David Lee Roth has responded to Gene Simmons “releasing” him from the KISS tour and saying that he was “past his prime.”
On Instagram, Roth shared a black-and-white image of a child that looked a lot like the kid on Van Halen’s album cover of 1984… except he was flipping the bird. It was captioned “Roth to Simmons” and at last count, Roth had posted it 18 times on his profile.
The post stemmed from comments made in an interview with Rolling Stone, Simmons said that, “I don’t know what happened to him, (but) something.” He went on to compare him to Elvis and commented: “I prefer to remember Elvis Presley in his prime. Sneering lips, back in Memphis, you know, doing all that.”
Along with the cutting comments, Simmons did go on to say that “Roth was the ultimate frontman in his heyday.”
Meanwhile, in other Kiss news, the band recently announced they will be taking on a Las Vegas residency beginning December 29 at Planet Hollywood. This will be their first residency in Vegas since 2014.
TL;DR:
- David Lee Roth has responded to Gene Simmons “releasing” him from the KISS tour and saying that he was “past his prime.”
- Roth flipped him the bird on Instagram… posting 18 times.
- At last check, Simmons had not responded to Roth’s post.
SIDE NOTES
- Another Quote: In Gene Simmons’ interview with Rolling Stone, where he made the comments, he also said that Roth was once “the ultimate frontman,” adding: “Not Robert Plant, not Rod Stewart, nobody. He took being a frontman way beyond anything. Nobody did what he did.”
LISTENER’S COMMENTS AGREE OR DISAGREE? (Instagram about Dave’s multiple posts)
- unfastross: DAVE!! STOP ALREADY!! OVERKILL!!!
- micnjillsbestlife: Ok, F- Gene….. now what ya gonna do??? Get in the studio and make us some music!!!! Give em hell Dave.
- neilservice_crate_digger: Posts this pic 18 times yet can’t respond to one fan . Bullshit.
- ftachris: Dude! I was bummed that you weren’t playing with them. It was part of the reason I was going. Nothing personal against the painter, but I wanted to hear some killer VH/DLR music, not watch a guy with a paint brush.
- scottreederdrums: Nothing KISS has done will ever measure up to Van Halen. Nothing. Ever.
- superbad1: Simmons has a lot of nerve calling someone else “past their prime”.
- dalton_davidson05: That looks like the fallen Angel on the 1984
- unfastross: DAVE!! STOP ALREADY!! OVERKILL!!!
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