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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I love label-written press releases!
I find it hilarious that they give a baseball game-like play-by-play of the first single:
“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.”
After the guitar solo, I guess they thought “and then the super-catchy ear-worm of a chorus is repeated as the soon-to-be-classic tune fades out” would be overkill.
Pretty catchy tune! I’m digging the timing of the release as well considering KISS is allegedly in their final week of shows ever. It’s nice for Ace to get some of that spotlight while continuing to make good rock and roll music while KISS hasn’t released new material since 2012. This proves everything Paul Stanley says about Ace being lazy is false. Hopefully the rest of the record is good. The lyrics certainly aren’t going to be nominated for the Neil Peart Intellectual Hall Of Wisdom but I digress.
I still believe Ace, Peter & Bruce will be at Madison Square Garden Saturday night. One thing I’ve learned over the years about KISS is don’t believe everything they say. As Paul Stanley has always said about Kiss, “The rules are there are no rules!”
I was listening to Eddie’s show on Hair Nation yesterday. Loved how he played Bible Black! However I was absolutely stunned and shocked that he said Kiss Destroyer was released in 1975. Eddie, you are the living, breathing Rock And Roll encyclopedia who is arguably one of the biggest Kiss historians in the world. The album was released in 1976! How could you mess that up?
Legend! I liked the song, not so much Ace’s voice! Rock music….no frills.
Rattle,
That was my opinion, as well, the music kicked, and then he opened his mouth….LOL!
Awesome solo! Love the music! The vocals and lyrics not so much, but the music kicks ass!
I think it is great that Ace is putting out new music where Kiss’s creativity seems to be long gone! Cant wait to hear what else is on this release.
If i were to give Ace advise. It would be to go on a world tour as Ace Frehley’ s Kiss, doing Kiss songs and his solo stuff. Larger venues. With a newer band opening up like The Warning. His band is over the top and Ace still rocks live!
Like it…..but never understood and get pissed when a song fades during a guitar solo !!! finish the solo and hard out !!