Ozzy Osbourne In 112th List Of Rolling Stone Version Greatest Singers, Gene Simmons: This Is Crime

KISS bassist/vocalist, gene Simmons (Instagram @Kissonline)

JAKARTA - Gene Simmons has criticized Rolling Stone magazine for placing Ozzy Osbourne in 112th on the list of 200 Greatest Singers (200 Greatest Singers).

Simmons considered the list after being asked about it by a TMZ reporter. When the reporter noted that KISS was removed from the list, he said; "It's okay. I was thinking about buying Rolling Stone," Simmones said, satirically.

"You have to consider who is popular and who isn't. But if you really think about it, how good a person singing may be an inseparable part of what they do. For example, if Jimi Hendrix, who has a long career Well, actually short, but he's very famous, will he succeed in American Idol?" the KISS bassist/vocalist added.

"What about Bob Dylan... And I wrote a song with Bob Dylan; I know the man. Will he succeed in American Idol? How well do you sing is not the most important thing. This, do you have style? Do you have a distinctive vocal that makes everyone say, 'I immediately recognize that voice'?"

Under pressure on the fact that Ozzy is in 112th place on the list, Simmons considers it a crime.

"Look, someone was sitting in the back room - Jann Wenner [one of the founders of Rolling Stone] and those people - they were sitting in the back room and they decided something. Nobody asked me. Did they ask you? It doesn't seem like it."

Asked where he would be on the list if arranged correctly, Simmons replied: "Oh, I don't care. Really."

As for whether there are artists who should care about a list like that, Gene says: "No, you shouldn't. If you succeed, that's enough. Awards and all that, you get them when you have a concert or when fans come. That's the best thing. To be in a poll by magazines by people in the back room, I don't know how much that means."

Previously, former Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman also criticized Rolling Stone for placing Bod Dylan over Elvis Presley.

"No wonder at all, consider the source. If the media outlet uses a 'generistai' (latin phrase meaning "of its own kind, in that class itself" - red) to describe the most influential singer of all time, said the media outlet assessment should be taken with a grain of salt the size of Iceland. Nothing can be seen here," Friedman said.