ACE FREHLEY

1.- Before KISS
2.- While in KISS
3.- Performing in KISS
4.- After KISS

Ace Frehley, a legend, a rock idol, a movie star, in a few words, the greatest rock icon, known as the "Celestial One", "Mr. Excitement" or simply as the “Spaceman”, Ace, with his impressive lead guitar riffs and stinging vibrato has been a major influence on rock guitar for over three decades.

Paul Daniel Frehley was born in the Bronx, located in New York City on April 27, 1951. Before becoming the greatest member of the rock band KISS, he was a taxi driver; until one day he answered an advertisement for a guitarist in the magazine " The Village Voice" which said: "Guitarist wanted with flash and balls. " He walks into the audition with an orange sneaker and a red sneaker. Ace played a ripping solo and a week later, he was in the band , which later named itself: KISS and that is how Ace started his legend in the rock history. He also designed the KISS logo which is still used.

While he was performing in the band, he wore a big black space suit, with enormous solver shoulder pads and a big ensemble in the chest with a lot of small pieces of mirrors, which made a lot of colored lights shine in the stage. Also he wore a pair of giant silver boots; they were around twenty centimeters high. Under his big space costume, he wore a black stretch suit which was full of silver holes too.

His hair has been very large and messed up since he became the best guitar player of all times; at the beginning of the band, the four members of it, were wearing spectacular and exaggerated make up. Ace’s character was called “Space Ace”, that is why his characterization was related to the space: all his face was painted in white, his eyes were shaped as two sliver stars whit his eyelids on blue, and his lips were painted in black.

When he was playing his guitar on the stage, the lights, the explosions and the excitement of being praised by the fans, made Ace sweat, and every drop fell over his gorgeous face, which unpainted it and he looked very messy but he never lost his exquisiteness. A special feature he used to do was the burning guitar during a guitar solo, which was put on a wire and sent up into the air, and then he got another guitar with a rocket launcher and shoots rockets. It was an amazing show which made him look like a god.

Nowadays, after he had a car accident caused by the alcohol and drugs excess, he is out of the band and currently he performs by himself, with a different band and goes without make up. However he is still as extremely gifted, wonderful and lovely as ever; even though he has a little hole in his right check caused by a long battle with alcohol and other substances.

Ace will be remembered not only for his body of work with KISS but for his originality as a guitarist and a major influence on guitarists over the world. He will also be remembered for his comeback from the abyss of personal problems and professional disappointment to reunite with one of rock's greatest bands. He has made an impact on the lives of many people and will always continue to do so.