news.yahoo.com -- "The record industry is in such a mess. I called for what it was when college kids first started download music for free -- that they were crooks. I told every record label I spoke with that they just lit the fuse to their own bomb that was going to explode from under them and put them on the street." ...Read More
Comment #1 by vBoogieMan on November 15, 2007 at 08:03am
LOL @ Every little college kid, every freshly-scrubbed little kid's face should have been sued off the face of the earth....
College kids don't even listen to KISS let alone steal their music
Hey Gene what should we do go back to LP's with no portable way to play our music? Maybe instead of crying about the way it used to be, you might come up with new ideas for a business model that works in this electronic day and age...
Comment #2 by christibro40 on November 15, 2007 at 08:53am
HMM, didn't I write about this exact topic just a few weeks ago, and get myself a new ashole torn? Umm yea I did....but Gene simmons is kinda wrong, it wasn't just kids, once the parents found out they did it too, and Gene your already a millionare several times over, so in that sense, shut up. and your show, well it's soo boring, you make my house seem exciting.
Comment #3 by stonedrockgod on November 15, 2007 at 12:37am
KISS? They made music? I thought they we're just a gimicy glam rock band that was all about the merchandise and couldn't hold their own musically... who the fuck asks Gene Simmons about music? Thats like askin him how his hair dryer works, or how they made his stilettos..
he made one good point about the gold tho... except it was totally irrelevant, the mtn isn't trying to make money by letting you mine the gold.. he bit his own ass off too, by saying that bands make all the money off record sales... buuuuullllshit, cause then he'd be broke...
Comment #4 by Lichtor on November 15, 2007 at 1:22pm
Gene is just mad because no one believes that his "reality" show is real.
Comment #5 by zigzaggirl420 on November 15, 2007 at 1:23pm
Gene should stick to what he does best...take money and candy from babies and their parents! And besides, who cares? Fuck the RIAA!
Comment #6 by Sabbathfan4993 on November 15, 2007 at 3:01pm
Of course Gene Simmons thinks that every kid should be sued for stealing music. Kiss cares more about making money than making music. They're worse than Metallica.
Comment #7 by WastedZombie on November 15, 2007 at 5:07pm
Gene also overlooked the fact that the pay your own price method... while probably not raking in the money from a CD sale... that these artist are making very good returns.
Kiss can make tons of money every year just selling their name... after all its their name that sold the last few CDs.
I do miss the original Kiss, before the action figures, lunch boxes, and various other merchandise.
And yes Christi, you did talk about this...
Comment #8 by Damage Case on November 15, 2007 at 7:53pm
Sorry...but I think he's right. How is a band supposed to make thier money? Concerts?...Concerts only make money for Ticket Master and scalpers. That leaves only merchandise, and good luck with that. The whole downloading thing is ultimately going to stifle up and comers. Ok, go ahead and tear me up, but there are those who do agree.
Comment #9 by Sabbathfan4993 on November 16, 2007 at 03:41am
No, the record companies take most of the money from album sales, Ticketmaster gets their money from the bullshit extra charges when you buy a ticket. My All That Remains ticket cost 17.99 by itself and through ticketmaster it ended up bein $34
Comment #10 by SyriaK on November 16, 2007 at 4:56pm
I can understand how smalltime bands can have a hard time making a profit due to downloading, but Gene is a greedy prick. I may or may not download his entire discography out of spite.
If a band starts making music for anymore than pleasing some eardrums and retaining artistic integrity, it's just Britney Spears with a bit more testosterone and distortion. They already lose a lot of respect from me.
Comment #11 by WickedAngel on November 16, 2007 at 6:56pm
"There is nothing in me that wants to go in there and do new music"
LMAO!! What a coincidence! There is nothing in me that whats to hear any of their new shit anyways. Now that I think about it, they don't even really have alot of good old shit either! haha I wonder how many people besides the guy that asked him that really wonder when the next kiss ablum is coming out......
Comment #12 by christibro40 on November 17, 2007 at 09:44am
WA, I loved Christine at 16, but only because I figured oneday I would be christine at 16.. I must have been about 9 or 10 though, lol so I figured I would be drinking and having sex! and shit I was.....
Comment #13 by WickedAngel on November 17, 2007 at 11:22am
you should sue them
Comment #14 by truckken57 on November 21, 2007 at 12:48am
hah Gene wnat a crock if ya want injustices why don't ya explain how you and singer Paul divided the funds from ur music , dolls , kids lunch boxes , etc. with your other 2 bandmates ... shaddup fix ur hairnet
Comment #15 by Lichtor on November 21, 2007 at 5:05pm
No doubt! Ace and Peter should form a band called SSIK.
"I'd buy that for a dollar!"
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so I figured I would be drinking and having sex! and shit I was.....
