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
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Total bullshit. Gene needs to keep his mouth shut. Yeah, like that will ever happen…….
This is Why I have given up on the Band. Sometimes I wish Paul would have gone on his own. At least for a while he was about the music. But now he is like Gene. I was a loyal fan but gave up after Eric and Tommy put make up on. I don’t have anything against these guys but they are not grease paint worthy. That was a sacred part of Kiss but now is a joke. Loyal no more sorry guys.
That entire quote is just sad to read. Very, very sad. It pretty much confirmed what I said in the previous article on here about Kiss being nominated. Gene will make this about him. If they do get in, I hope to God any true old school Kiss fans that are left flood that place and boo the everloving shit out of him and Paul.
Call them a cancer when Peter fought cancer? COLD & Classless Gene, but typical – All he cares about is $$ – I don’t trust or like the RRHOF – Doubt it’s about the fans because if it was, KISS & Deep Purple & others would already be in there. I’m not a fan of THIS KISS band, especially after what Gene just said, I’d rather them not go in. Guess we shall see –
First let me says this, Kiss had a “Farewell” tour when Ace and Peter were in the band. After that tour, Ace left, and they fired Peter. They brought Tommy and Eric in and kept going. The “Farewell” tour was a “Farewell” to the original members. No one, including Gene and Paul have ever said “This is an ongoing Farewell tour”. This is just dicks that don’t like Kiss saying that. I’ve seen Kiss with and without Ace and Peter and honestly, they are much better now. I will agree, that I can’t stand seeing Tommy and Eric in Ace and Peters makeup (they should have had the balls to tell Gene and Paul they want to come up with their own, but it is what it is. Lastly, who gives a shit about the Hall of Fame. It’s a joke. If you like Kiss, you like them for their music (which is 1,000 times better than most crap on the radio today) and shows, not for their drama.