Gene Simmons speaks his mind, is honest, and is'nt one of these pussy ass conformists looking to appease soccer mom's and to get in the spotlight.
And God Bless him for that.
I am not a pro to argue his point.
Though I am not a politician either, but I always question them.
College radio, if anything, I always thought helped do more to rescue a scene that was dominated by MTV and big hair.
Though I might have to research what Simmons is talking about.
Music piracy is getting clamped down on.
It is not going to ever get rid of completely, just like shoplifting.

Internet music often times gets used as a catalyst for the decline in quality and sales.
But it does'nt really seem any different than anything else over the last 40 years.
The rock scene sprouted up by breaking convention and not doing what the establisment at the time liked.
Including KISS.

I am against illegal downloads, and happen to be glad that Metallica took the unpopular, ballsy route of fighting to call that an act of theft.
Which it is, no matter how you may look at it.

But if bands like Radiohead what to throw themselves in the internet realm, Great!
It has always been the major acts up there and everyone else down here.
Maybe more can be done for the music medium and quality then could ever have been imagined.
Yes, acts like Radiohead and Prince have an advantage to your average member here.
But they still had to be brought down a notch to compete.
I don't know where big acts on the net could be a bad thing.
If anything, that is more to draw attention to everyone else on the net.

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