Frehley tells The Village Voice: "I could sense he always wanted to be me. He used to be in a Kiss cover band. He didn't do anything - he was hired by Paul and Gene to put on my makeup and costume and play my guitar solos - a business deal. If he wouldn't have done it, they would have hired somebody else.

"What they really should have done is, if they wanted to dress up a guy to play lead guitar, they should have come up with different makeup, like they did with Eric Carr and Vinnie Vincent. That's what the fans are upset about."