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Ace: “Yes, I’ve done several of

= them myself"

What goes on. 1 ‘ve been to a Star The ek convention. Saine idea?

‘Ace: “Same ‘kind of thing. You know, basically what 1 do at the con- _ ventions... the conventions I’ve been at basically go like this: there are “usually tables all around with Kiss memorabilia. There are vendors. Kiss had everything from lunch boxes to radios to models and dolls. All that stuff has really gone up in ‘value. I have boxes of it in my base- ‘ment. I'm just going to keep holding on. I'll pass it on to my daughter and

© she can give it to her kids and in the,

year 2500 someone can sell it fora

= million dollars. 1 show up (at the

conventions) and basically doa

question and answer session with the -

udience and J sign autographs for like two hours. Meet the fans, shake © the hands, that’s basically it. And ‘usually they end off the - “thing with one of the Kiss cover bands.” ve How do you feel bout watching a clone of, ‘yourself out there? ©; ‘Ace: “I find itmes- : merizing, I-mean the good ones, There’s one from Canada called .°°*,; Alive, which is fantas- ‘I've actually . jommed with them. The one who plays. Gene, it’s almost like going back intime when 'T look at him ° after a show. He’s all: sweaty, and blood is coming down his - cheeks and stuff He looks j s jus like |

“Ace: “There. was years _ but to

basically we've buried the hatchet” and we've gotten together and’. ’ reopened the lines of communica-- tion. They took me out to dinner, * they took Peter out to dinner. We're - on‘good terms. Paul and Gene this” summer are doing a series of thei own conventions, From what I understand they've got mannequins with all the old costumes." * Why are you and Peter billing rselves as the bad boys of Ki. iss?

Ace! “Because we were. Paul and

Gene really don’t drink. They weren’t party animals like me and. Peter were back in the 1970s. Me’ and Peter were,the ones who were throwing TVs out of windows and’ smashing cars. Paul and Gene were the two good guys.” :

“So are you still rock ‘ n "rolling all “night and partying every day? °’:

* Ace: ;‘No, I can’t anymore, I'm”

44-years-old. I have a 15-year-old

daughter. I have to be: a role model these days, I finally grew up and got, sober and got my act together,”

“Are you and Peter going to do

: the 2 face thing at the show?’

‘Ace: “I'm not allowed to wear the make-up.”

Is that because of some kind of trademark condition? .

“Ace: “Well, it’s been trade-

marked but in essence it is retired. I:

mean Paul and Gene are allowed to - use it for merchandising purposes."

; for old video footage. They are not

allowed to put it on anybody new. In

other words let’s say Paul. and Gene . decide they. want to do a Kiss’ “reunion, dress ‘up somebody in cos. ume and put my make-up on him. I ‘ould get a judge'and have, that topped i ina minute... But you can ‘tdo that yourself: ither

‘rock stars forget that,

ft must have been pretty hard on the skin, huh?

Ace: “I mean it was fun in the beginning, but towards the end it became a nightmare, | remember once in Paris, | used to wear that sil- ver stuff around my eyes. | fell asleep one night because | got loaded and I forgot to take my nuke-up off. I woke up the next day - and my eyes were swollen shuts I couldn't see. T thought | was blind and J had to walk into the bathroom and physically open my eyes with

> my fingers. At least I wasn’t blind. |

called my manager and we got a doctor at the hotel and he shot me up

_ With some cortisone and some

steroids and that brought down the swelling. That was a scary moment.”

Is it ever frustrating for you, this persistent Kiss legacy, You look over your shoulder and Kiss is there.

Ace: “I have no problem with it. If it. wasn’t for-Kiss } wouldn't be - out here today. Kiss has become a

. 66 They ( Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons) weren’t party animals like me and Peter.were back i in the 1970s.: ~ Me and Peter were the ones who were.

throwing. TVs out of windows and

-smashing g cars. 9g.

— Ace Frehley

=. stepping stone for me.1 was with

Kiss for 10 years. 1 left Kiss 12

“years ago, I’ve been on. my own

since and I'm still out here kicking s. This new band is by far the best I ve ever assembled and I'm happier

‘than I’ve ever been.? :

‘Do you miss the mega-ar ens yout once played? . * Ace: “No. Obviously i it's

the fans up close, you can touch

them if you want. {t's a lot more per-"

onal: After the show, if you’re a member of my fan club, you can get’ back stage; meet me, get my atito-

“graph. 1 spend the time and take the

time to. meet my fans because with-

out them, [*d be nowhere. A lot of Legend has it that the first

Marvel Comic Kiss camic books...:

contained blood from the band for the red ink used. Fact or fiction?

‘Ace: “Why would 1 want to put it oo.

on? wore that Pe**ing s**t for

rering 10° 0 years TN was glad to pel it, :

7 samuch* "bigger payday, but I enjoy what I'm “doing. One great thing about playing

., smaller venues, is that you can see

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ates reuni

Ace: “Fret. We had a doctor there and he took a vial of blood from each of us and we poured it into the ink in the factory, Pretty wild.”

Is your daughter (Moniqite) into tock ‘nh roll and what does she sav about your contribution to the genre: >

Ace: “She's just really starting to grasp how big Kiss was and how well respected | am now and looked

up to as arock icon und guitar play- -

er. She’s met a fot of rock stars,

“When she sees guys from all of

these bands like Pantera telling me how great {am and how much of an influence I was on their careers...

What did you think of the Kiss My Ass covers CD released last year?

Ace: “I didn’t expect an acoustic version of Rack And Roll All Nite. There are probably two things that - bother me about that album. Once is the fact that they altered my make- up on the cover and on the inside.

The second thing is

they didn’t do any Ace -

Frehley songs (only.

Gene and Paul material

shows up). If my songs are used I get royalties

used I get royalties?”

on the cooker in addi tion ta the new CD? Ace: “I'll probably - be doing another art --” show in New York in a gallery in Manhattan.’

you do?

er graphics. {’m a Mac

guy now and I’ve got a” couple of software endorsements happening. I” ve got a Power PC. My. main two programs] work with are Infini-D, a rendering program and an animation program and Tuse Photo Shop 3.0."

* Are you dealing in abstracts or: specific themes?

Ace: “I'm thinking when 1 get the time I'd like to do‘a series of paintings on different rock icons. I’ve done a self portrait..I’ve done

_ spaceships. I'm still growing as a

computer artist. PIl probably have a virtual reality system in-my house by Christmas. You can go away from

J teality.”

Which isc good thing todo from

: time to time.

Ace: “Think about it: kids won't have to smoke pot and drink beer.

“s They can just put on a helmet and go

away. They'li get high just doing that and it won’t be hurting their

bodies. It's going to be. a very posi-

tive thing.”

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Any ather projects.

What kind of art do. a

Ace: “Ido comput- .

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