Gene Simmons blames college kids for ruining music biz
To Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails: Get off my lawn!
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Music pirates have made a powerfully bitter enemy of Gene Simmons, bass guitarist for the 1970s band Kiss.
In a recent interview with Billboard, Simmons curmudgeonly blames "college kids" for the "mess" the record industry is in, and blasted artists like Radiohead and Trent Reznor for seeking a different businesses model to vend their music.
"The record industry doesn't have a f---ing clue how to make money," Simmons told Billboard.
"Every little college kid, every freshly-scrubbed little kid's face should have been sued off the face of the earth. They should have taken their houses and cars and nipped it right there in the beginning."
[Ah, the lucrative college kid housing market. Excellent point, tongue man. - Ed.]
The dream of suing a person completely off the face of the earth has yet to be realized. The RIAA has thus far only been successful in being awarded damages from an individual equal to 2 per cent of the gross national product of South Pacific island of Tokelau.
On the subject of Radiohead and Trent Reznor's unusual business models:
"I open a store and say 'Come on in and pay whatever you want.' Are you on f---ing crack? Do you really believe that's a business model that works?"
Simmons said that he doesn't plan on making a new KISS album because he doesn't know how he'll get paid for it if people can just get it for free.
Still, Simmons continues that the most important part of the business is the music.
"Without that, why would you care?"
Simmons is currently filming the third season of his A&E reality show "Gene Simmons Family Jewels," working on an animated show on kids' network Nickelodeon called "My Dad the Rock Star," and writing his third book, "Ladies of the Night," an expose on prostitution. He's also developing his own publishing company which will open this spring and owns Simmons Comics, which makes three comic series based on characters he created.
So, you know, he's really hurting for cash.
"No one — and that includes the Beatles and Elvis — can touch our merchandising and licensing. Nobody. Outside of the music world, it's only Disney and Lucas. But in the music world, they can't shine our shoes." ®
COMMENTS
@Solomon Grundy
"Gene Simmons can use his enhanced tongue to lick that spot between my sack and my a**hole."
In medical terminology, that's called the "t'isnt".
T'isnt yer sack and t'isnt yer arse.
Sharing is NOT theft
If I hum a tune to my friend who then plays it on a guitar are we stealing the music.
No - we are broadening the brand and strengthening the market space.
If I listen to a song on the radio or in a friend's car and then remember it and sing or play it to a friend whilst extolling it's virtues am I stealing it?
No.
If we did not share music no-one could have made an obscene amount of music out of mediocrity.
I am glad that modern bands have true talent without having to make a pantomime of their performance.
Long live Napster, P2P and YouTube.
Gene when I am your age I will have worked for my money. How did you get yours?
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What do you think about OiNK being shut down?
Trent: I'll admit I had an account there and frequented it quite often. At the end of the day, what made OiNK a great place was that it was like the world's greatest record store. Pretty much anything you could ever imagine, it was there, and it was there in the format you wanted. If OiNK cost anything, I would certainly have paid, but there isn't the equivalent of that in the retail space right now. iTunes kind of feels like Sam Goody to me. I don't feel cool when I go there. I'm tired of seeing John Mayer's face pop up. I feel like I'm being hustled when I visit there, and I don't think their product is that great. DRM, low bit rate, etc. Amazon has potential, but none of them get around the issue of pre-release leaks. And that's what's such a difficult puzzle at the moment. If your favorite band in the world has a leaked record out, do you listen to it or do you not listen to it? People on those boards, they're grateful for the person that uploaded it — they're the hero. They're not stealing it because they're going to make money off of it; they're stealing it because they love the band. I'm not saying that I think OiNK is morally correct, but I do know that it existed because it filled a void of what people want.
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