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01.11.2020 15:08:49



Ace Frehley - Never Released, SOUNDBOARD audio - Rock Soldiers - Live at the Strand, 7/21/93 Providence, RI.  I bought the master tape from Bill Baker,  This has never been released anywhere, until now. I was at this show back in 1993, the photos of Ace  wearing a blue jacket are my photos

01.11.2020 20:20:04



November 1, 2020, 6 hours ago


Founding KISS guitarist and Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame member, Ace Frehley, recently guested on The Disc Dive. In the installment below he talks about Love Gun, Alive II, Dynasty, Unmasked, and Music From The Elder.

On the Unmasked album, released in 1980:

"Most of the songs that I wrote in those days, I played bass on. In retrospect, I think Gene (Simmons) might have been hurt a little because a lot of times I wouldn't even ask him. I'd go, 'I'm playing bass on this song; I wrote the bass part, I wanna do it.' I never really gave him a chance to do his version of what the bass part should be. At that point I guess I was becoming a little pushy about the way I wanted my songs to sound. Be that as it may, it seemed to work at the time."

01.11.2020 20:23:06

04.11.2020 06:03:29

04.11.2020 06:06:05

Pas à ch... le costume du Spaceman lui va bien mieux que celui d'Halloween !

C'est clair que son costume sort tout droit de Center fête

Ace “Black Bart” Frehley
October 31, 1977
Backstreet Studios
Bronx, New York

When KISS embarked upon Australia for their first ever visit in November, 1980, Bill Aucoin brought a photographer Patrick Jones to document every single detail of the trip.

05.11.2020 05:58:10



The guitarist also shares his opinion on using Pro Tools.

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Posted 19 hours ago


During an appearance on Rock Talk With Mitch Lafon, classic KISS guitarist Ace Frehley talked about parting ways with the band for the first time back in the early '80s.

Discussing how he parted ways with the group, Ace commented (transcribed by UG):

"The whole idea behind rock 'n' roll is that it's supposed to be fun. You listen to music, and it gets you happy. KISS used to be fun for me, and when it got to the point where it wasn't fun anymore, I quit.
"1981, Gene [Simmons, bass] was over-merchandising the band, they wanted to tour constantly, I didn't want to tour - I wanted to drive my sports cars and hang out with my friends in between.
"They were workaholics, and I wanted to go to Studio 54 and enjoy my stardom. [laughs]
"So we parted ways on that - because they wanted to constantly tour, and I said, 'Go ahead, I'm out of here.' Plus with the success of my solo album, it was kind of like writing on the wall for me.
"That was much more creative from those guys. I knew within a few years that I'll be leaving the group to form up my own band - and so far, so good, one day at a time.
"I celebrate 14 years sober, and it's a milestone for me - never thought I'd reach that, but with the help of God, I have. I still take it one day at a time."

Back when you were recording the first couple of KISS records compared to now, how do you think guitar tones have changed through the years?

"You know, we didn't have Pro Tools back then. These are all recordings with different plugins, like, new algorithms that emulate different sounds, but you know, a lot of it has to do with digital reverbs and stuff that wasn't available to us.
"When you think about the stuff that was recorded at the Power Station - like for example [1985's] 'Addicted to Love' by Robert Palmer, they got that ambient drum sound by putting the snare drum into a hallway and re-recording it back into the tape machine - because they didn't have digital reverbs then.
"And now we got so many different types of special effects that just make the production sound bigger, better, natural doubling effects. Me and John 5 used a special auto-panner for the guitar solo on [the cover of Cream's] 'Politician' that came out so cool - that's pretty much it.
"Editing is so much easier with Pro Tools, it's a click of a mouse, you know. In the early days with KISS, we'd have to cut the tape with a razor blade and put it back together with a special tape hoping you wouldn't hear the click when it went back."

Was there a lot of punching in and punching out on those early KISS records - was there a lot of editing that had to be done?

"Oh yeah, there was a lot of mistakes we had to fix, even on the [1975's] 'Alive 1,' we overdubbed a lot of the mistakes and made it sound better than the original recording.
"And we had audience loops, [producer] Eddie Kramer had like three 0.25-inch tape machines with long loops going around, and he had three faders; one was one kind of audience reaction, the second one was a stronger audience reaction, and No. 3 was just like everybody going completely apeshit. [Laughs]
"We used a lot of shit to make that album sound more exciting, but pretty much the heart of the record is still our live performance, and what made that album so great was the packaging and the booklet.
"It was like a souvenir of a KISS concert, and KISS was a very strong band live, and I think that's what made that album so successful."

Talk about KISS' 'Alive 1,' celebrating that anniversary - do you have any special moments or memories you want to share about the album?
"Not really. [Laughs] You got to remember - what was that, 40 years ago? After all the alcohol and drugs I've done over the years, I lost a few brain cells, my memory's not where it used to be. [Laughs] Tomorrow I'm celebrating 14 years sober, so that's a blessing."

06.11.2020 21:51:41



141 vues•6 nov. 2020

kisslolo a écrit:

When KISS embarked upon Australia for their first ever visit in November, 1980, Bill Aucoin brought a photographer Patrick Jones to document every single detail of the trip.

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53 vues•17 nov. 2020

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20.11.2020 06:13:24



219 vues•20 nov. 2020

Tu vas te le prendre phiphi ?

20.11.2020 20:18:44

Pasteur a écrit:

Tu vas te le prendre phiphi ?

Sincèrement, je ne sais pas...
Autant j'aime bien la vidéo autant Je ne trouve pas que la pochette soit belle...
Je vais regarder à combien je peux l'avoir.
Si cela reste raisonnable, je ferai probablement un effort !
Si cela arrive, je mettrai en ligne pour montrer le produit.

20.11.2020 20:22:16



243 vues•20 nov. 2020

21.11.2020 07:15:58



Just a quick vid of the opening of the new Ace Frehley "Space Truckin'" picture disc for Record Store Day Black Friday on Nov. 27. Limited to 3,000 copies, this disc looks... Well, find out by watching! Thank you eOne!

phiphi a écrit:

20.11.2020 20:18:44

Pasteur a écrit:

Tu vas te le prendre phiphi ?

Sincèrement, je ne sais pas...
Autant j'aime bien la vidéo autant Je ne trouve pas que la pochette soit belle...
Je vais regarder à combien je peux l'avoir.
Si cela reste raisonnable, je ferai probablement un effort !
Si cela arrive, je mettrai en ligne pour montrer le produit.

Pareil, j'aime bien le morceau mais le recto et le verso de ce picture ne me plaisent pas vraiment. C'est dommage avec toute la promo autour de l'album, j'aurai vu un truc un peu plus beau et travaillé

22.11.2020 21:20:31



24 vues•22 nov. 2020

Setlist:
1. Rocket Ride
2. Snow Blind
3. Save Your Love
4. Torpedo Girl
5. Getaway
6. Rockin’ With The Boys
7. 2,000 Man
8. Hard Times
9. Strange Ways
10. New York Groove
11. Shock Me/Ace Solo
12. Rip It Out
13. Dark Light
14. Cold Gin

24.11.2020 06:10:51



20 vues•23 nov. 2020

29.11.2020 07:39:46



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05.12.2020 21:45:59



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1 728 vues•5 déc. 2020

Ace Frehley recounts how Anton Fig ended up playing on Ace's first solo record as well as KISS albums and other Ace projects.