Paul Stanley: Ace Frehley and Peter Criss are welcome onstage but are “never going to be in KISS again”

Just as the final world tour from rock legends KISS gets ready to kick off, founding members Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons have nudged the door open for some former members of the group while shutting it completely on another.

In a new interview with Guitar World (as transcribed by Blabbermouth), both men said that they’re willing to entertain the idea of being joined on stage briefly by guitarist Ace Frehley and drummer Peter Criss, the two ex-KISS founding members who were part of the band’s world dominating ‘70s heyday, but, as Simmons put it, “they’re never going to be in KISS again.”

“Ace and Peter have gotten three chances,” he continued. “They were in and out of the band — fired — three times. For drugs, alcohol, bad behavior, being unprofessional… So the short answer… is we’d love to have Ace and Peter join us here and there. And if they don’t, it’s not going to be because of us.”

He added, “Would we welcome Ace or Peter to jump up onstage for a song or two? Of course. Could we depend on either Ace of Peter to do a full set night after night? Not on your f—ing life.”

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