Grammy-nominated R&RHOF inductee and guitar legend Ace Frehley announces the release of his new studio album, 10,000 Volts, due out on February 23rd, 2024. Produced by Ace and Steve Brown (Trixter), the 11-track 10,000 Volts sees Ace perform electrifying, hard-hitting, riff-heavy rock’n’ roll, and can be preordered here.
Today, he releases the first single and title track. Written and produced by Ace and Steve Brown, the track kicks off with a surging riff, and Ace’s swaggering delivery takes hold and never lets go. It culminates on the chantable chorus, “She hit me like 10,000 volts, when I saw her face,” giving way to a fret-burning guitar solo.
The accompanying visual for the single was directed by Alex Kouvatsos from Black Wolf Imaging and shows Ace and his band performing the powerful, riff-heavy track live. Watch below.
Rock ‘n’ roll and heavy metal simply wouldn’t sound, look, or feel the same without Ace Frehley. Among hundreds of accolades, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame® inducted him in 2014 as a Co-founder and the original lead guitarist of KISS. Guitar World named him in the Top 15 of its “100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists of All Time” and plugged the lead from Shock Me on the “50 Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time.” Magnifying the imprint of his catalog as a solo artist, Foo Fighters cut a fan favorite cover of Ozone, and he even jammed out New York Groove alongside The Roots on NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The late Dimebag Darrell of Pantera proudly sported a tattoo of Frehley on his chest, while Tom Morello of Rage Against The Machine celebrated him on X/Twitter as “My first guitar hero.”
10,000 Volts upholds an incredible legacy for Frehley, spanning 50-plus years in the limelight. Back in 1978, he delivered his solo debut, Ace Frehley. It reached platinum status and exploded as “the highest-selling of the four Kiss solo albums in the Soundscan era.” Pitchfork even retrospectively rated it a rare “8.5” score. In 1987, he dropped Frehley’s Comet.Following Anomaly in 2009, he went on to make history once again. His 2014 Space Invader LP captured #9 on the Billboard 200 and emerged as “The only solo album by a past or current Kiss member to reach the Top 10 on the chart.” 2016’s Origins Vol. 1, bowed at #1 on the Billboard Top Hard Rock Albums Chart and in the Top 5 of the Billboard Top Rock Albums Chart. He notably maintained his momentum with Spaceman [2018].
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Great rock tune! I was surprised…, some comments about aces vocals weren’t wrong lol but it sounded just like Ace always sounds – Its ridiculous & sad Ace & Pete won’t be there performing for the last time. But at least this kiss fiasco extravaganza is finally over~
Yes, Robert,
I was NEVER a fan of “talk” singing, Lou Reed is another example, of these type of “vocals.”
Ace sounds relatively the same, but you van hear a difference between his “singing” here and on songs, such as, Rocket Ride and Rock Soldiers.
I like it, but I’m not ordering the CD yet. The last one, Spaceman, sucked unwashed, vinegar scented kangaroo testicles.
But, how do you really feel? LOL 😉
Dana, 100% agree with you~
Ace is coming to Rome, NY April 12 which is near me. Not many folks of notoriety I know have played there recently but there are a few good Italian restaurants there. Either way, it will be great to see him and his band play plus give him some moral support. Not many people his age can still do what he does and you have to take that into account!