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The two of them were certainly wasted a lot during those years. Always funny that when they made the Phantom of the Park movie, Ace was so out of it, they just cut most of his dialogue and told him to make funny noises, while Peter was so messed up he couldn't deliver a line properly, and then all his lines had to be dubbed by some voice actor, since Peter refused to do the overdubs himself.
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I hear ya 4th. I remember going to see Alice Cooper, Ace and Faster Pussycat in '88. Ace never even made to the stage. He sure knows how to party. Unfortunately, he also knows how to disappoint his fans in the process.
He was here in Gnashville at a tattoo/horror movie convention or some shit at some point in 2012. Friends who went to see him said that any comments made to him about "You are such an inspiration to me" or "I am a big fan" were met with derisive or dismissive comments.....and comments indicating he really did not want to be there. In fact, at one point the first day of the convention, I heard his appearance had been canceled for unknown reasons, only to find out on Sunday he was in fact there.
Too bad. He was my first guitar teacher. The first album I tried to master was Kiss: Alive! Naturally, as a beginning guitarist, I aspired to be able to play his solo note-for-note.
Due to his attitude, if I never meet him in my life, it will not bother me in the least.
After reading your stories of Ace being late and not showing up at shows, I also would have been disappointed.
now be in a band with him...having contracts, tours with venues up to 15.000 waiting for you. I would fire that jackass personally! sorry to side with the "bad guys" here, but without the drugs and the alcohol Ace would still be playing in that band, it was his choice. Ace flushed his carreer in KI$$ down the toilet. can't blame the others to go on. have tix for next summer, will go with my daughter...
I had to deal with drunk fucks on stage, too. this is not what people payed their hard money for. whatever you drink or smoke or take...plug the fuck in and play...ace didn't so they KI$$ed him good bye...
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It´s great that you will go with your daughter to the Kiss show, I saw them less than two months ago, I invited a close friend who never have seen them before, and he was hooked, he couldn´t believe the great number of children with their families at the show, we had an awesome time.
Odd...my understanding was that Frehley LEFT the band of his own accord in 1982 AND 2002...
I mean, doubtless to a couple of guys who don't drink or use drugs, Simmons and Stanley would have unamused by Frehley's behavior, and understandably so...but I was always under the impression from what I've read that Frehley quit twice and Criss was fired twice.
In a larger sense, I guess it really doesn't matter that Stanley and Simmons opted to go on. I mean, realistically, what the fuck else are they gonna do at this stage of the game that's gonna make them the kind of money they make playing in the old makeup?
Honestly, even if Criss and Frehley did rejoin the band again and the group embraked on what was honestly a final tour. I wouldn't be bothered enough to go. I love what the band did in the 1970s and will still throw in the old records or watch the old footage once in awhile, but as far as seeing them in the here and now the thrill is gone for me: watching any band punch a clock and go through the motions for the money, where half the members can't stand being around each other...why bother?
Scramby eggs and bacon.
Ace left after Elder in 1981, not 82. Remember it was Vinnie Vincent who played on Creatures of the Night. But because Paul didn't think up of the Egyptian God makeup for Vinnie, the album pictured Ace Frehley.
I do NOT EVER expect the original lineup to tour again. At the absolute most, they'll probably suck it up for a single final show and that's the end of Kiss.
And about Ace being a dick to fans, well even though Ace is a very funny man, keep in mind he DID dress up in an authentic Nazi uniform and scream "GIVE ME YOUR PAPERS! I VILL KEEL YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!!!" right in Gene's face, something that even though Gene is a major cheap-ass dickhole, I do find to be rather innapropriate and strangley symbolic. Also fans do say that Paul Stanley and Eric Carr were the friendliest members of Kiss.
He left but then came back. I guess the plan was to have Ace play on the Creatures tour. Vinnie played solos on the album and Paul did a lot of the guitar work. Producer Michael James Jackson has said that Ace did play a little bit on the album. You may recall though that Ace appears in the video for I Love It Loud, but Paul plays the solo, since Ace wouldn't mime a solo by Vincent. Ace also did some other promo appearances for the album but he clearly wasn't well, because of the booze. He left and Vinnie toured.
I believe that contractually, Ace had to appear on the album cover since he was still officially a member of KISS.
I think one of the only songs in which Paul played lead guitar was "A World Without Heroes" from Elder, which was actually not a shabby solo at all. Even though probably no one thinks that Paul is the best guitarist for Kiss, Paul had the potential to become just as good as Ace or Vinnie on guitar, but he willingly chose to ignore that gift he had
Ace was a drunk for sure but I've never heard or seen a show where he couldn't play with Kiss. Maybe he coked it up after he got drunk and pulled it around. lol
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That's quite a goose step!
