I hope Prince family or Estate sues, he shouldnt be allowed to say things like this. Simmons is an asshole.

trc1 said:

So. He's pissy because Kiss - the boy band group isn't in the RRH of F? He has no idea what tragedy or pathetic is. Don't hate.

They are in the RNRHOF!

He's written an apology.

https://twitter.com/genesimmons?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/gene-simmons-prince-apology/

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Gene Simmons also said people with depression should just get over it or kill themself.

GoldStandard said:

Gene Simmons also said people with depression should just get over it or kill themself.

wth??!! smh

Gene Simmons needs to

MMJas said:

http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gene-simmons-on-prince-how-pathetic-that-he-killed-himself/

I think he sounds like a real prick, but hey, I take everything with a pinch of salt these days and doubt everything that comes out in the press. Just recently I saw him talking on TV about Prince and the guy had nothing but high praise for him, so I don't know where this is coming from. Probably made up trash?
For one, the toxicology report is not out, so he does not know what was the cause of death. Unless he's going by whatever rumour is circulating amongst the music world. Secondly, wasn't his son battling a pill addiction/dependency recently?

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gene seems like he says a lot of things just for the impact of the words. who knows if he feels that way. he's pretty opinionated and he's also very intelligent and i usually love what he has to say on all things rock and roll. obviously, i'm not crazy about him calling my boy pathetic but he's hardly the first person to be guilty of judging another man without knowing what the fuck he's talking about.

The apology (as quoted on CNN) --

To be fair, the meaning of the word 'pathetic' has kind of been warped over the years:

Pathetic:

adjective

Not saying which way Gene was using it, but it's something to think about.

Zak Bagans of Ghost Adventures (my favorite TV show) tweeted that the only way Gene Simmons can makeheadlines these days is by being an "old douchebag". Later he tweeted a screenshot of Gene blocking him

I fucking love Zak Bagans even more now.

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MMJas said:

http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gene-simmons-on-prince-how-pathetic-that-he-killed-himself/

I think he sounds like a real prick, but hey, I take everything with a pinch of salt these days and doubt everything that comes out in the press. Just recently I saw him talking on TV about Prince and the guy had nothing but high praise for him, so I don't know where this is coming from. Probably made up trash?
For one, the toxicology report is not out, so he does not know what was the cause of death. Unless he's going by whatever rumour is circulating amongst the music world. Secondly, wasn't his son battling a pill addiction/dependency recently?

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Gene's Apology can be viewed here:
http://www.rollingstone.c...z48JHgzaE2

I have been hurt deeply by drug addicts, lost people very close to me... could NEVER conceive of making someone else's loss more painful by calling their loved one pathetic....

Gene Simmons apology sounds like he's trying to stay relevant in the headlines.. after being called out

... of course there will be a retraction, apology.. two for one Gene ' eh!

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This needs it's own thread , the Gene jackass sticky somewhere far far away from Prince.org.

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MarcelS67 said:

Suzanne said:

it's easy to be judgemental, people are just mean and vile. Maybe Prince wouldn't have had those pains if he hadn't been entertaining YOU! We all make sacrifices and we all lose pieces of ourselves, physically and mentally just to get through life. Easy to be judgemental, but it's ok, what goes around comes around. Remember ayn rand calling poor people moochers and criticizing people who didn't take care of themselves? Then, she gets sick and has to humble herself and take medicaid, god has a sense of irony.,

derrick31 said:

MarcelS67 said: They must've done a hatchet job on the article. Gene Simmons CLEARLY respects Prince. Publications love to start sh..! I'm going to believe what I see and hear in this case and not what I read.

Yes, my point exactly.

I see that this pig has apologized for his statement.He's still an idiot,though

First NWA now Prince...have it ever occured to folks that Gene Simmons might be an racist bigot?

emesem said:

Idiot who thinks people take pain killers to get "high".

Some people certainly do.

Simmons has so little talent, though, and is such an arrogant obnoxious asshole, it's hard to listen to him opine about someone overflowing with artistry as Prince was. I like KISS and all but I don't delude myself into thinking they're gifted musicians. It's just a fun, loud, theatrical circus act.

emesem said:

Idiot who thinks people take pain killers to get "high".

