Gene Simmons' latest 'rock is dead' proclamation in November 2024 revealed his own ignorance and disinterest in the current state of the genre. Skip to main content Skip to site footer.

Gene Simmons is making headlines again, this time for burying rock 'n' roll. The outspoken artist says "Rock is finally dead," in an interview conducted by his son Nick for Esquire magazine .

KISS' Gene Simmons proclaimed that "rock is dead" back in 2014, and a full decade hasn't really changed his mind.In a recent interview, Simmons revealed why his long-standing proclamation hasn't ...

Neil Young once sang “Rock n’ roll can never die,” but according to Gene Simmons, it’s already dead.The Kiss bassist recently made controversial remarks about Donald Sterling, immigration ...

Is rock music dead? Yes, says Gene Simmons, the outspoken bassist and vocalist of iconic band KISS. The 65-year-old rocker's son Nick Simmons, 25, who co-starred with him and the rest of their ...

Gene Simmons repeated his famous assertion that “rock is dead” but provided an argument for how the live music scene could still survive.. The Kiss cofounder made headlines with the soundbite ...

KISS’ Gene Simmons has once again doubled down on his assertion that “rock is dead”.. The bassist and singer has been declaring the demise of the genre for over a decade now, dating back to ...

Gene Simmons still considers rock music to be "dead". The KISS legend, 75, continues to profess that no one has come close to the likes of The Beatles, Elvis Presley, The Rolling Stones, and Pink ...

Ten years ago, Esquire asked Nick Simmons, son of Kiss legend Gene Simmons, to interview his father. In the piece, provocatively headlined Gene Simmons: 'Rock Is Finally Dead', Simmons Sr. claimed ...

So the idea that rock is dead is, naturally, preposterous. But Gene Simmons, who has a record of saying preposterous bullshit, continues to insist it is. In a recent interview with The Zak Kuhn Show ...

Tony Soprano once famously said, “’Remember when’ is the lowest form of conversation.” This never dawned on Kiss’ Gene Simmons, whose recent “rock is dead” rant amounted to little ...