AC/DC: Gene Simmons Is Wrong About Rock And Roll | SiriusXM AC/DC Radio 

His laughter sounds like he just told the best dad joke ever.

Brilliant answer 😂😂😂😂

So quick and witty

Gene was the one who promoted AcDc in 1975 in New York, and helped a lot to its popularity increasing. So no, Angus is not the best at this phrase

rock on, little sister. Love to ya.

Keep on rocking girl, never let the music die. 😊👍

Rock on Sis!

i just fell in love with you

@Potwheelz did you accidentally post that on the wrong comment thread?

+ahepperl you can't stop rock 'n' roll

ahepperl i Strongly agree with u my brother,,,,,,,,,,thx

ahepperl 1:21 "yeah it's his opinion, yeah he's introduced it. It's wrong" that's why I love Brian

The Dawn But you have to admit that much of the 'rock N roll' that's come out in the past 15 years or so, is garbage. As Brian said, young people have the right to their opinion that Katy Perry, Justin Bieber, Iggy Azalea and Kanye West are great musicians....... But they are WRONG! Lol

"it will alwayd be we us"

Please! KISS probably has ONE signature song as opposed to AC/DC that has SEVERAL. I for one never wanted to hear KISS rock and roll all night.

cozzie Metallica, the sellout, has joined the chat. Lol

This is Gene's way of pushing Kiss coffins...

@@kisshooters69 You still here?

Im far from being a kiss fan but atleast their songs dont sound all the same.

Actually, Bob Daisley.

Oh yeaah!

Lemmy was right! 👍

Broncodude Lemmy was too right

The legend himself

Lemmy was wrong. KISS was kickass, especially in the 70's.

@but why Sad to hear you're missing out on a kickass 70s band. Not sure why people can't seem to love AC/DC AND KISS. I implore you to listen to their earlier stuff. The 1975 demo version of Black Diamond is a great starting point. Killer is a great song, too.

I couldn’t have said it better brotha 💪🏼

They say Rock is dead since the 90s

Yup exactly and it is dead

That's exactly the point he was making. The reporter completely missed it, and Brian and Angus just blathered on. The central question is, what is the future of rock n roll? I don't see it, myself, as the industry itself is in ruins.

Hahahahahahaha XD

SPOOKSTR He has the cutest laugh. There is a laugh compilation video I would recommend looking it up.

Its like a bevus and butthead laugh

His laugh is priceless, chuckling from the heart 😂😂😂

IKR LMAOO

In my opinion, they're the best band ever

bucky468 ac dc is not metal

bucky468 ac dc is great hard rock. gay bands like poison is gay hair bands and no.....that isn't metal. old metallica slayer testament ....That's metal..ya know

bucky468 agreed and thats a great list of bands....nice

+bucky468 Leatherwolf are hardly Hard Rock...... they are brilliant Power Metal with some melodic elements, but they have nothing in common with Hard Rock..... also some of the bands you mentioned are rather Glam Metal than Hard Rock....

@1800nunyabiz Pretty sure no one gives a fuck about VH.....

Gene Simmons 😂😂😂

"No one gives a fuck about van Halen." Ignores their immense success and certified diamond debut record. In what world does nobody care about Van Halen?

Oh yeah. The guy that exposed them to us audiences by letting them open. Yeah I think I remember who he is.

@@SPOOKSTR oh come on. VH one one of the best hard rock acts of all time

Kiss and AC/DC shouldn't be mentioned in the same sentence. Simmons has always been a joke and arrogant. AC/DC were and still are the real deal.

It was KISS who took AC/DC out on their first tour !

@@akhnatun Nope,they toured all around Australia first.

@Mooch 514 Not from you for sure,smartass! First,the comment i replied,says that Kiss took Ac Dc on their FIRST tour,which is a lie. They already toured Australia and Europe,before the US. So that"kiss took acdc out on its first north american tour.."was not really the"question",was it? Even so....Second,they toured the US before they went with Kiss on tour. Learn something yourself first,dumbass! There's nothing gay about"little boys school outif",unless your gay brain sees it. But whatever makes you happy

And yet KISS have out sold ACDC, numbers win all arguments, beats your opinion.

Well said!

