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29 апр 2025 :	GENE SIMMONS Says 'Astronomical' Insurance Costs Are Why He Is Charging More Than $12K For One Fan To Be His 'Roadie' For A Day
20 апр 2025 :	GENE SIMMONS Reflects On His Decision To Call His Second Solo Album 'A**hole': 'I Don't Have A Problem With It'
13 апр 2025 :	GENE SIMMONS: 'I'm Still Sad' About ACE FREHLEY And PETER CRISS Not Being Able To 'Enjoy The Fruits Of Their Labor'
21 мар 2025 :	Watch: GENE SIMMONS Reads The Weather On Los Angeles TV Station
10 мар 2025 :	You Can Be GENE SIMMONS's Roadie For A Day — For $12,495
11 фев 2025 :	GENE SIMMONS Explains Why Rock Music Is No Longer As 'Fashionable' As It Once Was
24 дек 2024 :	GENE SIMMONS Admits He Took Some Heat For Contributing To 'Reagan' Movie, But Says 'I Don't Give A Squat'
21 дек 2024 :	GENE SIMMONS On Performing With His Solo Band: 'There's A Magic That Happens Up There That Words Don't Describe'
3 дек 2024 :	See Music Video For GENE SIMMONS's Cover Version Of Jazz Standard 'Stormy Weather'
2 дек 2024 :	GENE SIMMONS Says Rock Is Still Dead, Explains Why
14 окт 2024 :	GENE SIMMONS: 'I Stand By Every Word I Said' On 'Dancing With The Stars'
14 окт 2024 :	GENE SIMMONS Blasted For 'Offensive' And 'Sexist' Comments As Guest Judge On 'Dancing With The Stars'
30 сен 2024 :	GENE SIMMONS: 'I'm Okay With Being Labeled Or Thought Of As An A**hole'
23 сен 2024 :	GENE SIMMONS Weighs In On Student Protests Against Israel: 'It's Well Intentioned' But 'They're Not Informed'
24 авг 2024 :	Watch: GENE SIMMONS And His Solo Band Play Fundraising Concert In North Tonawanda, New York
5 авг 2024 :	GENE SIMMONS - Fan-Filmed Video Of Entire Rattvik, Sweden Show Available
31 июл 2024 :	Watch: GENE SIMMONS Kicks Off Summer 2024 European Solo Tour At Finland's KUOPIOROCK Festival
5 июл 2024 :	Watch: GENE SIMMONS Covers VAN HALEN's 'House Of Pain' At Rock & Brews In Milwaukee
17 июн 2024 :	GENE SIMMONS: 'I'm Sad That I Wasn't More Hard On ACE FREHLEY And PETER CRISS'
15 июн 2024 :	GENE SIMMONS Says He 'Literally' Makes More Money Per Concert With His Solo Band Than He Did With KISS
11 июн 2024 :	Watch: GENE SIMMONS Joins CHEVY METAL On Stage At California Club To Perform KISS's 'Deuce'
10 июн 2024 :	PAUL STANLEY Names His 'Favorite Thing' About GENE SIMMONS
27 май 2024 :	GENE SIMMONS Says JIMMY PAGE Gave Him The 'Highest Compliment' About His Bass Playing
2 май 2024 :	GENE SIMMONS BAND Performs KISS, LED ZEPPELIN And MOTÖRHEAD Classics At Brazil's SUMMER BREEZE
24 апр 2024 :	Watch: GENE SIMMONS And TOMMY THAYER Perform KISS Classics At Rock & Brews Grand Opening In Ridgefield
21 апр 2024 :	GENE SIMMONS To Play First Post-KISS Concert At Rock & Brews Grand Opening In Ridgefield, Washington

23 ноя 2023

GENE SIMMONS Isn't A Fan Of Cellphones: 'If I Had My Druthers, I'd Take Them All Away'

In a new interview with USA Today, KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons was asked how he feels about looking into a sea of phones during the band's concerts. He responded: "I'm not a fan of cellphones. If I had my druthers, I'd take them all away.

