1, which hit #23 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, and was his second highest-charting solo album and his 4th Top 40 album. 2 will be released tomorrow (September 18th). Reminiscent of older rock n’ roll songs.Īce Frehley’s Origins Vol. And maybe the solo in the live version of Rock And Roll All Nite – it’s just a nice, Chuck Berry kind of solo. Gene used to call it “dinosaur bends” when I would bend the strings really heavy – the low string. I like the solo I did in God Of Thunder – it was just a different type of solo. Songfacts: Which are your top five guitar solos in KISS?Īce Frehley: The solo in Deuce, Shock Me, Strange Ways. I was really happy about that – they did a great job. It gave me a chance to showcase my touring band on this record. The guys in my band all sing lead, so I let them sing lead on that song live. If you are a Maynard James Keenan fan, you know that he’s a huge KISS fan. My record company called and said, “We need a KISS bonus track,” so that was the first song that came to mind. During his recent appearance on Revolver’s Fan First, Tool and Puscifer lead vocalist Maynard James Keenan opened up about KISS’ songs and former lead guitarist Ace Frehley’s contribution by praising Frehley’s extraordinary and unmatchable skills as a guitarist. My live band had been performing She before the pandemic hit. Then we “riffed out” towards the end of the song, during the fade. He picked Manic Depression and we tracked it, we sent it to him, and he did a great guitar solo on it. 2, he expressed interest in performing on it. When Bruce found out I was doing Origins Vol. We did the Kiss Kruise several years ago together – his band was on the cruise with my band and several other bands. I’ve been friends with Bruce Kulick for years. Manic Depression by the Jimi Hendrix Experience: But I got John 5 to play the guitar solo on the opening and he did a wonderful job. I didn’t realize it was written in 1965… it’s a long time ago. Most of the Beatles songs had three-part harmony and were well put together and well-written, but I’m Down was more of just a kick-ass rock n’ roll number more in the vein of Chuck Berry. That was a song I always loved by the Beatles because it was not really that indicative of a Beatles song. I got a really good vocal performance out of her. She came over for the weekend, and I coached her on that vocal. I probably could have sang it, but I wanted to get a different twist on that song, so I called up Lita Ford, who is a good friend of mine. I’ve done several covers of Rolling Stones songs over the years. Jumpin’ Jack Flash by The Rolling Stones: And of course, we all know the history behind Led Zeppelin. I knew from the minute I saw them that they were going to be huge. I was lucky enough to see Led Zeppelin’s first New York appearance at the Filmore East when I was a teenager – they were opening for Iron Butterfly. That was the first Led Zeppelin song I ever heard on record because it was the first song on Led Zeppelin I. Greg Prato for Songfacts spoke with guitarist Ace Frehley about his top guitar solos in KISS and explains what drew him to some of the songs he covered on his Origins Vol.