To be honest with you, I appreciate Ace more now than I ever did. Yeah some of his solos were some of the best ever written. It's not about flash. It's about feel and saying something. Most people just play. Very few make it talk to you.
To be honest with you, I appreciate Ace more now than I ever did. Yeah some of his solos were some of the best ever written. It's not about flash. It's about feel and saying something. Most people just play. Very few make it talk to you.
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Rikk (11-14-2022),Terry (09-11-2022),Vinnie Velvet (09-13-2022)
He kept chugging along even after KISS with his style intact.
I could still throw his 1978 solo record on and listen to it from start to finish. I've always thought he did some really great stuff on that. Inventive.
Just straight up rock and roll. KISS had that great run of albums from Alive! through Alive 2 - the stuff before Alive! strictly on the merits of the limited production makes that stuff kinda unlistenable to me - and there were some good tunes on Dynasty and Unmasked. Creatures was a great album, but it was never quite the same for me after Peter and Ace left the group. Even when the band finally got tough again on Revenge...
I dunno. It took those four guys in the 1970s and that particular sound they made, and probably my being as young as I was back then helped, too.
Anyway, what was this thread about? Oh, yeah, Steve Vai.
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He still puts out good songs. Some remakes others original material. Saw a photo of Ace's current studio. It's really cool.
Vai cracks me up. He calls his studio the Harmony Hut. He's got a little loft in it he crawls up into and does meditation but hey, that's Steve.
Here I am in this city with a fist full of dollars and baby, you better believe it!
In the back of my Cadillac, a wicked lady sittin' by my side sayin' "where are we?"
Stopped at 3rd and 43, exit to the night
It's gonna be ecstasy, this place was meant for me
(Ooh) I feel so good tonight
(Ooh) Who cares about tomorrow
So baby, you'd better believe
I love Ace and I love KISS - especially the original era. Its no secret KISS became KISS only when Ace first plugged in and they played Deuce. Cause you have to remember, Paul Gene and Peter played for months as a threepiece in their loft long before Ace joined. He was the last.
Ace today? Well, to be fair age and substance abuse in his younger years have made him slow and lethargic. His band truly carries the load but the songs just plod along now. Parasite for instance is just too slow.
Now I am basing this on watching youtubes. I havent seen Ace currently in a live setting. So maybe the vibe is better live and you dont notice or care about the quality of the playing.
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I checked out where that KISS loft used to be. It’s just a few doors down the street from the Flat Iron Building.
Ace was fine when I saw him. Not bad for a guy who’s 70 years old. He looked healthy and was in a good mood. He nailed his solos. Those were as good as they ever were. He tossed out a lot of guitar picks and kind of slacked off during the songs. He had the show rigged where he wouldn’t have to sing all the songs and play guitar all the time but it worked. The sound quality was great. He had a good sound guy.
Vinnie Velvet (09-13-2022)
Anyways back to Steve. Ha! Ha! We find that slacker Ace more interesting. Ha! Ha!
What can you say. Ace cooked up some tasty licks we all still enjoy. Enough said.
Seems like a nice guy. Bit of a pretentious fuck if you ask me.
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Jérôme Frenchise (10-11-2022)
Julien's Auctions has a bunch of Vai stuff (including some DLR related) up for bid:
https://www.julienslive.com/auctions...ey=steve%20vai
Having watched the Vai video some of the items stick out (ice cream truck paperwork, etc.)
Also a Cradle Will Rock stage played guitar:
https://www.julienslive.com/lot-deta...%3Dvan%2Bhalen
and a Taylor Hawkins Tribute multi artist signed Frankenstrat:
https://www.julienslive.com/lot-deta...%3Dvan%2Bhalen
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I came to this forum because I'm researching my next documentary. And I see someone posted my Steve Vai doc here. Thank you!! I hope you enjoyed it!!
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Seshmeister (11-14-2022)
The search function is a bit shit unfortunately but there is an insane amount of stuff here posted over 20 years if you can take the time to find it.
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