"I risk my life every time I get on that stage," he continued. "There is no net. Paul [Stanley, KISS frontman] flies out all the way to the back of the arena and the entire band extends from the ceiling 80 feet high and there are no nets.

"During the show I see people texting, taking videos and we spend a lot of time, effort and money," Simmons added. "You're coming there for the show and we'd like you to watch it, but it's tough to turn back time. It's the new culture and there's an addiction part of that technology."

Back in May 2018, GODSMACK frontman Sully Erna spoke out against cell-phone use at concerts, saying that there's "something really magical that happens when" you are not experiencing live performances through a "little four-inch screen."

A number of other musicians have come out in recent years to say that mobile technology is ruining the concert experience, including SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR singer Corey Taylor. He told "Loudwire Nights" that "it's fine" if people want to take pictures of his bands' shows, but not so much if they are videotaping entire performances. "It's one thing to film it, it's another thing to just be staring at your screen while you're filming it," he said. "It's right there. Are you so terrified of real life that you can't do anything unless it's on that little four-by-four screen? Ugggh. It's very weird."

Former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach in 2015 urged fans to keep their cell phones at the bottom of their pockets and just watch his performances. "Be in the moment," he said. "You're distracted and it's distracting to the performer as well. Like, put your fuckin' cell phone away, dammit! You're never even going to watch that footage."

The overuse of cellphones to capture grainy, blurry photos and videos at concerts has for years vexed and enraged artists like Bach, who lamented the fact that every one of his performances could be recorded and shared on YouTube almost immediately.

"If I go to a wedding and sing a song, it's on Blabbermouth the next day and everybody analyzes it," said Bach. "It's a really backwards way to watch a band. It's a drag sometimes when I go up there and the first thing I see is everybody getting their phones out and holding them toward my face. It makes you feel intimidated."

Back in 2012, Bruce Dickinson chastised a fan for texting during an IRON MAIDEN concert, calling him a "wanker."

When Axl Rose reunited with his former GUNS N' ROSES bandmates, Duff McKagan and Slash, for the first time in 23 years at the Troubadour in Los Angeles in April 2016, the concert was phone-free.

GHOST's two shows in September 2023 at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles were device-free experiences. Use of phones and smart watches was not permitted in the performance space. Upon arrival at the venue, devices were secured in individual Yondr pouches that were opened at the end of the event.

Last month, IN FLAMES frontman Anders Fridén was asked by Jaimunji of Australia's Metal Roos for his opinion on concertgoers using cell phones to take photos and videos of performances and sometimes filming entire shows instead of enjoying the moment. He responded: "For me personally, being on stage, I'm not bothered anymore. It's up to you. Sorry to say, but if you're that stupid to go to a live show and then you watch your little screen instead of experience what's going on, I feel that's a missed opportunity. But who am I to judge? You do whatever you want. It's your money, it's your experience, and I can't change that. But I wish people put the phones in their pockets. 'Cause when they look back at this, it will be a shitty sound on your phone or you watch something on YouTube or you upload it — whatever you do. And then you were in that room and you could have had that experience, which is way greater than watch your little screen. But people can do whatever they want."

He continued: "I will never lock up their phones and say anything. Once in a while, I say stuff on stage where I go, 'Put that phone in your pocket and go into the circle pit.' But I don't mean that in a bad way. It's just a recommendation. It is what it is, and you can't change people. It's the way we live now. I mean, my kids are on the phone constantly watching — whatever they do, they are consuming, consuming, consuming. So I don't know."

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23 ноя 2023

Vareg

Логично. Люди снимают выступление, выкладывают в интернет. И старый пархатый ничего за это не получает. Жуть)

23 ноя 2023

СтаканМарьиванны

Vareg, Шекели мимо утекают, понимать надо!

