I doubt you could find a bigger KISS fan than me during the 70's (very late 70's, thank you) and 80's. I was a bit obsessed. It still makes me uncomfortable to talk about it.
Gene Simmons (the guy with the tongue), the business man behind the band, has his hands in everything and anything nowadays. You can buy KISS condoms and caskets. Hell, my wife bought me some KISS cologne, and you know, I get compliments all the time- usually from people with real big bangs, but still, I'll take it. And those are just the C's. You can buy KISS merchandise from every letter in the alphabet, some numbers too.
Bottom line, the guy is loaded. Guess who won't be getting their grubby little hands on that money. No, not carnies. His kids. He wants his kids to go out and get a job. He believes they shouldn't get by on Daddy's dough, but build their own empire(s).
"The point is, there’s gonna be a yearly allowance so
that their rent and their food and all that stuffs gonna be taken care
of, but if you want riches, you should do that yourself - you should
never thank your parents, ‘I was born into money.’ ‘Well, that’s nice,
but what have you done lately?’
"Because I don’t them to say, ‘Thanks, dad, for making me
rich.’ No, you wanna be able to stand on your own two feet and say, ‘I
did that.’”
What the hell kind of logic is he using here? "Their rent and their food and all that stuff" will be covered? Why do they need jobs? For beer money, or is that covered under food? Man, I wish my dad taught me lessons like that.
And you know this shit ruled!
Photo (Top): Celebrity Smack
Photo (Bottom): That's the freakin' Destroyer album cover!
