"It was a concept album and it wasn't a heavy rock and roll record," Ace explains. "KISS is known for their theatrics and heavy rock and roll songs and it was a complete departure from that. I was just thinking to myself what would have happened if we went in and did (1982's) 'Creatures Of The Night' (album) and the whole Elder concept was scrapped: I may not have left the group."

Frehley was also unhappy with producer Bob Ezrin, who was brought in to do the project following his success with Pink Floyd's 1979 concept album, "The Wall."

"I disagreed with him and the band on many issues [regarding the project]," Frehley wrote in his 2011 memoir, "No Regrets." "I could see it from the beginning. I had the street smarts and common sense to take a giant step back and look at the project with an objective eye, and I knew it was a colossal mistake in judgment. Paul, Gene, and Bob didn't get it. They went forward with the whole ridiculous concept."