Kiss bassist Gene Simmons lately talked concerning the criticism over Roger Waters’ concert events final month in Berlin throughout which the previous Pink Floyd chief displayed Nazi-like symbolism and made what some individuals have described as offensive feedback about Holocaust sufferer Anne Frank.

In the course of the reveals at Mercedes Benz Area, Waters appeared on stage because the character Pink from the rock opera “The Wall” throughout a efficiency of the track “In The Flesh”, carrying a black leather-based trench coat with a crimson armband bearing two crossed hammers as an alternative of a swastika.

It was later reported that Waters was beneath investigation for potential incitement by German police, along with presumably having dedicated trademark abuse for the usage of Frank’s identify with out the consent of the Anne Frank Basis, which has trademarked the identify.

Waters projected Frank’s identify on an enormous display through the reveals, together with a number of different names of latest figures together with George Floyd and Shireen Abu Akleh.

Gene Simmons opens up on the matter

Chatting with “Piers Morgan Uncensored”, Simmons, who’s Jewish, mentioned: “Nicely, to start with, [Roger Waters is] a really proficient man. He’s written a number of the most great music, together with [the rest of Pink] Floyd many, many a long time [ago]. And it’s clearly held up, and he’s acquired numerous followers.

“There’s something to be mentioned for protecting your political and different beliefs off the stage. His selection is to make use of the stage as a platform to additional his standpoint. There’s a distinction between a political assertion about Israel and about anti-Semitism. By the way in which, anti-Semitism additionally includes Arabs; the definition of a Semite consists of the Arab world.

“I believe he’s a well-meaning man,” Simmons continued. “I don’t agree together with his level of views, after all… I believe he’s, from my standpoint, infected, offended concerning the political scenario — as all of us are.”

Since his departure from Pink Floyd in 1985, Waters has been concerned in a authorized dispute with former bandmates, guitarists and vocalist David Gilmour and drummer Nick Mason, about the usage of the band’s identify.