Monthly Archives: August 2018

Three Sides of the Coin – episode 297 – Ace Frehley’s meet & greet event and Andres LaBelle talks Vinnie Vincent

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Michael Brandvold

Episode 297, August 28, 2018. Two topics this week, we start off with Tommy talking about the FAN HQ Ace Frehley event. We are then joined by a very special guest drummer Andre LaBelle. Andre is currently playing drums for Robert Fleischman (formerly of Journey) and his new band, The Sky. Andre is also drumming for Flood The Engine, a band featuring Bill Leverty of Firehouse, Jimmy Kunes of Cactus and bass guitar legend, Keith Horne.
Having lived ten years in Los Angeles as a session player, Andre has been honored to work with many artists, such as KISS guitarist Vinnie Vincent, Richie Kotzen, Michael Monarch of SteppenWolf, Chris Holmes, and Buckcherry’s Josh Todd to name a few. He has also appeared in a variety of clinics and live settings including work on television and film.
Andre talks with us about his time working with Vinnie Vincent. He was with Vinnie after the Vinnie Vincent Invasion ended and Slaughter started. He talks about recording a album with Vinnie for Enigma Records.

ACE FREHLEY Films ‘Rockin’ With The Boys’ Video In Detroit

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Founding KISS guitarist and Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductee Ace Frehley filmed the official music video for his new single, “Rockin’ With The Boys”, on Saturday, August 18 at Motor City Muscle Music Festival in Detroit, Michigan. Fan-filmed video footage and photos can be found below.

“Rockin’ With The Boys” is the second song Frehley has made available from his forthcoming all-new “Spaceman” album, due October 19 via Entertainment One (eOne). Frehleypreviously released the track “Bronx Boy” in April.

“Spaceman”, Frehley‘s eighth solo LP, features nine new original tracks, including a cover of Eddie Money‘s “I Wanna Go Back”, a ripping power pop makeover of the original.

“No need to worry, I’ll be home soon, ’cause I’m rockin’ with the boys,” Frehley sings on “Rockin’ With the Boys”, which tells the tales of life on the road. Ace says he wrote the original version of the song back in KISS‘s heyday in the ’70s. Both “Rockin With The Boys”and “Bronx Boys” are available on all streaming platforms today, and are iTunes instant-grat tracks for fans who preorder the album.

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Kiss members Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley provide the ultimate airport selfie experience in Ontario

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Fielding Buck | The Press Enterprise

A handful of travelers flying out of Ontario International Airport on Wednesday got to see something people don’t usually see once they pass TSA screening: a rock star smashing a guitar.

Paul Stanley of Kiss did the honors with bandmate Gene Simmons looking on.

The occasion was a “christening” of their Rock & Brews restaurant and other eateries in the airport’s Terminal 4.

“There’s an art to breaking a guitar. Before you do this, call your chiropractor,” Stanley said before he slammed the guitar against cinder blocks draped in black cloth. It took him two swings to separate the body from the neck.

Airport president Alan Wapner got his own axe to demolish and got it on his first try.

Airport officials and Inland leaders were on hand to get selfies with the rock stars and with Simmons and Stanley have made several trips to the Inland Empire in the last couple of years to promote Rock & Brews, which is also in San Manuel Casino in Highland, Rancho Cucamonga, and Corona.

Ace Contest

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It is the Summer of Ace Frehley at Three Sides of the Coin and we are keeping the summer exciting by giving away three Ace Frehley Ultimate Vinyl Bundles! It is easy to enter, just head over to www.threesidesofthecoin.com/contest/ and enter your email address, that’s it, done!
Each of the bundles contain the following Ace Frehley vinyl releases:
BRONX BOY E.P. NUMBERED
ORIGINS VOL. 1
SPACE INVADER PICTURE DISC
ANOMALY DELUXE

Gene Simmons makes surprise appearance at meeting of Millard principals

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Michael O’Connor | World Herald

A group of Millard school principals got a surprise visit Tuesday from a guy who likes to rock and roll all night. And party every day.

Gene Simmons, bassist for the rock band Kiss, showed up at a back-to-school kick-off meeting for Millard Public Schools administrators.

Simmons was in Omaha to perform a private benefit concert for two local nonprofit groups, Global Partners in Hope and Avenue Scholars.

Avenue Scholars CEO and President Ken Bird, who is friends with Millard superintendent Jim Sutfin, asked Simmons if he’d pay the principals a visit to get their school year started with a bang.

Rebecca Kleeman, a spokeswoman for the Millard district, said the rock star told the group about his life before his music career, including a stint as a teacher.

Simmons talked about the importance of building trust with students and helping their imaginations grow.

She said Simmons was charming and generous with his time, posing for numerous pictures before he left.

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