Ace Frehley
Ace Frehley
Paul Daniel "Ace" Frehley is an American musician, singer and songwriter best known as the former lead guitarist and founding member of the rock band Kiss. He invented the persona of the "Spaceman" or "Space Ace" and played with the group from its inception in 1973 until his departure in 1982. After leaving Kiss, Frehley embarked on a solo career, which was put on hold when he rejoined Kiss in 1996 for a highly successful reunion tour...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth27 April 1951
CityThe Bronx, NY
CountryUnited States of America
The guys in my band are good friends on and off the stage. The band members that I have now is probably the best band that I have ever had.
If I'm so popular, why did they replace me with Tommy Thayer?
I don't see this planet being... they're talking about how they're turning around the environmental problems here, but I think it's already too late.
One thing I love to do is produce. I've produced a couple of bands. I mean, nothing ever really happened with 'em, but I enjoy getting a young band into the studio and guiding them, and making them feel at ease.
If I had known I would influence so many guitarists, I would have practiced more.
My life has been a roller coaster ride, but somehow I've always been able to land on my feet and still play the guitar.
I knew I was destined to be a rock star. I just knew it, like I've always had the power of foresight. I feel right now exactly the way I felt after I finished mixing my first solo album 'New York Groove'.
I knew I was destined to do a solo album, but when I did that first album in 1978, I had no idea it was going to be that well received.
By the time I'm 40, interplanetary travel will be common. Nobody will want to talk to me at that age, anyway.
I had a feeling it was gonna work out because not only did I enjoy the music and hit it off with the guys, but I was into theatrical rock and was willing to wear makeup and do anything to make it.
One of the greatest gifts I've ever gotten is my daughter.
I believe that the only way that the human race is gonna survive is to start colonizing space and setting up colonies on the moon, and then space stations.
As long as I know what key the solo is in, I try to kind of empty my mind and not think about anything. I just play without thinking.
I look at my kid, and one part of me wants to keep her as my little baby. But, y'know, the bottom line is she's 18!