Hey, much-respected Thom Yorke of Radiohead? Guess what? For all your forward thinking, rock credibility…. Gene Simmons of KISS thinks you’re a jerk!!!
Or something to that effect…
Yes, the outspoken, anti-file-sharing bassists aimed his musket at the British rockers for giving fans the choice to download last year's album In Rainbows for free or pay an amount of their choosing, He says their decision is contributing to the demise of the record industry and KISS would never follow suit.
"The record industry is dead, said the star of reality TV’s School of Rock. “It's six feet underground and unfortunately the fans have done this. They've decided to download and file share. There is no record industry around so we're going to wait until everybody settles down and becomes civilized. As soon as the record industry pops its head up we'll record new material."
And with that, Simmons put on the finishing touches of his demon makeup, spit blood, flapped his wings and flew into the rafters to descend on a half-full arena of fans to sing “God of Thunder” for the 10,000th time. Ahhhhh, it’s good to be the king…..
AOL.com: Radiohead Blasted By Veteran Rockers KISS For Giving Their Music Away For Free
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Oh wait, that's right...Simmons is doing reality TV now. Yeah, that puts his credibility somewhere around shower mold.
For all you wanna be rockers, dont ever play music for free and see where that gets you.
Gene, and KISS for that matter, are nothing but money grubbing wh*res. KISS is more into merchandise sales and royalties than they are into music
When disco was the biggest thing in music, what KISS do, they released a disco album. KISS is the worse type of band. All they see are dollar signs. BUY our music. BUY our action figures. BUY our outrageously stupid coffin. We're already rich, so why cant we just have a few more million to add to the vault
R u finished clouding the internet w/ your stupidity or do I need 2 sit through the next 20 articles seeing the words "oh noes"?
Thank you, God.
NERD ASSEMBLE! TO THE COMPUTERS!
well to me it makes them look like pretentious asses
@every1
yes yes we all know how u feel about KISS but they did have like one of the biggest followings EVER... i mean we've all seen Detroit Rock City
I hate to break it to you but KISS is anything but pop
in the 70's KISS concerts were constantly picketed by crazed right wing christains however Elton John Concerts had no chirstian rights groups what so ever ( granted he hadnt come out of the closet yet, but still.....)
All this really means is that Radiohead and kiss will never do a concert together and kiss will never put out a new album, surprise surprise, they havnt done a new album since 1998 and no one has been expecting any new material for years, btw I am a member of the kiss army
to hell, greedy bast@rd.
and if i were a music artist id want you to see me in concert. F # C K the record companies they dont give a good god damn about us, they just want our money. Now that im done w/ that im goin to go download KISS songs now ;)
So let's pretend that the record industry died off. Does that mean there will be no new artists? Um, I don't think so. IMO, the fat cats in the industry have been made virtually obsolete. Instead of embracing file-sharing, they shunned it, and THAT was a bad move.
It's sure as hell going to get a whole lot tougher for new bands without the coffers of the record labels and I think bands like Radiohead might take their success for granted, but something new will spring up and take its place. Perhaps it will mean less mass production of mediocre music and more of the raw and utter talent that used to be.
When bands start out they first of all just want fans. To be on stage and play and have some connection to those watching. A record deal is the ultimate bonus, but no one starts a band thinking "i'm only doing this for a record deal". Most think "I wanna be cool, I wanna get women, I wanna get a message out". As far people not having money to go to concerts, how do they have money to buy an album? 20 bucks for an album or 40 for a ticket....i would rather save for the ticket. If the concert is too far your outta luck. Hell if your really strapped for cash just listen to the radio. Music is an art and art is NEVER ment to make money.
Change is inevitable. New bands are adapting to it, using the technology of a new generation.
Keep living in the world of platform shoes Mr. S.
I agree that we should pay for the music because it costs money to produce it. Artists have to make a living too. However, it pisses me off when artists react like this. What is it to Mr. Simmons what Radiohead do with their music? Radiohead is doing what is best for them and the fans at the time. It's smart on their part. They are reducing costs and reaching a much broader audience. Even people who didn't care about them before are likely to download the album, and chances are they'll like some of it. Fans get the benefit of paying only for what they like.