Rock & Roll Hall of Famers KISS are coming off their highly successful KISS Cruise: Landlocked In Vegas event as well as being celebrated by President Donald Trump at the annual Kennedy Center Honors. While in Vegas, the band participated in a Q&A session moderated by Chris Jericho, and the wide-ranging interview can be heard/seen on the latest episode of “Talk Is Jericho.”
In one portion of the Q&A session, KISS bassist/singer Gene Simmons reflected on what the band could have done differently in regards to original guitarist Ace Frehley and drummer Peter Criss. “I will tell you, if I have any regrets, my hand to God, it’s that I sometimes, and I think we all go through this, sometimes wish we were smarter and better at trying to help Ace and Peter have better lives,” Simmons said.
“And sometimes, all of us are guilty of it and so am I, of, ‘I don’t want to start an argument,’ and you know, ‘let’s just continue doing the tour,’ because you want to get through it for selfish reasons ’cause it’s working, and the chicks, and the money, and you don’t want to ruin anything. Meantime, somebody who might be your brother is ruining their life by bad decisions. And I think this goes to your friends, your lovers, your family members. I wish I would have practiced more tough love and just kind of, you know, been more in the face of people that we cared about and maybe could have been better.”
Check out the full Q&A session video below.
