Kiss star Gene Simmons has told a reporter in Norway that that he and bandmate Paul Stanley are signed up to take part in a reality show designed to hire their own replacements so that the band can continue after they retire. Journalist Roy Hilmar Svendson quotes him as saying "we have already signed the contract, and it is going to go through in a couple of months".
Stanley meanwhile says that Simmons is exaggerating a bit, and that nothing is as yet confirmed, though he does imply that the idea is in fact on the table. He is quoted by on Blabbermouth.net as saying, "These things are typical. Gene says something as if it was a fact, but there is no signed deal. The future has many possibilities. Will it happen next week? No! Am I opposed to the idea? Of course not".
As previously reported, Stanley recently implied that he felt he would retire at some point, saying "I really, firmly believe there will come a time when the band will continue without me".