Paul Stanley: Former KISS members were anti
KISS frontman Paul Stanley doesn't hold back in his new memoir, 'Face the Music: A Life Exposed,' written with journalist Tim Mohr and out Tuesday.
The greatest revelations come from Stanley's candor about his decades of disappointment with original KISS members Ace Frehley (lead guitar) and Peter Criss (drums) - and, yes, Gene Simmons.
Click here for more on the memoir from the New York Post.
As harsh as Stanley is with Simmons, he saves his real venom for former band mates Frehley and Criss.
Stanley accuses Frehley of stashing drugs 'in the bags or pockets of crew members - without their knowledge - so he wasn't on the hook if they were found.'
Even more shocking are his accusations of anti-Semitism against the pair. Noting that Frehley owned a collection of Nazi memorabilia, and that some of his earliest experiences with Criss involved the drummer racially mocking waiters at Chinese restaurants, Stanley writes that Frehley and Criss resented him and Simmons for controlling the band's creative output - which Stanley says occurred because Frehley and Criss' songwriting contributions 'just didn't amount to much.'
'Ace and particularly Peter felt powerless and impotent when faced with the tireless focus, drive and ambition of me and Gene,' Stanley writes. 'As a result, the two of them tried to sabotage the band - which, as they saw it, was unfairly manipulated by [us] money-grubbing Jews.'
Stanley reiterated to The Post that yes, he does believe that Frehley and Criss are anti-Semitic.
'Yes, I do,' he says. 'It's based on years and years of interactions. It's not pulled out of thin air.' Frehley and Criss did not respond to requests for comment.
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