Gene Simmons: Ace Frehley said, “I deserve as much as you do” We said: “No you don’t” & Peter, KISS
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What Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley, Peter Criss, and Paul Stanley thought of KISS’s 1998 “reunion” album, ‘Psycho Circus.’
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@jefflanham1080
March 9, 2026 at 1:45 pm
Hold on…Paul said it had to do with money negotiations?? Did Paul and Gene EVER even try to do a real KISS album with them??!! It sounds like not and they just dictated and brought in guns to play. Paul…you USED TO WRITE GOOD SONGS, BUT NOT IN 30 YEARS!!
@jefflanham1080
March 9, 2026 at 1:45 pm
And the album was about as bad as The Elder!! What does that tell you??
@OaksArm
March 9, 2026 at 1:45 pm
Gene and Paul… I don’t even need to say it.
@Dan-v3g
March 9, 2026 at 1:45 pm
Ace and Peter were my favorites and made me a fan. So Gene and Paul can thank them for the money I shelled out as a teen to buy every album they made with those two. I stopped following them when Ace and Peter weren’t in the band. Luckily, I was working in NYC for the MSG reunion. It was by far the greatest concert experience I ever had. They sounded absolutely incredible- the energy in the venue was off the charts. The entire crowd stood for the whole show!
@johnvonachen1672
March 9, 2026 at 1:45 pm
I'm in the Ace/Peter camp on this. Yes it's true they handled their shit not as well as Paul and Gene but pushing their image as a unified coherent band is definitely a falsehood.
@azzamzamzam1822
March 9, 2026 at 1:45 pm
Sorry but Paul and Gene are 2 bastards towards Ace and Peter !
@berniecasey7592
March 9, 2026 at 1:45 pm
ITS MONEY BOTTOM LINE
@mattpatterson9128
March 9, 2026 at 1:45 pm
Ace is the man, he's the real Talent in that Circus type band. Gene is a egotist, and a loud mouth. I can't stand him check out ACE's solo albums, and you can see he's a major talent.
@BennyVonBlanco
March 9, 2026 at 1:45 pm
What people don’t understand is Jean and Paul measure success differently than most musicians. For them is purely monetary.
@markmedina5543
March 9, 2026 at 1:45 pm
I've always wondered what would have happened if Ace and Peter turned down Paul and Genes offer to re-unite in 95. Remember, they were told they would not share ticket sales or merch sales up front. They were to paid a fee to wear the make up, and tour and that's it. Would Gene and Paul have offered them an equal share if they told them no?? KISS at that time were not selling out arenas. Maybe a few here and there but no way were they able to sell out a whole tour.
@pivotpointfilms
March 9, 2026 at 1:45 pm
Why do Gene and Paul.promote drinking ALCOHOOOOL but never drink?
@pivotpointfilms
March 9, 2026 at 1:45 pm
Ace is Kiss
@The_Original_Alex_Channel
March 9, 2026 at 1:45 pm
Ace quit the band. He can't just come back and expect equal pay.
@rickfortine7454
March 9, 2026 at 1:45 pm
Whoever hired Desmond Child was the greatest song writer !!! Lolol Hahahahaha
@glenbellefonte9620
March 9, 2026 at 1:45 pm
Whatever you may say about Gene and Paul, didn't Ace blow Peter? I mean, c'mon. This is pretty fruity, my dude.
@Gath8mm
March 9, 2026 at 1:45 pm
Shit, the most lasting songs from Kiss will be the ballad Beth, and the melodic and gruff Hard Luck Woman.
@THECLARENCES
March 9, 2026 at 1:45 pm
KISS should of ended in 2000. Period. xoxo The Clarences
@PlayStation1Purist
March 9, 2026 at 1:45 pm
Gene sucks his own cork
@jamescox4177
March 9, 2026 at 1:45 pm
Ace is Kiss that’s why I quit listening to them with out Ace. And Peter was there at the start when I first heard them in the 70s it’s a cover band now why pay for something that is misleading to those who are Ace and Peter fans 👍🤔😎
@Tnt-f8k
March 9, 2026 at 1:45 pm
Face reality,,the two chosen ones run the show,,always have always will
@josephfrechette9916
March 9, 2026 at 1:45 pm
I finally got to see them a few weeks ago for the first time. They might have been past their prime. And it might not have been the same lineup as when I heard them for the first time. However it was still a better show then 90% of the other concerts I've seen.
