Justify? To us? Alannnnn!!!

For Dr. Evil:

https://concertlive.com/sale/kissbox-set

Doc:

Any word on Kissology IV at this point???

It's a cross between Bigfoot, The Loch Ness Monster and Destroyer.

It's a cross between Bigfoot, The Loch Ness Monster and Destroyer.

Unless your name is Tommy Thayer and get hired by Gene and Paul.

I was just teaching the kids today about reading fact and fiction and we read articles on the Loch Ness Monster-ironic...

But, answer my damn question.

Tommy will never be Ace.

He's "The Spaceman."

The Tampa Bay Lightning disagree.

Seeing KISS Alive '75 tomorrow night right here in Massapequa/ Amityville at Revolutions.

Watch Gene Simmons Discuss His Heart Condition on ‘The Doctors’



Kiss co-founder Gene Simmons shared his experiences with the heart condition known as atrial fibrillation, or AFib, on a recent episode of The Doctors.

During the segment, which you can watch above, Simmons recalled being on tour when he first felt the symptoms of AFib, and was worried enough to seek medical attention — which left him with some sobering information.

“I had never heard of the term AFib, but about 10 years ago, we were on tour someplace, and onstage the temperature goes up about a hundred, with all the stage lights,” Simmons recalled, demonstrating the motion of an irregular heartbeat. “I started to get dizzy and perspire and short of breath. So I called a doctor, and he showed up and said, ‘Okay, here’s what’s going on. There’s something called AFib,’ and he went down the list. And it was a lot to take in.”

According to Simmons, that remains the only incidence of AFib he’s experienced, though he stressed that he’s careful to safeguard his health even while he’s on tour with Kiss. “I haven’t really had recurring problems, because I get lots of rest and drink lots of liquids,” said Simmons. “But am I prone to AFib? You bet.”

After leading The Doctors through his museum of licensed Kiss products, Simmons left the audience with a few words of wisdom. “You’ve got to lead a healthy lifestyle. Find out what’s going on on the inside,” he said when asked for his biggest piece of health advice. “You may not see it on the outside, but you’ll feel it.”

“But am I prone to AFib? You bet.”

Gene Simmons Skewers Pop Charts, Is 'Looking Forward to Death of Rap'

Gene Simmons is not happy with the pop charts. "I am looking forward to the death of rap," the Kiss singer and reality-TV star tells Rolling Stone. "I'm looking forward to music coming back to lyrics and melody, instead of just talking. A song, as far as I'm concerned, is by definition lyric and melody … or just melody."

Simmons shared the opinion during an interview about the 40th anniversary of Kiss' Destroyer, bemoaning the current state of the music industry at large. "I hate the Internet," he says. "I make a living, but to be a new band now and just give out your music for free, it's the crime of the century." He ascribed the state of the music industry to what he feels is a lack of superstars.

The roots of hip-hop, in his opinion, date back to the Sixties. "I'm all for anybody talking," he says. "'Wild Thing' was talking: 'Wild thing, she makes my heart sing/ she makes everything … .' There's no melody there. That's cool. Napoleon XIV, 'They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!' That's a funny song, but those are novelty records. So was Dickie Goodman and 'Mr. Jaws.' These were all hits, by the way. But predominantly, music is about melody and lyric, whether it's rap or doo-wop, or yeah, even rock.

"As far as I'm concerned, rock is dead," he continues. "There ain't no new bands. Foo Fighters, I love 'em, but they're a 20-year-old band. These are long-in-the-tooth bands: Nirvana, Pearl Jam. They're old bands."

He went on to say, however, that he did not feel all hope was lost. "That doesn't mean there's not new bands out there," Simmons says. "As far as I'm concerned, if Lady Gaga dropped the disco and the pole dancing and all that stuff and put together a rock band, that would be legitimate, because she's got the musical goods. She can write songs, play instruments and can actually sing. And she understands the fearless quality of spectacle. I'd love to see her do Queen-style music. She can do it. Madonna cannot."

Then he recapitulated his theme. "Rap will die," he says. "Next year, 10 years from now, at some point, and then something else will come along. And all that is good and healthy." Asked about EDM, Simmons says, "EDM is honest. EDM says, 'Here's a guy onstage who does fuck-all, he does nothing. He presses a button and puts his hands up in the air. He doesn't pretend to be lip-syncing to a track.' He has a light show and it's an honest relationship.

"My thing about the disco divas who get up onstage — and I love Jennifer Lopez and Ciara and Shakira and Madonna and all the girls with names that end in 'a,' they're very talented in their own way — but it's dishonest. They have a backing track. It's really a karaoke bar. Karaoke is more honest, because you know it's karaoke."

When asked whether or not he likes rap at all, he says he thinks it's OK. "I don't have the cultural background to appreciate being a gangster," he says. "Of course that's not what it's all about, but that's where it comes from. That's the heart and soul of it. It came from the streets."

Didn't rap come from the same New York streets at the same time as Kiss? "Sure, but other than Kiss, which plays stadiums around the world, there's no other New York band that was ever able to do that," he says. "New York, for all its cultural impact hardly produced any rock bands at all. There's the Ramones and the Dolls, and that's kind of it. Ramones never had a gold album until some of them died. We took Anthrax out on one of their first tours, but we're talking about stadiums."

Simmons has previously spoken about his distaste for rap music. When Kiss were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014, he questioned the way the institution picked its inductees. "A few people decide what's in and what's not," he told Radio.com. "And the masses just scratch their heads. You've got Grandmaster Flash in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? Run-D.M.C. in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? You're killing me. That doesn't mean those aren't good artists. But they don't play guitar. They sample and they talk. Not even sing."