Ace on Jimmy Fallon

We watched the DVR'd episode last night.

Wife said, "who's that?"

I said, "one of the main reasons guys in my generation decided to pick up a guitar in the first place, Ace Frehley!"

Silence...

"The original lead guitarist in Kiss"

Wife: "Oh. He looks really old..." /emoticons/default_dry.png

ETA: the posted video did not make the broadcast (unless there were some DVR remote control hi-jinks going on).

 
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It was actually kind of sad. I'm a big Kiss:Alive era Ace fan... but drugs and alcohol, as well as age I suppose, made it sad. That and the look of the bass player, like he was just having so much fun playing three notes.

 
Yeah. A friend and I had a discussion this morning about concerts by older bands sometimes relying on rock and roll schtick. Ten years ago I made the joke that Paul now smashes a guitar over a dead horse.

The thing is, Paul Stanley kept KISS going when Gene was trying to be a TV and movie star. Paul put out a solo album and a tour while KISS was taking a break.

Ace makes jokes about how if he knew he was going to be so big in rock and roll he would have practiced more. Well? What has been stopping him over the years? If someone wanted to put together a super group, Ace will not get the call. He is what he is.

 
Peter Frampton would have sounded good on vocals. Probably better on guitar as well but I can't see Peter with all those LEDs glowing.

 
I think he just came up with his make-up and costume and the first KiSS logo. Paul recently said he came up with it though...

 
He has the same bloated features that Gene does! Too much brisket, booze and soft living... /emoticons/default_tongue.png

 
Hung out with Ace and Sebastian Bach on a flight from Detroit to Japan in 2001. Sabastian is extremely funny but Ace is one cool cat. I got some candid thoughts from him on a lot of topics.

 
Crimsontider said:
Hung out with Ace and Sebastian Bach on a flight from Detroit to Japan in 2001. Sabastian is extremely funny but Ace is one cool cat. I got some candid thoughts from him on a lot of topics.
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I got some candid thoughts from Ace regrading his policy about not signing guitars. He was wearing a full length leather trench coat whilst eating a chicken wing. It was surreal.

 
I DVR'd it hoping for the best and didn't get it. He looked bad, sang bad, and played bad. Sad.

 
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