Kiss says it won't play at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction
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The 40-year-old group is unable to agree on which lineup should perform during the April 10 ceremony in New York City, and has decided not to plug in at all.
The dispute concerns whether original members Ace Frehley and Peter Criss would join Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley in a live performance, or whether the current lineup of Stanley, Simmons, Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer would play instead.
In a message on its website, Kiss said it won’t perform with any lineup, calling it “an emotional situation where there is no way to please everyone.”
The band made no mention of former guitarists Vinnie Vincent, who helped kick off the band’s unmasked era, or Mark St. John, who was with the band briefly in 1984 and who died in 2007.
...The festering dispute was brought to a boil when Frehley called into the Eddie Trunk’s syndicated radio show Friday night to say that Simmons and Stanley had rejected a reunion with the original four members for the induction.
“They just shot down any type of reunion with us,” Frehley said during the broadcast. “It’s very frustrating. It’s what the fans wanted, it’s what the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame wanted, and it’s not gonna happen. You don’t want to do something for the fans after 40 years of them supporting you?”
Criss...said he wanted to let fans know there would be no reunion before they bought tickets for the induction ceremony, which range from $120 to nearly $600.
“This is disgraceful, and I feel bad for the fans who were looking forward to the four of us being inducted together,” he said.
...The band’s statement said it has never refused to pay with Frehley and Criss.
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They finally make it in after all these years, and this happens? Why can't they have all the members, and play a couple of songs with each lineup from each era?
The good news is, maybe this will finally clear the decks for Bon Jovi getting in. They can figure out whether Al or Hugh plays at the induction ceremony in the meantime!
