GENE SIMMONS, BOB LEFSETZ To Debate At Canadian Music Week

March 13, 2009

Robert Thompson of Billboard.biz reports: Industry pundit Bob Lefsetz and KISS bassist Gene Simmons were poised to square off in a battle royale of massive egos at Canadian Music Week after the pair exchanged e-mail insults on the first day of the conference.

Lefsetz was critical of what he saw as a solely self-promotional appearance by Simmons, who he said had little success with his label in the past.

"Just because you're a big musical act, that doesn't mean you're a decent executive, that you can run a record company," Lefsetz wrote to the thousands who receive his regular e-mails on the music business.

"That's like saying a great football coach has to have been a star quarterback. They're different skills. One that Mr. Simmons has yet to master. Sure, he made that demo tape with VAN HALEN, but the band ended up on Warner Brothers!"

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