By Steve Newton If you'd told me when the first Kiss album came out in '74 that one day I'd be interviewing the guy playing all those wicked Les Paul licks on "Deuce" and "Strutter" my teenaged self mighta hollered "Hell yeah!" And 34 years later there I was, talkin' on the phone with Ace … Continue reading That time I thanked Ace Frehley for all those awesome Kiss guitar licks that got me riled up as a teen
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That time Ace Frehley told me that deep down inside Gene Simmons was a teddy bear
By Steve Newton When it comes to legendary rocker Gene Simmons, you either love him or hate him. Some say he's an arrogant, money-hungry, womanizing prick; others say that he's a legendary rocker, so who cares. When I got the opportunity to interview Simmons' former Kiss bandmate Ace Frehley back in 2008 I asked him … Continue reading That time Ace Frehley told me that deep down inside Gene Simmons was a teddy bear
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. Like that time, as … Continue reading That time I asked Ace Frehley if he ever feared an onstage attack like the one that killed Dimebag
That time I told Ace Frehley that I thought the first Kiss album was the best Kiss album
By Steve Newton I was crazy about Kiss when their first album dropped back in the Year of Our Lord, 1974. I was 16 at the time, which is all you need to know. I think it's their best album--love "Strutter", "Deuce", "Black Diamond"--so when the opportunity came to interview Ace Frehley back in 2008 … Continue reading That time I told Ace Frehley that I thought the first Kiss album was the best Kiss album