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Post by Monsters of Rock on Nov 27, 2022 11:39:10 GMT 10
KISS'S ACE FREHLEY DOWNED A BOTTLE OF PERFUME
In many ways, Kiss is the definitive rock band. Most of their songs are arena-filling rock 'n' roll anthems about rock 'n' roll ("Rock and Roll All Nite," "Detroit Rock City"), their stage show is full of pyrotechnics and special effects, and frontmen Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley strike the very image of the cocky, strutting rock star. And as they rock and rolled all nite, they also partied every day, particularly the band's longtime guitarist Ace Frehley, a.k.a. his Kiss character "The Space Ace." In a 2019 interview with SiriusXM's Eddie Trunk (via Ultimate Classic Rock), Frehley revealed that he started drinking at the age of 13 and spent most of his life struggling with addiction before kicking his habits for good in 2006. His "moment of clarity," Frehley says, was when his daughter called him and called him out on how he'd started drinking again, imploring him to quit.
Frehley's drinking days included at least two audacious booze-fueled moments. In 1979, Kiss appeared on Tom Snyder's Tomorrow show, and a visibly intoxicated Frehley grumbled and drunkenly joked his way through it, to the annoyance of his bandmates, saying he was the band's "trout" player. And then there's the time when the band was riding in a limousine, and, upon spotting a bottle of perfume and being told it technically contained alcohol, Frehley chugged it, according to Rolling Stone.
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In many ways, Kiss is the definitive rock band. Most of their songs are arena-filling rock 'n' roll anthems about rock 'n' roll ("Rock and Roll All Nite," "Detroit Rock City"), their stage show is full of pyrotechnics and special effects, and frontmen Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley strike the very image of the cocky, strutting rock star. And as they rock and rolled all nite, they also partied every day, particularly the band's longtime guitarist Ace Frehley, a.k.a. his Kiss character "The Space Ace." In a 2019 interview with SiriusXM's Eddie Trunk (via Ultimate Classic Rock), Frehley revealed that he started drinking at the age of 13 and spent most of his life struggling with addiction before kicking his habits for good in 2006. His "moment of clarity," Frehley says, was when his daughter called him and called him out on how he'd started drinking again, imploring him to quit.
Frehley's drinking days included at least two audacious booze-fueled moments. In 1979, Kiss appeared on Tom Snyder's Tomorrow show, and a visibly intoxicated Frehley grumbled and drunkenly joked his way through it, to the annoyance of his bandmates, saying he was the band's "trout" player. And then there's the time when the band was riding in a limousine, and, upon spotting a bottle of perfume and being told it technically contained alcohol, Frehley chugged it, according to Rolling Stone.
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