<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar Player in Ace-frehley ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/tag/ace-frehley Tue, 23 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “I feel like we all still have a lot of great ideas and a desire to keep creating.” Tommy Thayer teases future Kiss activity and says the band “has a lot in the works” ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/tommy-thayer-on-the-future-of-kiss auKtnyFvqhFZuMNTWSyUVG Tue, 23 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He came up with the melody. I didn't write that.” Ace Frehley said one of his greatest Kiss guitar solos was written by someone else ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/ace-frehley-on-bob-ezrin-and-the-detroit-rock-city-solo sp6HoFmQLhMvaDSnLCqajG Thu, 18 Dec 2025 13:33:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ “All of us are guilty of it — and so am I.” Gene Simmons says he has one regret about how he treated the late Ace Frehley ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/gene-simmons-ace-frehley-regret ZZ5eWqacMeMazGTd7KWEYN Thu, 20 Nov 2025 17:11:01 +0000 Thu, 20 Nov 2025 17:32:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “If you don’t hear that it’s a template for ‘Eruption,’ then you don’t have ears.” A veteran guitarist says Eddie Van Halen copied Ace Frehley. We dismantle the claim with one simple fact ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/veteran-guitarist-says-this-kiss-guitar-solo-was-eddie-van-halens-template-for-eruption 5Xmbb2imKLdrW7QraqqzNh Wed, 12 Nov 2025 17:49:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I called Eddie and Alex and said, ‘I’ve got some songs — you want to help me do these demos?’” Gene Simmons on the guitar solo Eddie Van Halen recorded for a Kiss hit— and Ace Frehley copied note for note ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/music/albums-singles/gene-simmons-had-ace-frehley-copy-an-eddie-van-halen-guitar-solo wj5nRpqSScTj2KA7QrbYZ Mon, 10 Nov 2025 14:16:01 +0000 Tue, 11 Nov 2025 15:10:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The medical examiner is now investigating.” The death of Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley is under official investigation ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/ace-frehley--death-under-official-investigation V7EDPXWJGPuesUGegnhEN7 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 19:59:51 +0000 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 20:07:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ “To be honest, I actually didn't want to record this song.” Ace Frehley on his one regret about the hit that is forever associated with him ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/music/albums-singles/ace-frehley-has-one-regret-about-his-only-hit kW3R5Y4oenzxb5a5kk98in Sun, 19 Oct 2025 11:32:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I'm gonna keep going until the wheels fall off.” Ace Frehley on plans for his unfinished final album — plus memories of Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Kiss... and the hardest song to play ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/ace-frehley-on-hendrix-zeppelin-kiss-and-his-final-album rsAW8annTvWxffSQhdFFSH Fri, 17 Oct 2025 19:25:22 +0000 Fri, 17 Oct 2025 19:28:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He is and will always be a part of Kiss’s legacy.” Ace Frehley’s life and music are remembered in tributes from Kiss's Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, among many friends and fellow musicians ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/tributes-to-ace-frehley-from-gene-simmons-paul-stanley-and-more Jnh5mNDzCTnZvkawwzMnV6 Fri, 17 Oct 2025 02:44:26 +0000 Fri, 17 Oct 2025 02:46:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I didn’t realize how short he was!” The late Ace Frehley always spoke his mind. And when it came to his Kiss replacements Bruce Kulick, Vinnie Vincent and Tommy Thayer, the Space Ace had plenty to say ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/ace-frehley-on-his-kiss-replacements-bruce-kulick-vinnie-vincent-tommy-thayer dXt9BycDQqVGeH6xyNuesQ Thu, 16 Oct 2025 23:42:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We are completely devastated and heartbroken." Ace Frehley, Kiss cofounding guitarist, is dead at age 74 ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/we-are-completely-devastated-and-heartbroken-ace-frehley-kiss-cofounding-guitarist-is-dead-at-age-74 QyMgdBgYSdHFS2gjioDekg Thu, 16 Oct 2025 22:48:14 +0000 Thu, 16 Oct 2025 22:51:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Ace had a minor fall in his studio, resulting in a trip to the hospital." Ace Frehley takes a spill forcing him to cancel show — the latest in his long history of falls ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/ace-frehley-cancels-show-after-fall ie3decmuLLB9UbMdNkivy8 Fri, 26 Sep 2025 10:21:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ “They changed their mind, and Paul said, ‘If Ace and Peter got on stage with us, the band could be called Piss.’” Ace Frehley on why he didn’t play the final show of Kiss's farewell tour ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/ace-frehley-on-his-kiss-end-of-the-road-absence JnomLbJr5nR5i5cxWWDycB Wed, 20 Aug 2025 18:24:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We were mixing ‘Frampton Comes Alive!’ and they just kept on coming in and borrowing all sorts of different stuff!” Peter Frampton says Ace Frehley and Paul Stanley used his guitars on Kiss’s smash 1975 live album ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/peter-frampton-s-gear-is-on-kiss-s-alive-album gB4XNgweBuryxriqyoPWN Sat, 16 Aug 2025 13:15:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “You’re everything that scares the girls of America.” Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley fought against a Kiss makeover. But it gave them their biggest hit ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/music/albums-singles/bob-ezrin-on-writing-beth-with-kiss WJMuJxHapCcoBfr4zredcB Wed, 18 Jun 2025 15:10:04 +0000 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 15:10:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ "There’s so much yet to come." Guitarist Paul Stanley weighs in on Kiss’s Las Vegas show, admitting, "I certainly miss the camaraderie onstage" with Gene Simmons and Tommy Thayer ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/paul-stanley-there-is-so-much-yet-to-come-from-kiss EscLSk428gygPQzcNaVNq6 Sat, 24 May 2025 14:49:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ “After the second audition they said, ‘You’re the one.’ And I said, 'I’m not sure you’re the one.’” Ace Frehley recalled his Kiss audition and revealed the amp setting that works every time ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/ace-frehley-on-his-kiss-audition SkqiFouchDrrtBnMoU58pD Tue, 20 May 2025 19:57:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I never saw Ace or Peter. It wasn't the 'magical record.'" When Kiss’s 1998 reunion album was in jeopardy, Bruce Kulick returned to the fold to save the day ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/bruce-kulick-on-psycho-circus PagaFcFy6Sqo6JsQLvWhy8 Mon, 05 May 2025 11:43:26 +0000 Mon, 05 May 2025 11:44:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Paul showed up on my doorstep and took me out to lunch. He was trying to change my mind.” Ace Frehley says Kiss are lying about his departures from the group. Here's his side of the story ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/ace-frehley-on-his-kiss-departures 3DcWEEyFKqNEUKVh2aqJZ5 Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:36:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ "He was a great guy. And he had my face tattooed on his chest!” Ace Frehley offers his opinion of three guitarists who have called the first Kiss axeman their six-string inspiration ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/ace-frehley-on-the-guitarists-he-influenced uo6mw2K34zc2Fma6UCav5G Sat, 08 Mar 2025 14:37:48 +0000 Sun, 09 Mar 2025 13:26:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Our dear friend was killed in a car accident." Karl Cochran, guitarist who worked with Kiss and Joe Lynn Turner, has died ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/karl-cochran-rip CEdtdsyZeXmggPGRY4ftM4 Mon, 24 Feb 2025 13:05:22 +0000 Mon, 24 Feb 2025 13:29:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It's in my DNA — once the war paint was on, I became the Demon.” Gene Simmons recalls how Kiss scared the daylights out of Black Sabbath on the glam-rockers' 1974 debut tour ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/gene-simmons-on-the-kiss-black-sabbath-rivalry zZDjswANv6LAcb2YtzJSiL Wed, 19 Feb 2025 16:52:00 +0000 Wed, 19 Feb 2025 16:55:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ "George Lynch, Van Halen and a couple of different people saw me doing it." Harvey Mandel says he wants credit for introducing Eddie Van Halen to two-handed tapping ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/harvey-mandel-on-two-handed-tapping-and-eddie-van-halen 67bWpVa9gvzkUR2FRNWqqQ Wed, 19 Feb 2025 13:32:09 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:19:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I said, ‘I don’t know how to tell you this, but that’s a note-for-note guitar solo from the Doors.'” Gene Simmons says Ace Frehley copied a Robby Krieger guitar solo for a classic Kiss song ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/music/ace-frehley-lifted-a-robby-krieger-guitar-solo-for-kiss iD88T72uqfMAUvRR2bPDe7 Mon, 17 Feb 2025 17:02:50 