# GENE SIMMONS Tells His Side Of ACE FREHLEY’s Near-Drownings, Says Guitarist ‘Didn’t Even Know It Happened’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/gene-simmons-tells-his-side-of-ace-frehleys-near-drownings-says-guitarist-didnt-even-know-it-happened/
- Published: 2026-10-28T15:38:58+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-28T16:57:23+00:00
- Original publisher: Blabbermouth
- Original article: https://blabbermouth.net/news/gene-simmons-tells-his-side-of-ace-frehleys-near-drownings-says-guitarist-didnt-even-know-it-happened
- Topics: Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- Simmons says Peter Criss, not Ace Frehley, was rescued from the pool.
- Frehley was reportedly unconscious in an overflowing bathtub.
- Frehley died in 2025, aged 74.

## Summary

Gene Simmons has given his account of two incidents in which he says he helped save KISS bandmate Ace Frehley, adding details that differ from Frehley’s memoir. In the first, Simmons says the person he pulled from a hotel pool was drummer Peter Criss, while Frehley was unconscious nearby and unaware of the rescue.

Simmons said Frehley had asked him to check the pool story before publishing his 2011 memoir, and Simmons told him it was mostly accurate but named the wrong bandmate. On the second incident, Simmons recalled finding Frehley unconscious in an overflowing bathtub after a roadie raised the alarm; a boom box was perched near the water. Frehley had also described that rescue in his memoir and a 2020 interview. He died in October 2025, aged 74.

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