Amazing high-quality video of Ace Frehley giving a sneak-peak at one of his songs off his upcoming album! Taped live at the Scout bar in Houston Texas.
Monthly Archives: February 2016
KISS My Wax – Episode 7: Destroyer with special guest James Campion
Jason Herndon
Join your hosts Jason Herndon, Tom Shannon and Andrew Sgambati as they discuss all things KISS Vinyl! This episode, they take on the 1976 release Destroyer!! James Campion, author of “Shout It Out Loud: The Story of Kiss’s Destroyer and the Making of an American Icon” is interviewed as well!
Ace Frehley – White Room from new album Origins Vol. 1
“Eric Clapton has always been a big influence on me,”says Ace Frehley .”White Room” holds a special place in Ace’s heart, since seeing Cream’s concert in New York City when he was about 15 years old.
“Origins Vol. 1” track listing:
01. White Room (CREAM)
02. Street Fighting Man (ROLLING STONES)
03. Spanish Castle Magic (JIMI HENDRIX) (feat. John 5)
04. Fire And Water (FREE) (feat. Paul Stanley)
05. Emerald (THIN LIZZY) (feat. Slash)
06. Bring It On Home (LED ZEPPELIN)
07. Wild Thing (THE TROGGS) (feat. Lita Ford)
08. Parasite (KISS) (feat. John 5)
09. Magic Carpet Ride (STEPPENWOLF)
10. Cold Gin (KISS) (feat. Mike McCready)
11. Till The End Of The Day (THE KINKS)
Paul Stanley’s Soul Station interview
Leo Quinones
Paul Stanley has rocked KISS front & center over four decades. In 2016 he’s emerged as the lead singer of Paul Stanley’s Soul Station. You’re about to hear about his childhood struggles, successes, work ethic. But mostly you’re gonna hear about Soul Station, a 13-piece tribute to Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, The Temptations, Al Green & The Jackson 5. Enjoy the chat!
Three Sides of the Coin, episode 166 – The authors of KISS in Japan and Van Halen Rising
Mike Brandvold
PODCAST ROCK CITY Episode 94 ACE’S COVER RECORD!
Joe Polo
This week we talk this weeks’s KISS NEWS and Ace’s new covers album with a Paul Stanley vocal on it! Plus an all new ASK ANDREW!!
All this and more onthis weeks PODCAST ROCK CITY!!
KISS June 1980 – Australia news report with 22 KISS Army members
Three Sides of the Coin, episode 165 – Paul Stanley Wants to Record a New Album, Not a KISS Album
Michael Brandvold
 
KISS Creatures interview and live footage, Maine 1/21/83
KISStorian reviews NOTHIN’ TO LOSE: The Making of KISS
David Ashdown
Better late than never …I just finished readingNothin’ To Lose: The Making of KISS (1972 – 1975) and want to congratulate Ken Sharp as well as Gene & Paul for transporting us back in time for one helluva rock & roll party!! …the early days of KISS. Not only is it a telling chronicle of the core dynamic of the original KISS line-up but one of the best books ever compiled on the concert & radio promotion business in the 70’s. With so many grass-roots stories and quotes from other rockers on the circuit with KISS at the time, I recon it’s a book any rock fan would dig and hereby KISStorically proclaim it an essential rock classic!
As a KISS fan, it has completely re-invigorated my passion for the band as well as my respect for what it took for them to make it. It was an ‘all-hands-on-deck’ proposition; sink or swim. KISS stood tall, undaunted by bad press, poor radio reception, luke-warm record sales. continuous logistical touring nightmares ‘n snafus and ultimately 
Warner Brothers’ lack of love in supporting the band. As Paul might concur: “Don’t mean shit, I don’t care!” because that was KISS’s attitude. They had fans, with them the rest didn’t matter. A volunteer army was amassing in the jean-clad smokey high school hallways of the Midwest. The word was getting out …”YOU GOTTA SEE KISS!”
Behind the scenes though it’s clear the first KISS Army was the bands initial road crew. Those guys deserve to be knighted by The Elder,
KISS My Wax – Episode 6: Double Platinum
Jason Herndon
Join your hosts Jason Herndon, Tom Shannon and Andrew Sgambati as they discuss all things KISS Vinyl! This episode, they take on the 1978 release Double Platinum!!
What’s New in KISS Collecting – KISS Army 3-D Foam Wall Sign
New OFFICIAL KISS Catalog item for 2016!
The 3D KISS ARMY Foam Wall Sign is an awesome representation of the famous KISS Army logo stacked in layers of high-density heavy “foam” material. Not cheap styrofoam, but constructed from no less than 6 layers of a modern dense, firm material that holds it’s shape and gives razor sharp corners to the artwork.
