What Paul Stanley loves about Gene Simmons

In the more than 50 years of their Kiss career together, Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons haven’t always had it easy together. But they have remained good colleagues. And they appreciate each other. Stanley has now admitted that he respects Gene Simmons for his “true personality”. Behind all the “showing off” on stage and his “Gene Simmons posturing” is a “caring, very kind and generous person”. Simmons cares and takes care of many people, including those outside of his family.

In the interview with Classic Rock, the 71-year-old added: “Gene is a team player. He loves the band and wants the best for them.” Even if it’s not always the best for himself. He loves his colleague’s ability to “put aside his own advantages and opportunities within the group to do what is best for the collective”. “I admire this trait because you don’t find it that often in humans,” Stanley said.

Back in 2014, the guitarist opened up about his relationship with Simmons. At the time, he admitted he felt “betrayed” when Simmons showed more interest in solo projects than Kiss in the 1980s. At that time there was a lot of “anger and annoyance about the lack of concentration on the part of everyone involved”. “I could understand the other people, but Gene was the person I relied on for ethics and commitments. His entitlement was bullshit, and it was more than annoying to me. It was like a slap in the face.”

Two years earlier, Stanley said in an interview that Simmons lived just five minutes away from him. “I can see his ego from my house! Gene enjoys being out there saying ‘me, me, me’ when it really means ‘we, we, we’. We are partners, and part of the dynamic of a successful partnership is knowing your limitations. Friends come and go. We are a family, which is much more important.”

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