PAUL STANLEY - "When You Defile KISS, You Should Be Thrown Out"
September 27, 2009, 15 years ago
RTT News is reporting:
Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons are speaking out about their KISS reunion tour with original members Ace Frehley and Peter Criss.
On that reunion, KISS got back to their makeup and platform boots, after a stint masquerading as normal people, and hit the road for what was billed as their "farewell tour." Now Paul and Gene are going public with their frustrations about the other members.
"It was magical at the beginning. But ultimately the only magic I wanted was to make certain people disappear," Stanley told the Detroit Free Press. "I think we had people who were delusional about their songwriting and musical abilities. There was an unfortunate carryover of bad habits that people had sworn they'd never do again."Though neither Stanley nor Simmons mentioned any names in their attack, both Frehley and Criss have been replaced in the KISS lineup.
Stanley added, "No one on that stage, me or anyone else, wears the makeup and platform heels by some kind of birthright. You've got to earn it - and when you defile KISS, you should be thrown out."
