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Paul Stanley Responds To Rock Hall CEO's Racism Accusation

06/04/2014
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(hennemusic) KISS frontman Paul Stanley has responded to accusations of "borderline racism" made by Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame CEO Joel Peresman last week over the rocker's ongoing criticism of the institution.

Commenting on Gene Simmons' speech during the band's Rock Hall induction on April 10 in New York, Pereseman told Radio.com last week, "It was a lovely speech, it was actually kind of classy, as opposed to Paul's. That speech was the best advertisement for [pointing out that] what we did was right. He's been almost borderline racist, not in that speech, but in other interviews talking about how hip-hop artists shouldn't be inducted because they don't play instruments. It's like, 'What are you, kidding?'"

Stanley was asked to respond to Peresman's comments in a new interview with Radio.com on Monday. "I was smiling," said Stanley. "Because look, the guy is clearly reeling from my exposing the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for what it is. He's doing damage control. But he's obviously never had an adversary who could articulate a point of view like I could. And, in desperation, he's attributing Gene's quotes to me."

"I never said anything that could be accused of racism," he continued. "If [Peresman] wants to point a finger, those quotes were all Gene's. It doesn't change the basic truth of what I said. It's interesting: instead of looking at my credentials, I would think, why not look at Joel Peresman's credentials? What has he done to qualify him to run the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? What did he do? He worked at Madison Square Garden as a Vice President. Well, as far as I'm concerned, delivering newspapers doesn't qualify you as an expert on literature." A lot more.

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