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http://www.news.com.au/entertainmen...ops-triple-m-ban/story-fnk822dn-1227025850379

KISS rocker Gene Simmons has built a career on controversial antics, but has he gone too far this time?

In a recent interview with journalist Roger Catlin on Songfacts.com, Simmons made some extreme comments regarding suicide and depression that now threaten to have long-term effects on his band’s career.

Asked whether he still keeps in touch with original KISS members who left the band over the years, Simmons launched into a shocking tirade:

“No, I don’t get along with anybody who’s a drug addict and has a dark cloud over their head and sees themselves as a victim. Drug addicts and alcoholics are always: ‘The world is a harsh place.’ My mother was in a concentration camp in Nazi Germany. I don’t want to hear f**k all about ‘the world as a harsh place.’ She gets up every day, smells the roses and loves life. And for a putz, 20-year-old kid to say, ‘I’m depressed, I live in Seattle.” F**k you, then kill yourself,” Simmons said.

It didn’t end there.

“I always call them on their bluff. I’m the guy who says ‘Jump!’ when there’s a guy on top of a building who says, ‘That’s it, I can’t take it anymore, I’m going to jump.’ Are you kidding? Why are you announcing it? Shut the f**k up, have some dignity and jump! You’ve got the crowd,” he said.

Simmons’ comments have drawn condemnation from other legendary rockers. Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx yesterday denounced Simmons on his radio show, Sixx Sense.

“It’s pretty moronic because [Simmons] thinks everybody listens to him, that he is the God of Thunder. He will tell you he is the greatest man on earth, and to be honest with you, I like Gene. But in this situation, I don’t like Gene. I don’t like Gene’s words,” Sixx said. “There is a 20-year-old kid out there who is a Kiss fan and reads this and goes, ‘You know what? He’s right. I should just kill myself.’”

The backlash has reached all the way to Australia, with Triple M today announcing they would remove all KISS songs from their playlists nationwide.
In a statement published on the Triple M website, network head Mike Fitzpatrick labelled Simmons’ comments “misguided and insensitive.”

“Depression and suicide are not topics he should be using to further his notoriety or sell records. His desperation to use mental health issues to find relevancy in a modern age is sickening. I can only put it down to a brain fade on his part. The Triple M Network can’t and won’t be playing or supporting this d***head’s music. I put the challenge out to other stations across Australia and North America to also drop any of this nudnik’s songs until such time as he reconsiders his thoughtless and insensitive position.”

This sack of shit needs to burn.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Likewise.

 

[Orbis Tabula]

Love seeing someone use the word "nudnik" in this day and age.

Also, fuck you, Gene Simmons.

 

[Shaanyboi]

Not shocked that he's an asshole. I am shocked that he could be this much of an asshole.

 

[low-G]

This sack of shit needs to burn.

I think Gene Simmons would probably tell you that you should take it upon yourself to burn him.

 

[victreeb3l]

Dumbass.

 

[SketchTheArtist]

Does he understand that the depression part is not symptom of drug/alcool abuse but the other way around? So clueless.

 

[jay]

I always enjoy the someone-has-it-worse-than-you argument for why people shouldn't be sad or depressed.

 

[Siegcram]

You're famous for wearing make-up and having a long tongue. How about you shut the fuck up Simmons?

 

[Archer]

I think Gene Simmons would probably tell you that you should take it upon yourself to burn him.

I wouldn't think twice.

 

[Karl Hawk]

Well, fuck you too, Gene Simmons.

 

[jon bones]

whatever kiss wasn't even good

 

[Omegasquash]

It feels good when you don't like someone and they keep shovel feeding you reasons to feel the way you feel.

What a complete piece of shit.

 

[Jarrod38]

Does Kiss have a new shitty album coming out or something? How big of an asshole do you have to be to say something like that?

 

[Mr-Joker]

There's understanding the issue and there's being an asshole. Gene took the second route.

 

[Takashi]

What a dick. How much longer until depression isn't stigmatized anymore

 

[Sibersk Esto]

Old ass dude has an old ass way of looking at something we didn't really know much about until fairly recently. I'm not surprised

 

[Brazil]

Eh. Not like I've ever had any respect for him or his shitty band.

 

[Freaky Fred]

that now threaten to have long-term effects on his band’s career.

had no idea these guys were still around.

 

[AudioNoir]

He closed his Twitter account... maybe ten to fifteen minutes ago? Was getting slammed with angry tweets :') Including mine, because why not.

What a sack of shit.

 

[Fuchsdh]

I wouldn't think twice.

Mhmm. Back up the internet bravado there, champ.

 

[YuriLowell]

Shitty dude from Shitty band with shitty song overplayed on shitty classic rock stations says shitty things.

 

[Coolwhip]

Oh well, being famous doesnt stop you from being an idiot.

 

[Aβydoς]

Didn't know he was a disgusting piece of shit.
Oh well. Kiss sucked anyway

 

[Data West]

I like what Nikki had to say. Simple and effective, but it's not like Gene gives a shit.

whatever kiss wasn't even good

Ace Frehley was though.

 

[CornBurrito]

I always enjoy the someone-has-it-worse-than-you argument for why people shouldn't be sad or depressed.

Funny how it never works in reverese. Someone always has it better than you so why ever be happy?

 

[Archer]

Mhmm. Back up the internet bravado there, champ.

This isn't about me, amigo.

 

[Currygan]

ignorant rockstar whose band is one of the most overrated ever says some ignorant shit. Shocked!

 

[AudioNoir]

Does Kiss have a new shitty album coming out or something? How big of an asshole do you have to be to say something like that?

Think he's got a new show, actually. I know his wife and daughter do.

 

[Hero_of_the_Day]

Who knew that Gene Simmons was a giant piece of shit.

 

[Plinko]

Of all the people in the world to say something like this, I never would have expected Gene Simmons.

Oh wait, yes I would.

 

[Catdaddy]

Did he get a patent on suicide too? He's a douche..

 

[mackattk]

Fuck him. Rich old white guy pisses on the fans that made him his fame and fortune.

 

[CornBurrito]

What a dick. How much longer until depression isn't stigmatized anymore

Never. People will never get over thinking mental illness is just a matter of lacking willpower. The problem with thinking humans have perfect free will and total control overntheirnfeelings and behavior.

 

[Data West]

Who knew that Gene Simmons was a giant piece of shit.

Lots of people.

Like since the 70s.

 

[demon]

Well you're an enormous ugly goblin and your music blows and hasn't been relevant for decades. Consider your own advice.

 

[Mumei]

Gene Simmons is an ignorant fool, and that's all that needs to be said.