Gene Simmons to Testify Before the Senate in Support of American Music Fairness Act

Gene Simmons to testify before the Senate in support of American Music Fairness Act

Gene Simmons on ‘Dancing with the Stars’/(Disney/Eric McCandless) Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Gene Simmons is headed to Washington. The KISS founding member is set to testify on Tuesday before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s Intellectual Property Subcommittee in support of the American Music Fairness Act. The bipartisan bill aims to ensure radio corporations pay performers for playing their music. “Having spent my career in the music and ent…

Gene Simmons: Congress, I have a plea for you

Long ago, broadcast radio helped bands like Kiss break through. Today, that business model is broken.

NRB Worries Senate Hearing Could Amplify Bid to Tie Radio Royalties to AM Vehicle Mandate

National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) voiced concerns about a planned Senate Intellectual Property Subcommittee hearing Tuesday on whether to levy a performance royalty on stations playing music on terrestrial radio, saying Thursday that the meeting "could be used to conflate" that...

Gene Simmons and the American Music Fairness Act

Gene Simmons is receiving Kennedy Center Honors with KISS this Sunday, and is also bringing his voice to the fair pay for radio play campaign to pass the American Music Fairness Act (AMFA). Gene will testify on AMFA next week before the Senate Judiciary Committee. He won’t just be speaking as a member of KISS or as one of the most recognizable performers in American music. He’ll be showing up as a witness to something far more universal: the dec…

GENE SIMMONS To Testify Before Senate To Support Artist Radio Play Compensation

Gene Simmons, legendary bassist, co-founder, and co-lead singer of the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame band KISS, will testify before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee's Intellectual Property Subcommittee next Tuesday, December 9, during a hearing on the American Music Fairness Act (S.326/H.R.861),leg...

Gene Simmons Heads to Senate to Fight for Radio Royalties

Gene Simmons, the legendary bassist and co-lead vocalist of KISS, is set to testify before a Senate panel on December 9, 2025, advocating for legislation that would require radio broadcasters to pay artists for airplay. The hearing comes in support of the American Music Fairness Act, a bill designed to address long-standing concerns over artist […]