R.I.P. Ace Frehley (Kiss)

[Danja]

Ace Frehley Dies: Kiss Founding Guitarist Was 74

Ace Frehley, who co-founded the rock band Kiss and was its lead guitarist for eight years and nine studio albums and two live discs, died October 16. He was 74.

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[Tosk]

I was never much of a KISS guy, but I'll pour one out for such an obviously influential rocker.

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[Turtletrekker]

He was by so much and by far the most talented of the group. All one has to do is listen to the four solo albums to make that abundantly clear.

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[Procutus]

Although I never got to see them in person, I was a big KISS fan from the start, and it was the original four founding members who to me, were the group.

Ace was an extremely talented guitarist whose work I greatly enjoyed. He will be missed.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

Agreed he was the most talented of the original 4 KISS members. He just had too many demons back then, otherwise we might have gotten more KISS with Ace. Still, his solo stuff was damn good too.

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[Captaindemotion]

Sad to hear. He may not have been the most technically proficient guitarist ever but he played what was required for the songs, he wrote great riffs and he inspired countless young fans to pick up a guitar.

Kiss were the first band I ever saw live (Springsteen the first act, and I saw Kiss a few months later). By then, he had long been out of the band and this was the Bruce Kulick days (crazy nights tour) but it seems pretty clear that to hardcore fans nobody ever really replaced the Spaceman.

I always thought his surname rhymed with freely but now that I realise it rhymed with gaily or daily, I can appreciate what a cracking pun the name of his solo band, Frehley’s (like Halley’s) Comet was.