NO, UNFORTUNATELY HE IS NOT WRONG !!! LET ME KNOW WHEN APPEARS NEW BANDS LIKE BEATLES, QUEEN, ACDC, KISS, PINK FLOYD ETC ... NEVER ! THIS IS THE TRUE

Amen my brother and I’m a black woman telling you that AC/DC is the best

@@MichelleofGlendale Agreed. Their latest album Power Up is a mini magnum opus. That mite be pushing it.. It's good.

what's being black got to do with it.

kiss aid acdc at their beginning - acdc was the support of kiss angus young self said: ,, At the beginning our career, we had big problems to go on tour. The Headliners says everytime: Kick them out. But Gene Simmons saw our potential and helped us to get bigger Shows That was our carreer start.

the funniest part and true.

Should be man wearing face paint. Like sports fans, nothing good can come of it.

.......and ; Kiss turned out to be a fraction as good as AC/DC, ultimately......THE END !

Well, Brian is having a hard time listening at all..

This post made my day😤 Betcha a dollar he would try to cage. A free meal at Waffle House He'd also try to get paid while chomping down on Steak and Eggs. Hope I never have to meet the miserable sob.

As Lew said to Margie in the great movie "Fargo", "Yaaaah, that's a good one . . ."

What are you doing here Abe? I heard you still lurk in the WH.....wouldn't mind giving Orange 45 a good lesson would you??

I would of replied with "I ain't going to work. I got an earache."

Axel is that you ?

Correct! Gene and hi KISS band are a circus act and only fill in Gaps, AC/DC are for real and never fill in Gaps.

Can u name one band so awesome so importante like the beloved old ones? U just dont want to admite, rock fans have to live with the same old song.

Simmons was referring to new bands coming out now. Are there any real rock bands that have come out in the last 5 years? 10? Idk, black Angels maybe.

Kiss is the hottest band in the world from some point of view ... The most influential band of the last 45 years (everyone has something from Kiss, from Metallica to Lady Gaga) ... The only phenomenon band with all 4 members k lead vocal ... A sensational story in which they beat record after record ... The biggest show band in the world - it doesn't matter how many bombs and lasers you put on stage, but the skeleton of the Kiss show which is iconic, each band taking something from Kiss - "You can copy a Kiss show, but you can't be a Kiss", there is no other band in which every "superhero" character has fulfilled his role in the show ... Few people here know that Kiss fans (Kiss Army) are the craziest and most fanatical in the world - for example a Kiss fan fatally shot a techno fan in 1994 - few know that rock band T-shirts started from the Kiss Army ... As the band sold "merchandise" from T-shirts, condoms to ... coffins worth about $ 1 billion ... As a band he performed for over 30 million spectators ... As bands like ACDC, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Van Halen, Blue Oyster Cult, Anthrax, Pantera (and others) sang in the opening for Kiss ... Kiss is ICONIC

@@xmcddddd Lukas Graham. And then some decent solo acts are: Hozier, Gary Clark Jr, Marcus King, Tedeschi Truck Band. And Jack White still releases music as well

Yep I remember! Hahaha

Another one from 1977: Molly Meldrum asked Polly Styrene if she liked any of his suggested acts and seemed slightly puzzled when she categorically said 'Nah...don't like KISS!' Chrissy Hinde said she could eat a can of beans and produce her own little symphonies that would easily excel KISS. 😁

sid miller 😂 Not

The best Rock band is Scorpions.

Heard that interview today. Little known trivia: AC/DCs old road manager, Barry Taylor, performed my wedding ceremony. Still married 20 years later.

If Rock and roll is dead, as according to Mr Simmons, surely he is one of its murderers. He is one of the single most significant figures who has diluted the genre and reduced it to a reason to sell a lunchbox or some other trivial trinket that served only him and his outrageous ego. Besides, he is just plain wrong. KISS in the 80's was a rock band, all the other stuff is as it was from the start, a venture backed by guys who made comedy records. He is an embarrassment to music in general.

Rock And Roll Masters! \m/

I like Gene Simons, but rock isn't dead. It's just in a low point at this moment.

Mark Basta Rock isn't bringing in the money it used to it. Statisticly is in a low point. Not that the music sucks. I love the music. People are idiots and listen to pop music and gangster rappers cause they think it makes them cool.

