Gene Simmons Washington Post audio interview

[andyrichter]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/audio/2006/08/16/AU2006081601313.html
 
 you'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll be amazed!  and Kiss is going to do it's 4th farewell tour next year?? what a douchebag!  

[renton007]

I haven't heard the chat yet. However, in J. Freedom du Lac's chat he was going on about how bad and interviewee Simmons is/was.  Apparently he is a shameless self-promoter and womanzier.  Something was mentioned about an incident with Terry Gross in an interview but I'm not familiar with the matter.

[ggw]

Originally posted by renton007:
   Something was mentioned about an incident with Terry Gross in an interview but I'm not familiar with the matter.

Terry Gross: No. Let's get to the studded codpiece.
 
 Gene Simmons: Oh yes.
 
 Terry Gross: Do you have a sense of humor about that?
 
 Gene Simmons: No.
 
 Terry Gross: Does that seem funny to you? Are you --
 
 Gene Simmons: No, it holds in my manhood.
 
 Terry Gross: [laughs] That's right.
 
 Gene Simmons: Otherwise it would be too much for you to take. You'd have to put the book down and confront life. The notion is that if you want to welcome me with open arms, I'm afraid you're also going to have to welcome me with open legs.
 
 Terry Gross: That's a really obnoxious thing to say.
 
 Gene Simmons: No it's not, it's being -- why should I say something behind your back that I can't tell you to your face?
 
 Terry Gross: Wait, it -- it -- has it come to this? Is this the only way that you can talk to a woman? To do that shtick?
 
 Gene Simmons: Let me ask you something. Why is it shtick when all women have ever wanted ever since we've crawled out of caves is, Why can't a man just tell me the truth and just speak to me plainly? Though, if I do that -- you can't have it both ways.
 
 Terry Gross: So you really have no sense of humor about this, do you?
 
 Gene Simmons: Oh, I'm laughing all the way. You know, we're --
 
 Terry Gross: Oh, to the bank, right?
 
 Gene Simmons: Well of course. [laughs] Don't I sound like a happy guy?
 
 Terry Gross: Not really, to be honest with you.
 
 Gene Simmons: I was going to suggest that you get outside of the musty place where you can count the dust particles falling around you. And get out in the world and see what everybody else is doing.
 
 Terry Gross: Having sex with you?
 
 Gene Simmons: Well, if you chose, but you'd have to stand in line.
 
 .....
 
 Terry Gross: Um, just one more question before we wrap up.
 
 Gene Simmons: As many as you want.
 
 Terry Gross: I would like to think that the personality you've presented on our show today is a persona that you've affected as a member of KISS, something you do on stage, before the microphone, but that you're not nearly as obnoxious in the privacy of your own home or when you're having dinner with friends.
 
 Gene Simmons: Fair enough. And I'd like to think that the boring lady who's talking to me now is a lot sexier and more interesting than the one who's doing NPR. You know, studious and reserved, and -- I bet you're a lot of fun at a party.
 
 Terry Gross: Well, we'll leave it at that. Gene Simmons --
 
 Gene Simmons: Sure!
 
 Terry Gross: -- thanks so much.
 
 Gene Simmons: I look forward to our meeting.
 
 http://www.maniahill.com/funny/Gene_Simmons_Terry_Gross_Fresh_Air_02_04_2002.htm

[sonickteam2]

thats hilarious.
 
 best interview i have read all year!

[edbert]

it's 4th farewell tour next year??  

Probably not the record though... hasn't Cher or Streisand done more final farewell tours than that?  Celine Dion is probably getting up there

[Mobius]

I think Ozzy set the standard for farewell tours following his No More Tours shows back in 1991-92.  I'm pretty sure he's done some shows since then.
 
 Why do we always hear from Gene Simmons and never from Paul Stanley?  What is Paul Stanley doing??

[ggw]

Originally posted by Mobius:
  What is Paul Stanley doing??

