KISS’ singing bassist Gene Simmons says that although the band have reunited with former members Ace Frehley (guitar) and Peter Criss (drums) in the past, that fans should not expect that to happen in the future.
Speaking with The Tampa Tribute, Simmons was asked if the band would ever consider reuniting if their two estranged members “cleaned up their act.” The bassist stated, “Not a chance. We’ve already danced that dance three different times. No way will we reunite. It wouldn’t be fair to [current members] Tommy [Thayer] and Eric [Singer]. It wouldn’t be right.”
Simmons also addressed the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction with Criss and Frehley, adding, “We only did the induction with Ace and Peter because the fans wanted it. But it was a slap in the fact that they didn’t acknowledge Tommy Thayer and Eric. They’ve been in the band longer than Ace and Peter. If the Grateful Dead can have 10 members in and out of the band and a lyricist who was never in the band in the Hall, how can you explain that?”
KISS are currently on tour with Def Leppard.
additional source: loudwire.com
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This is not news…every time some idiot sticks a mic in front of Gene or Paul they ask this same tired shit…they answer like dummy’s and here we have a great headline, “GENE SIMMONS SAYS HE’ll NEVER PLAY WITH ACE OR PETER…”. No shit, and news flash…ACE AND PETER WON’T PLAY WITH GENE OR PAUL…come on, stop reporting this crap…It would be newsworthy if Gene held a press conference and started ripping Ace and Peter without being questioned….Paul and Gene need to STOP ANSWERING…
I have relatives I have not seen or spoken to for decades within a fifteen mile radius,but we don’t go on about each other every chance we get.
Good Gene, thanks for keeping kiss alive for the fans that buy into your cover band. I would just have preferred that the FAREWELL TOUR would have been a real FAREWELL TOUR and you and Paul started a new kiss with Eric and Tommy. Don’t you get how the die-hard fans like me feel? Does it matter?
Kiss Week ’15 in Vegas. Original line-up concludes it at the MGM. Sorry Doc, I had to say.
where did that come from? The National Enquirer?
Never doubt Lee.
Wow that’s news from Gene not really, Gene knows how to make money at least Kiss trying to get into MLB. For kiss the farwell tour should of been it.