The biggest mistake Ace and Peter made was selling their character image for Gene and Paul to exploit.

Ace wasn't let go. He quit.

The ‘problem’ w/ Ace and Peter was that those two were the Hardest Partiers of the group!!!!!:/:/

Gene hasn't seen anyone be witty when drunk or high??? I immediately thought of the old TV interview where Ace described himself as a plumber!😂

He’s not wrong. There isn’t a person posting on this site that would allow an addict to jeopardize their livelihood.

Sorry but as much as I love Gene,,he's lying about Ace,,Ace left every single stint with kiss,,after the supposedly final 2000 tour,,he told Gene and Paul he's done,,

Despite what Gene says, Ace and Peter turned out all right.

Gene needs to address his hair

Love how Gene constantly says Ace was fired three times! Ace was NEVER FIRED! The guy left twice!

He is addicted to wigs

Kiss had a good long run, its in pop house hands now. Move on and be friends. Everyone has a family and everyone is in a good place that is all that counts.

For what it’s worth, Ace was never fired. He walked away on his own in 82 when Paul tried to get him to stay, and he walked away as agreed upon after the reunion/first farewell tour. Peter is the one who was fired 2-3 times, so that’s who Gene is referring to when he says that.

Watching a Gene Simmons interview is like watching repeats of old television shows.

Like him or not, I must give gene and paul credit for remaining focused and disciplined throughout it all. Although, I began to slowly lose interest after Dynasty. Ultimately, one cannot control another from self- destructive behavior. Ace has stated that he had to leave kiss or he believed he would die.

Chaim Witz hair looks like 4 ot steel wool?

what the hell is that on his head, a brillo pad?

Ace was never let go. In fact Paul begged him to stay to avoid being sued for being in default of their contract with Polygram. Peter Criss was brought back post retirement tour, because Aerosmith wouldn't tour without more original members in the band. And when Criss' contract was up they simply did not renew it. Simmons and Stanley always wanted to sell the public on this idea they were in "control" when in fact they seldom were. Doc McGhee placed them on a nostalgia tour starting in '96 and they ceased being a band. So much for being "on top". Now all four original members have sold off their ownership of the IP including the makeup, so Simmons and Stanley can talk all they want, but in truth they have no more say in KISS. And if Simmons once to be hard on someone, he should have been harder on himself for abandoning Stanley in the 80's after Frehley left. To be "brothers" that was the biggest betrayal of all of them.

Ace was the best thing to EVER happen to KISS - and Gene knows it ..

In his 2001 book Gene tells us how he ate a few space cakes by accident when being out with... Donna Summer, or Cher of whoever and.. .well... being high ONCE in his lifetime :D

'' Hard on Ace and Peter '' They were an Integral part of the original line up. KISS