Measures in at a large 15 x 14 x 1.5 inches.
KISS June 1980, Eyewitness News Australia – report on KISS Army march
KISS ROOM and chill for Valentine’s Day
The KISS Room
Listen to the February edition of THE KISS ROOM. Matt Porter is joined by Eric Todd Orocks Carr, Ira Bostian, Ken Mills and more. All of the fun that you expect every month in THE KISS ROOM.
KISS By Monster Mini Golf announces new location
KISS By Monster Mini Golf is moving to the Rio hotel-casino this spring.
The announcement was made on Feb. 9. KISS By Monster Mini Golf closed its original location on the corner of Harmon Avenue and Paradise Road on Feb. 6. The original location opened its doors in March 2012, and has hosted numerous KISS band member appearances, rock ‘n roll memorabilia shows, weddings, birthday parties, rock legend autograph signings, unique private events and nearly half a million mini golf enthusiasts.
The new location in Masquerade Village will be 13,000 square feet and will feature an 18-hole miniature golf course filled with state-of-the-art video and animations and never-seen-before KISS props.
The environment will be filled with arcade games, a special event room, a colossal sized KISS and rock ‘n roll gift shop, and a rock ‘n roll wedding chapel with themed wedding packages. In addition, a live DJ will rock the house, throughout the days and many “Crazy, Crazy Nights” with continuous KISS music, trivia, contests and prizes creating a place embraced by locals, tourists, and rockers of all ages.
Ace Frehley Announces New Covers Album Featuring Kiss’ Paul Stanley, Slash and More
Richard Bienstock | Revolver
Ace Frehley has announced the release of ‘Origins Vol. 1,’ a collection of 12 newly recorded classics from Ace’s formative years featuring some of the biggest names in rock and roll, on April 15, 2016. Most notably, Kiss frontman Paul Stanley joins Ace on Free’s hit, “Fire and Water.” This collaboration marks the first time that Frehley and Stanley appear on the same studio recording since Kiss’ 1998 reunion album ‘Psycho Circus.’
Other guests on ‘Origins Vol. 1’ include Slash, who trades leads on Thin Lizzy’s “Emerald,” Lita Ford singing and playing lead on The Troggs staple “Wild Thing,” Rob Zombie guitarist
John 5 playing guitar alongside Ace as he sings his classic KISS composition “Parasite” for the very first time, as well as Jimi Hendrix’s “Spanish Castle Magic.” Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready also plays guitar with Ace as he finally sings his Kiss ‘Alive!’ mainstay “Cold Gin.”
Ace spoke with Rolling Stone about the new record, his guest players and recording with Paul after all these years. Regarding his reunion with Stanley, Frehley shrugs off any residual tension between the two of them. “We’ve always been friends,” he says. “The press seems to amplify negativity. I guess it makes good copy.”
“White Room,” which can be streamed at RollingStone.com, is also an iTunes instant gratification track, meaning fans who pre order the LP on iTunes will receive the Cream cover song instantly.
The full track list for ‘Origins Vol. 1’ is:
01. White Room (CREAM)
02. Street Fighting Man (ROLLING STONES)
03. Spanish Castle Magic (JIMI HENDRIX) (feat. John 5)
04. Fire And Water (FREE) (feat. Paul Stanley)
05. Emerald (THIN LIZZY) (feat. Slash)
06. Bring It On Home (LED ZEPPELIN)
07. Wild Thing (THE TROGGS) (feat. Lita Ford)
08. Parasite (KISS) (feat. John 5)
09. Magic Carpet Ride (STEPPENWOLF)
10. Cold Gin (KISS) (feat. Mike McCready)
11. Till The End Of The Day (THE KINKS)
12. Rock And Roll Hell (KISS)
Today Rolling Stone debuts “White Room,” the classic hit originally performed by Cream.
PodKISSt #117, Carnival of Souls side 2, track by track
Ken Mills | PodKISSt
Paul Stanley to appear on upcoming Ace Frehley album
Entertainment One
Three Sides of the Coin, episode 164 – Eddie Trunk is back to talk all about Ace Frehley
Michael Brandvold
Episode 164, February 9, 2016. Eddie Trunk is Back to Talk All About Ace Frehley. Eddie shares many stories from time working at Megaforce Records… seeking out and signing Ace Frehley to his solo record deal. Recording the debut album and the debate between it being a band album or a Ace album. The disaster that was Second Sighting, what happened to cause the album to fail. Eddie was full of many Ace stories! Welcome of our Ace Frehley special!