Rock Outgrew Gene Simmons
“And they claim that it's music."
— Sampled in Public Enemy’s “Contract on the World Love Jam”
Gene Simmons cannot seem to hold his tongue. Just weeks after being named a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors, an award he did not deserve, the bassist from KISS made headlines again, showing how rock stars sometimes age into caricatures. Ironically, the aging rock legend was complaining about rap artists being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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