Ace Frehley On Kiss Return
Ex-Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley has spoken out once again about the possibility that he will rejoin his former band. Rumors about Frehley’s return to Kiss gained strength earlier this year after he teamed up with Kiss lead singer Paul Stanley on a cover of FREE’s “Fire And Water”, marking their first collaboration since 1998’s “Psycho Circus”.
Asked if there is a chance that he will re-team with Kiss, Frehley told the press at Revolver Music Awards in New York City. “I haven’t heard anything from Paul and Gene Simmons, Kiss bassist/vocalist although I did get a text from Gene the other day. He wanted to come see me perform this January. So, you know, maybe he’ll pop the big question. Who knows? Laughs. He added: “Whatever happens, we’re all good. It’s all good.”
Ace’s latest comments echo those he made last month when he told the press: “I haven’t been contacted about a reunion. I’m not ruling it out. It’s a possibility, I guess. But the ball’s in Paul and Gene’s court. If that’s something that they would like to do to end off the career of Kiss, I think it could be… if it was handled correctly, it could be great. But those guys pretty much run the show these days. And I’m doing my thing, and they’re doing their thing. And if it happens, it’d be great, and if it doesn’t, I’ll be fine and they’ll be fine.”
Ace told the press that his relationship with his former band mates was never bad as it was portrayed by the media. “However the press colors the fact that we don’t get along, in reality we do,” he said. “You know, we have disagreements and things are said sometimes, taken out of context. But I’ve always been friends with those guys and they’ve been friends with me. We may not have agreed about certain things over the years and maybe there were times we didn’t talk. I mean, we created something amazing that withstood the test of time.”
Frehley’s version of “Fire And Water” appears on his covers collection “Origins, Vol 1”, which received great reviews and landed in the Top 25 on the Billboard album chart.