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Gene Simmons says "a good beating" would have helped save Guns n' Roses

by Tyler Munro

Say what you will about Gene Simmons, but he’s kept KISS a viable, mostly intact powerhouse for the better part of the last 30 years, and with that in mind he’s got some advice on how Guns n’ Roses could have saved themselves from their decades-long collapse. Among them? Simmons says Axl Rose could have used a good beating.

“When you misbehaved as a little kid there’s someone there to give you a what for. Then when you become a grown-up who’s there to set you straight?” said Simmons in an interview with Music-News.com. “Guns and Roses could have been the best band in the world and the reason they’re not is because of Axl Rose. Drugs, heroin, alcohol and all that but ultimately it falls on Axl Rose’s shoulders.”

As Simmons puts it, “you get to sleep in the bed you make.”