In a recent conversation during Kruise X Q&A session, Kiss’s Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley talked about former members Ace Frehley and Peter Criss.
Below you can read a few parts of the interview.
You guys put out the best documentary I have seen in years! That new KISS A&E documentary – watching the two of you sitting on the couch having a casual conversation about how it all started was amazing. How long does a thing like that take and how good is your memory of everything that you did? You have to have people remind you of what you had done.
Gene: “Well, clearly, Paul Stanley has lost all memory. My memory of things says he thinks he wrote ‘Strutter.’ I know I did.
“I want to say something on behalf of Ace [Frehley] and Peter [Criss], and this is important – through the years there have been some bad decisions made.
“My heart breaks that they can’t be here and see your beautiful faces. They started with us, they were equally as important as Paul and myself in starting the band.
“We wouldn’t be here with them, it’s so tragic because of bad life decisions that they can’t be here to enjoy all of this.”
Paul: “But good things come from things that sometimes seem bad, and the good things that came from their departure from the band are sitting up here with us.
“Not to dwell on that, we couldn’t have made it without Peter and Ace, and we couldn’t continue to this day with them. So they are strong parts of our foundation but this is what’s building the monument today.”