Kiss member Paul Stanley not too long ago weighed in on the Ace Frehley feud.
Throughout a latest look on the Sound Up! podcast with Mark Goodman and Alan
Mild, the guitarist was requested if the negativity across the band fades when he thinks about KISS’s 50-year historical past. He mentioned:
“I don’t see a number of negativity. Folks speak in regards to the glass half empty or half full. I see it overflowing.”
He added, “I imply, I don’t have any destructive reminiscences as a result of every little thing that occurs each occurs for a cause and is a part of the tip consequence. So, if you happen to’re dwelling with bitterness or anger, it means you haven’t gotten previous it. And I’ve nothing however good issues to say about everyone who’s been within the band.”
“And we couldn’t have made it with out all of them. Everyone contributed one thing, and definitely Ace [Frehley, original KISS guitarist] and Peter [Criss, original KISS drummer], above everybody else, are the muse of this. So, no matter spats there have been, or no matter bickering, I put it in perspective. When you win the lottery, you don’t complain about taxes,” Stanley shared.
KISS’ unique lineup, together with Peter Criss and Frehley, was probably the most profitable. Nonetheless, they left within the early Eighties resulting from private points. Though Criss and Frehley returned in 1996, they parted methods once more within the 2000s. Stanley and Gene Simmons have commented on their departures, with Stanley as soon as accusing Frehley of anti-Semitism.
“Ace, and notably Peter, felt powerless and impotent when confronted with the tireless focus, drive, and ambition of me and Gene,” Stanley wrote in his autobiography.
“Consequently, the 2 of them tried to sabotage the band – which, as they noticed it, was unfairly manipulated by us, money-grubbing Jews.”
