TWISTED SISTER’s Jay Jay French: "I Was One Of Many Guitar Players Who Auditioned For KISS"
August 13, 2006, 17 years ago
TWISTED SISTER guitarist Jay Jay French was recently interviewed on Bulgarian radio station Tangra Mega Rock, and put the longtime rumor to rest that he ever was in a band with Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons before they formed KISS. “I read that, and that is the most ridiculous mistaken fact that is really untrue. I can say this: I was one of many guitar players who auditioned for KISS, and I spent a couple of weeks practicing with those guys. They didn't have a name yet - they were not KISS, they weren't WICKED LESTER - and I was one of many but somehow, someway, that statement I just gave you has been misinterpreted, misprinted, miswritten - everything from 'I was a member of KISS' to whatever, and I never, ever said it. I auditioned for the band in June of 1972, and in September of 1972, they picked up Ace out of maybe 25 or 30 people, and when they picked Ace, I called them around that time just to say, 'Hey, how are you doing? What is going on?' They told me they hired Ace, and I went down to rehearsal and watched them when they first rehearsed with Ace, and he was perfect for this band.”
(Thanks KISSKollector.com)
