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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How pathetic. Time to give credit where credit is due. Ace and Peter are KISS. I absolutely hated Monster. Sonic Boom was average at best. No one is picking up a guitar due to Tommy Thayer. Let’s be honest… the reunion tour made Gene and Paul a ton of dough and had them playing sold out shows in North America again. Now? Def Leppard? Seriously? Wow… feel sorry for the suckers who will buy tickets to that debacle. To hear the same stale setlist again??? No thanks. And to bring up a point Eddie has spoke on… There are still casual KISS fans who think it is Ace and Peter still in the band. I went to the show here in Canada last summer. I was one of the guilty ones who wanted their kids to see the KISS spectacle. Hated the show. Just sickening seeing the two fakes. Anyway, the nect day I was chatting with some women who went as well. They were gushing how great Ace was. No lie. They looked at me like I was the dope when I said it’s not Ace. It’s just ridiculous that Gene and Paul won’t do a few songs for the fans.
Craig: It took almost a year for my son to stop accidentally calling Tommy Ace whenever he’d see footage or a photo of Tommy. I don’t begrudge Tommy at all, by the way. He’s a great player and a nice person. My son and I just prefer the original 4. Now Eric Singer singing Beth in concert, that is just a big bowl o’ wrong…
Ace and Peter WERE Kiss.
Eddie, you are a very good journalist., so it’s a cross between Wayne’s World and Siskel and Ebert….. And another thing: if Paul and Gene want to keep themselves young, more power to ’em, whatever it takes for them to do what they have to do. They’re not average people, so the peanut gallery has to make these personal comments. I have serious issues with their re-telling of Kisstory, all 4 screwed up KIss, but no issue as far as: that they wear sport coats, or are great businessmen. That doesn’t diminish their rock and roll acumen. Taking that position is classic ad hominem fallacy. Ace and Peter use these fallacies to attack Paul and Gene, and Paul and Gene use smoke screens, and straw man fallacies to attack Ace and Peter. Both camps don’t make logical arguments against each other; it’s so funny to have to sit here and watch them say this stuff that”s so full of holes.
The comments that have been made on here, some about me….ever see that movie, Idiocracy?
I actually agree with the HOF that only the four originals should be in HOF the rest were paid employees and had very little say or contribution in the band with maybe the exception of Bruce at the very end he did write quite a few songs(but was never a equal member, only a contract employee). Vinnie wrote songs too but his time was short and had no real say in the direction of the band(contract employee). KISS was a foursome then threesome and now a DUO. Why would they want to induct anyone else? ACDC Brian Jones is part of the band and contributes in all aspects so did Hagar in VH big difference compared to Eric, Tommy and others. On Psychco Circus Ace and Peter were contract employees they had NO say in the direction of the CD or anything else.
Peter is his own worst enemy.
I, like many others on this board, think Paul and Gene are self absorbed dicks but how many chances have they given Peter?! IMO – TOO MANY.
Those who drink Eddies Kool Aid think would disagree.