After Ace Frehley demanded an apology from former Kiss bandmate Paul Stanley last week, he said that Stanley called, but it was not what he expected.
The fight originated when Stanley was asked why he and Gene Simmons refused to regroup with fellow founding members Frehley and Peter Criss for their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction in 2014.
Stanley said, “[The Rock Hall organizers] were demanding, quite honestly, that we play with the two original guys, Peter and Ace, and at this point, that would be demeaning to the [current KISS] band and also would give some people confusion. Because if you saw people on stage who looked like KISS but sounded like that, maybe we should be called PISS.”
Frehley said if Stanley did not apologize for his derogatory words during a recent interview within a week, Frehley would air “some dirt” on his ex-colleagues.
One week later, Frehley said Stanley called, but “instead of an apology, I got a five-second phone call which said, ‘F*ck you, Ace. I’m not going to apologize,’ and hung up.”
Frehley decided not to air any negative information about his former bandmates after all, despite not getting his apology.