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Re: Gene Simmons, KISS, WBUR, Fresh Air

From: "Aaron [Bishop] Read" <aread@speakeasy.net>

> Dave - wasn't Gene Simmons also one of a couple of guests on The
Connection
> or OnPoint a few months after the Fresh Air "debacle"?   I seem to
remember
> the host thanking Gene for coming back to NPR after the spat and Gene made
> it very clear that he wasn't offended at all by the interview - the whole
> thing was just part of his persona as a performer.   I think it was a WBUR
> show...as in it wasn't Talk of the Nation.

I don't think Gene was offended at the interview by any stretch.  He
appeared to like the attention and the podium to be able to spout.

BTW...wasn't he promoting a book?  If that's the case, I can imagine that he
wanted all the attention he could get.

JP