Same Kiss ... But guess what Acdc opened for Kiss in the 70's

@but ton And get's booed for being shit, because we just want AC/DC to come on

​@@alessandrodelpierojuventus8156rush, iron maiden, cheaptrick, motley crue, poison,priest, scorpions, bon jovi, tom petty, styx etc etc all opened for kiss

rock on

@Christopher Bingham AC/DC songs containing the word Rock in 2014: Rock or Bust, Rock the Blues away, Rock the house, Got some rock 'n roll thunder. | Also you took my reply way to serious.

@@Slagdar - 22 🎸🎸🎸🥁👨‍🎤 Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) Got Some Rock & Roll Thunder Hard as a Rock It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll) Let There Be Rock R.I.P. (Rock in Peace) Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution Rocker Rocking All the Way Rockin' in the Parlour Rock 'n' Roll Damnation Rock 'n' Roll Dream Rock 'n' Roll Singer Rock 'n' Roll Train Rock or Bust Rock the Blues Away Rock the House Rock Your Heart Out She Likes Rock n Roll That's the Way I Wanna Rock 'n' Roll There's Gonna Be Some Rockin

@Christopher Evans - there have been plenty of new rock bands but, they don't get pushed to the top of the charts very often. Pop has taken over a big part of the music industry. I wouldn't say rock is dead but, it may very well have been buried alive.

@Christopher Evans - I wasn't really trying to invalidate your point or Gene's. I suppose I was trying to add my thoughts to the conversation. I never even considered Rap because it is not prevalent where I live. You make very good points. Thanks for helping make me a smarter person today. 😃

@@flyingdutchman6984 Pop has ALWAYS dominated the singles charts. Album charts were more rock's domain. With the advent of digital music, the album as we knew it is a dying breed. At least the singles charts used to have some variety. Today, everything pretty much sounds the same. Nothing much more than what I call a cicada noise with some really poorly constructed rhymes "sung" over the noise. Back in Black is the 4th highest selling LP of all time. It peaked at #4 on the US charts when originally released. It is chock full of classic rock songs. The highest any single song peaked on the charts from that record was You Shook Me All Night Long, and it only reached #35 on the US singles charts. I consider myself fortunate to have grown up in the golden age of rock music. I turned 10 in 1975.

IMDARKFIRE007 Stand up and be counted For what you are about to receive We are the *dealers* We'll give you everything you need Hail hail to the good times *'Cause rock has got the right of way* We ain't no legend, ain't no 'cause We're just livin' for today For those about to rock, we salute you

And services like Itunes and Pandora killed it, along with the creation of music files like mp3.

Rock and Roll All Nite, and Party Every Day.

Correct. This is a typical media distortion of what he actually said.

No.

No.

He's the God of Thunder!

@@briansizelove4059 Hee Hee. He thinks he is. But in the end he is only Thunderstruck and looking in from the outside at bands like AC/DC!!

@Steven Godzisz "Fire breathing farts" LOL That's GOLD.

yes, he was quoted out of context

Kody Evins believe me, it was the same in my younger days, some 35 years ago

Herman Helmich yh disco was the rap of the time

Kody Evins im 16 and my band bully pop/rap trashes lmao

Herman Helmich I don't believe you :D

It's always the same. Kids growing up are influenced by what is popular, not necessarily what is good. The fact you prefer Rock N Roll means you have taste. You're part of a club with hundreds of millions of others, who prefer music to words being spoken over a sampled track with a singer being 'featured' because the rapper can't be arsed to write a third verse (or vice versa). Stick with it kid, Rock n Roll always finds it's way back!

Kiss are only big because they look like ass clowns. Kiss Sucks!!!

@@christopherbingham5092othing yet AC/DC have accomplished that same fame with 250 million record sales world wide and I never said Kiss sucked does my comment say that? No. I like Kiss I also like AC/DC Black Sabbath Dio and so many more. I can’t believe I just saw this response that’s how much I’ve got going on we are in the process of finding a house and gonna buy it hopefully once we pick a state. And then I’m gonna buy myself a guitar once I save up the money and go to lessons. But yeah I never said Kiss sucked

LOL what?

kiss are cardboard crap rock.

This comments section is full of clowns lol

rush, zep, g dead. acdc . 2 out of 4, nt bd.lol.well pink Floyd might beat acdc , close call.llol. f zappa 2.

+darke812 - had the same problem but I bit the bullet and told my 7 year old what it was about and for her to go down a different path. Respect to you drake812.

