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Gene Simmons Blasts Rolling Stone Greatest Singers List: Says THIS Rocker’s Placement Was A ‘Crime’

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 04: Gene Simmons of Kiss performs onstage at Staples Center on March 04, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for ABA)

After Diane Warren, Gene Simmons was the next one to express his disappointment over Rolling Stone’s very controversial “200 Greatest Singers of All-Time” list.

The infamous ranking had united netizens online over their frustrations upon finding out that several singers and music icons were left out of the list, most particularly Celine Dion.

Dion, who was well revered in the entertainment industry as one of the biggest voices of the past three decades, has been left out of the all-time ranking.

Simmons, who was cornered by TMZ for a comment about the list, did not hold his words down and gave his honest take on it.

The list left out music icons like Cher, Janet Jackson, Madonna, Nat King Cole, Dion, and even Simmons, who was wildly popular and tremendous as KISS’ lead singer.

For Simmons, the whole list was “skewed” and often one-sided.

“How well you sing is not the most important thing. Is do you have style? Do you have a fingerprint that says: ‘I know that voice!’ immediately,” he furthered.Asked what he thought of Ozzy Osbourne’s placement on the list, which only ranked No. 112, Simmons described the deed as a “crime.”

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80’s Glam Metalcast – Ep 147 – Pictures: Alive (Rock Shows of the 80’s & Beyond) w/ Steve & Scotty

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80’s Glam Metalcast

In this episode, we talk with Steve and Scotty – the masterminds behind the book Pictures: Alive (Rock Shows of 80’s and Beyond). We talk about how this killer book came about and we discuss the visual evolution of bands featured like Motley Crue and KISS.