Before
Gene Simmons
and
Paul Stanley
reunited with
Ace Frehley
Peter Criss
, they recorded
Carnival of Souls
with guitarist
Bruce Kulick
and drummer
Eric Singer
, intending to release the record either in late 1995 or early 1996. Once the reunion took off,
was shelved and
Kulick
Singer
were unceremoniously given their walking papers, the final chapter of their history erased from public record. Unsurprisingly, the unreleased album became a hot bootleg in collector's circles, paving the way for its official release in the fall of 1997. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine