Gene Simmons Tells Depressed People: 'F**k You, Kill Yourself'

[KamaAina]

https://tv.yahoo.com/news/gene-simmons-tells-depressed-people-f-k-kill-154600164.html

Gene Simmons is not making many friends this week. First he went after American immigrants who don't speak "goddamn English," and now the KISS rocker has some beyond strong opinions about those struggling with depression.

"Drug addicts and alcoholics are always, 'The world is a harsh place.' My mother was in a concentration camp in Nazi Germany. I don't want to hear f**k all about "the world as a harsh place." She gets up every day, smells the roses and loves life," the 64-year-old told SongFacts.com. "And for a putz, 20-year-old kid to say, 'I'm depressed, I live in Seattle.' F**k you, then kill yourself."

Unfortunately, he didn't stop there. "I never understand, because I always call them on their bluff. I'm the guy who says 'Jump!' when there's a guy on top of a building who says, 'That's it, I can't take it anymore, I'm going to jump,'" Simmons continued. "Are you kidding? Why are you announcing it? Shut the f**k up, have some dignity and jump! You've got the crowd."...

Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx, 55, commented on the shocking quotes during his radio show Sixx Sense, saying, "I like Gene. But in this situation, I don't like Gene. I don't like Gene's words. There is a 20-year-old kid out there who is a KISS fan and reads this and goes, 'You know what? He's right. I should just kill myself.'"

I think I know where Gene can stick that legendary tongue of his.

edit: There is a 20-year-old kid out there who is a KISS fan? Srsly?

[CBGLuthier]

1. The only thing worth seeing or hearing from Gene Simmons

Kick his ass Rutger and fuck the bonus indeed.

[BeyondGeography]

2. KISS

aka when everyone knew the 70s were going to shit.

[YoungDemCA]

3. Stay classy, Gene Simmons

I'm tempted to say, "Same to you, pal!" regarding what he said to people who suffer from depression....

Is it any surprise that Gene describes himself as "Very Conservative"?

[Cha]

73. Too late, Young Dem. :( Sad mind..

[Enrique]

4. kudos to the Motley Crue guy

Sixx Sense indeed...

Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx, 55, commented on the shocking quotes during his radio show Sixx Sense, saying, "I like Gene. But in this situation, I don't like Gene. I don't like Gene's words. There is a 20-year-old kid out there who is a KISS fan and reads this and goes, 'You know what? He's right. I should just kill myself.'"

[muntrv]

5. Now I know why Peter Criss and Ace Frehley don't do reunion tours with Kiss.

They don't want to be around such a douchebag.

[TwilightGardener]

6. I say this whenever KISS comes up--until recently, I thought KISS was some

sort of novelty act and not a real band. I am still amazed by this. And I am a child of the 70's, pretty well schooled in the music. They just never played KISS on Pittsburgh rock stations, apparently.

[johnp3907]

16. Ya know, I never thought of that.

I grew up listening to 'DVE in the 70s. A KISS song would've stuck out like a sore thumb.

[TwilightGardener]

18. Yup. WDVE for rock, B-94 for rock/pop.

I just don't remember any KISS. I thought they were like the Monkees or the Partridge Family.

[dawg]

25. KISS didn't get played on the radio much down South either.

"Beth" got some airplay.

[TwilightGardener]

28. It's funny, I remember kids who were big fans when I was in grade school.

I was aware of their act/makeup. They must have coasted pretty far on that, because obviously their music was extremely forgettable.

[dawg]

32. I had friends who were crazy about KISS.

I liked Boston instead.

(But I later discovered Yes, Genesis & King Crimson, so I drifted off into nerd bliss.)

KISS has some good songs. Their image and showmanship were their big selling points, but some of their songs are decent, hooky hard rock. I can understand why some people love them. Detroit Rock City is my favorite.

[Generic Other]

29. I thought they were circus clowns

Shows how engaged I was in pop culture.

[hifiguy]

34. I was a progger.

ELP, Yes, King Crimson, Genesis, Van Der Graaf Generator, Can, Tull, Tangerine Dream, the Canterbury scene, etc.

We proggers looked at Kiss in much the same way most people look at dog crap on their shoes. Disgusting and basically beneath contempt. At least the dog has an excuse - when ya gotta go, ya gotta go.

[JI7]

55. like Hannah Montana ?

[TwilightGardener]

61. Yes, an act, with songs written for them.

Like boy bands, or Donnie and Marie.

[loyalsister]

69. I distinctly remember when I first became aware of them

1st grade, a kid brought an article about them to show & tell. I remember thinking they just looked like creepy clowns.

[The Second Stone]

7. His words tell us who he is deep down inside

and its the same monster as on the surface.

