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ACE FREHLEY - "I Definitely Blow TOMMY THAYER Off The Stage
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At 63, legendary Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley is clean, sober, engaged to a pretty blond and enjoying life—much to the chagrin of some of his former bandmates. In the following interview, he speaks openly about his healthy attitude, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame debacle and his upcoming solo album, Space Invader.

This year started off innocently enough for Ace Frehley. Just one week prior to Christmas 2013, the former Kiss lead guitarist learned that he and his comrades in the original Kiss lineup—Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley and Peter Criss—were finally being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame after 15 years of eligibility (and 15 years of outcry from the Kiss Army).

A cause for celebration, no doubt—and a golden opportunity for the four founding members of the legendary rock band to perform onstage together again for the first time since October 7, 2000, the final North American date of their Farewell Tour.

And then, somehow, it all imploded. In the weeks preceding the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony on April 10 in Brooklyn, New York, Kiss became the primary focus of every public and private discussion surrounding the event after they announced that there would be no Kiss performance—let alone a Kiss reunion—that night.

To make matters worse, the band members seized every opportunity to lambast one another in the press on a seemingly daily basis, effectively rendering what was supposed to be a triumphant reunion performance loaded with all the blood-spitting, fire-breathing, makeup-running pageantry that fans had been clamoring for all these years into a pitiful non-event.

“I was like, Jesus Christ, after 40 years of support you can’t give the fans 10 minutes?” says a still worked-up Frehley over a cup of black tea at Guitar World headquarters in New York. “The fans wanted it, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame wanted it. But Gene and Paul didn’t. It’s sad. They definitely lost some fans because of this decision.

“I think the reason they didn’t want to get together with the original members was because they’re afraid of history repeating itself. When we did Unpluggedin 1995, you saw what happened: because the fans were so excited about me and Peter playing with those guys, they had to scrap their last record [with then-current members Bruce Kulick and Eric Singer] and do a reunion tour [with Frehley and Criss in 1996]. Although at this point I don’t think Peter could do a two-hour show and a full tour. But I still got the chops. I definitely blow [current Kiss guitarist] Tommy Thayer off the stage.”

It’s obvious that Frehley is fired up, and with good reason. With the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame fiasco behind him, the clean-and-sober Spaceman is able to focus on the things in life that make him happy, like living in San Diego with his pretty blond 47-year-old fiancé Rachael Gordon, writing books, working with Gibson on various signature guitars and recording new music. Space Invader, his first record since 2009’s top-notch Anomaly, is due out in a few weeks, and Ace couldn’t be more excited.

“I haven’t had a drink in more than seven and a half years, and I feel great now,” says the 63-year-old guitarist. “I’m writing great songs and I’m singing great, and I’m super excited about this new album. It’s gonna be even better than Anomaly. I played some tracks for a couple of guys I was considering using for mixing, and the first thing out of their mouths was, ‘God, your voice sounds like it did on your 1978 solo record.’ Unlike some other people, whose voices aren’t maybe what they used to be. Not to name names, or anything.”

Your love affair with alcohol during Kiss’ heyday—and, well, all through the Eighties and Nineties—is well documented. Do you miss it? Are there days when you want a drink?

No. I haven’t had the urge to drink in a long time. And I don’t miss the hangovers, I don’t miss the smells, the late nights at the bars, or the people. I was hanging out with some pretty shady people in my heavy-drinking-and-coke years. I was in some situations that really could have gone sideways. I was just lucky. And you have to realize that my fans used to emulate my behavior when I was a crazy man—“Ace is a party animal, let’s go get loaded!” Then they’d go crash their car, and I’d feel terrible.

Now it’s turned around. And when someone comes up to me and says that they haven’t had a drink in six months and that they’re doing well because I am, that makes my day. Maybe that’s one reason why God has kept me alive. By all rights I should have died a half dozen times already, so every day above ground I’m thrilled.

