Paul Daniel "Ace" Frehley (Nueva York, 27 de abril de 1951 - Morristown, Nueva Jersey, 16 de octubre de 2025)

Paul Daniel Frehley (Nueva York, 27 de abril de 1951-Morristown, Nueva Jersey, 16 de octubre de 2025),​ más conocido como Ace Frehley, era un músico estadounidense, conocido principalmente por haber sido el guitarrista principal, vocalista ocasional y miembro fundador de la banda Kiss. ​​Inventó el personaje de The Spaceman (también conocido como Space Ace) y tocó con la banda desde su creación en 1973 hasta su salida en 1982, para luego reincorporarse de forma eventual.

Con el álbum Love Gun de 1977, el músico se estrenó como vocalista y al año siguiente publicó su debut homónimo en solitario, puesto a la venta el mismo día que el de sus compañeros de banda. Tras grabar nueve álbumes de estudio con Kiss, el guitarrista abandonó la formación en 1982 para embarcarse en su carrera en solitario y trabajar en el proyecto Frehley's Comet.

En 1996, Frehley regresó a Kiss con motivo de la reunión de la formación original. Dos años más tarde, el cuarteto lanzó el disco Psycho Circus, en el que las contribuciones del guitarrista fueron mínimas. En 2002, volvió a abandonar el grupo tras la gira Farewell Tour. Desde entonces, el guitarrista continuó su trayectoria en solitario con el lanzamiento de los álbumes Anomaly (2009), Space Invader (2014), "Origins, Vol. 1" (2016) y "10,000 volts" (2024)

A inicios de mayo del 2021, fue anunciado su regreso a los conciertos, primero con Alice Cooper en septiembre y octubre del 2021​ y después en la gira final de KISS, End Of The Road, como un invitado.

Falleció el 16 de octubre de 2025 a los 74 años.

Paul Daniel "Ace" Frehley (/ˈfreɪli/, FRAY-lee; April 27, 1951 – October 16, 2025) was an American musician who was the original lead guitarist, occasional lead vocalist, and founding member of the rock band Kiss. He invented the persona of The Spaceman (a.k.a. Space Ace) and originally played with the group from its inception in 1973 until his departure in 1982, before later rejoining.

After leaving Kiss in 1982, Frehley formed his own band, Frehley's Comet, and released two albums with the group. He subsequently embarked on a solo career, which was put on hold when he rejoined Kiss in 1996 for a reunion tour. Frehley's second tenure with Kiss lasted until 2002, when he left at the conclusion of what was originally purported to be the band's farewell tour. Frehley's solo releases were commercially successful, with his 1978 debut studio album achieving platinum status. His most recent solo studio album, 10,000 Volts, was released in 2024. Frehley died on October 16, 2025 after complications from a fall in his home studio.

Frehley was noted for his aggressive, atmospheric, and melodic guitar playing, and for the use of many "special effects" guitars, including a Gibson Les Paul guitar that emitted smoke from its neck humbucker pickup and produced spinning pyrotechnics and a custom Les Paul that emitted light based on the tempo of a song. Frehley was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014 as a member of Kiss. Guitar World magazine ranked him as the 14th Greatest Metal Guitarist of All Time.

Various Artists "Old Skoöl Of Rock (Argentina, Universal Music, 9849879)"

Old Skoöl Of Rock is a double CD compilation album, released June 26th, 2007.

Tracklist:

CD 1

1. Kiss  –  Crazy Crazy Nights 3:45
2. Alice Cooper  –  Poison 4:28
3. Heart  –  Alone 3:39
4. Poison  –  Unskinny Bop 3:48
5. Warrant  –  Cherry Pie 3:14
6. Cinderella  –  Gypsy Road 3:54
7. Scorpions  –  Wind Of Change 5:12
8. Terrorvision  –  Oblivion 3:03
9. Twisted Sister  –  We're Not Gonna Take It 3:38
10. Billy Idol  –  White Wedding 4:11
11. Rush  –  Spirit Of Radio 4:59
12. Queensrÿche  –  Silent Lucidity 5:45
13. Great White  –  Once Bitten Twice Shy 5:25
14. Therapy?  –  Nowhere 2:27
15. Gun  –  Word Up 4:13
16. Thunder  –  Dirty Love 5:25
17. Lynyrd Skynyrd  –  Sweet Home Alabama 4:44
18. ZZ Top  –  Gimme All Your Lovin' 4:00
19. Europe  –  The Final Countdown 3:56

