Ex Kiss guitarist Bruce Kulick has addressed Ace Frehley‘s recent comment that Bruce blows Tommy Thayer off the stage.

In a conversation with “That Jamieson Show”,  Ace said:

“Of all the guitar players that have taken my place in Kiss, Bruce by far blows them all away, as far as I’m concerned. He’s definitely the best guitar player.

“When Tommy gets up there and does my solos, he tries to play ’em note for note, but he doesn’t have the swagger or the attitude. Bruce used to play my solos, but he’d kind of make ’em his own, and he’d switch notes a little, and he had some originality. Tommy is just going through the motions. Bruce, by far, blows Tommy off the stage.”

Reacting to what Ace said, Bruce commented back, during an interview with Rob’s School Of Music:

“I always knew that Ace liked me — he would say kind things about me. Not that I think he commented too much on Kiss and everything. His relationship with them is very different than it would be for me.

I was just one of those lucky guys who stepped in. And what I think he’s reflected on, which has been wonderful, of course, is the fact that I was able to take signature riffs of his, but then make it my own, so I think he appreciated that. Now, clearly, Gene [Simmons] and Paul [Stanley] do want Tommy to be the ‘Spaceman,’ which means to play more like Ace, and Tommy always knew that stuff better than me.

So it was part of his job description, if you get what I mean, and I don’t fault him for it. I think he does it great. And I’m good friends with Tommy.”