Latest about Ace Frehley
The moment Tommy Thayer knew he would be officially joining Kiss
The band’s longest-serving Spaceman opens up on his history with the glam rock legends – and the moment he became their official guitarist
Karl Cochran, longtime Kiss and Joe Lynn Turner collaborator, has died aged 61
The guitarist wrote Into the Void alongside Ace Frehley, which appeared on Kiss' 1998's Psycho Circus, and toured extensively with Frehley, Turner, Eric Singer, Bob Daisley, and many others
Ace Frehley interrupted the band when he auditioned for Kiss – and Gene Simmons was ready to throw fists
Although the guitarist eventually aced his audition, his relationship with Simmons and the rest of the band got off to a rather rocky start
Dimebag Darrell and Snake Sabo on their love of Ace Frehley, and how the Kiss legend shaped their playing
Both guitarists were recruited by Guitar World in 1993 for a roundtable of sorts with Frehley – during which Dimebag and Sabo even went to the trouble of donning “Spaceman” makeup themselves
Kathy Valentine switched from guitar to bass for The Go-Go’s – until her solo skills were called upon again
The Hall of Famer on not being allowed to contribute as much as she wanted, why the band may not return, and working with Ace Frehley and Gilby Clark
Whitesnake’s Joel Hoekstra on the time Ace Frehley complimented his guitar playing… even though he wasn’t actually playing anything
Hoekstra says he only “really understood” the KISS veteran after partaking in an intimate and exclusive jam, during which Frehley insisted on cranking his amp to ear-splitting volumes
The Go-Go's Kathy Valentine recalls recruiting Ace Frehley and Gilby Clarke for her solo album
Valentine approached Frehley to play on her record at her birthday party – not expecting him to actually show up at the studio
Ace Frehley on his greatest gear finds – and the guitars he regrets selling
The former Kiss guitarist on that time he sold a ’59 Les Paul to fund a gambling trip, and the price-boosting power of his personal signature
