Annie Reuter of Radio.com reports:
Gene Simmons of KISS has some heated words for drug addicts and people dealing with depression in a new interview with Songfacts.com.
When asked if he keeps in touch with the original players of KISS he answered with a resounding “no.”
Why’s that? Simple: they’re either drug addicts or just downers.
“I don’t get along with anybody who’s a drug addict and has a dark cloud over their head and sees themselves as a victim,” Simmons said. “Drug addicts and alcoholics are always: ‘The world is a harsh place.’ My mother was in a concentration camp in Nazi Germany. I don’t want to hear f–k all about ‘the world as a harsh place.’ She gets up every day, smells the roses and loves life.
And for a putz, 20-year-old kid to say, ‘I’m depressed, I live in Seattle.’ F–k you, then kill yourself.”
He added “I never understand, because I always call them on their bluff. I’m the guy who says ‘Jump!’ when there’s a guy on top of a building who says, ‘That’s it, I can’t take it anymore, I’m going to jump.’ Are you kidding? Why are you announcing it? Shut the f–k up, have some dignity and jump! You’ve got the crowd.”
While Simmons said KISS has new songs ready, there are no plans to record anytime soon. But, there is one artist he’d love to record with in the future: Lady Gaga.
“I think Lady Gaga is the only new rock star, although she’s not a rocker,” he said. “I would like her to throw away all the disco stuff and get a band. Don’t use tapes, come out with a real live band and guitars. She’s a bona fide musical artist. She did a duet with Tony Bennett, real great pipes. She can sit at a piano all by herself. She’s a legitimate artist. A lot of the other pop divas who are really talented are not artists.”
Simmons said KISS and Gaga tried to collaborate on their last record but both were too busy.
“We got close. She got busy, we got busy. We would have done it.”
additional source: radio.com
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Gene talks alot of s…Let’s see if he has the same thought process if it was his own kid on the roof saying he wants to jump…DOUBT he would say DO IT…Just his normal psycho babble…
Real class act Gene. I hope that the next time you yell jump at someone, if they do, that they land on you. Of course with that hair of yours, they probably have a pretty safe landing. Having known someone who is not only an alcoholic and has suffered from depression, I know what someone with these problems go through and have seen 1st hand what a suicide can do to a family. So Gene, this is sad to say, but you are a d-bag in every sense of the word.
What a hypocrite!!!!
Not that I agree with anything he said, but how is he being a hypocrite here? He’s never been into drugs or alcohol that I’m aware of.
And as twisted as it sounds, I can see PART of his perspective when he talks about his mom.
Good point
I’ll bet his sweet kind mother doesn’t hold that view. As a matter of fact, I don’t think he learned one damn thing about how to carry yourself as a human at all.
He could be on MANY prescription drugs.
One other thing is the fact that Ace, and Peter are recovering drug addicts just makes me respect them even more. Part of recovery is manning up to the fact that you have a problem and dealing with that problem. It also admitting your faults and shortcomings. I guess Gene and even Paul don’t have no problems or shortcomings.