KISS icon Gene Simmons sued Teenage Fanclub for the cover of their album Bandwagonesque, frontman Norman Blake has claimed in a new article. Gene Simmons’ daughter was photographed last week partying with Paul Stanley.
“I did the sleeve with my girlfriend at the time. She gets a credit but really it’s my fault. When bands sign to a bigger label, they end up with an art department record sleeve, where everything looks a bit slick and airbrushed. I had the idea to do the exact opposite and make the cheapest sleeve ever configured. I used a free-to-use Microsoft clipart image. Geffen, our American label, hated it. I don’t think the other guys in the band liked it either.”
Gene Simmons’ daughter reacted to a sad family health scare earlier this week. Blake added, “And we ended up getting sued by Gene Simmons who claimed to have trademarked bags of money. So I’m trying to produce the cheapest sleeve possible as some kind of comment on the music business and we end up getting sued by Gene Simmons. I said to our lawyer: ‘Can we just tell him to fuck off?’ He said no, so we gave him $500 and a credit.” Blake made the claim in a new Guardian article.
ThayersComet posted on the KISSFaq.com forums, “Unamed Sources Say More U.S.Kiss Dates Coming in Winter 2020. Take it for what its worth but promoters are makiing nice money on this Kiss tour. Look out for more U.S.Arena dates this winter.” BootlegHuntr added, “End of the Road Tour: Lost Cities II.”
Jamcarl321 wrote, “Got to be, right? They’re not gonna have their last ever American concert in L.A?!? After this leg, they do the Kruise, then Australia in November, then Japan in December. Figure to hit South America January or February since it will be Summer down there, then maybe Europe, then the North American Lost Cities tour, finishing up in NY. 😀
If there is a long enough time by the time they play North America, maybe a year, there will be demand. Just glad I got to see both an indoor and outdoor show on the EOTR. Here’s to another go round next year!” Gene Simmons’ wife looked like a man in a video filmed a few days ago.
