Ace: The Talented Member of KISS
December 4, 2015 10:16 AM Subscribe
Ace's High (Part 1, Part 2) is a short documentary about a four-member Ace Frehley tribute band whose members all performed in full 1970s Ace Frehley makeup and costumes.
The band:
(via Dangerous Minds.)
The band:
- Andrew Krieger (Ace '74)
- Chris Fachini (Ace '75)
- Chad Gilchrist (Ace '76)
- Nick Sokolowski (Ace '77)
Even if you’ve seen a lot of Kiss tribute bands in your time, you’ve never seen anything like Aces High. This quartet of made-up members of the Detroit underground music scene stands as an explosive tribute to Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley, and even the drummer dresses as Ace. Their material is all Ace, all the time.The band also gets a nod in this 2009 piece, Fake Kissing: A Tribute to the Long History of Kiss Tribute Bands.
(via Dangerous Minds.)
I'd like to form a Paul Stanley tribute band where we just spend two hours asking the audience if they're ready to fucking rock tonight.
posted by bondcliff at 10:26 AM on December 4, 2015 [19 favorites]
posted by bondcliff at 10:26 AM on December 4, 2015 [19 favorites]
(Obligatory link to 45 minutes of Paul Stanley audience stage banter.)
posted by usonian at 10:28 AM on December 4, 2015 [10 favorites]
posted by usonian at 10:28 AM on December 4, 2015 [10 favorites]
I'm disappointed this isn't an Iron Maiden tribute band.
posted by Sangermaine at 10:31 AM on December 4, 2015
posted by Sangermaine at 10:31 AM on December 4, 2015
That thing you sorta liked a long time ago? Here it is, TIMES FOUR!
posted by tommasz at 11:02 AM on December 4, 2015
posted by tommasz at 11:02 AM on December 4, 2015
I've always loved Dana Gould's impersonation of Paul Stanley, which is pretty much just a spot-on impression of Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion. (I apologize for linking to a clip from the loathsome Adam Carolla show, but I couldn't find an alternative clip of Gould doing the voice.)
posted by Atom Eyes at 11:28 AM on December 4, 2015
posted by Atom Eyes at 11:28 AM on December 4, 2015
45 minutes of Paul Stanley audience stage banter
This is my favorite thing. I like to pretend it's just an unedited recording of a single concert.
posted by uncleozzy at 11:45 AM on December 4, 2015 [1 favorite]
This is my favorite thing. I like to pretend it's just an unedited recording of a single concert.
posted by uncleozzy at 11:45 AM on December 4, 2015 [1 favorite]
I've already commented on the blue about my history as a KISS fan, so I just want to leave everyone with this classic: Paul Stanley gets mad at a guy with a laser
posted by Halloween Jack at 11:48 AM on December 4, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Halloween Jack at 11:48 AM on December 4, 2015 [1 favorite]
If you're a fan of Ace (and of course you are) check out this FB group, "Ace Calling", by WFMU's Kurt Gottschalk.
posted by monospace at 12:41 PM on December 4, 2015
posted by monospace at 12:41 PM on December 4, 2015
Ha! The one year I went to SXSW, I saw Tribute, and Ace's High was shown beforehand. What I remember most is their roadie gets Vinnie Vincent's ankh makeup, and they treat him so badly, they constantly have to find a new roadie.
posted by cardioid at 1:17 PM on December 4, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by cardioid at 1:17 PM on December 4, 2015 [1 favorite]
The part where the guy says his dad cut out pictures of guitars from the Sears catalog and glued them to wood backing so he could play with them with his dolls was too much for me. Maybe modern day dads are that cool, but this would have been when I was a kid. Dads weren't that cool then. Right? I never knew one. Please don't tell me otherwise.
posted by Quonab at 2:11 PM on December 4, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Quonab at 2:11 PM on December 4, 2015 [1 favorite]
Finding a way to balance my amusement at Frehley being called talented and the realization that he was, like it or not, my introduction to blues guitar when I was a teenager.
posted by telstar at 1:08 AM on December 5, 2015
posted by telstar at 1:08 AM on December 5, 2015
Yeah, Ace isn't the most blazingly technically proficient guitarist out there but he was my first personal guitar god and I'll always have a soft spot. And an irrational desire for a cherryburst Les Paul.
posted by usonian at 4:11 AM on December 5, 2015
posted by usonian at 4:11 AM on December 5, 2015
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