Long been my favorite KISS member, Paul Stanley continues to be the only member of KISS I have total and utter respect for personally, musically, and cock envy-ly.

Dan Robson of TheStar.com reports:

"You may hear a slightly different story from Gene, but so be it," Stanley said.

"The media was carrying the dissent and upset feeling of the fans. They weren't creating anything, they were reporting it. Don't blame the messenger."

Stanley said a "comedy of errors" led to Oshawa being left off the tour when an incomplete schedule was announced.

"The size of the production turned out to require a larger venue," KISS spokesman Erik Stein told TheStar.com on Monday. "In this case, that turned out to be the Air Canada Centre."

This, according to the band, was not really the case.

Stanley said Oshawa was actually going to be on next leg of the tour, which hadn't been announced yet. The outcry from Oshawa's KISS fans compelled the band to make a change and play there sooner.

"October 7 was not originally deemed the day we were playing Oshawa," Stanley said. But "to sooth everybody's hurt feelings and concerns" KISS decided to launch their new album in the KISS-loving city.

Now, that is a statement that should have been released. Not the butt hurt statement Greed released. You can read that in its entirety here.

But if Stanley's statement is to be believed, the dates would have been released with a "More Dates to Follow" announcement. This would have ensured Oshawa and the KISS fans there wouldn't lose their fucking minds when they were not on the list. That mistake is probably more to do with the organizers and KISS handlers than KISS themselves.

Despite that fact, Greed should have conversed with Stanley before running his mouth. I am sure the story is somewhere between the two, but Stanley's version is more believable than Greed's.