@MrDuneedon
March 9, 2026 at 1:45 pm
I am fairly convinced that everyone in this band, maybe with the exception of Peter, is a giant asshole.
@sutphin33
March 9, 2026 at 1:45 pm
Paul deserves more than any of them. He was 100% invested.
@6SonOfSam6
March 9, 2026 at 1:45 pm
I am a purest and I am all about original line up they where great together they feed off each other when it comes to be talented lets all face it that everybody at times can get on each others cases!!! they should took a break from each other & then get back together when the time was right to get together again!!! I was brought up from my family that u don't have to like any one but u got to get along!!! & if u got nothing good to say about anybody then don't say anything because your no better then anybody else because if u where u would not be here!!! Kiss to me is Paul, Gene, Ace, Peter!!! and I like Eric Carr & Vinnie Vincent because they had identity in the band & they where part of the band!!! I really wish Kiss would of gave a identity to Tommy Thayer & Eric Singer I bet that if they had a identity in the band I bet the records would have more creative sound & would sound like a Kiss album should sound like but maybe I might be over thinking about it but this is coming from a Kiss fan from the early days of Kiss right up to todays Kiss albums long live Rock Fucken Roll!!!
@МигельБерсунса
March 9, 2026 at 1:45 pm
Peter and Ace were very important. They are talented indeed, but they did not align with Gene and Paul’s vision. History has proven the band can continue without Ace and Peter; they are replaceable.
@Juan_Doooh
March 9, 2026 at 1:45 pm
I love the original line up, but unfortunately they’re right. Psyco Circus sucked ass. It’s as bad as Dynasty, and the Elder, and anything with the most recent line up. I don’t like the replacements, and the fact they’re using Ace and Peter’s white face…all I see is replacements.
@Boxingbear
March 9, 2026 at 1:45 pm
If Paul and Gene wanted PSYCHO CIRCUS to be a legitimate, original 4 member album they would have let Ace and Peter contribute. Hell, they should have welcomed it ! Their behavior in this instance reveals them for what they really are. They always say that they care so much about the fans, but they wanted to LIE AND DECEIVE THE FANS about the album by marketing it as the first original member studio album in many years – but not have Peter and Ace do any songwriting or even play their instruments on the album !! This proves that they have no problem CHEATING us – the fans who made them multi millionaires. They are a couple of greedy, lying jerks.
@daverichards9141
March 9, 2026 at 1:45 pm
I just don't care. I like the music, I hate the drama
@pauldunlea3669
March 9, 2026 at 1:45 pm
Paul Stated the band had existed without Ace and Peter. Yes he was correct. The band was just '' Existing ''
@pauldunlea3669
March 9, 2026 at 1:45 pm
Into the void was a classic Ace track. Psycho Circus was a disapointment
@theSword-
March 9, 2026 at 1:45 pm
They DO deserve the same amount on that tour. It would be different if it were the non-original guys saying it.
@lancemcdaniel2576
March 9, 2026 at 1:45 pm
The older Gene & Paul get, the more they talk, the more stories like this come out, the more I hate them. I’ve been a KISS fan since 1975. Gene & Paul can eat shit. They’re done. They were done in the early 2000’s. They should have retired. Now they look like the absolute money grubbing dicks they have been forever. Sad. Retire, assholes. Quit ruining KISS.
@jonborrmann3124
March 9, 2026 at 1:45 pm
Gene is worthless…
Hes worth millions and has a dead heart, and a black soul. I grew up on this band, and he ruined it when asking for an autograph, he totally snubbed me..🖕 live long and suck it dude..
@brucehiett1964
March 9, 2026 at 1:45 pm
Kiss was much much better with the original group. Power hungry Gene and Paul cost them all MILLIONS !!!
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