Watch The Black Lips Crash Gene Simmons’ Live Q+A

This week, The Huffington Post’s live broadcast “HuffPost Live” hosted a Q+A with Kiss member and rock icon Gene Simmons. While most people used this opportunity to ask the Hall of Fame member some devoted fan questions, garage punk group Black Lips hopped in front of their own webcam to confront the singer with a few things that tick them off.

The Atlanta musicians, dawning guerilla black and white facepaint while taking wrestling-style stances, screamed at Simmons. “Mr. Simmons! We’re here to tell you that the day of misogynistic, sexist rock’n’roll is over!” said Jack Hines. “We call for the complete and utter surrender of the Kiss Army. Lay down your guitars! Do you accept our terms of surrender?”

This is where the joy of live broadcast kicks in. “Yes, I surrender entirely. And I wanted to compliment your mom for the wonderful way that she designed the decoration on the basement she lets you live in. I think it’s very attractive. I hope you get to leave your mom’s basement soon,” Simmons responded, later adding that they need to “learn to speak English.” When The Huffington Post host told him that the Black Lips do in fact speak English and are a successful rock back, Simmons responded, “But they’re not black. What are they, racist?”

Watch a clip of the footage below:

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