Gene Simmons is providing rock ‘n’ roll followers the prospect of a lifetime on his upcoming solo tour: For simply $12,495, they are often his roadie and private assistant at a gig (live performance ticket not included, however you do get a bass out of the deal). Across the time JoJo Siwa launched an analogous initiative, the KISS co-founder defended his private roadie promotion with the next argument: As a child he’d all the time puzzled what the rock-star life was like behind the scenes, and no one has ever tried one thing like this earlier than, so why not see the way it goes? That line of reasoning, nevertheless, doesn’t handle the expertise’s exorbitant worth.
Simmons mentioned the monetary side of the Private Assistant/Band Roadie Expertise in a brand new interview with Carl Craft of 95.9 The Rat in Level Nice, NJ, blaming the excessive worth level on insurance coverage prices. Right here’s how he defined it, as transcribed by Blabbermouth:
Right here’s the deal: after I was a child and I went to see [Jimi] Hendrix or someone, after all I loved the present and actually bought off on it — we talked about it ceaselessly and stuff — however I didn’t know what it was like. What’s the start of the day like? What’s it like to take a seat and have breakfast or lunch with my favourite rock stars, after which get within the limo, go to the gig, arrange the drums, do soundcheck after which be on stage together with your video, ’trigger these days every little thing’s on video. You possibly can’t take a poop with out a digital camera coming in below the stall. And then you definately get pulled up on stage to sing together with them. Now, having stated that, we solely do one roadie for a day per present. And I’ll let you know why — as a result of these days every little thing is so litigious. That’s an enormous phrase, like gymnasium. Meaning everyone sues everyone for no cause. So in case you get a paper reduce, someone will get sued. And that’s simply the best way life is right here in America — way more in California, by the best way. It’s loopy out right here. So, I can’t even, if I wished to, carry out do roadie for a day with 10, 20, 30, as many individuals [as we would like]. So we do one, as a result of the insurance coverage prices for which might be astronomical. And so this ain’t low cost. It’s not for everyone. And for that one individual, you do should pay premium numbers. That’s simply life.
Simmons later added, “Any person has a nasty expertise and so they sue you and it prices you tons of of hundreds of {dollars}. You want insurance coverage for every little thing. Do you might have a automotive? You’ve bought insurance coverage. All the things in life, apparently… Actually, you purchase something — a instrument — they offer you insurance coverage. Would you just like the one-year or three-year? All the things’s insured.” You possibly can see the interview beneath.