Swapping the stage for the second floor of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Gene Simmons traded his usual rock star trappings and signature black-and-white face makeup for a suit.
The hard-charging former KISS bassist testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Intellectual Property Subcommittee on Tuesday in support of a bill that aims to compensate artists for the use of their songs on the radio.
The bill, which was reintroduced in the Senate in January by Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., would require terrestrial AM/FM radio broadcasters to pay royalties to copyright holders when their songs are played.
