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  • Kids are poorly behaved.... everyones on crack hahaha

  • i think everyone really wants to make lots of money. I dont blame gene for making his money. he actually made a really good comment in an interview i saw not so long ago. he said ( sure money isnt everything but the more money you have, the more safe you will be in life.) and its true if you have money you will be ok, if you have no money then youre in trouble.

  • Wow, all you guys are misunderstanding. Of course bands now can rule out the middle man record company who steal the profits BUT now there are millions of bands who have the exact same amount of fame HANDED to them. Go on Vevo, there are dozens of different band suggestions on the side every video, there's never gonna be any Rock N Roll Sensations like KISS, Led Zeppelin, CCR, AC/DC etc. who ruled the past...no, there will never be any worldwide superstars ever again, that's what Gene is saying.

  • Wow. this man is the complete opposite of what Rock & Roll stands for. He's a fascist businessman who supports big industry and believes that kids should be obedient. He should've played the part of the father/teacher in the Twisted Sister music videos.

  • actually he is totally wrong about the record company thing... without a record industry young artists have MORE of a chance to make a living....we can now finally directly market our stuff via online sales and not need the middle man record company stealing all of our profits. Gene needs to read up..record companies totally stole the beatles'; profits-without the record companies controlling the recording industry....artists are free to keep much MORE of their earning for themselves.

  • no body should be hating on this guy cause hes 100% right. i would love to pursue a career in music performance but thanks to downloading and sharing its wayy harder now, almost impossible. i wanted to do what i love and make a living off of it to survive but now i probably cant.

  • @Crazyjimbo1906 I think people get turned off by his arrogance. And he is quite arrogant. A smart ass.

  • @Crazyjimbo1906 actually you can still make a living through performing and recording music. Whether that will be on the level of a KISS, BON JOVI, or ROLLING STONES that's another matter. The music industry isn't dead it's just different. Yes it's harder to sell music because people don't value it, but that's the same in any industry. Would you pay $10-$20 on something you don't value? I doubt it, and most people think that way. So one of the keys to success is creating VALUE

  • that lady neeed to shut the fuck up.... she dominated that interview.... it wasnt aout you and your face honey... you are a nobody

  • @shane69999  and who the fuck are you??? right....less than nobody...

  • грёбаный жидяра)

  • That lady's smile was sooo fake lol

  • Great producing on the first 30 seconds.....

  • He is so real. I worship this guy. He speaks the truth

  • @MrGeorgios2020 No he doesnt. He's a musician, not a philosopher.

  • The first 30 seconds of this is just weird!

  • What a tool..long live free sharing of music! Another positive thing of the new world, the only thing he sees is the money lost because of it.

  • Douchebag. A total douchebag on the level with Mike Love

  • He's a worthless racist fake jew who deserves to pissed and shitted on daily!!!!

  • @MrTRUTHSTILLHURTS2 What's a fake Jew?

  • progress killed it

  • I don't care for Gene or his attitude, and KISS...meh... 'Alive' is okay.... but I have to agree with him on downloading and file sharing. Anyone who isn't prepared to pay for a CD - from artists/bands they supposedly LIKE?!? - is an ass, and doesn't deserve music. Also the sound quality of low-bitrate files sucks.

  • There will be no more big bands. There will only be corporate bands and artists, Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift they will be big for as long as the media lets them. Jonas Brother, Miley Cryrus already on their way out. They lose their media promotion it gives people there free will back, which then allows the kids to see just how much these artists suck.

  • So he was allowed to live like a hedonistic animal but his kids aren't? A bit hypocrite. And gladly we accepted the mp3 without it we still had to buy ridiculous expensive cd's. It was a righteous move of the consumer of years of the criminal industry milking us. I still buy cd's though but older ones on amazon.

  • I would think if the so-called record co. CEO's knew what they were actually doing, they would take a few steps back and say, wait a minute, let's look at the quality of what we are trying to sell to the listening public, because from my seat, I look at MOST of the stuff they call Rock and Roll as pure crap which is cut out of the same old music-bots mold , time and time again!

  • Oen major detail Gene conviently left out about the so-called music Industry of today is back in the 1970's when KISS was just starting out is the FACT that back then the CEO's/owners of record labels were musicians themselves but back in the 1980's the music world started being taken over by no musical talent dickheads who would not know good music if it slapped them in the ears. Thus the reason you have so much cookie cutter POP wannbe one hit wonder so-called music.

  • He's right - you make money on touring, gigs and merchandise.

  • I hope this is a joke, for his sake.

