See, this is why Ace has always been my favorite. He sums up his entire experience with KISS by saying: “I still look back on it today, and I go ‘wow, that was weird’”. I can’t imagine a more perfect summation than that. 🤣
It is so surreal. I am 56 and female. I was a very hyperactive ADHD child in a private school wearing Uniforms but I remember when I discovered KISS. A friend of our family had the KISS (the first album cover) TSHIRT and I was probably... 6 or 7 ? maybe? and I went up to him and said "who are those girls?" LOL. and then I saw them play on Paul Lynn's Halloween Special and I remmber getting the DESTROYER album withmy mum and the rest was history. My mum did me up as Peter Chriss one Halloween. I never fit in at school.. I barely had friends and always imagined that KISS would just come to my school and just take me away from that hellhole... LOL.
@@jigawho what the fukk are talking about? It sounds like your replying to the other guys comment, but neither one of us mentioned dimebag and Paul Stanley is still alive an probably smoking a pole as we speak 😉
Ace is just a pure R&R legend. I am not one to crap on Tommy, he's earned his place, but Ace had this inimitable stage presence that can't be duplicated.
I was 12 and had been a major fan since Dressed to kill came out! I cannot believe i have been aware of these guys for over 50 years now! Them and the Stones astonish me as far as longevity goes!
You and me both! 7 and so excited to see it. I even remember the looks my parents gave each other while watching it... Exactly what you'd expect, lol... It was great!
Out of the 4 autobiographies, his one is the best followed Peter Criss. I gave up on Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley blames everyone but himself. Paul, kinda hinted he hired inferior members because he didn't want to be better than him. He said that Mark St John couldn't play the thing twice but still hired him.
I have always been an Ace Frehley fan and I like him now he admits his faults and can laugh 😂 about it and he sees Gene and Paul for what they are which is businessmen and he is a musician that’s still putting out music and if we can believe Gene and Paul they are finally quitting! Tommy and Eric should have had to come up with their own characters instead of using Space Ace and The Catman!
For Ace it was always more about playing rock music and living the rock lifestyle, not running a corporate business. He could as easily have been a Ramone as a member of Kiss. But he has sobered up and made a go of having a solid solo career.
"I'd have been pissed if it was me, but I know how to speak...even though I'm from the Bronx! Peter was just loaded as me, so he probably didn't even know." - Classic Ace.
It's hard to believe that the original KISS lasted as long as they did with two ultra serious straight laced businessmen and two hard core party animals.
Not businessmen, businessman. Gene wanted to control everything and Paul went along with whatever Gene wanted. Ace was just a rock star acting like a rock star, and Gene didn’t like it.
I love the story that Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson tell about how much they loved to make Ace laugh. Alex would dress up as "The Bag" and Ace would laugh uncontrollably.
Absolutely love this! I always think back to watching this on vhs as a kid I loved the movie just like ace said! If you’re a Kiss fan you’ll like the movie
@@omarvillarreal3850 They should have written in a follow up line where Ace could have had a chance to sound more sci fi-ish like: "I'm ready for a new computation" something like that 😎🎶😉🖖🎸
Even in the 70's he was having fun in the interviews. Gene and Paul look pissed off at him, which makes it more funny to watch. It's like he saw KISS as a band not a business brand it became.
There was just one rock and roller in Kiss. Paul and Gene are businessmen & showmen. Peter was a closeted doo-wopper / balladeer. Ace was (and is) true rock and roll. He was the secret weapon that made the first seven studio albums THE enduring classics. Very cool that he survived his wild days with liver and laughter intact.
I still have the VHS of this movie that I bought in Sam Goody back in the 80's. I also have it on DVD. Is is absolutely a cult classic and I remember watching it on TV.
He was my neighbor in the mid 90’s small town in northwest CT. I doubt he knew it. Met him and Peter at tuxedo junction back so many years ago. Great guys !
I watched that movie at age 11 in 1980 when it came to small German theaters. I loved it for the fact that it had KISS in it. Did not care about anything else.
Very underrated player and I remember him being the favorite member among the older teenage rock n rollers back in the 70s. Ace sorta embodies the fun/campy and lighthearted side of the band, yet had musicianship and great guitar licks.
I remember being a part of the KISS Army as a kid and watching this movie, glued to the TV in total awe. The next day at school every boy in my class was talking about KISS.
Another cool thing about ACE was the camera loved him. I don't think there is a bad shot of ACE. He looks great in every picture I've seen. He has a ton of money shots! ⚡️😎
I love Ace but I feel like this is an interesting take because Gene, Paul, and Peter were very competent musicians in their own right; all four were a perfect combination! Ace 100% is a real rocker though, I agree!
How would I go about trying to find this movie?I believe I never did see it or hear about it.Oh gosh?What?What I have seen through this little video looks crazy😂😂
Yea. It was great to watch this. Basically. Because I had the "KISS" "ARMY" patch on a Levi jacket, wearing it I remember while watching this movie was absolutely mind blowing. ( Edited) still got the KISS Army patch, but not the Levi jacket. It went as a hand me down to cousin of mine, and I definitely removed my patch before I gave him jacket, had to.
And now it's basically come true, they have replaced 2 members with imposters. They aren't robots, although Tommy Thayer does look a bit like he could be. If they were to reunite once again, maybe that could be a way to bring them back. Have KISS start a show and then have sparks flying out of Eric and Tommy, keel over and out walks Ace and Peter.
@theneonchimpchannel9095..that's so funny. I have thought the same exact thing bringing Peter and Ace out to do the last show. Also you're right, they're not robots. Tommy and Eric are puppets.
