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RIP Mr Frehley. Back in the ‘70’s I wasn’t much of a fan of KISS. Thought they represented a kind of gimmicky shtick of over commercialized rock music. I was among a clique of musical friends that was directed toward what we considered more serious, less shallow music. However, over the years I’ve become much more tolerant of that if the music is decent. If you listen to their catalogue , it’s really not bad music. There are also a number of guitarists who I respect who were inspired by Ace Frehley.
 
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RUGuitarMan1 said:
RIP Mr Frehley. Back in the ‘70’s I wasn’t much of a fan of KISS. Thought they represented a kind of gimmicky shtick of over commercialized rock music. I was among a clique of musical friends that was directed toward what we considered more serious, less shallow music. However, over the years I’ve become much more tolerant of that if the music is decent. If you listen to their catalogue , it’s really not bad music. There are also a number of guitarists who I respect who were inspired by Ace Frehley.
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I was surprised by the latter thing about respect and inspiration.
Think that Peter and Ace were the best musicians in the band, and Gene and Peter hogged the spotlight (and later all the money!)- but this can be the nature of bands. Saw Kiss once in the early-mid 2000's minus Ace and Peter, but from the photo below of Ace with the guitar on fire, would have loved to see him and Peter on stage.

Some touching tributes- Ace never took lessons-he was self-taught. I was never a huge Kiss fan, but I loved Ace's personality. The man was hilarious.







NJ-based DJ extraordinaire, Eddie Trunk was very close with Ace, and he was very emotional here:

 
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I was a huge KISS fan as a kid and wore out Alive II on vinyl. My favorite song from that album was introduced like this:
"We got a little surprise for you tonight! We're gonna turn the microphone over to Ace Frehley! Shock Me!"

Ace would rip into that intro which Buck Cherry used later in "Lit Up" Rest in Peace Ace.
 
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Quite a tribute from Mike in Pearl Jam:

I heard about Ace Frehley‘s passing from Rick Friel who I played with in a band called Shadow. Rick was also the first guy on the bus in 1977 with a KISS lunchbox to tell me about Ace…just changed my life. I got a guitar in 1978 to join Rick‘s band Warrior which turned into Shadow. We covered “C’mon and Love Me”. All my friends have spent untold hours talking about KISS and buying KISS stuff. Ace was a hero of mine and also I would consider a friend. I studied his solos endlessly over the years… Just listen to “Alive”, I used his solo from “She” as a template. Ace jammed on “Black Diamond” with Pearl Jam at Madison Square Garden…a dream come true for me. I would not have picked up a guitar without Ace and KISS’s influence. RIP it out Ace, you changed my life. Thank you. - Mike

 
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PiscatawayMike said:
That Tom Snyder Halloween 1979 episode (on YouTube) is widely considered the best KISS interview ever. Frankly, I don't think there's a close second.
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Ace's laugh is going to haunt me tonight. Ace was so hilarious in that interview and many others. Such a contrast to Gene and Paul.
 
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