Biography Flash: Gene Simmons Denies Peter Criss Wrote Beth While Launching $1500 VIP Dinners
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Biography Flash: Gene Simmons Denies Peter Criss Wrote Beth While Launching $1500 VIP Dinners
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Gene Simmons has spent the last few days doing what he does best: mixing business, controversy, and a flair for the dramatic into one very loud chapter of his ongoing story. Blabbermouth reports that in a new interview with Professor of Rock, released this week, Simmons flatly declared that original Kiss drummer Peter Criss had “nothing to do” with writing the band’s classic ballad Beth, despite being listed as a co writer. He credits songwriter Stan Penridge and producer Bob Ezrin instead, and even questions whether Criss truly writes songs or plays a musical instrument in the compositional sense, a claim that American Songwriter and Guitar Player both highlight as a stunning rewriting of Kiss history and a fresh shot in a decades long internal feud. These comments, coming so soon after public tension around Simmons’ remarks about the late Ace Frehley as noted by Paste Magazine, deepen the narrative of Gene as the unapologetic keeper and re editor of Kiss mythology a biographical thread that will likely define how future generations understand the bands legacy.
On the business front, the 76 year old mogul is hardly slowing down. Alternative Nation and Dirt Road Tickets detail a freshly promoted Gene Simmons VIP Experience tied to Albuquerque Comic Con in mid January 2026: a paid private dinner with Gene at the DoubleTree Hilton, limited to about 50 fans, priced from roughly one thousand to fifteen hundred dollars, complete with autographs, photos, and intimate hang time. Rock N Roll Experience and local outlet 94 Rock add that the weekend also includes a Gene Simmons Band show at Revel in Albuquerque, reinforcing his ongoing shift from arena tours with Kiss to boutique, high margin solo events. Bandsintown and JamBase list that Revel date as a key stop on his 2026 schedule, underscoring that Gene is evolving into a premium live brand rather than a retired rock relic.
Meanwhile, his recent high profile testimony before Congress on the American Music Fairness Act, covered by LiveNOW from FOX, still echoes in music industry circles, as Simmons positions himself as an outspoken advocate for performance royalties and a public face in the broader fight over how artists get paid in the age of radio and AI. While day to day social media chatter about Gene this week is mostly fan reaction and unverified gossip, the verified headlines cluster around his revisionist Beth claims and his increasingly luxe fan experiences both likely to stick as long term biographical markers.
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