KISS bassist Gene Simmons recently joined in for an interview with Erin Molan on Sky News Australia. During the interview, he shared his thoughts on fame and his public image.
Gene Simmons doesn’t care if not recognized
“I just wanna say, I don’t wanna wait for anybody to say, but I’m very impressive,” he said. “It doesn’t matter to me if anybody thinks so. I think so.”
When he was asked if he ever got annoyed when people didn’t recognize him, the bassist replied, “I could give a f*ck. Just pay me. Really, fame is highly overrated if it’s free.”
KISS announced their retirement from live shows in December last year and since then Simmons focused on his solo band, which wrapped up a tour in August. Still, he and his former bandmates returned for a new project to get back on stage.
The group is now teaming up with Pophouse Entertainment to create virtual avatars for future shows. This technology was also used by ABBA for their ‘Voyage’ performances in London. Paul Stanley believes their version will be better than that thanks to advances in technology, though.
“So, we’ll be working with ILM [Industrial Light & Magic], with George Lucas’s company, and we’re creating something that’s not a concert,” the frontman recently explained. “The idea of a hologram, and it’s not a hologram, but that term seems to get thrown around a lot, but the idea of a simulated concert is not what we wanna do.”
The singer also hyped up his upcoming performances and added that “It’s a must-see go-to experience. So, it’s beyond anything that anyone else has contemplated. The whole idea, again, of doing a simulated concert is—that’s the dark ages to us.”
Gene Simmons also noted that the virtual project will cost around $200 million and won’t be ready until 2027.
