Tirohia te wāhanga i raro nei, kātahi ka whakautu i te pātai i muri mai i te reo kotahi me te wāhanga:  Passage: I te ahiahi o te taha Hapanihi me Ahitereiria o te Haerere Farewell i te Hanuere 31, 2001, ka wehe ohorere a Criss i te roopu, na te mea kaore ia me te roopu i whakaae ki tana utu kirimana. Ko te tango i tona wahi i mua Kiss drummer Singer nei, i roto i te nekehanga e ko tautohetohe i roto i ngā kaiawhina roa, i riro Criss 'Cat persona rite tonu te Farewell Tour. Ki te rōpū i whakaritea ki te reti i te tīmatanga o te tau 2001, i te kohinga mahi-kopikopiko tika tika te Kete Pouaka, e ngā o 94 ara i runga i rima CDs, i tukua i roto i te Whiringa o taua tau, i te wa i kite te raumati pea te tūemi tino taikaha o te hokohoko Kiss noa <unk> te Kiss Kasket. I te whakataki i te Kiss Kasket, i kii a Simmons, "E aroha ana ahau ki te ora, engari na tenei ka tino pai te ahua o te rereke. "I te Tihema 4, 2001, ko Kiss tetahi o nga honore i te National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences ("Te Whare Wananga Whakaaturanga") Tohu Tohu Toa, i te NARAS New York Chapter. E 12 nga upoko o te NARAS puta noa i te United States, no reira e 12 nga huihuinga puta noa i te tau, me te whakahonore i ia tangata e whakahonoretia ana e te upoko e tata ana ki to raatau kaainga. Ma te whiwhi i tenei honore, kua tapaina e NARAS ko te "Recording Academy Honors", i riro i a Kiss te honore tuarua o te umanga NARAS, kei muri tonu o te Tohu Grammy mo te Ora. I tino marino a Kiss i te toenga o te tau, engari i tiimata te 2002 me etahi tautohetohe i te wa i uru ai a Simmons ki tetahi uiui tautohetohe i runga i te National Public Radio me te kaihauturu a Terry Gross. I te Hui-tanguru 2002, Kiss (me Singer i runga i nga putorino me Frehley i runga i te kita matua) i mahi i te wa o te huihuinga kati o te 2002 Winter Olympics i Salt Lake City, Utah. Koinei te mahinga whakamutunga a Frehley hei mema o Kiss.I te Poutu-te-rangi 6, 2002, i whakaekea e Kiss he konohete motuhake i tetahi waahi i Trelawny, Jamaica. Ko Frehley, kaore i raro i te kirimana, kaore i mahi tahi me te roopu. I whakakapihia ia e Thayer, nana i whakakakahu te whakapaipai me te kakahu a Frehley mo tana whakaaturanga ora tuatahi me Kiss. I taua marama, te...  Pātai: He aha te tau i wehe atu ai a Criss?
Ko te tau 2001