Personal Life
Since 2004, Criss has kept his public appearances to a minimum. Criss now resides in Wall Township, New Jersey. He released a solo album, titled One for All July 24, 2007, on Silvercat Records.
Criss is a gun enthusiast, and has stated that he has a large collection of firearms with which he target-shoots, but does not hunt with, as he told host Tom Snyder during the October 31, 1979 interview of Kiss on The Tomorrow Show. This segment of the infamous interview features Criss referencing his gun collection.
According to an interview with 40º74º Magazine, Peter Criss is working on a follow-up album to One for All, and currently has 15 songs recorded for the release. Additionally, Criss is working on his autobiography.
As of November 2008, Criss has been married three times: Lydia Di Leonardo (from 1970 to 1979), former Playboy Playmate and coppertone model Debra Jensen (from 1979 to 1994) and Gigi Criss (from May 1998 to present). Criss is the father of one daughter named Jenilee, born in 1981.
Criss was successfully treated for breast cancer in 2008.
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