Kiss Off, Critics
Re Chris Willman’s review of the first House of Lords video, “I Wanna Be Loved” (March 12): I take it that Chris’ 0 rating means he didn’t like the video much.
Well, his comments simply help fuel the fire. You see, in rock ‘n’ roll, critics don’t count, never have and never will.
Maybe the reason critics hate House of Lords and love Elvis Costello (whose video won a 97 from Willman), is that most critics look like Elvis Costello.
If I had a dime for every knucklehead who sat behind a typewriter and told the world how my stuff would never amount to anything, I’d be a millionaire many times over. Wait a minute . . . I am a millionaire many times over. I guess I owe Chris and his kind a debt.
GENE SIMMONS
New York
Simmons, a member of the rock group Kiss, owns Simmons Records, home of the House of Lords.
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