Gary Graff at Billboard.com recently caught up with KISS frontman PAUL STANLEY to discuss the singer/guitarist's new book, Face The Music: A Life Exposed and the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. An excerpt from the interview is available below:

Q: So what actually went down with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and your decision not to play at the ceremony?

Stanley: "Oh, it starts decades go. That it's 14 years on (of eligibility) and we're getting into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a clear indication that the people who hide behind that moniker don't like us, but it reached a point where it was so absurd and ludicrous (to exclude KISS) that they caved. But they're only going to induct the original four (members), and bringing up the idea of inducting members other than the original four...was shut down as a non-starter. It's a very valid argument considering that there are people who played on multi-platinum albums and played for millions of people and were very important for the continuation of the band. And clearly when you've got a busload of GRATEFUL DEAD (members) who have been inducted and guys in the RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, who nobody knows, who they are because they played on the very earliest albums are inducted, and when the original drummer of RUSH, John Rutsey, who played on a classic album, isn't inducted. The list goes on and on of the inconsistencies. Now, I'm not pointing fingers at any of those people, but I'm certainly pointing a finger at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The only consistencies are inconsistencies and the rules clearly are there are no rules because the criteria for how and who gets in is purely based upon a personal like or dislike. And when I feel we're being treated unfairly, I have issues with that."

Go to this location for the complete interview.

According to an update from the KISS camp, Face The Music: A Life Exposed will be released in all formats including eBook and spoken word on April 8th.

A week before KISS will be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame the band will play an acoustic show at the San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino in Highland on Thursday, April 3.

KISS: An Acoustic Evening And Stories With KISS, the show will feature the band sans makeup and telling stories along with the stripped-down, full band tunes. Tickets are $65-$75 and go on sale Friday, Feb. 28 at 11 a.m. via Ticketmaster or at the box office at San Manuel. Visit Sanmanuel.com for more information on the show.

KISS will be inducted into the Rock Hall in New York on April 10, but have chosen not perform. Says the band:

"KISS has always been a band unlike any other. That is why we started KISS. That is why we continue KISS. Being unlike other bands also means making choices and decisions unlike other bands. This is understandably an emotional situation where there is no way to please everyone. To bring this to a quick end, we have decided not to play in any line-up and we will focus our attention on celebrating our induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame."

Joining KISS in the 2014 class of inductees are NIRVANA, PETER GABRIEL, HALL AND OATES, CAT STEVENS, LINDA RONSTADT, ANDREW LOOG OLDHAM, BRIAN EPSTEIN, and THE E STREET BAND.