Enough incredible music to make your head explode!” Cheap Trick “Surrender”įirst released as a single by Cheap Trick in 1978 and then included on their album “Heaven Tonight”, “Surrender” became one of their biggest classics. And don’t forget that this happening at the same time as Miles Davis, Hendrix, the Beatles and the fucking Bee Gees. You’ve got Plant’s voice wailing over the top like some kind of demented witch. Even before the song starts, you’ve got that machine gun riff. In an interview with Music Radar in 2017, Gene praised the track, explaining that Jimmy Page was part of the same scene as Jeff Beck and was influenced by his colleague, but he took things to another level: “So, what did Led Zeppelin bring to the table? More balls! Fucking great big, huge balls! Steam hammer balls! Once they get rollin’, there’s nothing that can stop them. “Communication Breakdown” was first released by the British band as a single back in 1969 and included on their self-titled debut album. Talking with Billboard back in 2012, Gene Simmons listed Led Zeppelin as one of the bands that influenced Kiss the most. The fact that Blondie got in before Humble Pie is crazy,” Gene Simmons said. I would take Madonna and Donna Summer, who was a dear friend, and put them in the Disco or Dance Hall of Fame. Talking with Tampa Tribune in 2014 about who he would put into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame if he had the power to do it, Gene cited Humble Pie, saying: “So I would put Run DMC, who I believe are very good, and the rest of hip-hop into the Hip-Hop Hall of Fame. “30 Days in the Hole” was first released by the band as a single in 1972 and included on their album “Smokin'”. Humble Pie “30 Days in the Hole”įormed by the legendary Small Faces guitarist and singer Steve Marriott in 1969, Humble Pie also had guitarist Peter Frampton, who also would later become a successful solo artist. Oh, how I wish there were more bands like this today,” Gene Simmons said. It’s Victorian opera mixed with Greek tragedy, all filmed by Hammer Horror. Did Arthur Brown influence Kiss? I think so. But this guy comes out screaming, ‘I am the God of Hellfire’. “We were still seeing bands come out in three-piece suits singing love songs. And he’s wearing a crown of flames! Even as a young kid, I felt a connection. In a conversation with Music Radar back in 2017, Gene Simmons talked about the song, saying: “Here’s this guy, covered in make-up, half-naked, dancing around like a lunatic. Curiously, the executive producer of the record was The Who’s guitarist and main lyricist Pete Tonwshend. The band’s 1968 self-titled debut album had their biggest hit “Fire” and reached number 7 on Billboard’s Pop Albums chart. Often recalled for being one of the first musicians to use face painting, Arthur Brown was a big inspiration for many psychedelic artists that appeared in the late 60s and during the 70s. It was one of those songs that carved it’s own niche in what a great song can be,” Gene Simmons told Sirius XMĪs the Kiss bassist and singer said, ‘All The Young Dudes’ was written by the legendary David Bowie and first recorded by Mott The Hoople, being released as a single in 1972. So when I heard ‘All The Young Dudes’ by Mott, it wasn’t just a career saver for them. But if it feels right, because music is feeling. And neither does ‘Ooga-chaka Ooga-chaka’ (Blue Swede’s ‘Hooked On a Feeling’). “Because ‘wop bop a loo bop a lop bam boom’ (Little Richard’s ‘Tutti-Frutti) doesn’t mean anything. Sounds ‘anthemic’ coming from the word ‘anthem’. It is astonishing because it immediately says there’s something here that’s grand. What else?’ (The other one was) ‘All The Young Dudes’, David Bowie singing the lead. “One of them was Suffragette City and they go: ‘No, we don’t like that. Listen to them and see if you want them.'” Gene Simmons continued: We can’t get a hit.’ He goes: ‘Well, you know. When are you playing?’ And they go ‘No, we are breaking up. David Bowie had known them because they came from the same town. So they were about to break up, their career was over. I thought, ‘What a bizarre thing.’ And when I heard Ian Hunter, the lead singer, doing his ‘ Bob Dylan-isms,’ you kind of sing and talk at the same time. “I always liked Mott The Hoople, starting with the name. The 10 songs that Gene Simmons said he can’t live without Mott the Hoople “All the Young Dudes”

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