To be honest, Creatures was a lot like the Rolling Stones' Black and Blue, in that both albums were recorded while a member was having to be replaced, and there were a lot of guest guitarists. Vinnie only played the leads on 5 songs. There were about 5 other guys who played on the album, including some guys who played bass.
One of the things about the KISS box set that came out about ten years ago was, in one way, it was terrific, because you had all these rare tunes and the booklet with band commentary on every song. On the other hand it was bewildering because as a fan, you learned that so many of their songs, including some major hits didn't have the four guys playing on it. It would be Paul and Gene and some session guys. Credit them for listing all the names, but it was a bit of a shock to some long time fans who weren't aware of how little they were a "band" in studio. The "reunion" album, Psycho Circus apparently had so little of Ace and Peter on it, it's almost criminal that they called it a reunion.
You're partially right but it wasnt Rocket Ride, that was Ace all the way. Ace didnt play on the other new songs on Alive II. Bob Kulick and Rick Derringer did. The reason they did the solo albums in '78 was because Ace wanted out. They talked him into staying and they said lets take a break and all do a solo album and come back. Ace was the only one that had success. Ace also played on The Elder. They actually cut a lot of what he recorded because it was supposed to be a rock album. When Ezrin got a hold of it it changed to what we know. When Ace heard the final version he was so pissed he quit. But he played on each track.
Pretty much my reaction, as well. After listening to it about 5 times trying to force myself to like it (a practice that was repeated some 16 or 17 years later with VH III ), I first used it like a Frisbee for a while, and when that wasn't satisfying enough, I blew it up with some left over M-80s from the last 4th of July.
Yup, that was $8.99 I'd never get back.
Well, depending upon which source you read, Ace actually recorded some overdubs for Creatures Of The Night OR he didn't play on the album at all.
However, Ace DID appear with the band on a promotional European press jaunt (as well as appearing in the I Love It Loud video)...so while he technically may not have recorded with the band after The Elder (am unsure if he contributed anything to the then-new KISS Killers tracks), he was in the group for publicity purposes. The reason for that was because KISS were in the midst of suing their record company, Polygram (who bought out Casablanca in the early 1980s). Polygram had signed KISS fully aware that Peter Criss was leaving the group. However, the Polygram contract stipulated that the remaining three (Gene, Ace and Paul) had to remain in the group for the royalty rates to remain intact. Basically, KISS was trying to pull a fast one on Polygram for as long as they could until the lawsuit KISS brought against Polygram (involving Casablanca shlocking KISS albums Casablanca without the bands consent) could be settled.
Once Polygram eventually found out that Ace WAS gone, the KISS contract (rates for royalties and advances on records) was adjusted downward for Gene and Paul (Vinnie Vincent and Eric Carr were paid salaries).
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Oh, but that Rock Soldiers song. So so so not good. I liked Aces format with the comet. I've got those on cassettes around somewhere. Todd Howarth helped bolster the project alright. I'm sure Ace liked the idea of not having to try to sing the whole way through a show. Todd was a 5th member of Cheap Trick when I saw them in '95 or '96. That definitely worked live. Made "Tonight It's You" sound like the record.
I think I gotta upgrade my solo Ace album to CD finally. This place has got me in the mood for Rip It Out, Wiped Out, Snow Blind, Ozone, NY groove. Shit, I could barely name 1 song from each of the other solo albums. Radioactive was nice.
No kidding. This part of the thread made me seek out this little tune, one I have not heard in around 25-30 some odd years. By the way, I still have and occasionally wear my Ace solo album T-shirt (OK, I admit, I cut off the sleeves a while back, due to impending rotting). In fact, I wore it to our 2011 Thanksgiving gathering at a local park. And yes, I broke official protocol by showing up w/beer.
Did anybody else throw up in their mouth just a little when the Tommy Thayer Signature "Spaceman" LP was announced? Nothing against the dude personally, but it's kinda blasphemy - to even this not really Kiss fan.
$immon$ won't sue Thayer. I'm even wondering if he's not behind this...
My point exactly
Yeah you dont make money off KISS without them. A total dumbass "signature" guitar. I dont know why anyone would want it. Branded as the spaceman guitar because nobody knows who Thayer is!
Really not very happy with Kiss right now.I have been religiously checking tour dates and still no UK dates.Kiss,Do not let me down now
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Let's get together we can, Get hot
This is probably Gene's most genuine moment. I really believe that these were real tears of sadness and regret
That is the sort of moment when all else is irrelevant. For that moment, I feel for him.
Yep, that moment will make the toughest guy in the world misty...
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