Gene Simmons is a desparate, pathetic twit.....

[vi5]

Aside from the seemingly endless final laps from Kiss, and aside from his moronic right wing politics, this guy is trying way too f'ng hard to jump on bandwagons. First he tries to jump on the men's magazine bandwagon with Gene Simmon's Tongue magazine. Bomb. Then he tried to horn in on the whole post-Osbourne's reality show bandwagon by doing some sad attempt at the "cameras following me around acting normally" bit. bomb. Then he tried to get his licks in with the animation genre with My Dad The Rock Star. bomb.

Now I see he's trying to glom onto the whole Rock School shtick on some new VH1 "reality" show. You have a guy like the one (in Philly I think it is) on whom the movie is based, who really, sincerely does this stuff and teaches kids rock music, and now this balding joker has to go and bite his rhyme by doing a reality show that attempts to portray him as some sort of rock authority bestowing his knowledge on children.

I'm glad I never liked Kiss because this guy is and always has been an embarresment.

[bridgit]

1. agreed...

[Deja Q]

2. Heaven's on fire

Talk about talent... not.

I look at you and my blood boils hot, I feel my temperature rise
I want it all, give me what you got, there's hunger in your eyes
I'm getting closer, baby hear me breathe
You know the way to give me what I need
Just let me love you and you'll never leave
Chorus:
Feel my heat takin' you higher, burn with me, Heaven's on fire
Paint the sky with desire, angel fly, Heaven's on fire

I got a fever ragin' in my heart, you make me shiver and shake
Baby don't stop, take it to the top, eat it like a piece of cake
You're comin' closer, I can hear you breathe
You drive me crazy when you start to tease
You could bring the devil to his knees

chorus

Oho Heaven's on fire, oho Heaven's on fire, oho

I'm getting closer, baby hear me breathe
You know the way to give me what I need
Just let me love you and you'll never leave

chorus repeats out

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

3. Don't forget his "self-help" book on "how to succeed in life"...

Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly

The legendary lothario of the rock band Kiss believes that the most important things in life are money, sex and more money-and he repeats variations on this theme in this highly entertaining book, which that covers much of the same autobiographical ground as his successful KISS and Make-Up, albeit with a different slant. Simmons readily admits that "just because I stick out my tongue a lot and spit fire doesn't mean I have any qualifications to advise anyone on relationship, money or career issues." What he does have is a highly successful rock band and, apparently, a highly developed ego, and he uses both to present a philosophy of work that is rooted, some would say ironically, in traditional Puritan virtues-work hard, save your money, don't smoke, don't drink, don't get high, equate time with money and know that being rich is better than being poor. His example of a successful man is his equally hard-working Kiss partner Paul Stanley; as in his first book, Simmons trashes the bad habits of his other bandmates. His view of the sexes, however, is Neanderthal: the "power of women is completely based on whether she can attract a man, biologically speaking," while "the power of man is in achieving wealth and `killing things' so we can come back to the cave with a big piece of meat over our shoulder." This belief translates into Simmons's main financial advice: "The worst thing a man can do, financially and biologically speaking, is to get married." His messages are bound to resonate with the book's prime target audience: not-so-young professional guys. 24 pages of color photos; b&w photos throughout."

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1893224864/qid=1124550454/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/002-3874526-3516068?v=glance&s=books

[aquaman]

4. Gene Simmons and Kiss......

Suck badly, I liked that music when I was like ten years old, then I grew up and began to listen to real music.

[mitchum]

5. He is a crass hack, but I would recommend his autobiography...

(I can't remember the title) For me, his life was far more interesting before the unpardonable success of Kiss. It's far more entertaining than his other "works"

[Aristus]

6. If Gene Simmons is a right-wing blowhard,

Does that mean Shannon Tweed is, as well?

I remember how disappointed I felt when I found out that certain Playboy Playmates were right-wingers.

That just ain't right. :(