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GENE SIMMONS Blaming Media For Spoiling KISS' Oshawa Surprise

August 26, 2009

KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons says the media is to blame for spoiling a surprise the band had in store for Oshawa, the car manufacturing capital of Canada which was recently named the KISS capital after beating out every major city in North America in an online competition to see the band play in their town.

The Durham city claimed the number one spot in North America with 14,569 votes, but when the tour schedule was announced Monday, Oshawa wasn't on the list.

Fans and politicians in Oshawa were outraged and KISS eventually announced that it will play the city on October 7.

Simmons told The Canadian Press the band had planned all along to launch its new album, "Sonic Boom", in the city, but was forced by the media to make the announcement early.

"I'm really pissed off at the media for creating this nonsense," Simmons said.

"You know, here's the history of the way we do things: you treat everything and everybody special, and because of who and what Oshawa is, which is near and dear to our hearts, because (they) won the No. 1 spot above and beyond New York, L.A., Toronto, Vancouver, we wanted to do a huge campaign."

"(The media) never gave us a chance to treat Oshawa special."

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