How Bob Ezrin Re Wrote Beth To Get Girls To Like Kiss Earlier this month, simmons said criss did not deserve a songwriting credit, arguing that the song was written by criss’ former bandmate stan penridge. Earlier this month, simmons declared that his fellow founding kiss bandmate did not deserve a writing credit on the criss sung destroyer ballad, instead insisting that criss' pre kiss bandmate.
Peter Criss Rips Gene Simmons For Ridiculous Beth Allegations Beth (song) " beth " is a ballad by american rock band kiss, originally released on their fourth studio album destroyer (1976). the song was composed by producer bob ezrin, who reworked a demo called "beck," which was written by drummer peter criss and his friend stan penridge. The writing credits for “beth” are listed as criss, stan penridge, and music producer bob ezrin. criss explained to billboard that in the late 1960s, he wrote the melody and created the ”phrasing” for a demo titled “beck” with penridge, his bandmate in the group chelsea, years before he joined kiss. The track, which became kiss ’s highest charting single in the u.s., reaching no. 7 on the billboard hot 100, has long been associated with criss, who is officially credited as a co writer alongside stan penridge and producer bob ezrin. Gene simmons has publicly declared that peter criss did not write the kiss classic “beth,” attributing the track entirely to the late stan penridge and the transformative arrangements of producer bob ezrin.
Peter Criss Rips Gene Simmons For Ridiculous Beth Allegations The track, which became kiss ’s highest charting single in the u.s., reaching no. 7 on the billboard hot 100, has long been associated with criss, who is officially credited as a co writer alongside stan penridge and producer bob ezrin. Gene simmons has publicly declared that peter criss did not write the kiss classic “beth,” attributing the track entirely to the late stan penridge and the transformative arrangements of producer bob ezrin. Gene simmons says peter criss didn’t write kiss’s hit “beth,” crediting stan penridge and producer bob ezrin for the song’s creation and arrangement. It appears first — peter criss, stan penridge… or peter criss, bob ezrin, stan penridge, or the other way around. but peter's first. peter had nothing to do with that song —. Although the track is credited to criss, stan penridge and producer bob ezrin, simmons claims criss had nothing to do with its creation and shouldn‘t be included as one of its composers. Speaking on the professor of rock video podcast, simmons claimed that criss was given a co writing credit for the 1973 song – which went to number seven with the drummer singing it – alongside former band mate stan penridge and producer bob ezrin because of “politics”.
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