KISS front man Paul Stanley goes into detail about the state of his relationships with his fellow Kiss co-founders, drummer Peter Criss and guitarist Ace Frehley, in his new book, Backstage Pass.

While the Starchild writes he’s grateful for his rekindled friendship with Frehley*, he indicates that he has no misgivings about his lack of a relationship with Criss.

“Peter unfortunately is a different story,” Stanley writes (per Ultimate Classic Rock). “I don’t think Peter has any life. He seems consumed by some kind of reality that his wife tells him. He’s always been negative and always maintained an us-against-them mentality.” I don’t want that in my life.”

Stanley called it “nice” to get to work with Frehley on his 2016 solo album, Origins Vol. 1. He added that he knows he has “differences” with both the Spaceman and Criss.

The reason he and Criss can’t get beyond those issues, in Stanley’s opinion, comes down to the drummer’s attitude.

“It’s Peter’s overall sense of anger and resentment and feeling like a victim,” Stanley writes. “He needs to acknowledge his participation and then change things. I think Peter’s life is probably very one-dimensional, uninteresting, un-stimulating — which is a result of seeing the world negatively and seeing everyone from the band members to the hotel service people as disrespectful.”

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