KISS Paul Stanley: 'Ace's erratic playing and Peter's poor quality is why they had to go'
Kiss founding members Stanley and Gene Simmons have been giving a series of on-camera interviews as the band gears up to resume the tour on August 18 in Mansfield Massachusetts. Fans by now are very aware of the various divisions and departures that plagued the glam metal band during the Eighties, Nineties AND Noughties. They usually revolved around the other two founding members – guitarist Ace Frehley and drummer Peter Criss. But Stanley made it clear in the latest interview that, in his opinion, the splits weren’t just about personality clashes and were also rooted in performance. WATCH THE FULL INTERVIEW BELOW
He spoke to Rolling Stone Germany firstly about the differences between current guitarist Tommy Thayer and Ace.
Stanley said: “Tommy is very, very consistent. He always hits the bullseye and there’s never any question about that.
“With Ace, I have to say, there was a certain amount of erratic playing. You didn’t really know, night-to-night, what you were going to get, I have to say.
“So the band as it is now is much, much, much more consistent. We’re always in sync with each other and always on point.”