Did you think Kiss would ever be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

I knew that [the Hall] had to buckle to popular opinion. It was only a matter of time. We were first eligible 15 years ago, so I knew it would happen eventually. I mean, how can you exclude Kiss, one of the biggest American rock groups in history? Even though we didn’t perform, I’m still thrilled to be in it.

Where were you when you found out that you were being inducted?

I was at home in San Diego and got a call from my manager. Then, about a week later, I got the “congratulatory” call from Paul and Gene. And I could tell that there was some hesitancy on their part about the whole thing. I was asking them if we were gonna play, and Gene avoided the question by saying, “Well, we’re just looking forward to getting the four of us up there together and celebrating…whatever.” It was a noncommittal congratulatory call.

Then, about a week later, I was told that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame absolutely wants the four original members to reunite, and I said, “Great, I’ll do it.” And there was silence from Gene and Paul. And finally it was shot down. The next thing I heard is that Paul and Gene wanted to perform with the current Kiss lineup [with Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer]. And I said, Well, that’s kind of a slap in the face. I mean, they’re not even being inducted. I have to sit through a Kiss cover band when I’m receiving an award? I don’t think so.

I also heard at one point that they wanted me to perform in makeup with Tommy at the same time. I really didn’t want to be onstage with Tommy, but I said I would do it, as long as I got to play the bulk of the songs and that I could wear the Destroyer costume. Then a few days later [it was], “No, we’re not gonna play at all.” It was almost like they were trying to bait me, so that if I said no to anything they would just blame me for there being no performance. I was almost going to boycott the whole thing.

en gros en français ça dit quoi ?

c'est tellement mauvais que cela devient gênant ! il a été cryogénisé en 1978 et il n'en n'est jamais sortie !
ou alors il est sourd !       

Bon sang c'est juste ignoblement nul.  

Bah, c'est du Ace Frehley  donc ringard...

bah non .. pour ma part je trouve ça tout à fait correct..    

pas original c'est sur mais perso moi l'originalité n'est pas forcement gage de qualité.. là c'est sur y'a pas de génie mais c'est bien fait, c'est rock'n'roll et comme on le disait sur le FCH lui a encore l'envie de servir de nouveaux titres à ses fans (ce qui fait toujours plaisir) là ou d'autres s'encroutent en n'en foutant pas une.. si Ace d'aventure passe par la France je ferais sans aucun doute l'effort..

Pas original et déjà entendu 1000 fois ! quand on voit les titres qu'il a pu composé comme "Rock Soldiers" , "Breakout" , "Dolls" , "Insane" ,"Shot Full of Rock" , "Lost in Limbo" ,"Sister" ou "Words Are Not Enough" plus quelques démos fabuleuses non utilisés et qu'il nous sort ça avec toute les saloperies qu'il a pu balancé ses derniers mots et années en disant qu'il est le meilleur , cela me fait sourire et c'est un peu court ! j'espère que ce titre ne reflète pas l'album a venir et que quelques belle surprises viendront a nos oreilles ! j'y crois pas trop mais l'espoir fait vivre !
je n'est jamais été dans la fan attitude et quand c'est plus que moyen il faut le dire ,je n'avais pas été plus tendre avec les singles Modern Day Delilah et Hell or Hallelujah des 2 derniers Kiss !
Mais quand je vois sur le net des ayatollahs Frehleyien hurlant au génie du titre et insultant Tommy Thayer ,je ne dit que l'on a pas la même passion ,ceci cautionné par Ace ,cela me fait gerbé !!!

Le jour ou Ace redeviendra sur terre avec de la bonne musique et un melon moins important ,je le dirais ,mais ce n'est pas le cas ! a lui de nous montré le contraire !

pour moi c'est du bon rock'n'roll.. et il semblerait que le truc soit globalement bien reçu notamment par les nons fans de Kiss sans doute beaucoup plus objectifs.. je n'entrerai pas dans la guerre des comparatifs avec Thayer..

