Into The Night - Music

Along With Eddie Van Halen Kiss' Ace Frehley Inspired Numerous Up-And-Coming Rockers To Pick Up The Guitar In The 1970s And By The Next Century He Was Listed By Just About Every Contemporary Rock Guitarist As An Important Influence. Operating Under The Glossy Platform Boot-Bolstered Persona Spaceman Sometimes Space Ace Frehley Played With Kiss From The Group's Inception In 1973 To 1982 When He Embarked On A Successful Solo Career. He Rejoined The Group In 1998 For Their International Reunion Tour And Stayed With Them Through 2002 Eventually Returning To His Solo Work In 2009 With The Release Of Anomaly. Having Beaten His Addiction To Drugs And Alcohol In The Interim Frehley Enjoyed A Creative Surge In The 2010s Issuing A String Of Well-Received Albums Like Space Invader 2014 And Spaceman 2018 And Releasing A Popular 2011 Autobiography No Regrets A Rock 'N' Roll Memoir. Born Paul Frehley On April 27 1951 In The Bronx New York Frehley Began Playing Guitar When He Received An Electric Six-String For His 14th Birthday In 1965. Already A Big Fan Of The Rolling Stones He Was Blown Away When He Caught A Multi-Band Live Show In N.Y.C. In Early 1967 Featuring Both The Who And Cream Among Others Which Solidified His Desire To Pursue Rock Guitar More Seriously And Put A Promising Art Career On The Back Burner . Frehley Began Playing In Local Bands Soon After Adding Both Led Zeppelin And Jimi Hendrix To His Influences -- And Around This Time Adopted The Nickname "Ace." Although None Of The Bands He Played With Had Taken Off He Answered An Ad In A Local Paper For A New Hard Rock Theatrically Based Group In Early 1973. A Few Weeks After His Initial Tryout Frehley Was Hired As The Lead Guitarist For The New Quartet Joining Bassist/singer Gene Simmons Rhythm Guitarist/singer Paul Stanley And Drummer Peter Criss To Form The Band Kiss. By Year's End The Greasepaint- And Costume-Wearing Band Was Signed To Casablanca Records And By 1978 Had Become One Of The World's Top Hard Rock Bands. A String Of Platinum Albums And Sold-Out Tours Lasted From 1975 Until 1979 Until The Trappings Of Fame Threatened To Break Up The Band. Frehley's Best Friend In The Band Criss Left Kiss In 1980 As The Group Unsuccessfully Experimented With Non-Metal Styles. Ace Frehley's Use Of Alcohol And Drugs Increased Due To His Ever-Increasing Unhappiness In The Band And By 1982 He'd Exited Kiss. Within A Year Or Two After His Split From Kiss Ace Began Putting His Own Solo Band Together Frehley's Comet. The Band Played Local N.Y.C. Clubs But Failed To Issue A Record Until 1987's Self-Titled Debut For Megaforce Records. Instead Of Following The Heavy Metal Direction Of His Exceptional 1978 Solo Album Frehley's Comet Tried To Keep Pace With The Current Pop-Metal Movement Mötley Crüe Etc. Issuing Two Other Albums And A Live EP By 1989. Around This Time Frehley Put His Old Art Talents To Use Once Again Through Computer Graphics With A Few Of His Images Even Being Featured In An Art Exhibit. Despite Mudslinging In The Press Between Simmons/Stanley And Frehley In The Early '90s All Four Original Kiss Members Made Up In Time To Reunite For A 1995 Taping Of MTV Unplugged. The Taping Was Such A Success That It Led To A Full-Blown Reunion Of The Original Lineup Resulting In The Massively Successful 1996-1997 Alive Worldwide Tour. Frehley Continued As A Member Of Kiss Until The End Of Their Farewell Tour Lasting Longer Than Fellow Original Member Peter Criss Who Dropped Out In 2001 . Live Appearances Including Gigs At The Massive Rocklahoma Festival Kept Ace Busy Until 2009 When He Released The Album Anomaly On His Own Label Bronx Born Records. In 2011 He Published No Regrets A Detailed And Frank Memoir That Recounted Among Other Things His Aforementioned Struggles With Alcohol And Cocaine Addiction. In 2013 He Celebrated Seven Years Of Sobriety And Spent Much Of That Year Appearing At Horror Sci-Fi And Pop Culture Conventions. The Following April After A Long Wait Kiss Was Inducted Into The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Before August Brought The Release Of Space Invader A Solo Album That Took A Heavier Approach Than Anomaly. Released In 2016 Origins Vol. 1 Was An All-Covers Album Featuring Songs From Ace's Favorite Bands Up To And Including Kiss With New Versions Of "Parasite" And "Cold Gin" Sitting Next To Songs From Thin Lizzy And Cream. The Following Year Frehley Joined Kiss Bassist/vocalist Simmons On-Stage At A Hurricane Harvey Benefit For The Children Matter Organization In St. Paul Minnesota. It Was The First Time The Former Bandmates Had Performed Together In Over 16 Years. In 2018 Frehley Issued His Eighth Solo Long Payer Spaceman Which Featured A Power Pop Cover Of Eddie Money's "I Wanna Go Back" And The Rowdy Single "Rockin' With The Boys " The Latter Of Which Was Written During Kiss' '70s Heyday. In The Fall Of 2018 Frehley Revealed That He Was Changing His Entire Solo Backing Band From Guitarist Richie Scarlet Bassist Chris Wyse And Drummer Scot Coogan To Gene Simmons‘ Solo Band Members Consisting Of Philip Shouse On Guitar/vocals Ryan Cook On Guitar/vocals Jeremy Asbrock On Guitar/vocals And Christopher Williams On Drums. He Then Released A Second Covers Album Origins Vol. 2 In September 2020. Biography By Greg Prato Website Http //www.Acefrehley.Com Ace Frehley 1978 Frehley's Comet 1987 Second Sighting 1988 Trouble Walkin' 1989 Anomaly 2009 Space Invader 2014 Origins Vol. 1 2016 Spaceman 2018 Origins Vol. 2 2020 10 000 Volts 2024 read less