Paul Stanley of Kiss says band is miffed at Rock Hall for inducting only the original lineup

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FILE - In this May 8, 2008 file photo, members of Kiss, from left, Paul Stanley, Eric Singer, Gene Simmons and Tommy Thayer, poses for a photograph during a news conference to promote the start of their KISS Alive/35 European Tour in Oberhausen, Germany. Paul Stanley of KISS wants to shout it out loud: The band is miffed at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for not inducting members Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer along with the original lineup. KISS is scheduled to be inducted into the Rock Hall of April 10 in New York City. But Stanley said in an interview Friday, March 14, 2014 with The Associated Press that he doesn’t think the Rock Hall is being fair and that the organization has altered their rules for other acts. (AP Photo/Volker Wiciok)

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Paul Stanley of Kiss wants to shout it out loud: The band is miffed at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for not inducting members Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer along with the original lineup.

Kiss is scheduled to be inducted into the Rock Hall on April 10 in New York. Stanley told The Associated Press on Friday that he doesn’t think the Rock Hall’s decision is fair or in line with how other bands have been treated.

A Rock Hall representative didn’t immediately comment.

Kiss said last month it wouldn’t perform at the ceremony.

The original members — Stanley, Gene Simmons, Peter Criss and Ace Frehley — are scheduled for induction. Criss and Frehley have since left. Singer joined in 1992 and Thayer came on board in 2003.

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