Sur un site sur Kissfaq c'est mitigé ,les intégristres pro Ace encense le titre le titre en insultant Tommy ,les autres comme moi sont plus dubitatifs !!!

je parlais surtout des non fans de Kiss qui globalement jugent le titre très correct..

Chacun ses gouts ,j'ai beau l'écouté j'accroche pas ! je verrais avec le prochain titre ! qui sait !

"it's only rock'n'roll but i like it" comme dirait l'autre !

kizz62 a écrit:

"it's only rock'n'roll but i like it" comme dirait l'autre !

Ah ah on voit que Monsieur a apprécié Twisted Sister au Hellfest 2013   

pour moi ACE a toujours sorti de très bons disques solo et qui marche !!... par rapport à d'autre!? Ce morceau et frais & rock'n'roll et typique ACE...on LE reconnait de suite... La battle entre ACE/TOMMY c'est qui copie qui...? Pour moi je préfère l'original...

kizz62 a écrit:

"it's only rock'n'roll but i like it" comme dirait l'autre !

    

ACE FREHLEY, le guitariste originel de KISS, devait sortir son nouvel album Space Invader le 7 juillet prochain via SPV/Steamhammer. Un album dont la sortie est finalement repoussée au 29 août.

Je pense qu'il a retrouvé l'ouie et qu'il a pris peur de ce qu'il a entendu !!!        

HAHAHAHA !!!!!!!!!!!   

Belle interview de TOD HOWARTH ou il parle d'Ace et du Frehley's comet !  

Ace Frehley vient de révéler le track-listing de son album "Space Invader" qui sera disponible le 18 août chez SPV / Steamhammer : l'édition limitée digipack aura un artwork différent et deux morceaux bonus, ainsi qu'une affiche. Une édition double vinyle orange inclura 4 titres bonus.

Track-listing :

01 - Space Invader
02 - Gimme A Feelin` (radio edit)
03 - I Wanna Hold You
04 - Change
05 - Toys
06 - Immortal Pleasures
07 - Inside The Vortex
08 - What Every Girl Wants
09 - Past The Milky Way
10 - Reckless
11 - The Joker
12 - Starship
L'édition digipack contiendra ces deux titres bonus :
13 - The Joker (extended version)
14 - Reckless (different remix version)

L'édition vinyle se présentera de cette façon :

Side 1
01 - Space Invader
02 - Gimme A Feelin` (radio edit)
03 - I Wanna Hold You
04 - Change
Side 2
05 - Toys
06 - Immortal Pleasures
07 - Inside The Vortex
08 - What Every Girl Wants
Side 3
09 - Past The Milky Way
10 - Reckless
11 - The Joker
12 - Starship
Side 4 (titres bonus)
01 - The Joker (extended version)
02 - Reckless (different remix version)
03 - Space Invader (radio edit)
04 - Gimme A Feelin` (explicit version)

Bonjour les bonus !!!       

Interview: Ace Frehley Talks New Album, Kiss & More!

http://www.spotlightreport.net/on-the-spot-2/interview-ace-frehley-talks-new-album-kiss-more

Samples de titres du nouvelle album :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALfpXQSx3f4&index=1&list=UUmDYlR4nLjcz5AaAXDb3YJw


Bof ,Bof ,Bof !!!

Ace toujours au sommet de sa connerie !!!


- Ace Frehley Says KISS Will ‘Look Foolish When My New Record Comes Out’

While Ace Frehley has never shied away from discussing his struggles with addiction during his days with Kiss, he believes it never affected his abilities as badly as his former band mates have claimed. In a new interview, he says that it’s all part of a smear campaign and that his forthcoming album, ‘Space Invader,’ will vindicate him.

“In concert, I always delivered,” he told WENN. “And 95 per cent of the time I delivered on record. It’s there, it’s history. All they’re trying to do is discredit me, so it validates the new line-up. They’ll look foolish when my new album comes out.”

Frehley also suggested that the whole controversy at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, with Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley refusing to perform with Ace and Peter Criss, was due to a case of the the other two being “afraid of history repeating itself.”