[PoutrageFatigue]

8. Fucking jag-off...

[HughBeaumont]

9. Hey ¢haim, work on your bass playing! Plenty to keep you busy there . . .

Lazy tool looks like George Washington with a dye job. Wish I could make million$ playing four notes per song, half-sing badly and spit the occasional blood capsule.

[hifiguy]

22. Amen, Hugh. Amen.

[HughBeaumont]

45. Have you seen them play lately?

I can't link to the YT performance because I'm at work . . . OMFG, it is phenomenally terrible.

Picture KISS being covered by 60+ year olds in greasepaint who cannot keep up or sing like KISS used to, missing notes all over the place and straining to even get the verses right. Bands that don't know when to pack it in are the ultimate worst thing to watch.

[hifiguy]

46. Nope. Saw 'em a couple of times on the teevee

back in the 1970s but have spent the last 35 years scrupulously avoiding Kiss as if they were plague rats.

Doesn't surprise me, though. They're not musicians and never really have been, they're just carnies, and carnies keep going until they keel over as long as there are marks willing to line up and get fleeced.

[ProfessorGAC]

23. Four Notes????

You sure it's that many? Even if you're right, he could try playing them connected to the kick drum.

He's a dreadful player.

[HughBeaumont]

42. Probably giving him more lenience than he deserves.

Once I was in a one-off band playing covers (cringe) and we were asked to play Detroit Rock City. TORTUROUS. Hate, hate, hate HATE that bass lick.

[ismnotwasm]

10. Oh go vote for Republicans like the rest of the insensitive, cruel

Ignorant, self-absorbed, selfish, destructive, examples of assholery as the rest of them.

And I'll be thinking of you the next suicide I hear of because it sure as hell ain't your face paint or music.

Also, I'll make sure the young ones in my life understand what an asshole you are.

[CrawlingChaos]

36. I'm pretty sure he IS a Republican

To the surprise of no one. I seem to recall that he endorsed Mitt, and he usually shows up on all the lists of conservative celebrities.

Pure asshole, through and through. Utterly repulsive.

[merrily]

53. No need to guess. He's proud of being "very conservative."

[muntrv]

47. He and Ped Nugent should go on tour. Call it the Douchebag tour.

[ismnotwasm]

66. ...

[Capt. Obvious]

11. Overrated douchebag

[MADem]

12. What a jerk. He sounds like a nasty, bigoted old man!

Probably all that jet black dye he's been putting in his hair has leached through and addled his brain.

[Go Vols]

13. :/

[wheniwasincongress]

72. What's that

black thing on his head

[betterdemsonly]

14. He's pretty clearly a neocon also

for what ever reason Williams's death has been politicized.

[merrily]

54. In their eyes, it may be the bleeding heart liberals who

excuse things like depression, vs. the tough, badass conservatives who supposedly love life. (Yet always seem so bitter, angry and mean-spirited anyway. Just another way of showing joy, I guess.).

[Orsino]

15. Meanwhile, outside the bubble, real people deal with real problems. n/t

[merrily]

57. To be fair, the Holocaust was a real problem for his grannie.

This is the ultimate self centered, self-absorbed douche, though:

"If my grannie and I are not depressed, no one else has a right to be. So, anyone who is depressed should just fuck off and kill themselves."

Yes, because all humans are identical, right?

Or, it could be, as usual, money and one of the sore spots with conservatives: disability benefits. Sometimes, depression is disabling.

[roguevalley]

67. bless his mom for keeping her soul. too bad her idiot son didn't. he says terrible things all the

Time

[Orsino]

74. His grandparent's loss does not shield him from criticism.

His words say he's managed to blind himself to everyone else on the planet.

[leftyohiolib]

17. well he's one of the reasons i calld his band piss

[KamaAina]

31. DUzy!

[hifiguy]

19. I have battled clinical depression much of my adult life, and I say this:

Hey Gene. You suck, your band sucks and has always sucked donkey dick.

Lowest common denominator bullshit for the rubes. Little steak, lotsa sizzle.

You're a 1% asshole. And a plain old asshole on top of it.

I hope your next fire-breathing act goes bad and you blow your own head off.

You are a colossal walking turd.

[lpbk2713]

20. "I got mine. The hell with the rest of you assholes."

I never did like this scumbag.

[hobbit709]

21. Another no-talent hack so-called musician shoots his mouth off.

[War Horse]

24. Next I know DU is gonna tell me

that Chuck Norris has gone nuts. At least my childhood hero Arnold is an upstanding guy.

[KamaAina]

64. DUzy!

Welcome to DU!

[Catherine Vincent]

26. Low class

Stupid low class that badmouth the dead. He and Nixx are one and the same so I don't know why he's criticizing that nasty Gene Simmons.

[JustAnotherGen]

27. And Nikki Sixx's response

Was perfect.

[GeorgeGist]

30. Why do I care what a has been 'rocker' thinks ...

I don't.

