Lick It Up

I guess people have a problem with Gene Simmons letting fans pay $12,000 to be his roadie for a day:

"I was always curious, 'What's it like when they're in a hotel? What's it like when the stage is set up? What's it like being onstage when they're performing and seeing the audience from the stage?'" Simmons explained to the New York Post.

Nobody thinks less of KISS or Gene Simmons than me, but this is the one decent idea this jackass has had since the makeup. If I have $12K laying around for this I'd do it in a heartbeat, there's a bunch of musicians I'd love to hang out with & get an inside look at how they treat & set up their gear for a show while badgering them about how they recorded certain songs I loved etc.

And hell, it even looks like Simmons isn’t even being asshole cheap about this one:

The five-figure fee includes breakfast at the hotel, helping assemble the stage, accompanying Simmons on his various promotional meetings for the day, get introduced to the crowd during the concert and take home an autographed bass.