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Former KISS Guitarist Ace Frehley Speaks On New KISS Album

posted Aug 21, 2009 at 7:05 AM by Diamond Oz.  (11 Comments)

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Ace Frehley, the former lead guitarist for rock legends KISS, has recently given his opinion on the new KISS song, "Modern Day Delilah" and their decision to sell the new album, "Sonic Boom" exclusively through Wal-Mart stores. Some excerpts from the interview reads as follows:

Q: Have you heard the new KISS single 'Modern Day Delilah'?

Ace Frehley: "Actually I did. I thought it was a good song. Paul's always been a really good writer and the only thing that I would say that the song didn't live up to was the fact that I believe they said that all the new songs were going to sound like stuff from the '70s and I didn't get that. The new song sounded like it could be something off an album they did in the '80s... that's what I got, but I thought it was a good song."

Q: What do you think of KISS selling their new cd exclusively through Wal-Mart?

Ace Frehley: It seems that more and more groups are going with major chains. I guess there's a plus to the fact that they'll give you a large advance, but the minus is the album is only available in that chain of stores. I guess there's pluses and minuses to everything, I mean, I entertained that idea, but, for me, I thought it was better that my album be available everywhere."

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11 Comments on "Ace Frehley Speaks On New KISS Album"

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1. dark666rage writes:

Ace just rocks.....his new album kicks a$$, but i am going to give the new KISS disc a listen.

# Aug 21, 2009 @ 10:24 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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2. Rychemn writes:

Just gotta love Ace.....the man is a true legend.

# Aug 21, 2009 @ 11:30 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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3. ron writes:

lets hope he has his sh** together.and dissing the kiss cd aint gonna help him sell more of his cd so heres to him hope hes healthy

# Aug 21, 2009 @ 1:29 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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4. That_One_Guy writes:

Wait, how exactly was he dissing Kiss?

# Aug 21, 2009 @ 1:37 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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5. spiral_architect writes:

ace sounds totally respectful toward the new frehley-less KISS album. i agree with him that is sounds like 80's (or even 90's era) KISS, and not like classic 70's KISS at all.

# Aug 21, 2009 @ 2:18 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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6. Chazz writes:

I wish Ace was back in Kiss again, but it looks like that'll never happen.

# Aug 21, 2009 @ 3:32 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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7. wilco writes:

no ace will never be back in that band

and much repect to the spaceman
ace did not say nothing bad at all
ace rocks

# Aug 21, 2009 @ 9:04 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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8. warlock writes:

dissing the kiss cd aint gonna help him sell more of his cd

????????

Didn't he say he thought it was a good song?

# Aug 21, 2009 @ 10:16 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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9. G writes:

To post #7:
Exactly. Another reunion with Ace will never happen, even though he rocks and is a good guitarist.

# Aug 21, 2009 @ 10:39 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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10. ron writes:

.not saying he did.he did the right thing by just sayin it was good and move on.

# Aug 22, 2009 @ 11:47 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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11. Jamez writes:

Ace has done the right thing. Put Kiss behind him and moved on. Gene and Paul should do the same

# Aug 24, 2009 @ 7:27 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address

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