According to Ultimate Guitar, KISS frontman Gene Simmons told Radio.com that if the band is inducted into the Rock N’ Roll Hall Of Fame, they will not be re-uniting with original members Ace Frehley and Peter Criss.
Simmons stated, “No. How many chances in life do you get? When you stick your hand in fire, you get burned the first time. Fire and nature doesn’t care if you’re a good guy or a bad guy. Both of those guys had three chances to be in the band. Three times they f–ked it up. They were every bit as important as we were at the formation of the band and they would have been the ruin of the band if they had continued to be in the band. When you have a cancer in your system, it’s best to cut it out as fast as you can. It used to be a part of your body; it turned into cancer. You gotta cut it out.”
Simmons also added that he believes his former bandmates are much happier not being in the band, “I believe that both Ace and Peter are happier now. They’re healthier, they both look fine. When they were in the band, they were both on junk, or crack or alcohol. Clearly not a healthy place for them. They belong home doing autograph shows in clubs. They’re happier.”
See the entire interview below. The comments in question appear at 4:26.
source: ultimate-guitar.com
155 Responses
Simmons is getting to be just as bad as assbag Hagar…shut the hell up and go away!
I’m the King! I’m the King! I’m the! King! I’M THE KING! I’M THE KNG! I’M THE KING! I’m the king of the nighttime world……….Lost in all this Gene bashing and over-love for Ace and Peter is the fact that Paul Stanley is the best front man in the business besides David Lee Roth. Never forget VODKA AND ORANGE JUICE. That guy’s been bringing it for 40 years and the ALIVES are what they are ’cause of him. EVERYTIME WE DO THIS ONE, THE PLACE LIGHTS UP LIKE A DAMN CHRISTMAS TREE…
‘I TELL YOU ALL, THAT YOU’VE BEEN A DYNAMITE AUDIENCE AND YOU DESERVE TO GIVE YOURSELF A ROUND OF APPLAUSE, SO LETS GO! ALRIGHT! SO LET’S ROCK AND ROLL ALL NIGHT AND PARTY EVERYDAY!
I KNOW….I KNOW EVERYBODY’S HOT…..EVERYBODY’S GOT ROCK AND ROLL PNEUMONIA…..SO LETS CALL ON….DR LOVE!
I agree 100 percent . Paul is the most underrated frontman in rock n roll.
Well, being nominated and being inducted are 2 different things. Consider the source when it comes to Gene talking trash on Peter and Ace. Garbage from a guy who didn’t have the decency to marry the mother of his kids till he couldn’t get the groupies anymore. Listen to them on y-tube in recent shows….hard to watch…they sound awful. LEMMY and Motorhead should get inducted.
God, now were talking about his marital history. Fucking pathetic. Good shot. Guess you didn’t like the fact that he was LIVING IN SIN!
Your education level is showing. IDGAF whether he married his bottom b or not…but he’s got no fuckin room to talk about “how many chances” Ace and Peter were given when Shannon gave him chance after chance. Hypocrite asshole.
Wow……you are right Pandora. Maybe you should decide how many shots they get.
Yes lets save these posts for all the rock stars who married the first woman they slept with and had kids with. Next we’ll talk about NBA stars who do the same. Happy you spelled education correctly. Its the only correct thing you’ve posted thus far.
If only Gene was relivant….
I usually stick up for Gene with this KISS stuff. Even though i think he was wrong Putting Tommy and Eric in their makeup instead of giving them there own make up. i kind of understood it those guys had a lot of chances Paul and Gene kept the band together for years and it seems like those two bad mouth them alot.. but that said its BS if the get in that those two aren’t allowed to perform.. shit i think Bruce should be allowed to perform and Vinnie and Even Eric Carr’s family and Mark St Johns family should be there in some form…. Cmon Gene i am your biggest supporter but DO THE RIGHT THING…