CD 2

1. Whitesnake  –  Here I Go Again 5:10
2. Mötley Crüe  –  Girls, Girls, Girls 4:31
3. Skid Row  –  Youth Gone Wild 3:21
4. David Lee Roth  –  California Girls 2:51
5. Ratt  –  Round & Round 4:26
6. Ugly Kid Joe  –  Everything About You 4:22
7. Tesla  –  Love Song 4:07
8. Kingdom Come  –  Do You Like It? 3:39
9. Vain  –  Beat The Bullet 4:01
10. L.A. Guns  –  Sex Action 3:37
11. Mr. Big  –  To Be With You 3:30
12. Extreme  –  More Than Words 5:36
13. Deep Purple  –  Burn 6:02
14. Thin Lizzy  –  Waiting For An Alibi 3:31
15. Rainbow  –  Since You've Been Gone 3:48
16. Yngwie Malmsteen  –  Rising Force 4:27
17. Dio  –  Stand Up And Shout 3:17
18. Motörhead  –  Ace Of Spades 2:47
19. Black Sabbath  –  Paranoid 2:49
20. Judas Priest  –  Living After Midnight 3:32

Released in a Super Jewel Case.

Various Artists "Bat Head Soup - Tribute To Ozzy (EU, Eagle Records, EDL EAG 282-2)"

Bat Head Soup: A Tribute to Ozzy es un álbum tributo publicado en el año 2000 por diversos artistas de heavy metal y hard rock rindiendo homenaje a la carrera del músico británico Ozzy Osbourne. Fue producido por los músicos Bob Kulick y Bruce Bouillet.

Lista de canciones:

«Mr. Crowley» (4'56")
(Tim "Ripper" Owens / Yngwie Malmsteen / Tim Bogert / Tommy Aldridge / Derek Sherinian)
«Over The Mountain» (4'38")
(Mark Slaughter / Brad Gillis / Gary Moon / Eric Singer / Paul Taylor)
«Desire» (5'55")
(Lemmy Kilmister / Richie Kotzen / Tony Franklin / Vinnie Colaiuta)
«Crazy Train» (5'15")
(Dee Snider / Doug Aldrich / Tony Levin / Jason Bonham)
«Goodbye To Romance» (5'39")
(Lisa Loeb / Dweezil Zappa / Michael Porcaro / Stephen Ferrone / Michael Sherwood)
«Hellraiser» (5'37")
(Joe Lynn Turner / Steve Lukather / Billy Sherwood / Jay Schellen / Paul Taylor)
«Shot In The Dark» (4'42")
(Jeff Scott Soto / Bruce Kulick / Ricky Phillips / Pat Torpey / Derek Sherinian)
«Children Of The Grave» (5'13")
(Jeff Martin / Paul Gilbert / John Alderete / Scott Travis)
«Paranoid» (3'36")
(Vince Neil / George Lynch / Stu Hamm / Gregg Bissonette)
«Suicide Solution» (4'05")
(Adam Paskowitz / Peter Perdichizzi / James Book / Nick Lucero)
«I Don't Know» (5'22")
(Jack Blades / Reb Beach / Jeff Pilson / Bobby Blotzer / Paul Taylor)

Early copies came with a red sticker on the jewel case:

Featuring Contributions From Members & Ex-Members Of Black Sabbath - Mötley Crüe - Kiss - Motörhead - Judas Priest & Many More.

Kiss "Smashes, Thrashes & Hits (Japan, Mercury Records, PHCR-1146)"

Smashes, Thrashes & Hits is a compilation album by the American hard rock band Kiss. It was the fourth hits album overall but the second hits album released by the band in the United States (Killers and Chikara were not released there originally). Of the 15 songs on the album, two were new compositions, and three were released after the band's unmasking in 1983. The remaining 10 were all released during the band's years in make-up.

