Even “rock is dead” preacher Gene Simmons has ideas about Linkin Park’s reunion and their new singer.

Linkin Park formally returned earlier this month, revealing Emily Armstrong of Dead Sara as their new co-vocalist alongside Mike Shinoda. The reunion has been probably the most buzz-worthy matter in rock since ? for higher or for worse. There’s been a relatively polarized mixture of reactions amongst followers, however Simmons shared a optimistic perspective on the information.

“It’s great. I listened. I saw some videos. The new female singer, great! She fits the band. She sounds great and good luck to them,” Simmons advised Forbes in a brand new interview, stressing that life is simply too brief for bands to not keep it up in the event that they need to.

“There are bands that tour, Lynyrd Skynyrd, lots of bands that barely have any original members or no original members. People want to hear those songs,” he added.

The KISS legend actually enjoys that Linkin Park employed a girl to sing late vocalist Chester Bennington’s elements, primarily as a result of it “breaks the rules.” He talked about AC/DC, who discovered even better success after they introduced in Brian Johnson after Bon Scott’s dying, however then had Axl Rose of Guns N’ Roses fill in for Johnson when he was having points along with his listening to.

“Van Halen ? a band I supposedly discovered or found, they had signed to me and all that ? and I personally preferred the [David Lee] Roth era Van Halen. It was great. There was nobody like him, it changed what lead singers were. Once Roth left, ‘Oh boy, that’s the end of it!’ No, actually they literally got bigger with Sammy Hagar,” Simmons additional emphasised.

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“All those ‘rules,’ who made the rules anyway? In rock ‘n’ roll, there are no rules.”

The rocker was then requested concerning the controversy over Armstrong’s ties to Scientology, and he admitted that he truly studied the work of L. Ron Hubbard himself. He is not a believer within the theology, however thinks that folks ought to have the ability to consider no matter they need.

“So, if they ? and they will ? sell lots of tickets, Linkin Park, then the public has spoken. End of story. And they will do great,” he concluded.