Ace Frehley "origins vol: I"

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interesting article even though it's quite dated

http://loudwire.com/kiss-paul-stanley-fa...ter-criss/

I know its an old article MH, and ive read this same thing a million times...

what Money-Whore (Gene), and Egomaniac (Paul) don't realise by constantly dissing on Ace and Peter is that there were our guys in the band, ALL four parts made the whole, just like Beatles (no, im not comparing them to the Beatles as writers) but it took four parts to make Beatles, without any one of them they wouldn't have been The Beatles...

yes, originally Peter and Ace were asked to leave Kiss due to their problems with booze and drugs and their inability to play properly every night.
but when they rejoined the group when they put the makeup back on again and Pete and Ace were asked by Gene and Paul to once again become KISS,
Peter and Ace were only paid 'session men' fees while Gene and Paul raked in millions...
without them putting on the makeup once again and the hype of the original band together KISS would have rode of into the sunset, they only did it IMO,
to boost their wanng popularity once again.

so yeh, Ace/Peter were paid as 'session men', but Gene and Paul milked it as "the original and best"...
I they really thought it was the best they should have all had an equal share over the period they played together...

they screwed Ace and Peter...

I have no respect for Gene Simmons in the slightest, all he thinks about is a well known song by ABBA...
I last saw them probably six years ago live, he was a blubbering fat slob who could hardly move on stage,
and seriously, for a sixty plus year old man to still by sticking out his tongue every couple of minutes on stage though
a show of almost two hours is just pathetic.

at least Paul still tries to rally the fans into a frenzy, but his voice is now shot, he cant hold any of his notes and his voice quivers
when he tries to hit that falsetto note...

IMO, KISS should have really called it a day after the "revenge" album around 1990 ish.
that said though I did like "psycho circus" rom around 1998 with the original band.