Some people certainly do.

Simmons has so little talent, though, and is such an arrogant obnoxious asshole, it's hard to listen to him opine about someone overflowing with artistry as Prince was. I like KISS and all but I don't delude myself into thinking they're gifted musicians. It's just a fun, loud, theatrical circus act.

luv4u said:

GoldStandard said:

Gene Simmons also said people with depression should just get over it or kill themself.

wth??!! smh

emesem said:

Idiot who thinks people take pain killers to get "high".

Some people certainly do.

Simmons has so little talent, though, and is such an arrogant obnoxious asshole, it's hard to listen to him opine about someone overflowing with artistry as Prince was. I like KISS and all but I don't delude myself into thinking they're gifted musicians. It's just a fun, loud, theatrical circus act.

luv4u said:

GoldStandard said:

Gene Simmons also said people with depression should just get over it or kill themself.

wth??!! smh

Google is your friend.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/gene-simmons-depression-comments-anger-nikki-sixx-20140814

http://www.etonline.com/news/149905_gene_simmons_tells_depressed_people_to_kill_themselves/

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Scarfo said:

First NWA now Prince...have it ever occured to folks that Gene Simmons might be an racist bigot?

exactly

Can't believe we are discussing Gene Simmons right now. Gene was a great businessman. He could have helped Prince. Both of them were right about the music industry though. Watch this:

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Suzanne said:

could NEVER conceive of making someone else's loss more painful by calling their loved one pathetic....

I don't care for the guy at all, but he did NOT call Prince pathetic. He said the way he died, if reports of the pill/drug overdose are true, was pathetic. Big, BIG difference.

Plenty of longtime Prince fans have said similar, that the thought Prince may have "done it to himself" by consuming too much of something harmful, is a lot more difficult for fans to accept than if he had died of cancer, heart attack or something uncontrollable. Simmons just did a really lousy job of expressing himself, and has already apologized for it.

Let's save our anger for those who deserve it, such as any doctors who may have contributed to a possible overdose.

speakeasy said:

The apology (as quoted on CNN) --

Simmons took to Twitter to apologize, saying, "I just got such s**t from my family for my big mouth again."

"I apologize -- I have a long history of getting very angry at what drugs do to the families/friends of the addicts," he wrote. "I get angry at drug users because of my experience being around them coming up in the rock scene."

Simmons added, "Needless to say, I didn't express myself properly here -- I don't shy away from controversy, and angry critics really don't bother me at all. If I think I'm right, I'll throw up a finger and dig my heels in and laugh. But this time, I was not. So, my apologies.

I think the guy deserves a pass. He admits he has a big mouth and didn't express himself properly. Being in the music industry as long as he as, I'm sure he's lost a lot of folks to drugs--and that's gotta make someone extra-sensitive to the topic.

I don't.

It hasn't even been a month since Prince's passing. His comments were totally disrespectful!

I really think Gene Simmons is a racist he always talks shit about Black musicians and artists.

Pokeno4Money said:

Suzanne said:

could NEVER conceive of making someone else's loss more painful by calling their loved one pathetic....

I don't care for the guy at all, but he did NOT call Prince pathetic. He said the way he died, if reports of the pill/drug overdose are true, was pathetic. Big, BIG difference.

Plenty of longtime Prince fans have said similar, that the thought Prince may have "done it to himself" by consuming too much of something harmful, is a lot more difficult for fans to accept than if he had died of cancer, heart attack or something uncontrollable. Simmons just did a really lousy job of expressing himself, and has already apologized for it.

Let's save our anger for those who deserve it, such as any doctors who may have contributed to a possible overdose.

Its not anger. Its disgust. OK, so the way he died... ITS PATETHIC to speculate... who is HE to even speak on that? No one KNOWS ....

SoulAlive said:

I wish some of these guys would STFU and stop assuming things "drugs and alcohol killed Prince",wtf

.

This is what happens when people get their news from TMZ and similar outlets.