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Gene Simmons: Asshole
Posted: 2004-03-02 09:27pm
by Lord Poe
From
http://www.genesimmons.com:
Gene -
Please tell me the Billboard press release is not true. You can't seriously be thinking of naming your solo record "Asshole". That is way over the top even for you, the P.T Barnum of the 21st Century. Maybe you are just trying to create a pre-release buzz, and will change it at the last minute ... I sincerely hope so. Your album, and you, won't be taken seriously with that title, which means little or no airplay. You will no doubt lose the respect of many of your long-standing fans, people who you profess to care about a great deal, who, to just give one example, now have children and will not look forward to explaining the title to them. Given your demonstrated level of intelligence, to resort to such a demeaning, offensive title which you must know will alienate a lot of folks(fans or not) and create controversy makes no sense at all. Unless, of course, you really are just all about the Benjamins, and the bit about caring so much for the fans is just that - a bit.
As one of many lifetime fans who are probably writing to you with similar sentiments, I ask you to please reconsider.
Todd Sloan
Phoenix, Arizona
Response from Gene:
Whoever told you I was looking for "respect?"
Posted: 2004-03-02 09:29pm
by Gandalf
For a second there I thought you were going to diss the man.
Still a class act though.
Posted: 2004-03-02 09:32pm
by Cal Wright
What's offensive is that damn Psycho Circus video game. Yeesh!
Posted: 2004-03-02 09:58pm
by Ma Deuce
Bwhaha! That is rich
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Posted: 2004-03-02 10:06pm
by Darth Wong
I love the way that ass-clown says that it's "demeaning" for Gene Simmons to use the word "asshole" for his album name. Demeaning to who? Assholes?
Posted: 2004-03-03 12:04am
by Sokar
If you listen closely, you can almost hear this dude furiously jerking off to the "Dressed to Kill" album cover........
Posted: 2004-03-03 05:13pm
by Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi
Unless the picture of the Goatse guy is on the cover, I don't see what's so offensive about having an album called "Asshole". It's not that bad a word.
Posted: 2004-03-03 07:31pm
by Defiant
Darth Wong wrote:I love the way that ass-clown says that it's "demeaning" for Gene Simmons to use the word "asshole" for his album name. Demeaning to who? Assholes?
Well, there is that family of Assholes that serve on
Spaceball One
Posted: 2004-03-03 07:42pm
by General Zod
considering the titles of some albums in the past, this is rather mild, imo.
Posted: 2004-03-05 03:22am
by Lord Poe
Maybe I shouldn't technically be posting all this stuff from another website, but I love stuff like this:
Gene:
You have stated before that it does'nt matter what we BELIEVE but only what we DO. The bible says that we must be saved or "born again" to go to heaven. In order to be saved we must BELIEVE. Good works, or are DEEDS will not do it. Therefore, BELIEVING is everything and DEEDS are really nothing. Im right. Im sorry but this time Gene Simmons is wrong. -- Doug Meyers, Rockford, Il.
Response from Gene:
Bullshit.
LOL!!