Album Sales predictions-What do you think?

[ELVIS]

And by no means are 1984 and Diver Down bad albums...

ADKOT is just honestly that good...

I love most of it...

[vandeleur]

I had some driving to do this morning so put ADKOT back in , it lived there for the first 6 months lol .
I gave it a blast and it still sounds ace , Still fucking love blood and fire and as is !!

[VHscraps]

The Simmons demos, I agree, have a good overall sound for a bootleg demo. But the production is anemic - he never got the best out of them, for various reasons (not surprising if they used other instruments, as you say).

Templeman was a superior producer not just cos he was more experienced at the job, but because he always aimed to good performances / good takes in the first few attempts. So, those records still sound like they fizzle with energy.

The Simmons demos are an interesting historical artefact, but thank the Lord he never produced their first album.

[Seshmeister]

Simmons did a shocking job as a producer, the fact the sound is ok is probably down to a decent engineer.

Thank fuck he didn't get to do VH1. I don't think he would have killed them off but I really doubt it would have still sold 10 million. No Eruption for a start...

[ELVIS]

People like Ted Templeman work magic...

They know how to make something sound like more than it is...

[Seshmeister]

http://www.allmusic.com/artist/gene-simmons-mn0000200968/credits

Looking at the Simmons production credits and apart from Ki$$ you just have a few B list bands you could say maybe under performed - Keel, Doro, Black N Blue, House of Lords.

[ELVIS]

Keel...

[PETE'S BROTHER]

Keel...

at a show he did a few years back "i'm 'ronnie lee muthafuckin' keel'" lookin' for all the "keeloholics" out there

[ELVIS]

They have keeloholics ??

[ELVIS]

Nope, I googled it...

I found one user on a forum unrelated to music who calls himself Keeloholic, but it was impossible to determine if that keeloholic was an actual "keeloholic."

[PETE'S BROTHER]

with an "a"

https://www.google.com/search?q=keelaholic&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

[ELVIS]

Still, not much...

[PETE'S BROTHER]

Still, not much...

very surprising, no?

[ELVIS]

Ronnie Lee Keel's fucking image will not FUCKING post!!!

[ELVIS]

Let's jam !!