Hiding in the closet.

[bearman🐻]

God...Simmons is SUCH a bozo.

[renton007]

That's hilarious.  Fresh Air is probably my favorite NPR program.  Thanks for posting that.

[andyrichter]

that interview was classic.

[hostiledm]

Who still goes to KISS shows? I cant imagine sitting through an entire concert. (Not that I claim to have the best taste in music). Has anyone here been to a show? What is it like?

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Guiny?
 
 I went to a KISS show in about 1984. Drunk off my ass on cheap wine, I don't remember much about the show.
 
 

Originally posted by hostiledm:
  Who still goes to KISS shows? I cant imagine sitting through an entire concert. (Not that I claim to have the best taste in music). Has anyone here been to a show? What is it like?

[ggw]

I never saw KISS, but I did see one-time KISS guitarist Vinnie Vincent and the Vinnie Vincent Invasion.
 
  <img src="http://www.fullinbloommusic.com/images/charlesvvi.jpeg" alt=" - " />
 
 10 Reasons Vinnie Vincent Invasion Crushes Your Skull
 
 (1) Paul Stanley gave to Vinnie Vincent the sign of the Ankh. On his face Vinnie painted this Egyptian symbol for everlasting life. Stanley was wise, given the departure of Space Ace, to acquire a virtual immortal who would, and will, live forever.
 
 (2) After writing �??Lick It Up,�?� most geniuses would rest, possibly even depart from their art altogether for proper reflection. But Vinnie launched the Invasion, and gave to the world �??Boyz Are Gonna Rock.�?�
 
 (3) When you speak his name, refer to him as the Pyro Messiah, for with but a lick, a mere arpeggio run, he can burn your very soul with hellfire.
 
 (4) From a rib of the Vinnie Vincent Invasion was made Slaughter, a pure killer. Vocalist Mark Slaughter must repent, though, for questioning the will of the Pyro Messiah, who gave him his place in the world. He was arrogant, foolish, and he and Dana Strum were cast out of The Kingdom rightfully.
 
 (5) When Chrysalis Records began to favor the man-child Slaughter, a curse was put upon them by the Messiah, who said, �??let your fortunes be taken.�?� Three years later it was so, with Thorn-EMI as benefactor. Such is the power of The Egyptian Warrior.
 
 (6) To date, no man has survived a head-on attack from the Vinnie Vincent Invasion in Stack Formation. A girl did once, in Boise, Idaho�??because Vinnie had chosen her as his that night.
 
 (7) Vinnie was a staff writer for the television show Happy Days. As Fonz said, �??Hey, I�??m not the dreamer! I�??m the dreamee!�?�
 
 ( Vinnie wrote all that shit on Revenge�??and they took his seed; no, worse�??KISS betrayed him and stole his gold.
 
 (9) The worst thing is, Vinnie told you what he was gonna do to your woman: �??Sun sets low and the bitches brew/Love kicks�??it makes me black and blue/I want it�??I need it�??I love it to the core/Backstreet pussycat, what's behind your door?/Shoot U full of love.�?�
 
 (10) There was the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941. There was the Moor invasion of Europe in 711 AD. There was the Norman invasion of England in 1066. None of these were nearly as powerful or devastating as the Vinnie Vincent Invasion.

[Guiny]

Originally posted by Weird Little Self Loathing Man:
  Guiny?
 
 I went to a KISS show in about 1984. Drunk off my ass on cheap wine, I don't remember much about the show.
 

It's hard to believe but I've actually never been to a Kiss, AC/DC OR Ozzy show.  Not that I didn't want to, just never happened.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Which one is she?
 
 

Originally posted by ggw�?�:
 [QB] I never saw KISS, but I did see one-time KISS guitarist Vinnie Vincent and the Vinnie Vincent Invasion.
 
   <img src="http://www.fullinbloommusic.com/images/charlesvvi.jpeg" alt=" - " />