  • I'm surprised Gene hasn't made YouTube require people to pay to view this.. i think Gene would look better in my ashtray. kthnx

  • Wow. Gene be more of an asshole. especially at the end. The record business isn't dying you fucking kike. You just don't know how to use digital means for your own benefit. It's awesome how he never says his daughter's age, but when joked around he threatens to kill them. Yeah funny Gene. He would probably come over and steal all the pennies from their home too, fucking long nosed jewbitch. Kikes in Satan's Service...or just Gene. What a dick head.

  • Also the music INDUSTRY(manufactored cooky cutter so-called music) run by non-musicans have a big part in ruining the possibilities of good artists reaching for the stars too. To set there and put the all the blame on people who download music is plain stupid. I for one still BUY a good amount of CD's but i have to hunt the GOOD music down and it's usually something the major labels do not have their hooks in to!

  • Many many music artists have found a whole new avenue to promote their music without agents, business managers and corp record labels and thats a society where music artists can buy a cheap digital video camera and couple good mics, a computer and a Internet connect and promote themselves to multi-millions of music listeners without even leaving their home.

  • Bullshit Gene! You're trying to use a revisonist history tactic to say there never would have been a Elvis, Beatles, the Rolling Stones! You see Gene what YOU just don't get is if there had been a High tech hig speed communications Youtube society back in the 1950's and 60's do you think they would have needed a agent or a record label to promote their music?......NOT!

  • unfortunately or not, internet and file sharing had done a major damage to the music industry. but who cares, right? tis free. however, kiss would not be what they are today if we had this technology back in the 70s. rockstars are a thing of the past which leads gene to conclude between the lines that rock'n'roll, along with another music styles are dead.

  • @pingadomulatinha - But the point is, how can an upcoming band make money on cd sales when it can all be downloaded for pennies per song? Gene is correct. I still buy cds tho. And YES - music sharing IS stealing. The music is the property of the band. No different than buying commercial software only to copy and distribute to others.

  • she's hot

  • Omertia cut it out, the stupid comments, don't look at it if you don't like it...schmuck

  • great words from the man, i admit i've downloaded some stuff but only a few things here and there i don't have all of my music on the computer i still buy CDs which everyone shud whether you're broke or not.

  • peaople call him greedy and a sell out...well i bet no one has an answer for what im about to say

    U2 grossed 140 million on thier last tour..how much went to charity ?..anyone take a guess..NONE

    ACDC..MADONNA..THE STONES..THE POLICE..all make millions..kiss do nothing that these other bands dont do..they make cds..tour and sell merchindise...the only difference is kiss do it better and ur jealous they are more sucessful than ur fav band!!!!

  • BAT U2 sounds way betta dan kiss, which sounds like shit. none of da shit gene sells or promotes is any gud.

  • he makes a very good point..kiss fan or not u have to admit this guy is the most inteeligent music/buisness mind in the indusrty....all u little indie and metal heads out thier download and share or songs and artists are now suffering..gene only spoke the truth..he is in the industry so i think he knows more than all of u who are here saying negative comments....

  • the good thing about Gene Simmons is....you can trust him to be Gene Simmons...he makes no apologies for himself...and its all just entertainment anyhow. Show biz...

  • MizzCorbeau shut your mouth you cunt. If you knew what it was like to truly operate, or even get to the point of being a professional on any level you can talk. Until then you are an unqualified loud mouth who is rude and disrespectful. You deserve to be a porn fluffer, nothing more.

  • You can't avoid the fact that what he says about downloading is true.

    which is why I'm going tro stop doing it.

  • Lol...."I'll come over and kill you now"....that's a bit outlandish, considering he cries when he's going through some petty strife on his show.

  • what a hypocrite....look how protective he is over his own daughter...he once told some poor girl hypnotised by kiss to give everyone a blowjob...and now he treats his own daughter like she is a virgin mary

  • I think Sophie has a boyfriend so whats the big deal. And oh poor girl, like she doesn't enjoy the blowjobs, ha ha.

  • pipo899 sophie is 15 years old you fucking sick pedophile. Give your head a shake before someone kicks your fucking mouth down your throat.

  • gene is such a tool

  • She's beautiful!! DAMN!

  • I think think the next thing is music dvd

    downloading made it very hard for musicians

    to get heard but whats better get seen on your tv set. what new bands should do is tape their shows and sell dvd's instead of cd show how good you are on stage thats what counts.

  • Gene say `Charming and well behaved` well what kind of role model is he when he is caught on camera having sex with a girl young enough to be his daughter! I think Gene Simmons needs to stop talking bullshit and try to write a decent song! why the fuck is he in a rock band! He sounds like a prick! I am ashamed that I used to be such a huge fan! and defended him and KISS! god bless Ace and Pete!

