Anybody catch Fresh Air Monday? Gene Simmons of Kiss was the guest, and apparently things got a little out of control.
Simmons: The notion is if you’re going to welcome me with open arms you also have to welcome me with open legs.
Gross: That’s a really obnoxious thing to say.
Simmons: No, it’s not. Why should I say something behind your back that I can’t tell you to your face?
Simmons (asked about his “studded codpiece”): It holds my manhood, otherwise it would be too much for you to take. You’d have to put the book down and confront life.
Gross: Has it come to this? Is this the only way you can talk to a woman, with that shtick?
Simmons: Let me ask you something – why is it shtick when all women have ever wanted since we crawled out of caves is,
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Oh, man. Is this archived anywhere? I wish I could get NPR up here in Canada!
Nope, sorry: Gene refused to give the okay for archival (see here).
Can you just imagine Teri Gross’s face???? man, oh, man, that would be priceless.
Men like that deserve to be snuck up on in dark alleys by a large group of angry women.
What’s even more amazing is we only have the stuff that got edited into the final interview. He probably has entire macho screeds we will never hear.
Dammit. How come whenever I listen to Fresh Air it’s some about some boring jazz singer I’ve never heard of! I’d pay money to hear that entire interview.
There’s a link to it on my site.