4/7: RECAP OF ACE FREHLEY VISIT TO MY RADIO SHOW TONIGHT
Had a great hang with Ace Frehley tonight on the SiriusXM show. Ace was in great spirits and said all the Kiss drama would not take down his fun finally going into the HOF this Thursday. I’m sure the audio will be everywhere on Youtube and elsewhere soon if not already. It will also be on the SiriusXM On Demand app likely by tomorrow. A few highlights:
*His new album Space Invader will be released June 24th. He did record a cover of Steve Miller’s “The Joker” as one of the tracks. He will also assemble a new live band to tour behind it.
*He still wishes there would have been a performance for the HOF, wanted to play with another band, but HOF would not allow. Joked he might do a solo “NY Groove” during his speech. He has no plans of wearing a Kiss costume or makeup.
*The individual speeches have been cut from 3 minutes each to 2. He and Peter speak between Gene and Paul who start and finish in the speaking order. Said he likely would not use a teleprompter and just go for it.
*Said the recent anti semetic claim by Paul is absurd and noted his fiance is Jewish. Was aware of recent photos of Paul himself in Nazi regalia and said he can’t figure out what’s going on with Paul these days.
*Did not rule out jumping up and joining in the all star jam at the end of the night but wasn’t sure.
*Said he can’t speak on other members not being inducted into the HOF with Kiss since he has nothing to do with the decision and there are precedents for both scenarios.
Ace answered everything that was thrown at him including a ton of calls for the listeners. I will be sitting with him and Peter at their tables for the big night Thursday and will provide info as I it happens when I can via Twitter @EddieTrunk More soon no doubt. Appreciate him coming in. He really was in a great mood and committed to having a fun week in NYC and not letting all the sniping dim this event as you will hear in the audio.
For the Rhof was built to be a tourist attraction in Cleveland,dont really care if they are in it.I went AWOL from the army after Love Gun,Dynasty was.. a record. I lived for KISS after i found that album in the rack at the local dept. store,ALIVE! I never even heard of them,but when i saw the cover and it matched my vision of a kick ass rock band i just bought it.Put it on my turntable and i was hooked. Their live shows up to LG fuckin rocked! Ah,sometimes i will put on the live Houston(77) show from Kissology and blast it and remember when they really rocked! Fuckin loud down and dirty,didnt care about makeup running, seemed they still just wanted to rock,BUT things were a changeing.Thats how i like to remember them,WHEN THEY ROCKED111