Ace Frehley
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Anthony Esposito’s unique career alongside Ace Frehley, George Lynch and Jake E. Lee
By Andrew Daly published
The upright bassist with no previous experience of rock joined Lynch Mob and spent years telling it like it is to his guitar player bosses. He reveals what he’d always tried to explain to Lynch, the pain of losing Frehley and his concerns for Lee

Kiss honor Ace Frehley with candlelit tribute at their first show in nearly 2 years
By Phil Weller published
The band honored their founding guitarist at a fan event in Las Vegas

Ace Frehley’s cause of death confirmed by autopsy report
By Janelle Borg published
The Morris County Medical Examiner's Office determined that the guitarist's death was an accident

How Ace Frehley came back from the brink with his first solo album in 20 years
By Jean Uhelszki published
In 2009, the late Spaceman took GW inside the inner workings of rock’s makeup-clad warriors – like that time he forged ahead after getting electrocuted onstage – and explained why he always valued spontaneity over rigorous practice

Justin Hawkins on his run-in with Ace Frehley – who saw the funny side to their ‘spat’
By Phil Weller published
The Darkness frontman felt a good-natured tirade had landed him in hot water

Tom Morello on why Ace Frehley is his ultimate guitar hero – and why he owes him a “life debt”
By Janelle Borg published
Morello discusses how Kiss and the Spaceman were seminal early inspirations

Nuno Bettencourt on what Ace Frehley taught him about guitar playing
By Phil Weller published
The Extreme guitarist has looked back on how the Spaceman shaped his childhood and his unique brand of soloing

I spoke to Ace Frehley a dozen times in the last two years of his life – he was the true embodiment of rock ‘n’ roll spirit
By Andrew Daly published
Guitar World correspondent Andrew Daly got to know Frehley, his idol, incredibly well in his final years, and just as vivid as the memories of conversations about Kiss and the guitar are the chats about egg sandwiches, and why the guitar hero's home always had geese around
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