The two new songs on Smashes, Thrashes & Hits were "Let's Put the X in Sex" and "(You Make Me) Rock Hard," which featured a similar polished production style as 1987's Crazy Nights. They were both produced and co-written by guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley and were accompanied by videos that received moderate airplay on MTV. Unusual for Kiss videos, Paul Stanley never plays the guitar in either video for the new songs.

Nearly all of the songs recorded by the band's original lineup were altered in one way or another, and the Axeology website has made a detailed walkthrough of the alterations, which include a different bass line, recorded by Gene Simmons in 1975, for the song "Rock and Roll All Night". "Beth" was re-recorded with lead vocals by drummer Eric Carr, who had replaced the original drummer Peter Criss in 1980. It was Carr's first lead vocal on a Kiss album. The cover art was done by Amy Guip and directed by Mitchell Kanner.

Track listing

All credits adapted from the original releases.

1. "Let's Put the X in Sex" Paul Stanley, Desmond Child previously unreleased 3:48
2. "(You Make Me) Rock Hard" Stanley, Child, Diane Warren previously unreleased 3:26
3. "Love Gun" (remix) Stanley Love Gun 3:31
4. "Detroit Rock City" (remix) Stanley, Bob Ezrin Destroyer 3:45
5. "I Love It Loud" (remix) Gene Simmons, Vinnie Vincent Creatures of the Night 3:48
6. "Deuce" (remix) Simmons KISS 3:20
7. "Lick It Up" Vincent, Stanley Lick It Up 3:53
8. "Heaven's on Fire" Stanley, Child Animalize 3:19
9. "Calling Dr. Love" (remix) Simmons Rock and Roll Over 3:38
10. "Strutter" (remix) Stanley, Simmons KISS 3:38
11. "Beth" (Eric Carr vocal) Peter Criss, Stan Penridge, Ezrin 1988 re-recording originally from Destroyer 2:46
12. "Tears Are Falling" Stanley Asylum 3:54
13. "I Was Made for Lovin' You" Stanley, Child, Vini Poncia Dynasty 4:29
14. "Rock and Roll All Nite" (remix) Stanley, Simmons Dressed To Kill 2:56
15. "Shout It Out Loud" (remix) Stanley, Simmons, Ezrin Destroyer 3:07

Total length: 51:54

Additional musicians

Peter Criss – drums on "Love Gun", "Detroit Rock City", "Deuce", "Calling Dr. Love", "Strutter", "Rock and Roll All Nite" and "Shout It Out Loud"

Ace Frehley – lead guitar on "Love Gun", "Detroit Rock City", "Deuce", "Calling Dr. Love", "Strutter", "I Was Made for Lovin' You", "Rock and Roll All Nite" and "Shout It Out Loud"

Vinnie Vincent – lead guitar on "I Love It Loud" and "Lick It Up"

Mark St. John – lead guitar on "Heaven's on Fire"

Anton Fig – drums on "I Was Made for Lovin' You"

Vini Poncia – keyboards on "I Was Made for Lovin' You"

Dick Wagner – acoustic guitar on "Beth"

Bob Ezrin – piano on "Beth"

Eddie Kramer - keyboards on "Love Gun"

Phil Ashley – keyboards on "Let's Put the X in Sex" and "(You Make Me) Rock Hard"

Kiss "Monster"

Monster is the twentieth studio album by American hard rock/heavy metal group Kiss, released on October 9, 2012. It was recorded at Conway Recording Studios in Hollywood, California and The Nook in Studio City, Los Angeles. Monster was produced by Paul Stanley and co-produced by Greg Collins, as was 2009's Sonic Boom. It is the second studio release by the current band line-up, with Tommy Thayer on lead guitar and Eric Singer on drums, alongside founding members Stanley and Gene Simmons.

With the band uncertain about recording another album before the end of their final tour, Monster may be their final studio album.

Gene Simmons first mentioned Kiss' intention to record a follow-up to Sonic Boom in 2010. On March 10, 2011, Simmons said in radio interview for Heavy Metal Thunder that the band will enter the studio in three weeks and that they have around 20 to 25 songs ready to record.

