Ace Frehley

Ace Frehley

actor, composer, writer

Ace Frehley was born on Apr 27, 1951 in USA. Ace Frehley's big-screen debut came with Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park directed by Gordon Hessler in 1978, strarring Space Ace. Ace Frehley is known for Metalocalypse directed by Jon Schnepp, Brendon Small stars as Nathan Explosion and Tommy Blacha as Toki Wartooth. The most recent award Ace Frehley achieved is Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The upcoming new tvshow Ace Frehley plays is Metalocalypse - Season 3 which will be released on Aug 06, 2006.

Former lead guitarist for hard rock super group KISS, best known for his "space ace" character, on stage stagger, cackling laugh and smoking guitar effects. Frehley was born Paul Daniel Frehley on April 27th, 1951 in The Bronx, New York City and received his first electric guitar at age 14. A creative and gifted teenager, he counts The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin as early influences on his musical tastes.Frehley answered a newspaper ad in early 1973 for a then-unnamed group seeking a lead guitarist with "flash and balls", and successfully auditioned in front of bassist Gene Simmons and rhythm guitarist Paul Stanley, to become the fourth member of what would become KISS. Soon after, the group was joined by drummer Peter Criss and the four set about launching themselves. After mediocre success from their first three albums, "Kiss Alive" (a double live album) was released in 1975, and the rocket ride had begun! Kiss were very successful from 1975 until 1979, however, cracks appeared in the band and Peter Criss left the group in 1980, followed by Frehley in 1982.Frehley put together his own band ("Frehleys Comet") and they regularly toured the New York City club circuit and released several albums, predominantly purchased by KISS fans still loyal to Ace! However, after several years of icy relations between ex-members Frehley / Criss and band founders Simmons / Stanley, all four original members reunited for a 1995 MTV Unplugged Special that was met with huge interest. This prompted a full-blown reunion tour (Kiss - Alive Worldwide) that was the biggest grossing tour of 1996/97!! Met with such keen enthusiasm from fans, the band toured relentlessly into the new century, however, Peter Criss was not satisfied with his salary, and was replaced by drummer Eric Singer, in 2001. Frehley stuck around another year or so, however, the old issues of Ace's unreliability caught up with him once again, and he once more exited the band, to be replaced by Tommy Thayer.Most recently, Ace had a small part in the gangster film Remedy (2005).

  • Birthday

    Apr 27, 1951
  • Place of Birth

    The Bronx, New York, USA
  • Also known

    Ace Frehley, Space Ace, Kiss

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Awards

1 wins & 0 nominations

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
2014
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Winner - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Trophy

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