| Founding KISS guitarist and Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame member Ace Frehley announced the release of a new limited edition Christmas vinyl variant of his latest album Origins Vol. 2 just in time for the holidays, including an option to receive a Christmas card signed by Ace Frehley. To celebrate, Ace released the official music video for the album’s second single I’m Down, which serves not only as an animated sequel to Frehley’s prior Space Truckin’ video but his cover of The Beatles’ 1965 b-side also features John 5 on guitar, who also makes a cameo appearance in the video, taken from the same album. |
| Origins Vol. 2 Track List: 1. Good Times Bad Times (Led Zeppelin) 2. Never In My Life (Mountain) 3. Space Truckin’ (Deep Purple) 4. I’m Down (The Beatles) 5. Jumpin’ Jack Flash (The Rolling Stones) 6. Politician (Cream) 7. Lola (The Kinks) 8. 30 Days In The Hole (Humble Pie) 9. Manic Depression (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) 10. Kicks (Paul Revere & the Raiders) 11. We Gotta Get Out Of This Place (The Animals) 12. She (KISS) [Bonus Track] |
Origins Vol. 2, out now via Entertainment One (eOne), continues Frehley’s reflections on a lifetime in music and inspiration. No stranger to cover versions throughout his musical history — having recorded, rebranded and repossessed such notable nuggets as New York Groove, Do Ya and I Wanna Go Back throughout his eight previous studio efforts — this new collection presents a thoughtful and exciting selection of songs that inspired and helped shape the legendary guitarist. That spirit of fun is carried through with exquisite execution, and guitar aficionados will enjoy Frehley’s fresh interpretations of these classic songs. Order: Origins Vol. 2,
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Nice rendition from Ace – catchy…….cartoon not bad too.
grw, i was looking for your appearance in the video. i guess they opted for an older, more expensive option.
Very creative – the songs (especially “Space Truckin'”) “I’m Down” as well, love the Christmas themed packaging, only negative is the video, not a fan of cartoons.
So when is Tommy “Faker” gonna release his “Origins” album?
It’s in the works, songs include –
Who Are You (The Who)
Pretending (Eric Clapton)
Fooling Yourself (Styx)
I’ve Gotta Be Me (Sammy Davis Jr.)
~ just to name a few. More to come…
~ 1st single from Thayer’s “Origins” album will be a no brainer and dedicated to Ace –
Why Can’t I Be You? (The Cure)
Disagree, Bro. Tommy’s made a career copying Ace, which means all the songs on Tommy’s “Origins” albums will be exactly the same songs on Ace’s albums.
I know, I was just having some fun with other song titles that describe Tommy impersonating Ace.
i frehley like this album. get it. thanks, ace!
I said PEEEEOOOOPLLLEEE OH WOLLOHH OH WOLLOHH OH WOLLOHH OH WILLOHHHHH OOHHH. WOOOOOO!!!! ACE FREHLEY LEAD GUITAR WOOO!! ALRIGHT LITHEN. NOW DON’T GO TELLIN TOMMY I SAID ACE FREHLEY LEAD GUITAR WOOO!!! PEOPLE IN THE BACK LEMME HEAR YA!!!! HANG ON LEMME TURN UP MA HEARING AID! WILD ANIMALS ON THE FLOOR LEMME HEAR YA ROAR!!! WOOOO OK. ALRIGHT ALRIGHT LITHEN. NOW YA KNOW I DIDN’T AUTHORIZE ACE TO USE MY LIKENESS IN THIS VIDEO! NO!! THE KISS ARMY, I SAID THE KISS ARMY HAS BEEN BETRAYED BY THE BOYS FROM DETROIT ROCK CITY!! DETROIT ROCK CITY!! DETROIT ROCK CITY!!! WOOOOO!! SPEAKING OF DETROIT ROCK CITY, JUST THE OTHER DAY I WAS DRIVING MY BRAND NEW PORSCHE THROUGH DOWNTOWN DETROIT ROCK CITY!!! DETROIT ROCK CITY!! I WAS AT A RED LIGHT WHEN SUDDENLY THIS WOMAN APPROACHES MY VEHICLE. SHE WALKS UP TO ME, I LOOK HER UP AND I LOOK HER DOWN. SHE SAYS PAUL. I SAID YEAH BABY. SHE SAYS PAUL IS IT TRUE WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT YOU? I SAID GIRL, YOU SHOULD KNOW BY NOW THIS AIN’T NO PISTOL AS I REACH DOWN BETWEEN MY LEGS AND POP ONE BUTTON. POP! THEN A SECOND BUTTON! POP! AS I’M GETTING READY TO POP MY THIRD BUTTON SHE CUTS ME OFF AND SAYS PAUL! I SAID YEAH BABY. SHE SAYS PAUL, I DON’T WANT YOUR OLD LOVE GUN. SHE SAYS PAUL. I SAID YEAH BABY! SHE SAYS HOW COME ACE KEEPS RELEASING ONE ALBUM AFTER THE OTHER OVER THE PAST DECADE WHILE KISS IS NOW A COVER BAND HIDING BEHIND PYRO AND LIP SYNCING??? I LOOKED LEFT AND I LOOKED RIGHT. I LOOKED UP AND I LOOKED DOWN. JUST THEN ACE FREHLEY COMES OUT FROM AROUND THE CORNER YELLING GIVE ME BACK MY THRONE CURLY! JUST THEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND I HIT THE HIGHWAY DOIN’ 69 WOOO!! THIS ONE’S CALLED UNDER THE GUN!!!! 1, 2, 3, 4….