Really surprised to see he wrote with both Paul and Gene. I had assumed it was just with Gene, who has always seemed to be able to talk rather more positively about Vinnie than Paul has over the years.
Given the acrimonious split back in 84 I'm amazed they (especially Paul) thought to engage with him again to write songs. And given VV's actions in the late 90's, it seems to have done little to building bridges again.
Ah. Just found this on the Unholy Wiki entry:
Interesting.Simmons stated in his book Kiss and Make-Up:
"Vinnie Vincent came up to me and apologized for causing the band all the grief while he was a member. He wanted to patch things up and wondered if I would consider writing some songs with him.
Sure, I said. I wanted to let bygones be bygones. I called Paul and told him that Vinnie had apparently changed. Paul wrote songs with him as well. But before the album was released, Vinnie was up to his old tricks again. He reneged on a signed deal we had made and decided that he wanted to renegotiate. He eventually sued us and lost. As far as I was concerned, he was persona non grata forever."