Had a great hour episode of TMS with Peter Criss yesterday that will premiere this Saturday on VH1 Classic. We discussed many things and of course got Peter’s take on the HOF. Always good to see Peter who is still clearly excited about being inducted with the band he was a founding member of in a few weeks. When I asked him about not playing his response was; “it’s a shame we couldn’t give the fans 10 minutes on stage together for the 40 years they gave us”. See it all this Saturday night on Wayne’s World… I mean That Metal Show. VH1 Classic’s longest running program and a show so many Kiss fans love and watch! Thank you all for your support and hope you like this one. Also thanks to Richard Christy for playing in the episode. He is a huge Peter Criss fan and was pumped! More soon.
PS: Ace Frehley will be on the show again soon. He had to reschedule since he is now on the W Coast and could not break free from a deadline on his new album.
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If paul really has a problem with the hall inducting only the originals, then during his speech he should give the hall the middle finger…if not then he should just shut up about it…
If all the artists that had a problem with the HOF just didn’t show up then that would send a real message..
Do ANY of them consider it a real honor at all? Doubt it…
Good point…having a 40 year career and having a lasting impact on the biz is much more of an honor..
The problem with that, Eddie, is it has to be one of the bands that the Hall respects. Whether she deserves the credibility or not is a different matter, but if Debbie Harry or Dave Grohl didn’t show because the Hall was unfair, that would carry weight. I frankly don’t think the Hall could give a shit less if Paul Stanley didn’t show up. I think in their minds it would only justify what they did.
Actually, that is an idea right there: someone should get with Dave, who likes and respects music history. If he stood at the podium and said “it’s a crying f—ing shame and a travesty that Chad Chapman was even CONSIDERED for induction, and Eric Carr and Bruce Kulick were not.”
I totally love KISS 2014. Monster and Sonic Boom are great records. That being said, Paul and Gene should absolutely perform for a few songs with Ace and Peter. I think Paul thinks it will cause fans to demand another reunion and that’s not what Paul wants. Don’t worry Paul no one has forgotten how mediocre Psycho Circus was. Ace and Peter should definitely show up and perform with whatever all star lineup is their.
I disagree I think Monster and Sonic boom were very average and forgettable CD’s .
To me they were all filler and nothing to remember. Maybe they just can’t write anymore or Paul can’t produce I’m not sure but it was disappointing to me.
Scott: Psycho Circus was mediocre because Ace and Peter were on the record for about 3 minutes each. Not to mention it was produced by Bruce “I ruin great bands but they sell a lot of records and that’s all that counts” Fairbairn.
All of this back and forth between the 4 Kiss guys…really who should be inducted are: Paul, Gene, Peter, Ace, Bill Aucoin, Sean Delaney, and Neil Bogart. Neil who told Warner Bros. to shove their distribution deal because they had sent out a memo not to promote the first 2 Kiss records, this move cost Bogart a million dollars to get out of his contract. That’s called believing in your band. He produced Kiss’s third record. What Bill and Sean did for Kiss has been well documented. This band that came up in the shadow of the rock giants, the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, the Who, and so were lambasted by the press. You watch their old stuff now on youtube..2/18/77, this show, the very definition of kick ass. It makes Motley Crue and Wasp look like 2nd stringers. . Nobody just goes balls to the wall like that onstage, they were competing with the Who.
Eddie your the best . it’s a shame that young for hard kiss fans like me will never see the REAL kiss instead of the KISS cover band of themselves they have become . If Ace and Peter toured and played se
Of the hits plus there own tunes ( mainline, rocket ride) if be the first to buy a ticket . Can’t wait till Saturday . God bless
You know, if they were going to play, I dunno, Room Service and Plaster Caster, then yeah, I’d be excited and hopeful and pissed and all that. But do we really need to hear RNR All Nite and Detroit Rock City again? No. I don’t care if the Pope’s playing kazoo.