Gene Simmons can fly and breathe fire! Here are his top 10 most demonic KISS Songs
By Matthew Wilkening / Ultimate Classic Rock
For our money, some of the very best Kiss songs feature founding bassist Gene Simmons indulging his demonic side. Don�t get us wrong, we�ve got nothing against songs about sex or rock and roll. But, somehow when the man born as Chaim Witz starts ruminating on the evil within man�s soul, we get scared in a particularly good way. To celebrate Gene�s 64th birthday (Aug. 25, 1949), we take a look at the 10 Most Demonic Gene Simmons Kiss Songs:
10. 'Not for the Innocent' From 'Lick it Up' (1983)
"Bad habits drip like honey / No tongue can lick me clean"
Justifiably concerned that having their iconic masked images sold on everything from bedsheets to dolls had softened their image -- to say nothing of the overly poppy music featured on albums like 1979's 'Dynasty' -- Kiss took the greasepaint off and let Gene get down to serious business again on songs like this one. He quickly draws a line in the sand between himself and the nice folks, and over a storming Vinnie Vincent guitar riff, warns the innocent masses that playtime is now over.
9. 'Mr. Blackwell' From 'Music from the Elder' (1981)
"I am a sinner who just loves to sin"
This is a great, truly demonic Gene Simmons song that got lost amidst the high-minded goals of Kiss' much-bashed 1981 concept record. Over a downright funky, stop-start bass groove, Mr. Blackwell (the fashion critic? doubtful..) is brought to shame time and time again by Simmons, who asserts that while he's far from a saint himself, even he can tell that his foe is "not well." He finally goes on to declare his enemy worthy of a one-way trip to hell.
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