Expect the IRL to get free airtime on "Extra" and "Entertainment Tonight" in the near future.
A Los Angeles man claims in a lawsuit that Gene Simmons took him for a ride on a marketing deal with the Indy Racing League.There isn’t a whole lot of detail so far about this lawsuit, so we’ll have to wait and see what the fuss is specifically about. I don’t think calling someone else “lazy” and “rich” is a legal transgression, but if The Tongue did in fact utter those words it’s reminiscent of a line involving a pot, a kettle and the color black.
Allan Brown on Wednesday sued Simmons and two business partners, claiming the group cut him out of a 2006 deal between the Kiss bassist and the racing league.
Brown is seeking unspecified damages and is claiming fraud and slander. His suit alleges he helped broker the deal between Simmons and the IRL, but was cut out of the contract while on a personal vacation.
He also claims Simmons and his business partners mischaracterized him as "lazy" and "rich" to racing league officials.
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On a related note, anonymous IndyCar fans are considering a class action lawsuit against Simmons for physical and mental damages related to repeated listenings to "I AM MINDY!" during race broadcasts.
"I Am Mindy HEY!" is about eighty-seven thousand times better than that stupid NASCAR Love song we were forced to listen to on the Fox broadcasts this year.
Who forces you to watch NASTYCAR broadcasts?!
Carrie, I'd rather sit strapped naked to a razor-encrusted chair with my eyeballs pasted in habanero sauce while listening to an endless loop of "Let's Go Racin' Boys" in one ear and DW shouting "Boogity!" in the other than have to listen to one more rendition of "I Am Indy!" - or, for that matter, another sleazy, low-rent corporate pitch from Gene Simmons (do you have any idea how funny CEOs find the "Rock stars in rocketships" line?).
I'd let Milka Duno drive me to work every day if it meant Gene Simmons was nowhere near motorsports of any kind.
No one, Brian. Apparently, I'm into self-flagellation.
IyammidyHAY is stupid. So is Simmons. And by the way, he never did come home.
If they paid that fool $1, and I'm sure it was $1 with many zeroes after it, they paid him too much. He's a tool of the highest order who took the IRL for a ride they didn't need.
We're getting Ashley Judd back. Time to trade one braying idiot for another.
Sure sounds like someone is trying to ride the coat tails of Simmons here. I would love to hear from TG how much (in $$) Simmons brought to the IRL - I have heard that he has done quite a bit of promo and brought some sizable sponsors to the table/ teams.
As bad as "I am Indy" might be - I agree it is 1 billion times better than DW and Mac&Cheese or the Tin-top love ballad.
I've heard Gene Simmons has brought a lot of big sponsors to the IRL. I've also heard that the Earth is flat, that the Apollo moon landings were faked, and that Al Qaeda used Iraq as a staging area for 9/11.
About the only thing Gene Simmons has brought to the IRL is a lot of unnecessary '70s sleaze and the worst theme song ever written. "I love the way I feel, to be me is something real..." Yeeeeeeeeeeesh!
Oh gawd! Is THAT what it says?!! Yeeeesh!
OMG. I had no idea - the words were all blurred to me. That's gross!
I personally hate the song, but get your facts straight:
I am Indy
I am Indy
Hey
Hey
I am everything I want
I got everything I need
Know exactly what to do cause I am Indy
Hey
And I love the way I feel
To be me is something real cause I am Indy
I am Indy
Hey
I am everything I want
I got everything I need
Know exactly what to do cause I am Indy
Hey
And I love the way I feel
When I get behind the wheel
Cause I am Indy
I am Indy
Hey I am Indy
Hey I am Indy
Hey I am Indy
Hey I am Indy
Hey I am Indy
Hey I am Indy
Hey
GAHHHHH!! MY EYES!!!