KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley has issued a statement in order to "set the record straight" regarding the possibility of KISS continuing with all-new members long after he and fellow KISS co-founder Gene Simmons decide to take off the make-up for good.

Video footage recently surfaced (see below) of Gene Simmons and the group's longtime manager, Doc McGhee of McGhee Entertainment, apparently confirming that the band is planning on finding the members of the "new" KISS through a TV show, similar to programs like "Rock Star" and "American Idol".

"The answer is yes," Simmons can be heard stating in reponse to a question by Stig Karlsen of Norway's NRK with regards to whether they would ever turn to TV in order to find the members of this proposed "new" KISS. "The deal has just been signed," Simmons added. "It's coming soon."

In a separate interview, Stanley was apparently not very happy to hear about his bandmate's statement regarding KISS' future.

"There is no signed deal," Stanley can be heard saying in the video. "Again, when we are both aked the same question sometimes, you get different answers," Stanley added, "What will happen, we'll see as we go along. But is something going to happen next week? Is something signed? No. But am I opposed to the idea of going out and trying to find new KISS members through the television? Of course not."

In the one-and-a-half-minute clip, which is part of a one-hour-long KISS special which will air on NRK in September, McGhee can be heard stating, "I believe that KISS can go on forever. I believe that there is a way — and we are talking to people and we're pretty close to getting it done — about finding the four new members of KISS."

In a brand new statement posted on KISS' official web site, KissOnline.com, Stanley says, "A KISS clone reality show? First of all, contrary to what was said by anyone, there is no signed deal. Secondly, if we were to do a 'KISS II,' and I don't rule that out, it would be in addition to, and never in place of, KISS. If we were to do it, I know it would be done in a groundbreaking way and would be tremendously entertaining. KISS has always defined itself by the rules we break, so what's the big surprise? We are in the middle of our biggest and most successful tour of Europe ever, playing to over a half million people, and neither KISS or I have any plans to stop afterwards!"