KISS star Gene Simmons says he’s proud to be among the One Percent of the world’s richest people – and insists everyone else owes him a debt of gratitude.
The bassist believes the world would descend into “chaos” if it wasn’t for him and fellow millionaires.
Simmons tells UTSanDiego.com, “The one percent pays 80 percent of all taxes. 50 percent of the population of the US pays no taxes. The one percent provides all the jobs for everybody else. If the one percent didn’t exist there would be chaos and the economy would drop dead.”
He adds, “Try being nice to rich people. I don’t remember the last poor person who gave me a job.”
Describing his 30 years of extreme financial security as “fantastic” he continues: “You know how I spell ‘shameless?’ P-r-o-u-d.”
He explains, “People often confuse my pride and self-confidence with arrogance. I’m like an animal in the jungle that pisses on the ground and doesn’t ask permission. That’s full disclosure before the facts – others hold their opinions to themselves and never say who they are. You will always know who I am. You don’t have to like it.”
KISS recently announced, KISS Rocks Vegas residency, starting November 5th at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas. The band is currently on tour with Def Leppard.
additional source: classicrockmagazine.com
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This story put up here from a different organization Classic Rock, just to drive traffic and it works every time. Hilarious. One step away from M. Sludge. Oh well, still the best. Gotta drive traffic somehow,.
Just when you think they guy can’t become a bigger asshole .. He just proves that it’s possible to become a bigger asshole. Jerk.
Why is it every time Kiss farts, it makes music news on here? It’s like TMZ type tabloid garbage.
It seems like every other post is something about Kiss. Give it a break.These guys are more of a novelty act than being real musicians.
Will,
1. I don’t post every KISS news story, if I did, this site would be called kissonline.com. Just in case you didn’t notice, there were tons of Priest news posted here leading up to the release of Redeemer of Souls on July 8th, as well as Metallica news, Overkill news, Aerosmith news, etc.
2. If you don’t like the KISS stories, you have a choice, you can simply skip them. It becomes a bit of a sore spot at times when the readers try to mandate the content of the site as everyone has differing opinions.
3. Whether you like it or not, the simple fact is KISS stories drive traffic. If they didn’t, we wouldn’t have an average of close to 200 comments per story. Just a thought, to be fair, maybe you should complain to all the other music sites that cover KISS ad nauseam as well?
Cheers,
Dana from ET.com 🙂
Dana…..BINGO!!!
That’s my girl
Dana, I think you do an incredible job with the news stories on this site. There’s always tons of information and a great variety of news stories. Keep up the great work!
Thank you James,
I appreciate it.
D 🙂
The Priest info is news worthy…KISS info is fish wrap tabloid toliet material. BIG DIFFERNECE.
Maybe you post every other one…thats what I said. I did not say you posted every one…every other. You misquoted.
Oh beleive me…I dont read them. KISS is irrelevant to me. I just wanted to make a statement
saying that when I look through the news , there are multiple stories that revolve around personal drama between the members on so one .None of it about the music of the .band,touring etc. Waste of space. Even if they do put out new music…..it’s not like they are shaking the pillars of the world .
Yeah KISS may drive traffic on these forums of heavy metal music , and maybe relevant in these communities, which is small in grand scheme of things. Back in the hey day ,sure…but now….metal and hard has seen its day come and gone.
Will,
I don’t necessarily agree with everything you wrote, but to each their own.
Cheers,
Dana 🙂
Yes, Dana, there is a big “DIFFERNECE” Don’t you ge that? lol
For someone who doesn’t read the posts, you sure seem to be well informed about what the posts contain.
Gene is smart enough to realize that he stopped being relevant about 35 years ago,so this is how he keeps the name in the news and the “fans” buying their nonsense. Guy is a great businessman,I’ll give him that. He is also the biggest narcissist and insecure toolbag on the planet.Dude,you’re 65 years old and dressing up in high heels and make up,spitting fake blood and “breathing flames”. Maybe it’s time to stop milking the people who made you rich beyond your wildest dreams and dragging a band that was so important to a lot of us growing up through the mud every year so you and Paul can buy yet another house…..
I’m not a Gene fan however he does speak the truth about taxes and job creation.