2 дек 2023

Orthodox

Vareg, Да-да, ведь это одно и то же - постоять перед сценой и послушать группу и посмотреть мутное видео с мобильного, снятое дрожащей рукой долбобо, типа тебя.

23 ноя 2023

resurgamresponses

старичку уже все по. так что он не морочится. и говорит то что двигает ему его зависимость. какие на записи выкладываются в интернет?. с говно звуком что ли? ну кому то делать не.... да.
а так записывают: прикинь Василий я щас на Киссах!!!

23 ноя 2023

Mike Barlow

ну отбирать это он фигню сморозил.
но я вот не понимаю прикола весь концерт стоять и снимать.
на память?
ну можно сфоткаться, ну группу снять, если камера хорошая.
но иные реально все полтора часа стоят и снимают.
не то, чтобы люди обязаны безумно рубиться, но просто слушай, набирайся впечатлений.

23 ноя 2023

WahrandPhain

Mike Barlow, это личное дело каждого, что он будет делать на концерте. Угорать в толпе, безучастно смотреть, снимать, бухать, тайком курить или потреблять что пожестче, ебать твою телку в туалете - каждый сам решает. Это и есть рок, браток.

24 ноя 2023

ElectricRetard

WahrandPhain, Со всем согласен кроме "снимать" (если только не телку в туалете). До сих пор хочу дать по ебалу тому уебану который на Moscow Metal Meeting купил ВИПку и весь концерт Аморфиса просто снимал себя и свою бабу на селфи-палке стоя в двух метрах от ВИП-толпы и в метре от обычной зоны посреди ебаного нихуя. Я хз каким уровнем уебанства нужно обладать.
P.S. Причем можно было бы подумать, что он выебывался перед нищебродами, но там разница между випкой и обычным билетом была косарь или два.

24 ноя 2023

WahrandPhain

ElectricRetard, это бизнес) я вообще принципиально против такого подхода. Это чо, рок блядь митал, что там есть господа и второй сорт? Нет, нахуй такое. Все люди на концерте равны. Иначе это просто коммерческая залупа. Щас начнется вытье и нытье, типо ой, артистам тоже нужно кушац. Да мне поебать абсолютно, ситуация с бабками как раз и показывает, зачем человек это делает - самовыражение или бизнес. Жду ебанутых лживых кукареканий, что если мол андер блэк метал группа распространила 100 своих дисков по 400 руб. - это тоже коммерческая группа, о даа ебать. Такой жир залетает только клиническим ебанатам.

25 ноя 2023

FanatOmsk

WahrandPhain, Судя по тому какой ты злой, это твою телку всю жизнь ебут и на концертах и в не

23 ноя 2023

Klawd Air

Да если б была возможноть, он не просто бы их отбирал, но и после продавал.

23 ноя 2023

Вашингтон Ирвинг

Klawd Air, Мало кто знает, но «Гопник» - это прежде всего фамилия восточноевропейских евреев, очень много в Одессе когда-то жило людей с этой фамилией)

1 дек 2023

Klawd Air

Вашингтон Ирвинг, Джин Гопник! Не, не очень звучит. Зато Пол Гопник неплохо так.

23 ноя 2023

olly71

надо быть совершенно конченным дебилом что бы купить за не малые деньги билет на концерт потом приехать на этот концерт и потом весь концерт смотреть не на сцену а торчать в телефоне. Для меня это необьяснимо . Или снимать издалека из леса рук и голов с отвратнейшим звуком видео которое так никогда потом и не посмотришь.

24 ноя 2023

WahrandPhain

olly71, тут ему важно было показать - смотрите, я господин! пусть и на часочек. Продажа тщеславия в наше время вполне обыденный момент, это и дорогие рестораны, и ВИП места, и катание на лимузине. Быдло отчаянно жаждет побыть илиткой хоть немного, а ушлые люди юзают эту скотскую быдлострасть.

25 ноя 2023

shaulum

была бы возможность я бы его к парикмахеру отправил