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:19:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I should have been dead.” Ace Frehley on the stunt that nearly killed him but instead inspired a Kiss classic ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/ace-frehley-shock-me 2ZzGcAyHZeoBaGKgem8Bpd Wed, 22 Jan 2025 05:16:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The only way for Gene and Paul to win was to be as zany and nutty as I was.” Ace Frehley goes behind the scenes of rock's greatest TV interview — when Tom Snyder interviewed Kiss in 1979 ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/ace-frehley-kiss-1979-tom-snyder-interview J7jjrCyetpmNcrRzqKuMyJ Tue, 14 Jan 2025 16:00:00 +0000 Tue, 14 Jan 2025 19:28:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’d probably have practiced a little more If I knew I was going to affect that many people’s lives.” Ace Frehley takes us behind the scenes of five classic Kiss cuts ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/ace-frehley-on-five-classic-kiss-era-cuts woGGWoZWKTsZqqziVpmhsM Sat, 14 Dec 2024 00:02:24 +0000 Sat, 14 Dec 2024 00:06:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ “What impressed me the most was, at 72 years old, the guy still gets excited like a little kid, like a true rock fan... He had a lot of ideas”: Steve Brown details the inspiring process of working with Ace Frehley on his shocking new album, 10,000 Volts ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/steve-brown-ace-frehley-10000-volts ejGzgYwnowSMbrYXmVaKb Wed, 13 Mar 2024 17:00:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s mind-blowing to know I was a huge influence on a new crop of guitar players in the same way that Hendrix, Page, and Beck had an impact on me”: Ace Frehley on the creation of his new solo album, and the '59 Les Paul he'll forever regret selling ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/ace-frehley-10000-volts hoGgdYJDgYA4Q9Le6YWrcn Fri, 08 Mar 2024 22:19:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Any good guitar player will tell you his vibrato is as sweet as honey…” Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley, Joe Perry, Tom Morello and many more on what Paul Stanley’s playing brought to Kiss ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/what-makes-kiss-paul-stanley-so-special QExCGWPZzxygdp2sicyFyd Fri, 08 Dec 2023 13:00:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ Robben Ford Reveals His Weirdest Gig ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/robben-ford-reveals-his-weirdest-gig THbsRGRerV9Yufk3X3sKse Thu, 13 Oct 2022 17:03:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ How a Trio of Hardcore Kiss Fans Became the Guitar Frontline of Both Gene Simmons’ and Ace Frehley’s Touring Bands ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/lessons/how-a-trio-of-hardcore-kiss-fans-became-the-guitar-frontline-of-both-gene-simmons-and-ace-frehleys-touring-bands boZSF4F7LSWsC5fnCARJiU Mon, 17 Jan 2022 18:37:31 +0000 Tue, 18 Jan 2022 14:51:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ “God's Pulling the Strings and Playing the Whole Thing”: Ace Frehley Talks Life Before, During and After Kiss ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/gods-pulling-the-strings-and-playing-the-whole-thing-ace-frehley-talks-life-before-during-and-after-kiss 8MauWow3qUswYDYA7a3hhj Mon, 17 Jan 2022 16:46:53 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:10:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The Planets Were All in Perfect Alignment”: Paul Stanley on ‘Destroyer’ – the Defining Album that Turned Kiss Into National Rock Stars ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/the-planets-were-all-in-perfect-alignment-paul-stanley-on-destroyer-the-defining-album-that-turned-kiss-into-national-rock-stars ic89HF4n5nw3ZaahxRaMEB Mon, 17 Jan 2022 14:07:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Ace Frehley Ripping Up the Fretboard and Learn How to Shred Kiss-Style ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/lessons/watch-ace-frehley-ripping-up-the-fretboard-and-learn-how-to-shred-kiss-style PEwpvjm263uu8Aq6Vv2BYF Fri, 17 Sep 2021 19:24:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ How Brian May, Joe Perry, Eddie Van Halen, and More Re-Shaped Hard-Rock Guitar in the 1970s ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/how-brian-may-joe-perry-eddie-van-halen-and-more-re-shaped-hard-rock-guitar-in-the-1970s rCoCtuS5oJbjcRE2k47PUE Mon, 01 Mar 2021 21:47:46 +0000 <![CDATA[ Ace Frehley Talks Riffs, Recording and His Improbable Reunion with Gene Simmons on 'Spaceman' ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/ace-frehley-talks-riffs-recording-and-his-improbable-reunion-with-gene-simmons-on-spaceman z82QEMCLFjwefydyNFvLUX Fri, 26 Oct 2018 10:21:01 +0000 Thu, 16 Apr 2020 10:22:44 +0000