It is curious on the North Shore of Lake Tahoe at the Cal/Nev border, on the California side are all these nice little condos and houses on the shore, you cross over to Nevada and McMansions start immediately 2-5 acre lakefront castles. Taxes are the big reason. It would be a nice move from LA to Tahoe.
Gene is notourius for driving revenue from the KISS brand
Makes sense he does not like paying taxes
Gene came out with the KISS coffin
https://nashvillecasketsales.com/kisskasket.htm
I remember a comedian on “The Howard Stern Show” doing Gene’s voice (was it actually Gene????) ripping on exploitation of the KISS brand.
He got around to the KISS coffin, then explained for extra $$$$ he would get into the coffin with you for 15 minutes at the funeral
Almost had to pull over I was laughing so much!
I'm assuming he meant "uninhabitable".
Of course, people are free to like the guy or hate him and the same goes for Kiss. Most of their music is all right, but no big deal to me. I would have liked to have seen them live because so many have said their shows were excellent. That ship has sailed - oh well. The opinion of those who rail on Kiss is hilariously irrelevant; plenty of people have superseded them by handing over millions of dollars.
As for Gene himself, I think he is a very impressive individual. Regardless of one’s agreement with his views, music or lifestyle, he is intelligent, thoughtful, very articulate and decidedly driven. He is self made in America, a country he loves because he recognizes that he could not have gotten to where he is anywhere else. Just as with Howard Stern, I sometimes disagree with his positions and actions. But they are his to have and do, not mine. He and Gene are fascinating to listen to.
Could I have done what Gene did? Highly doubtful. For starters I lack such talent. If I could have, would I have wanted to? Again highly doubtful - I’m not wired that way, and I have concluded we believe key things differently. But I am surely not going to say the grapes he’s eating are sour whether I tried for them or not.
More power to him.
I live in rural N Nevada-—about 50 miles east of Lake Tahoe-—
WELCOME, GENE !!!!