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The Five Best Stories Ace Frehley Told Us

UCR spoke to Ace Frehley numerous times over the years. Here are some of our favorite Spaceman moments from those ...
Ace Frehley was the spaceman guitar hero at the heart of Kiss. Just a kid from the Bronx, he transformed into an ...
The Kiss guitarist, who died on Thursday at 74, scored his only Top 20 solo hit with a cover that’s endured for decades.
As the rock world mourns Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley, here's a countdown of Kiss' 20 best songs, from "Shock Me" to "Strutter" ...
KISS founding guitarist Ace Frehley, writer of classics like “Cold Gin” and “Shock Me,” has died at 74 following a recent ...
Ace Frehley's biggest hit, "Back in the New York Groove," was a 1978 solo cover, not a KISS original. Originally a 1975 hit ...
At the time of his death in October 2025, Ace Frehley’s net worth was estimated at around $1 million, reflecting both his ...
The rock music world is in mourning following the passing of Ace Frehley, the original lead guitarist and co-founder of the ...
He said of his loose, spontaneous approach to playing guitar and writing songs: “All I did was crank it up to 10 and start to ...
In addition to playing all the highlights from ‘Moseley Shoals’, the tour will see Ocean Colour Scene play a career-spanning ...
Musical artists always sweat over which songs to put at the front of their album releases. They don't always do the same with ...
Ace Frehley, who co-founded the rock band Kiss and was its lead guitarist for eight years and nine studio albums and two live ...