Motley Crue star Nikki Sixx has turned on Gene Simmons following the KISS rocker’s ill-advised remarks about the death of Prince.
The outspoken bassist has apologized for calling the “Purple Rain” singer’s alleged drug-related death “pathetic,” but Sixx is still angry and upset.
Sixx attacked the KISS star again on his “Sixx Sense” radio show, adding, “Nothing that Gene Simmons says resonates with me.
“I think that he (Gene) is (an) overrated, lucky guy that dresses like a clown. (He) wrote some good songs, (but) hasn’t in a long time.”
He ended his radio rant by declaring, “I like my heroes to be humble. I like my heroes to have compassion. And I like my heroes to be open to change. I don’t like my heroes to be egotistical (expletives). Gene Simmons, you’re no longer my hero.”
In his apology following his Prince death comments, Simmons said, “I apologize – I have a long history of getting very angry at what drugs do to the families/friends of the addicts. I get angry at drug users because of my experience being around them coming up in the rock scene.”