In a new interview with Fox 5 Las Vegas, Ace Frehley opened up about his relationship with former bandmates Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley.
When asked if he was still in touch with Simmons and Stanley, the guitarist briefly responded, “Occasionally.”
He added, “I’m doing great solo. Doing a lot of shows and the response, the album’s doing fantastic, ‘10,000 Volts.'”
Frehley had previously shared his ‘revenge’ plan against the two members.
“They would stifle my creativity,” the guitarist told Guitar Tales with Dave Cohen. “If I did a great guitar solo in the studio, they would never acknowledge it. ‘All right. We got that done. Let’s move on.’ I never got the adulation that I would have given other people. I never felt like they appreciated me and that’s not a good feeling.”
Frehley also revealed that the best way to outdo them is by making a great record. “Paul and Gene put me down so many times. I said to Lara [Frehley’s ex-girlfriend] and she said to me, ‘The best way to get back at them isn’t to have a name-calling thing. Just make a great record. They haven’t done an album in 20 years.'”
The trio has had long-standing conflicts and has criticized each other over the years. Even after Frehley posted a public birthday message for his ‘one and only’ former bandmate Stanley, he later criticized Stanley’s singing. He was also upset about not being invited to KISS’s show at Madison Square Garden. Additionally, he didn’t like Stanley’s comments on The Howard Stern Show, where Paul dismissed the idea of Ace and Peter Criss rejoining the band.
Frehley also mentioned that Paul was jealous of his solo success and questioned how Stanley would react to his new album, ‘10,000 Volts.’
