 babies to 5 different dads by age 22 & have their medical bills paid for and all of their meals, putting the country into extremely severe debt to fund programs for bizarre theories like global warming (wowza) & cost thousands of Americans their lives every year thanks to gun free zones!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It should also be noted that Obuma’s hometown has one of the strictest gun regulations in America and some of the highest crime rates committed by repeat felons over and over again with you guessed it, guns & us good guys can’t defend ourselves because gun laws “make us safer.” So DR if someone ever is threatening your life do you want one of us good guys with guns to save you or will the gun free zone save you or 911 & waiting 5-10 minutes for someone with a gun to get there before it’s too late? Liberalism is by far the downfall of America and a sign of pure evil without a doubt.
Okay enough, please. This is a music site, thank you.
Dana from ET.com 🙂
We’ll Sinjin at least we found out who the racist is.
Still can’t believe that ABBA got in and they sing and dance, but they’re missing something. oh yeah…they don’t rock!
Two of the guys in Abba play instruments.
ABBA is awesome-give them a chance sometime.
For all the grief he catches, Paul Stanley is so far above these HOF worms, that it’s not even debatable. Which is why I think KISS, should have gone the John Lydon route and told them to screw.
Everyone just needs to stop talking and play music…even if it sucks. I don’t care about the RRHOF, nor do I care much about this last reincarnation of Kiss, or as I call it, Kiss-lite.
I’ve really had it with any publicity anyone from KISS. I know the media are just doing their jobs. But the endless headlines and gossip/bickering is all just so negative. I even dont want to hear any KISS music for awhile. Just go away!
Last time I checked there were hot black chicks on the cover of Love Gun.