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http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/gene-simmons-on-prince-how-pathetic-that-he-killed-himself-20160510

I dunno how newsworthy it is that known idiot from bad gimmick band says idiotic shit but I decided to make a thread anyway.

"Bowie was the most tragic of all because it was real sickness," the Kiss member told Newsweek. "[Prince's] drugs killed him. What do you think, he died from a cold?"

Not sure where he gets this from because Bowie was pretty damn open about drug use and even other rockstars were saying he did a lot of cocaine.

Prince's autopsy results were inconclusive and still awaiting a full toxicology report. The musician was reported to have painkillers on hand though it has not been confirmed by a medical examiner whether or not an overdose was what killed him. There were reports, however, that an addiction specialist had made the 911 call that led to the discovery of his body at Paisley Park. Prince was supposed to meet with the specialist the day he was found.

"I think Prince was heads, hands and feet about all the rest of them," Simmons continued. "I thought he left [Michael] Jackson in the dust. Prince was way beyond that. But how pathetic that he killed himself. Don't kid yourself, that's what he did. Slowly, I'll grant you … but that's what drugs and alcohol is: a slow death."

Paul Stanley apologized for his bandmate's comments via Twitter, stating that he is "embarrassed" by Simmons' "cold clueless statements" about Prince's death. "Without all the facts better to say nothing."

 

[darscot]

Gene's attitude towards drugs is pretty clear, he is not exactly empathetic on the subject. I have no issue with what he says, everyone has an opinion.

 

[bodyboarder]

Classy.

 

[Zubz]

That's horrendously callous of him. It shouldn't matter how Prince died, and if it was due to addiction, the fact that Prince didn't get the help he needed isn't a reason to be victim-blaming him.

 

[darscot]

Ok, so for starters, didn't Simmons have an alcohol addiction? Not that it invalidates the horror of substance use, but "pot and kettle" and all that...

But more importantly, that's horrendously callous of him. It shouldn't matter how Prince died, and if it was due to addiction, the fact that Prince didn't get the help he needed isn't a reason to be victim-blaming him.

I think Gene has never had a drink or done a recreational drug in his life. He has always been addicted to money and women.

 

[demon]

Gene Simmons is a musically irrelevant, hateful piece of shit giant ugly troll. Fuck him.

 

[NYR]

People will cheer when Simmons dies.

 

[Tagyhag]

He should wait for the finished toxicology report before shitting on him that quickly.

Either way, any kind of premature death is a tragedy. I'm sure Prince didn't want to die.

 

[Imm0rt4l]

Fuck Gene Simmons

 

[xxracerxx]

What a shit comment.

 

[DontBeThatGuy]

Gene Simmons is an asshole, and Kiss sucks. He goes into Politics during that interview as well, and there's some shit in there too.

 

[Andrew Korenchkin]

Jesus, what a piece of shit.

 

[smokeandmirrors]

yeah fuck off Gene Simmons. You're pathetic and no one will care when you die. Your legacy is shit. Kiss is shit.

 

[OverBlood 3]

It's hard to even be annoyed by this because he's just so irrelevant.

Might as well find out what Changing Room's 'Handy Andy' thinks about this.

 

[eerik9000]

I am looking forward to the death of Gene Simmons.

 

[Melkezadek]

Motherfuck Gene Simmons.

Everything that's come out of his mouth in the last decade has been vile, bitter, and cynical.

 

[Enzom21]

Is this really shocking? Gene Simmons is a piece of shit and I would imagine he loves the spotlight so he'll say whatever it takes to keep his name out there.
Fuck this dude. KISS sucks anyway.

 

[Infinite]

He's a fucking racists fuck that man

 

[Lan Dong Mik]

What a shitty thing to say. Gene Simmons sucks.

 

[Frozenprince]

I'm pretty sure Gene is just desperately trying to stay relevant for 10 more seconds with this, more than anything.

Dude has always been desperate to be important and noticed. Must suck when you realize your corpratization of the band that disliked you caused its demise.

 

[phanphare]

what a schmuck

 

[Guhnmystro]

I am looking forward to the death of Gene Simmons.

That's pretty fucked up, man.

 

[Killer Queen]

Gene is such an awful and bitter old man. Can't think of any public figure I hate more than him, aside from maybe Trump.

 

[gamz]

Who gives a shit what he says. Just meaningless noise.

 

[echoshifting]

Fuck Gene Simmons. Don't feed the troll.

 

[wenis]

Falling right into his hand. There's no difference between him and trump. They'll do and say anything to stay relevant to whatever fan base they have and to feed their hugely inflated egos and images of themselves.

Just worthless old men whose time should have come and gone yet people love to give them the time of day because they used to be something in a bygone era.

 

[Matsukaze]

Gene has always been vocally anti-drug; the mere hint/mention of drugs and/or addiction puts him in attack mode. It's one of several things that helped swell his insufferable ego to the point where his head totally refuses to leave his ass.

Empathy, unsurprisingly, was never his strong suit and I'm not surprised he would stoop so low as to say what he did.

 

[Tenebrous]

Gene's attitude towards drugs is pretty clear, he is not exactly empathetic on the subject. I have no issue with what he says, everyone has an opinion.

Kinda reminds me a little bit of John Lydon (Johnny Rotten) on Kurt Cobain just after his death. Handles it a lot better than Gene while still getting his point across.

 

[Guess Who]

Guess Who calls Gene Simmons's Life "Pathetic" in NeoGAF Post

 

[bigosc2k]

Why couldn't death take Gene Simmons?

 

[Knuckle Sandwich]

I really hate this prick.

 

[Frozenprince]

Gene has always been vocally anti-drug; the mere hint/mention of drugs and/or addiction puts him in attack mode. It's one of several things that helped swell his insufferable ego to the point where his head totally refuses to leave his ass.

Empathy, unsurprisingly, was never his strong suit and I'm not surprised he would stoop so low as to say what he did.

Which is funny considering the countless illegitimate children he has that he has never acknowledged nor supported.

 

[eerik9000]

That's pretty fucked up, man.

Gene Simmons will die. Next year, 10 years from now, at some point, and then someone else will come along. And all that is good and healthy.

 

[PepsimanVsJoe]

Gene is a tremendous piece of shit.

 

[Nicktendo86]

It's hard to even be annoyed by this because he's just so irrelevant.

Might as well find out what Changing Room's 'Handy Andy' thinks about this.

Not many here will know who handy Andy is but you made me chuckle.

 

[ModBot]

The thread's premise is that we should be angry that someone said something dumb. The thread's replies got angry that someone said something dumb. Sounds like the conversation is over.