Rock legends diss Rihanna

Gene Simmons from the rock group Kiss and Tommy Lee from Motley Crue recently had some harsh words for pop star Rihanna. In their rant they rag on Rihanna for lip-syncing, apparently something that Gene Simmons has a hard time dealing with. Simmons was the more outspoken of the two in terms of bashing Rihanna but Lee did not disagree with his fellow musician. Here is the quote from Gene Simmons, "We're sick and tired of girls getting up there with dancers and karaoke tapes in back of them. No karaoke singers allowed. No fake bullshit. Leave that to Rihanna-Schimianna and everybody else whose name ends with an 'A.'" Pretty aggressive on his part. Tommy Lee wasn't as harsh towards her but didn't disagree either. "No disrespect to Rihanna, she's a great singer, but we're in a slump for some shit that has some personality and appeal beyond a bunch of pop stuff that's floating around out there," I'm glad he said that actually because I don't think I can bear watching another fucking award show that is just a little better than 'American Idol.' It's fucking pathetic to watch people go out and fucking karaoke with a bunch of lights and video. It's all completely watered down." Now I don't think its fair to single out Rihanna and in their defense they didn't, Simmons also made reference to Madonna about her lip-syncing during the Super Bowl but who's to say that Rihanna usually lip-syncs? In her defense maybe she does that one limited occasions due to a number of reasons. Why cancel a show when you can still preform for your fans with dance routines and you can lip-sync in the process. Personally I disagree 100% that any artist male or female should resort to lip-syncing, I feel that it takes the authenticity out of the art form. Was it right for them to bash her and other artist for doing that? You can make a case for both but I believe that they're aging bands long past their prime that will do whatever they can to create a buzz and stir things up. I do however agree with how they feel about lip-syncing in general, sings and playing music is an art. Not being able to do it live day in and day out and resort to"cheating" would anger most if not all who do this for a living.