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KISS’<\/strong> Gene Simmons<\/strong> reveals in a new interview that he wishes he had handled things differently with his former bandmates\u00a0Ace Frehley<\/strong> and Peter Criss<\/strong>\u00a0so they could still be with them celebrating the band’s long career.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

During an interview with\u00a0<\/span>Backstage Pass<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, Simmons was asked if there was anything about the band that he would have done differently, and he expressed regret about how he dealt with Ace and Peter and their substance issues.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I’m sad in retrospect. You know, hindsight’s 20\/20,\u201d he said. \u201cI’m sad that I wasn’t more hard on Ace and Peter, the two original guys who played guitar and drums in the band,” noting that he has never gotten high and never drank.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I\u2019ve always been an outcast in that way,” he said. “The rest of the world seemed to be drug-fueled.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Simmons\u00a0acknowledged\u00a0that Ace and Peter\u00a0deserve as much credit for the band\u2019s initial success as\u00a0he and Paul Stanley<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere’s no question it was that chemistry. And they both had unique voices, unique personalities and all that,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd they should have been here with us 50 or 55 years later and enjoying the fruits of their labor. But sadly, they’re not.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Regarding their departures,\u00a0Simmons shared, “It\u2019s their own doing. They were in and out of the band three different times. They were let go three different times because of the same old thing.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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