In defence of the five musical legends that Gene Simmons can’t stand
He’s wrong about these.
Author: Dale Maplethorpe Archives: 05/2026
Keith Richards once crowned the greatest blues singer of all time: “You can’t be harder than that”
“Non-stop throttling hypnotism.”
The Velvet Underground predicted the doomed future of music marketing in 1969
A poetic plague was a-coming.
The Who song from 1968 that John Entwistle couldn’t stand: “That bloody elephant call”
“That bloody elephant call.”
The 1978 Genesis song that was written in 10 minutes: “It can’t be that easy”
“It was meant to be part of a longer song.”