Is Paul Stanley questioning the decision for KISS to call it quits? It sure sounds like it in an interview he recently did with the Rock of Nations podcast.
Asked if it's been "an adjustment" no longer touring, he said, "I was gonna use the word 'adjustment.' There's no way to give that up and not feel a sense of, if not lost, kind of disoriented.
"It was time [to stop touring], and intellectually it made sense, but that doesn't mean that emotionally, it doesn't play a part in it. So, yeah, being home, as I am right now, is normal. What's not normal is I'm not going back out.
"KISS remains. We're so involved in what's going on now and the future and this phenomenal, mind-boggling KISS avatar show. But, yeah, to not be up there -- I see video from 10 months ago, 11 months ago, and it almost seems like a lifetime ago, because I've kind of come to grips with not doing that again… 'Star Child' is forever -- but me up there, that's done."
KISS previously did one farewell tour with the original lineup that continued after they parted ways again with Ace Frehley and Peter Criss, so anything is possible.
Though Stanley hasn't been on stage since the final show last December 2nd, Gene Simmons and his band toured this year.
Former KISS members Bruce Kulick and Eric Singer will perform together at KISS Cancer Goodbye III, December 6th through the 8th in Sarasota, Florida.