Ace Frehley recently spoke with Eddie Trunk on SiriusXM’s Trunk Nation. During their conversation, Ace discusses new music in development and reflects on the passing of Karl Cochran.
SiriusXM’s Trunk Nation, hosted by Eddie Trunk, airs daily at 3 PM, ET on SiriusXM’s Faction Talk. Audio clips and transcript below courtesy of SiriusXM’s Trunk Nation.
Ace Frehley talks new music in development:
Eddie Trunk: “You working on the next record? What are you working on in the studio?”
Ace Frehley: “Origins Vol. 3.”
Eddie Trunk: “How far along are you?”
Frehley: “Origins Vol. 3 and I decided to reconnect with my old producer, Alex Salzman.”
Trunk: “Oh, okay.”
Frehley: “So it won’t be me and Steve Brown. It’ll be me and Alex Salzman collaborating on that record since Alex did Origins Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. And we have a formula that we came up with and it seemed to work. I was listening to the records last night on YouTube, you know. In my office, on my desk, I have a set of both speakers and the album sounds just as good as the new album, 10,000 Volts. So I’m gonna keep that. I’m gonna go back to my old formula with Alex and maybe I’ll bring back Steve to do the studio album since he’s a very, very good songwriter and guitar player and engineer as well.”
Trunk: “Have you decided what you’re gonna cover yet? And are you gonna also do remakes of some KISS songs like you did on the last one too?”
Frehley: “I haven’t decided. I have a list of about 50 songs, so you know, I really don’t want to give anything away. It’s too soon.”
Trunk: “You want to get it out this year?”
Frehley: “I could have it ready, but, you know, I can do the album in a month because I don’t have to write the songs. That’s the beauty of the Origins series. I don’t write. So the recording process is pretty seamless. And wrap it because all I have to do is “Ace-ify” it.”