In an interview with Elliot Segal on Elliot in the Morning, May 2, 2011, Simmons mentioned that Kiss had recorded around five songs. The album was originally supposed to contain ten songs, but he revealed before the American Music Awards of 2011 that Monster will contain fifteen brand new songs, all studio written by the band. This was then reduced to thirteen songs.

On August 21, 2011, Kiss officially revealed the album's title and confirmed that it was being recorded in Los Angeles, with Paul Stanley producing, for a 2012 release.

The band uploaded a video on January 3, 2012 on YouTube in which Stanley commented that the album was two to three days from completion. The recording process ended three days later. The following day, Stanley stated, "Listening to the tracks back to back is like sensory overload. Everyone who has heard any of it is completely blown away. Powerful, heavy, melodic and epic. It makes us very proud. You all will be too."

The album's first single, "Hell or Hallelujah", was released on July 2, 2012 internationally and July 3 in North America along with the Monster Book. It received play on rock radio and climbed onto the middle reaches of the Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart. The second single, "Long Way Down", was released to radio stations on October 23. While it failed to make the Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart, it did reach the Billboard Heritage Rock Charts by the end of the year, and also occupied a spot on the America's Music Rock Chart for several months.

After several release delays, Monster was released in the U.S. on October 9, 2012.

According to an interview with Tommy Thayer, the band had the intention of creating an album with a slightly heavier sound than Sonic Boom, as well as recreating the vibe that existed on the band's earlier material. Similarly, Simmons has likened the album to a combination of three of the band's previous albums, Destroyer, Revenge and Sonic Boom.

While doing interviews for his appearance in ABC's Castle, Simmons commented on the album's sound: "Meat and potatoes. You know it's going to be like Santa Claus. Up and down, everybody gets used to this and that, and things change, and fashion changes, but it's good to know that Santa comes, and he's not going to change his outfit and you know what you're going to get: gifts. Consistency of message."

The band also decided to use old analog equipment instead of more popular digital recording gear. In justifying Kiss' choice, Simmons commented: "Technology is a seductive bitch, she will seduce you. You press this button, you don't have to do anything. But analog is the love of your life. You can push real hard and it always gives back. For the new album, the actual recording process was 24-track tape and an old Trident board. And as many tubes as possible. You need tubes, electricity and thick wood to make that thick sound."

On March 22, 2012, Stanley said in an interview with VH1 Radio Network's Dave Basner, "Monster is really the culmination of everything this band has been in the past and where we're going. When we did Sonic Boom, it was a big task for us because we were saying, 'How do we define who we are today without losing who we've been?' So, that was a tall order for us, but once we got that under our belts, we wanted to go back in and Monster is far, far beyond anything we've done in terms of Sonic Boom and yet it's right up there with some of the best stuff we've done. It's KISS."

Monster debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 and cracked the Top 10 charts in Canada, Czech Republic, Norway, Sweden, Australia, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Finland, Japan, and Danish charts and cracked the Top 20 in the UK, Spain, Hungary and the Dutch charts.

The album sold approximately 60,000 copies in its first week of release in the United States and 120,000 copies outside of the domestic US in its first week.

Track listing

1. "Hell or Hallelujah" Paul Stanley 4:07
2. "Wall of Sound" Stanley, Gene Simmons, Tommy Thayer 2:55
3. "Freak" Stanley, Thayer 3:35
4. "Back to the Stone Age" Simmons, Stanley, Thayer, Eric Singer 3:01
5. "Shout Mercy" Stanley, Thayer 4:04
6. "Long Way Down" Stanley, Thayer 3:51
7. "Eat Your Heart Out" Simmons 4:06
8. "The Devil Is Me" Simmons, Stanley, Thayer 3:40
9. "Outta This World" Thayer 4:29
10. "All for the Love of Rock & Roll" Stanley 3:21
11. "Take Me Down Below" Simmons, Stanley, Thayer 3:24
12. "Last Chance" Stanley, Simmons, Thayer 3:05

Total length: 43:39