The hardest thing to do is write a good simple song or riff. That’s really hard,” Simmons told Guitar World. “There are an awful lot of amazing bass players, like Jaco Pastorius and the jazz ...

Gene Simmons is one of music’s most decorated bass guitar players, and across his career with Kiss has had a hand in shaping an absolute boatload of hits. But he is clear that he’s no virtuoso ...

Gene Simmons and Flea may be two of the more well known bassists in rock, but the KISS icon is not necessarily a fan of Flea’s style of bass playing. During a broader chat with Guitar World ...

“There are an awful lot of amazing bass players, like Jaco Pastorius and the jazz guys. Or guys like Flea, who is really good on his instrument. But I can’t remember anything he plays.

Or guys like Flea, who is really good on his instrument, but I can't remember anything he plays – and I also do not like the sound of a bass being slapped," Simmons told the publication.

So, for a younger bass player, getting praise from him has to be a sort of dream-come-true moment. Now, Thundercat has had that pleasure, as he is apparently Flea’s favorite modern bass player.

And he, as a bass player too — man, what a great, great player. AC/DC, the sound of those records and his bass playing on it, just so amazing. But you could have knocked me over with a feather.

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Simmons critique of Flea came as part of a larger discussion on his distaste for virtuoso bass players and a discussion of why simplicity is more memorable.

It wasn’t just jazz guitarists who were caught in the line of fire, with Simmons later extending his observations slightly closer to home turf. “There are an awful lot of amazing bass players ...