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Ace Frehley is practicing more than ever as he keeps his demons behind him and returns to arenas
The Spaceman on his most recent solo album – which won’t be his last – his self-designed $200,000 studio, the state of play with his former Kiss colleagues, and his family connection to an object on the Moon
Ace Frehley sets the record straight on his multiple departures from Kiss
Frehley has dispelled the decades-long rumors that he was fired from the legendary band
Gene Simmons is offering fans the chance to be his personal assistant and roadie for a day… for $12,495
Duties/benefits include hauling gear and having lunch with the Kiss bassist
How Tommy Thayer’s junior high disappointment fired him up for success with Kiss
Kiss’ longest-serving Spaceman on sticking to the Les Paul when it wasn’t cool, the joy of discovering you’ve been playing something wrong for years, why he avoided ’80s-style playing, and what he’s doing next
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
Tommy Thayer emerged in a scene of shredders and guitar heroes – but the style they pioneered never appealed to him
The Kiss guitar player was surrounded by shredders in an era of evolution for guitar music, but felt a stronger affinity for what came before
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
Gene Simmons says Kiss was one of the first bands to take downtuning into the mainstream
Dropped and downtunings became a defining characteristic of many ’90s guitar bands, but Simmons explains how and why downtuning became an integral part of Kiss' live act
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
