That time I asked Ace Frehley if he ever feared an onstage attack like the one that killed Dimebag
By Steve Newton
We’ve all seen violence at rock concerts, but usually it only involves some guy in the crowd who’s had too much to drink and decides to give another guy a punch in the head.
Rarely does it involve the actual band members on stage, although there are exceptions.
And then there’s the tragic case of famed Pantera and Damageplan guitarist Dimebag Darrell, who was shot to death onstage in 2004 during a show in Columbus, Ohio.
When I interviewed founding Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley back in 2008 I asked him about his relationship with Dimebag, which it turns out was very good.
Then I asked Ace whether he ever worried about encountering the type of in-concert violence that took Dimebag’s life.
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