Ace Frehley is on a roll, and heâ€™s ready to embark on his next musical journey with Spaceman, his third solo outing in four years, and eighth overall. Amongst Aceâ€™s post-KISS recorded

Spaceman

Ace Frehley is on a roll, and heâ€™s ready to embark on his next musical journey with Spaceman, his third solo outing in four years, and eighth overall. Amongst Aceâ€™s post-KISS recorded output, Spaceman might be the closest link to his widely acclaimed 1978 solo record, both in spirit and execution. First off, Frehley played all of the guitar parts on Spaceman, as well as bass on all but two songs. Longtime drummer Anton Fig, whose friendship with Ace began in that 1978 record, also appears on â€œOff My Backâ€ and â€œPursuit of Rock and Rollâ€ (longtime collaborators Scot Coogan and Matt Starr also play drums on Spaceman). Thereâ€™s also a thematic, almost biographical, thread running through the album of a long life in rock â€™nâ€™ roll, although Ace admits it wasnâ€™t intentional. The first single â€œBronx Boyâ€ lays out Aceâ€™s pre-KISS roots, running wild with an Irish street gang called the Ducky Boys. It might be his grittiest song to date, with an opening riff that lashes out like a switchblade. â€œPursuit of Rock and Rollâ€ ticks off a list of rockers that made Ace who he is, including Little Richard and the Stones. Frehley also makes it clear that rock is truly all he needs: â€œSo sick of looking at reality TV / and like the Beatles said, you gotta â€˜Let It Be.â€™â€ â€œNo need to worry, Iâ€™ll be home soon, â€™cause Iâ€™m rockinâ€™ with the boys,â€ Frehley sings on â€œRockinâ€™ With the Boys,â€ which tells the tales of life on the road. Ace says he wrote the original version of the song back in KISSâ€™s heyday in the â€™70sâ€”if you listen closely, it could almost be seen as a rockinâ€™ counterpart to the Peter Criss-penned KISS classic â€œBeth.â€ Speaking of KISS brethren, letâ€™s get back to those two songs on Spaceman that Ace didnâ€™t play bass on. One listen of opener â€œWithout You Iâ€™m Nothingâ€ should be a dead giveaway. That mighty dinosaur growl of a bass tone belongs to Gene Simmons, who co-wrote that song, along with â€œYour Wish Is My Command,â€ with the Space Ace at Frehleyâ€™s home studio in Rancho Santa Fe, California. Frehley's reconnection with Simmons and fellow KISS vocalist-guitarist Paul Stanley (who joined Ace on a cover of Freeâ€™s â€œFire and Waterâ€ for 2016â€™s covers LP Origins, Vol. 1) might be chalked up to the fact that Frehley has been sober for more than a decade (he celebrated 12 years of sobriety in September). Aceâ€™s clean living no doubt has a lot to do with his productive streak, which began with the release of his top 20 Anomaly album in 2009, his top 10 Space Invader LP in 2014 (a first for any KISS member); and continues with Spaceman (a title suggested by Gene Simmons himself). Spaceman is a lean-and-mean nine tracks, and includes what has become a trademark for any Ace joint, a cosmic instrumental. â€œQuantum Fluxâ€ is a classic prog â€™nâ€™ roll song from Frehley, with lush acoustics and twin-leads. Fans might also notice the songâ€™s doomy outro, which nods to â€œBlack Diamondâ€ on KISSâ€™s 1974 debut.
Country USA
Brand STEAMHAMMER
Manufacturer Ent. One Music
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber 099923877325
Model 099923877325
ReleaseDate 2018-10-19
UnitCount 1
UPCs 099923877325
EANs 0099923877325

Country	USA
Brand	STEAMHAMMER
Manufacturer	Ent. One Music
Binding	Audio CD
ItemPartNumber	099923877325
Model	099923877325
ReleaseDate	2018-10-19
UnitCount	1
UPCs	099923877325
EANs	0099923877325

Spaceman

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