Gene Simmons Son Says He’s ‘Full Of S**t’

Nick Simmons says his dad, KISS fronter Gene Simmons, is “full of s**t.” Writing an essay for Vice, Nick notes it’s one of life’s important lessons for him to learn. “It’s important to kill your heroes. And, sometimes, you have to kill your father,” he opines. “Kill him so you can love him, and his flaws, better than one can love a hollow archetype.”More »

By on June 30, 2015

Nick Simmons says his dad, KISS fronter Gene Simmons, is “full of s**t.” Writing an essay for Vice, Nick notes it’s one of life’s important lessons for him to learn. “It’s important to kill your heroes. And, sometimes, you have to kill your father,” he opines. “Kill him so you can love him, and his flaws, better than one can love a hollow archetype. The most important thing he taught me is that-just like everyone else-sometimes, he is full of s**t.” He adds, “This lesson applies as much to my father’s professional legacy as it does to his fatherhood. He is worshipped and surrounded by yes-men almost constantly now. But his greatest achievements, arguably, were during times of friction, before the yes-men. When he formed the band Kiss, he was a gangly, awkward kid in New York. No one said “yes” to him. He didn’t do well with women. People thought he was stupid because he couldn’t speak English well. My father and Paul [Stanley] had to fight for every deal and every concert, had to fight against bad reviews and debt and day jobs, had to fight everything, in order to achieve what they did. They had to disagree with everyone. They had to believe that everyone else, every authority, was wrong.” Copyright(c) 2015 RTTNews.com. All Rights ReservedLess «