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KISS' Gene Simmons Sounds Off On Addicts and Depression

08/04/2014
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(Radio.com) Gene Simmons of KISS has some heated words for drug addicts and people dealing with depression in a new interview with Songfacts.com. When asked if he keeps in touch with the original players of KISS he answered with a resounding "no."

Why's that? Simple: they're either drug addicts or just downers. "I don't get along with anybody who's a drug addict and has a dark cloud over their head and sees themselves as a victim," Simmons said.

"Drug addicts and alcoholics are always: 'The world is a harsh place.' My mother was in a concentration camp in Nazi Germany. I don't want to hear f-k all about 'the world as a harsh place.' She gets up every day, smells the roses and loves life.

"And for a putz, 20-year-old kid to say, 'I'm depressed, I live in Seattle.' F-k you, then kill yourself." He added: "I never understand, because I always call them on their bluff.

"I'm the guy who says 'Jump!' when there's a guy on top of a building who says, 'That's it, I can't take it anymore, I'm going to jump.' Are you kidding? Why are you announcing it? Shut the f-k up, have some dignity and jump! You've got the crowd."

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