'Foo Fighters' Taylor Hawkins -- Gene Simmons is an Idiot ... Cobain and Winehouse Are Icons

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Gene Simmons disputing Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse's icon status is nuts ... so says Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, who tells us it doesn't matter how many albums both made.In case you missed it, Gene told Team Rock Radio this month…

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While I've always felt Taylor had a bit of an ego himself, he's not wrong to disagree with Simmons. I've been a fan of KISS for at least 34 years and I'd have to say Gene is showing true senility in his statement. This is more toward referencing Cobain as not being an icon. About Winehouse, he is right. That's like saying Winehouse is comparable to Janis Joplin. They're not even in the same universe.

Just because KISS put out some of their worst albums during the Grunge era does not mean the likes of Cobain can be discounted. Stick your tongue in that, Gene.