IGene Simmons Udale ingxabano endaweni yezobuciko ngesikhathi ekhuluma emasontweni ambalwa edlule ukuthi idwala alifanga ngoba belidala, kodwa libulawelwe abantu ngqo. Umakadebona womculo we-rock usithethelele lesi sitatimende ngokubeka ubugebenga be-inthanethi njengembangela enkulu kanye namalebula okuqopha asekela abaculi abenza i-rock ngendlela okufanele, esho ukuthi "Itshe lifile impela".
Ebhekene nezitatimende eziyimpikiswano zikaSimmons, UCorey Taylor, umculi oholayo weSlipknot, uphumele engqungqutheleni yomculi webhesi kaKiss futhi wathatha ithuba lokucacisa izinto mayelana nalolu daba. Engxoxweni nomsakazo waseMelika, uTaylor uthe: “Ngicabanga ukuthi abantu abaningi bagxile kakhulu ekudayiseni, ngoba akuhambisani nokuthi bangaki abantu abalalele umculo wakho. Uyazi ukuthi ngiqonde ukuthini? Njengamanje imayelana nokwenza abantu balalele umculo. Ngisho ukuthi, sibe nokubukwa kwezigidigidi ezintathu kokusakazwa bukhoma kwe-Knotfest. Abakuniki indondo ngalokho. Futhi, siye savakashela kaningi amavidiyo ethi 'The Negative One' nethi 'Devil in I'. Kimina lokho kuyimpumelelo enkulu ngaphandle kokuthengisa ".
“Ngithande ukuthi besihamba phambili nge-albhamu yethu yakamuva ethi '.5: The Gray Chapter', kulezi zinyanga ezimbalwa ezedlule. Ngiyaziqhenya ngempela ngokuthi kwenzeke lokhu. Kodwa ngesikhathi esifanayo, abukho ubuhlobo obuqondile phakathi kokuthi bangaki abantu abayilalele noma bangaki abathenge izingoma ezithile. Nakuba iqiniso lokuthi abantu abayizinkulungwane ezingu-65 basilandela e-Knotfest, lifakazela okuthile, akunjalo? Awudingi i-albhamu yeplatinamu ukuze uthole leyo mpumelelo. Ngakho ngayo yonke inhlonipho efanele kuMnu. Simmons, Ngicabanga ukuthi kufanele ngiphume kakhulu ukubona ukuthi kwenzekani emhlabeni wedwala ngaphambi kokuqinisekisa into enjalo ".