You know the world is has gone insane when 200-people decide that a protest
is in-order at the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame Museum because KISS hasn't been-inducted.
No, not over the wars in Lebanon, Iraq, and Afghanistan--over KISS, a group whose bassist/singer has stated several-times that he thinks his fans are "stupid", and that he "can't-play". Amazing. But it gets even-worse: Old Gene Simmons has a new reality-show coming. Mhhhh-hmm. A reality-show. I guess that means he gets to trot-out groupies the age of his children (and-younger) onscreen! "Who did KISS influence, and how-much do they suck?", should be the question. OK, as a kid, the Kabuki-makeup was interesting, but not-for-long.
By 1980, not-many people cared, except the diehards. But, they may-as-well put the schmucks in there, the Museum is a joke that is only about money and ego. Most rock is sadly arch-conservative when you really look at it closely. At 50+ years, I think it's safe to reiterate that the genre is no-longer-relevant culturally (dead). Long-live the good artists and their legacies, we know who they are.
Prediction: the Religious Right won't make-a-peep over it, but the show will fail.
KISS isn't in the Hall of Fame? I'd just always assumed they had been inducted long ago along with, if not before, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. I guess I gotta make a sign and go protest too.
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