Trash

[Starboard Tack]

33. Are there any KISS fans out there? What a depressing thought. nt

[KamaAina]

35. There's a van right down the street from me with "KISS 79" vanity plates.

[Starboard Tack]

39. Wow! Now that is depressing.

[dogknob]

37. KISS and the Grateful Dead are corporate rawk to the core.

Both god awful. Both ubiquitous while surrounded by artists light-years beyond them in ability, creativity and soul.

Sorry, deadheads... Bob Weir and Mickey Hart are members of Bohemian Grove. Just admit it. You got played.

[KamaAina]

40. Tell me you did not just use "KISS" and "the Grateful Dead" in the same sentence.

I have half a mind to alert on this, but with my luck, I'd get a jury full of small-souled Dead h8rs like yourself.

[dogknob]

41. I did.

You would alert simply because you disagree?

I thought they only did that over at... umm...

Anyway -- peace, bro.

[KamaAina]

43. I was kidding about that.

[hifiguy]

44. The Dead and Kiss are as different as chalk and cheese.

The Dead were big extended family who did what they did because they loved music and playing it. Kiss would sodomize sheep at Madison Square Garden if there was enough money in it for them.

BAD comparison.

[KamaAina]

49. Thank you.

I despise cheese.

[joeybee12]

38. Headline: "No Talent Scum Is an Asshole...Again." knr

[Skittles]

48. Thanking Mr. Sixx for his comment

he gets it

[bulloney]

50. I grew up in the 70s and never got caught up in the KISS craze.

I thought they were just a bunch of painted up goofs who played a lot of LOUD who looked like they were trying to find an S&M party.

I think they cranked out more albums than songs. Every album - the same songs over and over.

[zappaman]

56. I did.

I was 12 years old when ALIVE came out and loved them for maybe 2 years.
Probably cuz my parents hated them.
But then, I started listening to good music so these fuckers fell by the wayside.
Not to mention I discovered punk which pissed my parents off even more!!!

[cui bono]

51. Nikki Sixx's response is crazy!

There are no 20-year-old KISS fans.



Of course I think Simmons is an ass.

[99Forever]

52. Kiss sucked then and sucks now.

No talent hacks in clown outfits.

[elehhhhna]

58. fuck that guy. he's a pig with shitty fucked up "hair"

who treats his wife like crap.

He says he's never tried alcohol, or drugs but he is a slut for sure.

[Boomerproud]

59. Well, Gene, what exactly DID you learn from your mother who lived through hell?

Compassion? Empathy for the human condition? Doesn't sound like it.

[Prophet 451]

60. Fuck, and I liked his music too

Granted, I'm not a kid of twenty (I'm pushing forty) but his tirade is beyond ignorant and insensitive to those (including me) who suffer from mental illness.

[alarimer]

62. He's been an asshole for a long time

The way he treated Terry Gross in a Fresh Air interview was vile.

[Lint Head]

63. I have never liked that ignorant cowardly fuck. Too bad he had childern.

[Dawson Leery]

65. Gene Simmons is a subhuman ape.

He looks like one and acts like one.

This god damn filthy chickenhawk loves war yet never went to war. Has he considered the thousands of veterans who suffer from PTSD?

[Liberal_from_va34]

68. I am a big fan of KISS, but Simmons is a grade-A prick of the highest order

Seriously, what a jerk. I hope this outburst comes back to bite him in the ass in the near future.

[Initech]

70. What an asshole!

[davidpdx]

71. What a fucking asshole

His mother being in a concentration camp has nothing to do with a 20 year-old kid who is depressed. One is a war crime the other is a medical condition. Sure we have empathy for those who ended up in a concentration camp, but that doesn't mean we can't have empathy for people with other problems. It is complete and utter bullshit.

I hope other artists come out and condemn what Simmons said. Most of his diehard fans won't give a flying shit about what he says, the obedient little jackasses. They are too busy kissing his ass.

and one last thing:


FUCK YOU GENE SIMMONS!

Ps-I'm posting this one Facebook and Twitter.

Edit: Here is what I wrong after thinking about it

Mr. Simmons, I have to admit that I was going to come here to tell you to fuck off, but I've had second thoughts about that. Your apology is not accepted on behalf of those who deal with mental health issues everyday. I have dealt my entire adult life with depression (well over 25 years). I am on 5-6 different medications to keep me stable. Not everyone is fortunate enough to be able to afford them like I can. If we treated mental health issues as an illness instead of a joke, our society would be much better off and we would have less people in prisons, jails, hospitals, and on government assistance. The sad fact is we don't. I seriously urge you to go volunteer for a day or a week at a mental health facility or jail and talk to people who are dealing with mental health issues. I think you will be surprised at what you find. Finally, I want to say that I object to the way you brought up your mother being in a concentration camp and the comparison to someone who is suicidal. It seems as though you treat one as serious and the other as a joke. This shows me you truly have no empathy for others.