  • That's why he doesn't married, to fuck other girls, ha ha, is that new information? no. Besides of that, you can be Charming and well behaved and still do it to other girls ha ha, sorry my english. And i think Sophie has a boyfriend so, what's the problem.

  • Speaking as a music fan (and PAYING customer of the industry), I've got to say Gene is way off base here. From my observation, the greatest injuries done to the industry were self-inflicted- It's bad enough that radio stations and MTV won't play anything that deviates from a constrained playlist (That's poor marketing at its worst!)...but people will only put up with price gouging, poor quality products & being treated like criminals for so long before they finally snap and say no more.

  • that's true for sure. But still that doesn't make downloading legal. Downloading is stealing and nothing else. Just because music is too epensive doesn't give anyone the right to steal it.

  • Hehe... strong opinions. Yeah the record industry is dead, BUT the music industry is not!It's just a stuck up industry that has to figure out what to do next. File sharing is stealing. Humans have been stealing stuff for all eternity, nothing new. You just gotta make sure you can't steal music that easily. It's not that hard, it just requires the music business to take action, if they really wanna survive. I'll do my part.

  • just because a rich guy is smart and knows what he's talking about doesn't mean he is an asshole dudes!! i love Gene. Kiss will not suffer because of what he does elsewhere.

  • yeah, KISS won't suffer because they were complete media whores in the first place. TRUE - the music "industry" is dead, if what you wanted was a ton of money and loads of skanky ho's. Otherwise, it's a much more varied and rewarding field - people will love your music (if it's good enough) for what it is. KISS never made anything more than crappy anthems and cheesy ballads...and it all sucked. Take that from someone who's bought TONS of albums AND downloaded mp3's.

  • u wouldn't be watching this if u weren't a kiss fan. and kiss fans are kiss fans first and formost because of the music. the way that these guys promoted their music was genious. yes, they did have some horrible records, but all artis do when they have a long career. KiSS first bad record was Asylum, then it was followed by the horrible,(worst of all)Crazy Nights, then came Smashes thrashes and hits. those were the 3 worst kiss albums ever. all the others are either Great, or decent.

  • Crappy athems? You're on crack? piece of shit.

  • I agree with you, Dee Snider is also rich and very intelligent and he's really nice.

  • She's hot!!

  • gene simmons daughter has 2 big white titties full of milk.

  • 5:05 - think about it...back in the day...and out of those 2500 "woman" how many legally aged girls went to a kiss concert?

    Mostly young teens went to kiss concerts back then.

  • omg gene is an asshole but hes hilarious as hell especially what he says at the end i would hate to be sophies boyfriend when she has one.

  • I wish that woman would shut upo and just ask Gene the questions. We don't care about who likes KISS that works on the program...

  • He makes a good point. People wanted to have their cake and eat it too, they wanted music but they didnt want to pay for it and now they've run the industry into the ground. The industry people buried their heads in the sand and let it happen.

  • You know what cowboy, he is right - it is dead and the other fat jews fell asleep at the wheel, Gene's enjoying the slop. He doesn't care about young bands - he only says its sad as in "it's too bad huh?" He's an asshole allright but unabashed; you couldn't hang with him on probably any level, IQ, Talent etc...

    Good luck to your band draco.

  • YEAH KISS TOUR IN 08!!!!!!!

  • WHOOOOOO YEAH!

  • Gene Simmons discovered Van Halen. Don't worry. KISS can do whatever they want.

  • hi man!!! don´t they thank him in the first V halen album?

  • Gene simmons was the one who discovered van Halen

  • vamoooooooos,a Chile porfavoooor ! !

  • Clueless blinking plastic clowns with painted on smiles filled with botox.Smile for the camera you mummified corpse.I hope all the faces of your one night stands haunt you like demons while you try to sleep.I feel the same pity for your woman as I felt for Hillary Clinton.I hope the designer clothes covers her shame.

    Hypocrite~

  • You are a sad littlel man, ha ha

  • How many 15 yr old girls did he plug huh?

    You guys out there should screw his daughter till her eyes roll back.

    Yes the collage students really suck,they killed the greed machine.Now if you want to make music you have to do it because you love it!*Gasp*

  • WE ARE ABOUT TO GO TO SOUTH AMERICA

  • I applaud Gene for telling it exactly how it is - he's honoest and forthright in his beliefs....he's been a great role model to me since 1979 he's very real.

  • @baronesz76 WRONG! Unfortunately Gene Simmons is a real goose, & an arrogant one at that. He may be very gifted in music, but he is very poor in philosophy.

  • will thats sucks

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