Gene Simmons asserts that ` ` ' is dead '' in an interview . It did n't have to happen , he adds : ` ` It was murdered '' The Who consider themselves dead in rock . Blogs , blogs go to Dylan 's defense .
Gene Simmons asserts that `` rock is dead '' in Esquire interview . It did n't have to happen , he adds : `` It was murdered '' The Who declared rock dead in 1972 . Blogs , Twitter come to rock 's defense .