News Archive November 2010

X-Rated: Gene Simmons' X Factor 2010 Verdict/span>
From: Daily Star
by Kim Dawson and Sarah-Louise James
Posted: November 24, 2010

KISS legend Gene Simmons has told The X Factor judges he's more skilled than any of them.

The rocker said Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole, Dannii Minogue and Louis Walsh know zilch about music.

Gene declared: "I think I could be the sole judge on The X Factor, I'm more qualified than anybody on the show.

"Nobody on the show has written songs, then been on stage, or had record companies and managed Liza Min�nelli. Nobody can shine my shoes."

"Maybe Simon should talk to me, although he is the only one on television that tells the truth. "

"Everybody is nice, but that's not how life is.

"Life is: 'You suck, get off the stage.'

"Realistic is good."

"Part of the reason we like watching these shows is because there are people up there and you're like: 'Are you on crack? Do you actually believe that you belong on stage?'"

Gene, 61, gave his only British interview to my reporter Halina Watts at Canada's M For Montreal festival.

He added: "The biggest superstars of all time would have never made it on The X Factor."

"Imagine if Jimi Hendrix or Mick Jagger or Robert Plant came out. I wouldn't make it, and neither would they."

"We're peculiar and that's what makes stars interesting, not the fact that you can sing well. Broadway and pop is the place where people really sing correctly."