Christopher Bingham I agree, mostly, I still like them. They have some stuff that is angrier than AC/DC, they have a little Motörhead in their blood. Wish they would switch it up a little though for sure, and write something really unique.

A bit pretentious don't you think?

I agree. Gene was talking about the lack of showmanship in the more recent rock acts as I recall and not the genre itself.

@@haitolawrence5986 I had a feeling such was the case, but then again this is Gene Simmons we're talking about, here. The man is known to have a mouth on him and he runs it in grand style. Modern bands have nothing to offer most of the time, I concur.

Thanks to him

I saw video of KISS playing in a parade! Brutal! Just shitty KISS is dead!

What are you saying that the female journalist misquoted Gene and lied to get an emotional fired up response in a live setting where people cannot fact check before responding?

@Tom the only thing dead is your intellect, I wasn't defending Gene but criticizing the journalist.

Absolutely correct. This is the typical drive by, hair on fire media distortion of today...

Alex Zanon GNR suck.

Johnny Rotten You are way too serious, he makes a JOKE Johnnyboy

🤣🤣

And you STILL wish you were him.

@@jondunmore4268 nope he is pathetic. All the money in the world cannot buy what he lacks.

@@sheliacole3301 -- Phew, lotta non-KISS fans here, finding a safe space amongst the GenXers hey? Specifically to hear the interviewer stir up crap. Gene didn't mean AC/DC, nor did he mean the genre is dead - there was a totally different context to what he said. If you want to keep blindly being a part of the kewl kids, there's nothing I can say or any links I can refer you to, to change your mind. Ignorance is bliss.

In the words of Deep Purple: "Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurn".

chichatumare

Then AC/DC proceeded to blow them off the stage. 😂

@Jonas E. Airbourne?? They Rock!

Yet Gene still makes a living from it.

He said it’s dead or dying

@@kalebmorrow332 And still making a living and then some from it.

Yes you hit it on the head Gene didn't mean the music was dead but because people don't get off their ass and buy it anymore it's hard for bands to make a living at it

It was a stupid question to ask them

+Nick Marks ,the new generation of rock bands DONT even compare to the old CLASSIC bands,ALBUMS dont get sold anymore the way they used to,they get DOWNLOADED,SPARE ME PLEASE,do you seroiusly think this is gonna keep Rock n roll ALIVE,,,GOOD LUCK,

NO i agree with you but did you not read my original statement?

Yes i did champ, i was just adding to it,LONG LIVE ROCK N ROLL, i hope,

There are a few great rock n roll bands in nowadays, or at least, bands which sounds like 70s and 80s, but listen to Buckcherry, they really sounds like great rock n roll.

It's definitely not as good as it was in the 70's and 80's. Those were the days of real RnR. Todays bands, with the exception of a handful, are boring and do nothing to make new music that will stand the test of time.

bucky468 The Darkness are just ridiculous. Airbourne? Eh. Steel Panther? Funny. That's it.

@@freakybeaky1 Mate, its all good, Scottish, Australian who cares. He still sounds like he's at the bus stop outside Ashfield Boys High hanging out with his mates.

That's obviously a false claim by gene. New artists like taylor swift and Rihanna and eminem are some of the best sellers in music history. Whatever your opinion of those artists may be, that could not be the case if no one was buying music anymore.

@@herculesbrofister265 You didn't name ANYONE "new"!! Bands who are signing their first contracts TODAY have to give the record companies part of their frigging T-SHIRT SALES. Bands who have multiple albums nationally released are putting up GoFundMe pages to pay their bills. Between the total takeover of media by multinational corporations who only promote 'product' that lowers the IQ of the masses, and the file-sharing assholes thinking they have the right to put flawless digital copies up on bit torrent, of a song that cost $7,500 worth of studio time to record, mix and master?! No, Gene is a buffoon at this point, but he's correct about this. If you haven't already made a name for yourself, you'd better have a good job and do your music as a hobby, unless you're making cookie-cutter corporate pop crap. Back in the *80s* Frank Zappa, when asked for _advice for the next upcoming Frank Zappa,_ said, "Get a real estate license." His basic message was that unknown musicians can't have a lifelong career doing anything but exactly what the record company tells them to do. That was 35 years ago...

@@herculesbrofister265 did the words Rock and Roll go over your head?

Bet your hot ass you do? :)

Yet he's not pumping gas to make a living? Hmmm.