After threatening to launch a damning 120-page manuscript that may allegedly destroy the careers of Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons if an ultimatum wasn’t met, former KISS member Ace Frehley has returned to Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk with a big replace.
Yesterday (April 4), Trunk knowledgeable listeners that he had certainly spoken with Frehley because the firebrand interview final week, the place the Spaceman demanded a retraction of an announcement Paul Stanley made throughout an look on The Howard Stern Show. Frehley additionally demanded an apology inside seven days and Trunk relayed that during the last week, Frehley had spoken to Stanley, however he hadn’t but divulged the small print of what was mentioned.
What’s the Update?
During in the present day’s interview, Trunk requested if Stanley contacted Frehley after the ultimatum was issued.
“Yes he did, not long after the show was over,” Frehley confirmed (all transcriptions by Loudwire), “I was blindsided by the phone call because I saw his name come up on my cell phone and I spoke to him 100 different times on that number — and that can be verified by Verizon, who is my cell phone carrier — I figured he was calling me maybe to apologize or at least explain why he said that. Maybe he meant it more towards Peter than me.”
“Instead of an apology, I got a five-second phone call, ‘Fuck you Ace, I’m not going to apologize’ and hung up. He wasn’t even man enough to give me a rebuttal and explain why I’m so upset or anything like that,” the guitarist continues.
“And if you look for your email messages that I sent you, I did screengrabs from Verizon — it’s the same day as our interview and it says five seconds,” he provides, which Trunk verifies he personally noticed.
He additionally acknowledged he spoke with KISS supervisor Doc McGhee since final week’s interview on Trunk Nation and that McGhee denied that Stanley had known as him in any respect.
“I’ve been in touch with Doc for at least three or four times between our last interview and today. And the earliest I texted him was today because I was hoping Paul had enough sense to… you know what? I would’ve been happy if Paul just called me one on one like a man and apologized. That would’ve sufficed, but after cursing me out on the phone the gloves are off,” Frehley defined.
He then urged this matter might be taken to court docket for defamation of character concerning the feedback made about him and his efficiency capabilities.
Is Ace Releasing the Manuscript?
After some cautious consideration, Frehley has elected not to launch this alleged manuscript.
“I spoke to several good friends who are God-fearing people and I go to AA [alcoholics anonymous] meetings with and they said, ‘Don’t ever sink to their level. That’s what they do. That’s what they’ve been doing for years. Why are you going to sink to their level?’ So, then I came to the realization that I don’t even have to bring up anything that I have hidden away in my attorney’s safe deposit box. I can just talk about things that they’ve said about me in black and white. They can’t come after me after that because they said it — it’s in black and white.”
For instance…
“Paul Stanley has admitted the [KISS] company that does his artwork that he created the logo and designed it. Now, we all know that that’s a lie,” he contends, noting the primary rendering of the KISS emblem he made that was auctioned off final April,” he said.
Why Did Ace Issue the Ultimatum?
Throughout the decades, both Stanley and Simmons have taken repeated shots at Frehley and Peter Criss, recalling their less than professional performances and their former penchant for substance abuse. Despite a supposed open-door policy on allowing either member to return to the stage with KISS on their exhaustive farewell tour, Stanley again put Ace’s musicianship in the crosshairs.
Replying to Stern’s question about why the classic pair didn’t perform with KISS at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in 2014, Stanley said, “[The Rock Hall organizers] have been demanding, fairly truthfully, that we play with the 2 unique guys, Peter and Ace, and at this level, that may be demeaning to the [current KISS] band, and in addition would give some individuals confusion. Because in the event you noticed individuals on stage who appeared like KISS however seemed like that, possibly we must be known as PISS,” the Starchild contended.
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And, well, that really pissed Frehley off.
So much so, he told Trunk last week, “I’m going to make an announcement to Paul Stanley proper now. I’m telling you that I need a formal apology for what you mentioned, and a retraction and an apology inside seven days. And if I do not get that inside seven days I’m coming again on Ed Trunk’s present – in the event you’ll have me, Ed – and I’m going to inform some grime that no person is aware of about Paul and Gene, that I’ve at all times stored to myself as a result of I’m the sort of man who would not speak about this. I like to speak about optimistic stuff.”
It played out like a scene from a mafia movie with Frehley noting his attorney has been instructed to release the manuscript to major news outlets if “god forbid something occurs to me.” He claimed “their careers can be ruined” if this manuscript is made public, teasing, “Those guys aren’t squeaky clear. You know what number of lawsuits women have had in opposition to Gene?”
Regardless of Whether Ace or Peter Play With KISS Again, Where Can I Catch the Tour?
You can see all of KISS’ upcoming tour dates here and it looks like the band’s touring career will indeed come to its end later this year with two final performances booked at Madison Square Garden in New York on Dec. 1 and 2. To purchase tickets, head to this location.
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