“When me and Peter performed with them on the ‘MTV Unplugged’ sessions in 1995,” he continued. “The place went completely crazy and they had to scrap their album that they had just recorded with Bruce Kulick and Eric Singer and they had to do a reunion tour. They’re on tour right now with Tommy [Thayer] and Eric [Singer] and they didn’t want anything to overshadow that. They were afraid that everyone was gonna demand a reunion again if we played.”

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- Ace Frehley "Space Invader" Vinyl Collectors Bundle

Bundle includes:

-Space Invader LP
-Space Invader album art t-shirt
-18" x 24" Ace Invader poster
-3" circular embroidered patch
-Embroidered logo beanie
-Ace Frehley PikCard
-Album art slipmat

Pre-Order: Expected to ship on or around October 15, 2014

Like a shooting star headed toward Earth from another solar system, Ace Frehley operates in his own musical galaxy. He is a musical maverick and iconoclast adored by millions of fans around the world.

Through his seminal work with KISS as well as a solo artist, Ace Frehley is championed as one of the most influential guitar players of the last four decades and his impact on popular music is immeasurable.

With his smash 1978 solo album and post-KISS work, (including 2009's Anomaly album), Frehley continues to be the best-selling member of the original band.

Space Invader sees Ace delivering yet another solid slab of rock guaranteed to satisfy fans both new and old.

Track List:
01. The Joker
02. What Every Girl Wants / Time Waits For No One
03. Space Invader
04. Inside The Vortex
05. Gimmie A Feelin
06. Change
07. Imoortal Pleasures
08. Wanna Be Free
09. Reckless
10. Toys
11. Starship
12. Give It To Me



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ACE FREHLEY Says Gene, Paul Pulled Hall Of Fame Show Due To Reunion Demand Fears

PAUL STANLEY and GENE SIMMONS refused to regroup the original KISS line-up for a performance at the band's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction because they were afraid fans would demand a reunion tour, according to guitarist ACE FREHLEY.Stanley and Simmons pulled the plug on a performance at the big bash in April (14) after Hall of Fame bosses refused to honour their current bandmates alongside Frehley and drummer Peter Criss, so the live spectacular fans had hoped for was nixed - and now the group's original guitarist tells WENN the KISS army will never forgive his old bandmates.

He explains, "After 40 years, you think they could have given the fans 15 minutes that night. Peter and I wanted to perform, the Hall of Fame wanted us to do it, but Paul and Gene shot it down. It was a moment in history that was lost and some of the fans will never forgive them for that.

"But I'll tell you why Paul and Gene didn't wanna perform with me and Peter - they were afraid of history repeating itself. When me and Peter performed with them on the MTV Unplugged sessions in 1995, the place went completely crazy and they had to scrap their album that they had just recorded with Bruce Kulick and Eric Singer and they had to do a reunion tour.

"They're on tour right now with Tommy (Thayer) and Eric (Singer) and they didn't want anything to overshadow that. They were afraid that everyone was gonna demand a reunion again if we played."

And Frehley has used his new WENN interview to respond to fresh criticism from Stanley, who recently stated his former lead guitarist was not fit "to wear the uniform" of KISS, explaining, "If you no longer can uphold your end or live up to the stature that we set for ourselves in the beginning, if you are compromised by drugs or alcohol, if you've lost sight of how lucky we are to be in this position, then you no longer deserve to wear the uniform."

Frehley insists he was never as bad as his former bandmates paint him - and he hopes his new album Space Invader, his first in five years, will prove he's still got what it takes.

He adds, "It's a joke. In concert, I always delivered, and 95 per cent of the time I delivered on record. It's there, it's history. All they're trying to do is discredit me, so it validates the new line-up. They'll look foolish when my new album comes out.

"I think they're just cranky that every time they go on the Internet they have to read fans saying, 'Get Ace back'."
du grand PAUL DANIEL FREHLEY ..........