“I was just about ready to pass out.”
While Gene Simmons‘ bass skills will never be confused with such 4-string technicians as Billy Sheehan or Jaco Pastorius, many of his memorable lines proved to be an important ingredient to classic Kiss tunes.
But during a recent interview with Adam Carolla, Simmons made a claim concerning one of rock’s greatest guitarists praising his bass playing. The gentleman who provided the bold quote? None other than Led Zeppelin‘s Jimmy Page (transcribed by Ultimate Guitar).
“Page came to see us the first time when we played Wembley, came to see us some other times when we were there. And he came up to me after the show, with my hand to God, and said, ‘Mate, you can give [John] Entwistle a run for his money.’ And I was just about ready to pass out. That’s not true, of course. But the fact that he may say that — the highest compliment.”