- by Jason Gregory
- Thursday, June 12, 2008
- Photo by: WENN
- filed in: Indie
Kiss star Gene Simmons has slammed bands including Radiohead, who he believes put on boring live shows.
Simmons said that bands have a responsibility to provide a spectacle for their fans and shouldn't just stand static with a guitar.
"I admire bands like Radiohead, but the idea of being that serious?
Fuck that, get up on stage and blow shit up,” Simmons said.
Simmons went on to compare live performances to films, saying that they require audio and visual elements.
“If you're not fulfilling the visual part it's like watching a movie with your eyes closed,” he told WENN.
"One of the biggest compliments we get is (when people say), 'I f**king hate their music but that's the best show I ever saw in my life.'"
Radiohead were criticised by music fans earlier this week who called the opening nights of their European tour “terrible”.
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- He’s so right, I saw Radiohead in 2001 and they were so boring the singer kept dancing like a manic and they didn’’t played anything from Pablo Honey not even Creep which is their best song. I would have loved to see th e guitarist do that CH-CHUNK CH-CHUNK thing reminds of my high school days.The lighting was nothing special either the only hightlight was when they played The Bends and they didn’’t even play it properly because the singing kept
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- I think he’s an idiot. Tell him to take his hair off go home.
- Gene Simmons has it all wrong. It’s the age old dispute of style vs. substance, and I think it’’s easy to make that mistake when your music isn’’t that good. It’’s a diversion from the fact that gene simmon’’s doesn’’t place any sort of priority on playing good music. The members of Radiohead view their concerts solely as a medium in which they try to present their music as true, live
- Gene is obviously wrong if he thinks Radiohead is boring! It is not only entertaining musically it is also a visually stimulating show. Futhermore I was not the only person that thought so. It was a sold out show!
Haha what a spa. Has he actually seen Radiohead live? They have an amazing light show and Thom Yorke is always jumping around stage and dancing. Oh wait a minute, maybe he thinks a good live show is a 50 year old man painting his face like a cat...
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