Earlier this year, original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley was very angry with his former bandmate Paul Stanley after the frontman told Howard Stern “… if you saw people on stage who looked like KISS but sounded like that, maybe we should be called P*SS.”
Stanley was referring to the original lineup which also included drummer Peter Criss. At the time, Frehley threatened to reveal some dirt on Stanley and KISS bassist Gene Simmons if he didn’t get an apology within a week.
Frehley would end up being talked out of airing dirty laundry, but the comment is still seemingly getting under the guitarist’s skin.
In a new interview with 93.5 FM MAX out of Muncie, Indiana, Frehley talked about the progress on his forthcoming solo album which he has been collaborating on with Trixter guitarist Steve Brown.
“My album is done and it’s being mastered as we speak. And if everything goes well over the weekend, the album is gonna be delivered to the record company Monday,” Frehley said.
“I think it may be the best album I’ve ever done to date. And it’s the first time I co-wrote most of the songs with Steve Brown from Trixter. He’s a great songwriter, and I’m a great songwriter, and we put our two heads together and songs come out doubly good. He also harmonizes perfectly with me.”
“I’ve never really written with that many people — most of the songs I write by myself,” Frehley continued. “I might get a little help from somebody, but this album pretty much is co-written by Steve and myself, almost every song. And it came out way better than I had anticipated. And the vocals are strong, the guitar solos are strong, the songs, the lyrics, the melodies, everything’s really powerful.”
Frehley would then say how Simmons and Stanley have “pretty much tried to destroy my credibility by calling me a drunk and a drug addict and somebody who’s not dependable.”
“But if that were the case, how did I make five albums?” Frehley said. “And I’ve been touring steadily for the last 10 years plus. It doesn’t make any sense. They contradict themselves all the time. Now they’re putting me down and saying if I came up and played with them on the farewell tour, it would mar their performance. Paul said on ‘The Howard Stern Show’, you might as well call the band P*SS instead of KISS if I got up on stage with them. Well, when this album comes about, it’s gonna make him look like an imbecile.”
The full interview can be heard below.
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