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Gene Simmons on KISStory Documentary

In a recent interview with "Talking Wax With Adika Live!" Gene Simmons on why Ace Frehley and Peter Criss have no involvement in the new KISS documentary - KISStory.

“God love ’em, both Ace and Peter, in the beginning of the band, were just the best thing that ever happened to us.” Tells Simmons “But they made such horrible choices in their life."

"And they continue to do that – they continue to make really bad choices, not just in terms of their health and what you ingest, but career choices."

Simmons continued: “We just had this documentary that came out that’s a headlining thing at the Tribeca Film Festival. And, of course, without even thinking twice about it, we reached out to both Ace and Peter, ‘Hey, come and be part of this thing. You helped create the band. No question about it.’ And they refused.”

Well maybe, both of them don't want to be around Gene.

The band couldn't go on with them

In an interview with SiriusXM Paul Stanley had his say about about Peter Criss and Ace Frehley.

“Some people might take exception to it,” Stanley says. “Some KISS fan might say, ‘Well, how come there isn’t more of Ace and Peter? Truly, those guys didn’t want to be a part of it without certain… I think there was talk of final approval of footage and editing, and that’s fantasy – that’s fantasy. It’s really a story of the band.”

Paul continued saying that the band couldn't have gone on with them. “I keep saying we couldn’t be here today had it not been there for Ace and Peter being there in the beginning,” he says. “We also couldn’t be here today if they were still here. I try to put that into perspective.

“We live by a template that the four of us started, but everybody isn’t built to go the distance. Everybody isn’t built for the marathon. So this really is ultimately the story of me and Gene and KISS. The story of the band from the beginning ’til today.”

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