TV's Frink said:
Let me bitch about this too. This is most certainly NOT the Kiss I grew up with!
Peter and Ace had the two best 1978 solo albums, and I don't think the other guys ever let their ego's get over it. For me, Kiss ended on May 18, 1980 when Peter Criss officially departed the band.
The following was printed in The National Enquirer about Paul's divorce:
"Turnabout is fair play! KISS guitarist Paul Stanley booted the band's longtime drummer - now Stanley's wife has booted HIM! Just weeks after drummer Peter Criss claimed Stanley and fellow KISS-er Gene Simmons "chose to terminate" him, Stanley's wife Pamela socked him with a divorce suit. She wants joint custody of their 6-year-old son Evan, plus an unspecified amount of spousal support. That'll make it touch to "Rock And Roll All Nite!"