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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GENE!! Your the biggest ASSHOLE!!!!! in the Music Business, don’t get me wrong I’m a huge KISS fan I have been since 1978….but I have to say this comment is ridiculous and selfish on Gene and Paul decision not including ACE & PETER in the induction. If it wasn’t for those two guys your popularity and putting your band on the ROCK map you wouldn’t be where your at today, so rethink this you MONEY HUNGRY BASTARD!!!!!
mr simmons in 1975 i supported kiss when my friends said you guys cant sing.in 1979 i supported you guys when my friends said kiss sucks they went disco.in 1980 i supported you when people said you are inmature if you liked kiss. even when you guys were dead in the water 1982 the elder remember that disaster of yours gene…..i still supported you guys…no more.i could go on but the hard rockers out in the world get you the people who i respect more then you have called THE HALL the HALL OF SHAME YOU HAVE MY VOTE FOR THE HALL OF SHAME BUDDY.
This is laughable and expected. Jersey Boys will be Kiss Boys soon with actors out doing the Kisstory onstage all over the country and P&G sitting in 90210 collecting the loot while Peter & Ace do Rock & Shock,Chiller,Westin LAX, etc. autograph shows and clubs to survive. Gene is right, both are F-ups., but geezus the RnR HOF, 1 show, gimmie a freakin break….this is as bad as Fogerty blowin off CCR there or VH. Sure the HOF is a joke, Little Anthony in but Moody Blues & Linda Ronstadt not. Jann Wenner is a clown. P&G are $ hungry greedy bastads. Read in Andre Augustine’s Guardian Of The Gods book how Singer kept his food wage checks and ate with the crew….you can betP&G pay Singer & Thayer money way under what people think. Gene: you two guys wear da ’77 make-up. Yas bwoss yassah bwoss. Hey Gene go look at your poloroid collection of trailer park hogs.
Why does everyone hate Gene Simmons so much? He’s an interesting guy that’s kept KISS relevant for the last 3 decades. If you re a KISS fan, they constantly come out with new stuff to check out. The last 2 studio albums were both good. There are lots of DVDs and box sets and downloads. Everyone on this website freaks out at the mere mention of his name. CORPORATE? CHECK OUT THE $50 PRICE TAG ON THE BLACK SABBATH BLUE RAY CD COMING OUT ON AMAZON. Oh that’s Sharon’s fault. You don’t have to buy everything that Simmons comes out with but I’m glad it’s out there. FACT: GENE SIMMONS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FIGURES IN ROCK HISTORY. He’s alright by me. Excuse me while I go buy some overpriced WICKED LESTER shit.
Hah. Define “relevant”. If the definition is that they’ve found a way to keep making massive sums of money then I agree. However if you mean musically, their relevance evaporated years ago.
RELEVANT = over 60 + Comments on this website, while SLAYER has 0, MOTORHEAD 2 and DEF LEPPARD has 6 focusing on the shirtless guitarist. That is relevant.
Exactly the point Richman. If nobody cared about KISS, this post wouldn’t have a record amount of comments. Everyone who’s telling KISS to call it a day should ask why they would call it a day when they are still releasing ‘relevant’ music and still touring ‘relevant’ arenas. That’s not my endorsement of Gene Simmons, its just a fact. Music is an emotional business to the fans. But to our ‘heroes’, it’s a real business. Insulting KISS’s so called lack of current success only makes one look like an idiot.
The reason this post has so many comments is because people care about the original band, not the current version. You should stop counting these comments and start counting how few copies their last album sold: it was only on the charts for less than two months and stalled out at around 160,000 copies. That’s not even halfway to a gold album (let alone platinum like they always used to sell). I’d hardly call that relevant. As for touring ‘relevant’ arenas, on their last solo headlining tour (when they weren’t piggy-backing on Motley Crue or Aerosmith), the tour made news for its bottom-of-the-barrel ticket prices: they were clearly trying to “carpet the hall” because ticket sales were so poor. I wouldn’t call that relevant either. It’s their past that still matters to people, not their present.
first. monster is horrible. second, gene is a cock. third. dont forget eric died of cancer. gene is a fucking douche for using this analogy!!!