I te ahiahi o te Japanese me Ahitereiria waewae o te Farewell Tour i runga i Hānuere 31, 2001, Criss ohorere mahue te rōpū ano, no te mea ia, me te rōpū i taea e kore e tae mai ki te whakaaetanga ki tona utu kirimana. Tangohia tona wahi i mua Kiss drummer Singer nei, i roto i te nekehanga e i tautohetohe i roto i ngā kaiawhina roa, riro Criss 'Cat persona rite te haere tonu te Farewell Tour. Ki te rōpū i te tikanga whakaturia ki te reti i te tīmatanga o te 2001, i te kohinga mahi-kōkiri i runga i 94 ara i runga i rima CDs, i tukua i roto i te Whiringa o Noema o taua tau, i te wa i kite i te raumati pea te tūemi tino whakamataku o te hokohoko Kiss ano <unk> te Kiss Kasket. I roto i te whakauru i te Kiss Kasket, Simmons quipped, "I love you, but this looks pretty damn good". i roto i te marama o Tihema 4, 2001, i roto i tetahi o nga mahi ora i te National Academy o Kiss drummer mua Singer i
Ko te tau 2001