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14 hours ago, sparquelito said:

I just compared my bank balance to Gene's.

His is larger, by some margin. 

The man is doing something right. 

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Because you are good at business, does not mean you can  affectively run a county or play the bass. Ask Gene and Donald. What was Gene's best bass part that lick in Detroit Rock City. 

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4 hours ago, merciful-evans said:

wealth = right ?

dangerous precedent! 

Nah, not really a matter of wealth = right, not for me. 

I was a big KISS fan from the early days. 
My (teenage garage band) bandmates and I saw KISS live in December of 1975, and it was a formative experience. 

My current band enjoys performing a number of KISS songs, usually one or two per gig. 
There's some history there. 

Admittedly, Gene can be a major-league ******-bag. 
And though I never watched his 'reality TV' show (I don't watch television), I have heard about it enough, and watched small snippets of it on youTube. 
It was cringe-worthy rubbish. 

All that said, I enjoy his interviews, the ones I can find online. 
He's articulate. He's opinionated, but I agree with most of his opinions. 

To the bank account matter, he has, by all accounts, been one of the most successful marketers of a brand, any brand, in history. 
He's gone from a dirt-poor Israeli immigrant to a multi-millionaire rock legend. 

Love him or hate him, he's very much a self-made, successful, iconic figure. 
And he loved and respected his mother. 

Okay, I'm gonna shut up now. 
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22 hours ago, sparquelito said:

Nah, not really a matter of wealth = right, not for me. 

I was a big KISS fan from the early days. 
My (teenage garage band) bandmates and I saw KISS live in December of 1975, and it was a formative experience. 

My current band enjoys performing a number of KISS songs, usually one or two per gig. 
There's some history there. 

Admittedly, Gene can be a major-league ******-bag. 
And though I never watched his 'reality TV' show (I don't watch television), I have heard about it enough, and watched small snippets of it on youTube. 
It was cringe-worthy rubbish. 

All that said, I enjoy his interviews, the ones I can find online. 
He's articulate. He's opinionated, but I agree with most of his opinions. 

To the bank account matter, he has, by all accounts, been one of the most successful marketers of a brand, any brand, in history. 
He's gone from a dirt-poor Israeli immigrant to a multi-millionaire rock legend. 

Love him or hate him, he's very much a self-made, successful, iconic figure. 
And he loved and respected his mother. 

Okay, I'm gonna shut up now. 
😔

gene-simmons-his-mom-flora-cause-of-deat

Ok man. You're a fan. I get it. 

When I first saw pictures of Kiss. That was it for me. I thought 'no, they're not serious'. Maybe I was too hasty, but to this day I couldn't name one song. That's what? 50 years of ignoring a major band. There are plenty of others too. 

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On 4/22/2022 at 4:42 AM, merciful-evans said:

Ok man. You're a fan. I get it. 

When I first saw pictures of Kiss. That was it for me. I thought 'no, they're not serious'. Maybe I was too hasty, but to this day I couldn't name one song. That's what? 50 years of ignoring a major band. There are plenty of others too. 


Oh, you're not alone in that, old friend. 

I have many favorites, and then there are those who were MAJOR music artists, and I never hardly ever paid attention. 
Certainly didn't buy any of their records. 

In my case:

Never bought any records, can't name a single hit song
The Grateful Dead
Rage Against The Machine
The Tragically Hip
The Stooges

Aware of them, know some songs, but never sparked my interest
The Doors
Janis Joplin
Jimi Hendrix
The Who
Iron Maiden
The Band
Molly Hatchet
R.E.M.

I'm gonna shut up now. 
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Not really a fan.  I listened to KISS though,  started with 8 tracks then albums.  But after Ace left was done.

It's really interesting, Gene had this vault thing.  And you could pay some stupid amount of money and he would come hang out, play some stuff.    Then you get some container to keep with some items he put together.    Its really genius cause there were enough people who signed up for this.   After watching a few YouTube videos though, I question the sanity of some  LOL.   To each his/her own. 

So, I expect there are enough out there who will pay whatever for this guitar. 

https://youtu.be/zbSLs1-IPYs

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