Paul Daniel Frehley Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Paul Daniel "Ace" Frehley (/ˈfreɪli/; born April 27, 1951) is an American musician best known as the former lead guitarist and founding member of the rock band Kiss. He took on the persona of the "Spaceman" or "Space Ace", and played with the group from its inception in 1973 until his departure in 1982. After leaving Kiss, Frehley embarked on a solo career, which was put on hold when he rejoined Kiss in 1996 for a highly successful reunion tour.His second tenure with Kiss lasted until 2002, when he left at the conclusion of what was purported to be the band's Farewell Tour. His most recent album Space Invader, was released on August 19, 2014. Guitar World magazine ranked him 14th Greatest Metal Guitarist of All Time.
DeWitt Clinton High School, Theodore Roosevelt High School, Grace Lutheran School, I Was Made For Lovin' You, New York Groove, Rock and Roll All Nite, Portland, OR, United States, Buenos Aires, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monterrey, NL, Mexico
Nationality
American
Children
Monique Frehley
Parents
Carl Daniel Frehley, Esther Anna Hecht, I Was Made For Lovin' You, New York Groove, Rock and Roll All Nite, Portland, OR, United States, Buenos Aires, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monterrey, NL, Mexico
Siblings
Charles Frehley
Music Groups
KISS, Frehley's Comet, I Was Made For Lovin' You, New York Groove, Rock and Roll All Nite, Portland, OR, United States, Buenos Aires, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monterrey, NL, Mexico
Movies
Portland, OR, United States, Buenos Aires, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monterrey, NL, Mexico, Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park, Detroit Rock City, Remedy, The Second Coming, Kiss: MTV Unplugged, KISS: Immortals, KISS: Live at the Sydney Showgrounds, Kiss: Resurrection, Kiss: Hell's...
Star Sign
Taurus
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Trademark
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Known for his Spaceman makeup
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Gibson Les Paul
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Quote
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I knew I was destined to do a solo album, but when I did that first album in 1978, I had no idea it was going to be that well received.
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That's not my idea of what KISS is. Maybe that's his idea. You know, they say things like that just to cover their asses, so that they can carry on and still say it's KISS. That's all that is: smoke. [when asked if he agrees with Paul Stanley about the idea of KISS continuing without any of the original members].
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I eat, sleep, and drink my character. It is my fantasy to go to another planet. By the time I'm 40, interplanetary travel will be common. Nobody will want to talk to me at that age, anyway.
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I remember taking the cassette and smashing it against a wall" - to Guitar World magazine in 1993, describing his negative response to the 1981 KISS album, "Music From the Elder.
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Fact
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Even though he went by the nickname Ace to distinguish himself from Paul Stanley,Frehley is the only original KISS member to perform under his legal birth name.The other three either shortened their legal names or changed their names entirely.
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KISS was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7080 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
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Said in a 2008 interview that he is now clean and sober and has finally learned, that he is actually a better musician when not drunk and on drugs and that he regrets not learning this sooner.
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Early on when learning to play guitar, he experimented with guitars that had whammy bars. Eventually, he discarded them when he found that whammy bars weren't his style.
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Was opposed to recording KISS' sixteenth album, "Music From The Elder". However, he was out-voted two to one by Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, and, subsequently, was obligated to participate. Also, insisted to have the 24-track tapes mailed to his home to cut his parts. Finally, his solos were cut out of the final recordings, and did not participate completely on their seventeenth album, "Creatures of the Night", and replaced by Vincent Cusano (Vinnie Vincent).
His face is on the cover of the KISS album, "creatures of the night", even though Vinnie Vincent played all the songs on the album. KISS begged Ace to put his face on the cover because he wasn't officially gone and they weren't sure about Vinnie being a permanent replacement.
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Has an IQ of 164.
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Previous bands: Molimo, the Muff Drivers and Frehley's Comet.
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According to Gene Simmons' autobiography, "Kiss and Make-Up", the lightning bolt guitar strap that's used by so many in the music design is actually Frehley's design. He is considered to be a very gifted graphic designer.
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Older sister's name is Nancy.
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Is a self-taught guitarist, started playing at age 13.
When Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley heard Ace's audition for KISS and decided to make him the lead guitarist, they asked him what his name was. When he said his name was Paul Frehley, they told him that the band couldn't have two Paul's. Frehley then told them to call him "Ace Frehley". The nickname "Ace" comes from his school days, when he displayed an uncanny ability to get his friends dates.
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Lead guitarist for KISS 1973-1983 and 1995-2002. Is divorced from wife Jeanette.
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Is the youngest of 3 children. Has a brother, Charles, and a sister,
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Father Karl was an electrical engineer, mother Esther a homemaker.