There’s a reason they brought them back for reunion tour. Paul and Gene were spent. Ace n Peter saved their ass. Aces searing vibrato solos and Peters swing drumming. The sound that created them in the first place. Older kiss fans will know
I’m not the biggest Kiss fan at all, but I always loved Ace. I thought he was fun and funny. If you’re going to dress up like this to play rock music you gotta have a sense of humor! Paul and Gene took it all way too serious. I bought Aces 7” of Back In The New York Groove. That was the only Kiss related vinyl I really wanted. 😂❤ 👽
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"you're only as sick as your secrets..." Ace droppin some legit program wisdom
See, this is why Ace has always been my favorite. He sums up his entire experience with KISS by saying: “I still look back on it today, and I go ‘wow, that was weird’”.
I can’t imagine a more perfect summation than that. 🤣
It is so surreal. I am 56 and female. I was a very hyperactive ADHD child in a private school wearing Uniforms but I remember when I discovered KISS. A friend of our family had the KISS (the first album cover) TSHIRT and I was probably... 6 or 7 ? maybe? and I went up to him and said "who are those girls?" LOL. and then I saw them play on Paul Lynn's Halloween Special and I remmber getting the DESTROYER album withmy mum and the rest was history. My mum did me up as Peter Chriss one Halloween. I never fit in at school.. I barely had friends and always imagined that KISS would just come to my school and just take me away from that hellhole... LOL.
Aces laugh never fails to cheer me up
Ace IS and he will ALWAYS BE pure dynamite!!!! Way to go, Space Acé!!!!!
No substitutes....
Yeah is is really insulting and infuriating to see Tommy Thayer in ACE's make up and costume!!!
Ace and Peter the two superpowers in Kiss
Ace made the band over the top superstars.
If i could hang with any member of kiss, it would be Ace. He is the coolest.
Indeed
Was so cool when he’d wrap his car around a tree driving hammered drunk. Cooler even when he couldn’t play the national anthem
@@jigawho still kooler than what Paul Stanley smokes behind closed doors...😆 ace!
@@isaacshaver6218 Dimebag was more cool and he’s dead. You aren’t cool cause you’re here. That’s your logic
@@jigawho what the fukk are talking about? It sounds like your replying to the other guys comment, but neither one of us mentioned dimebag and Paul Stanley is still alive an probably smoking a pole as we speak 😉
Honestly Ace has sounded pretty sharp in interviews lately. Talking way faster and more coherently than 10 years ago.
Ace is just a pure R&R legend. I am not one to crap on Tommy, he's earned his place, but Ace had this inimitable stage presence that can't be duplicated.
@SirJames917 - Tommy and Eric definitely look horrible in the makeup
I agree, I have nothing against Tommy. He’s a great guitarist and he is a nice guy, but he is not him.
Tommy is a great guitar player but, he's earned his place??? I don't think so
At the time of this movies release, I was seven years old and a huge KISS fan.
I thought it was the greatest movie ever!
I love his laugh.
I still remember how the KISS cards smelled. Way different from sports cards. But yeah..I was same age and same huge fan at the time..
I was 12 and had been a major fan since Dressed to kill came out! I cannot believe i have been aware of these guys
for over 50 years now! Them and the Stones astonish me as far as longevity goes!
@@caseybrown4360 I had the cards too! a complete set and I still remember the day the Comic book was released! I got a copy that day!
I was about 14, and thought it was the greatest thing ever.
You and me both! 7 and so excited to see it.
I even remember the looks my parents gave each other while watching it... Exactly what you'd expect, lol... It was great!
I could listen to Ace laugh all day!!!
Out of the 4 autobiographies, his one is the best followed Peter Criss. I gave up on Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley blames everyone but himself. Paul, kinda hinted he hired inferior members because he didn't want to be better than him. He said that Mark St John couldn't play the thing twice but still hired him.
I remember being so excited to see this on tv back in the day..
I'm not a huge KISS fan but I love Ace. The guy is a joy to listen to and his laugh is the best.
Same here. I like his guitar playing too. Not a virtuoso but plays cool sounding stuff, which, to me, is more important than being a virtuoso.
You can't help but like this guy! He's real!
He is Hilarious Curly! AKK! 🤣
Definitely.
Ace will always be my favourite he's so funny and he's laugh is hilarious
I have always been an Ace Frehley fan and I like him now he admits his faults and can laugh 😂 about it and he sees Gene and Paul for what they are which is businessmen and he is a musician that’s still putting out music and if we can believe Gene and Paul they are finally quitting! Tommy and Eric should have had to come up with their own characters instead of using Space Ace and The Catman!
😂😂🎉🎉🎉👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
How can you not love ACE? AHK!🥰
I was GLUED to the tv on that night in October 1978
Remember their albums? The fold out posters!!! Live pictures! Buying the vinyl records was such a cool experience!
The Love Gun cardboard pop gun. I was never a Kiss fan, but my cousin was, and he had everything Kiss back in the old days.
I was 15 and stoned on Red Dragon blotter LSD, and this movie made total sense and was fantastic. That I remember, maybe.
That would have been soo funny .. love it
All due respect, I am giving you the Ace laugh!!! Awesome story
That’ll do it💪🏻
This is one of Ace's most lucid interviews. He sounds great and very sharp!
For Ace it was always more about playing rock music and living the rock lifestyle, not running a corporate business. He could as easily have been a Ramone as a member of Kiss. But he has sobered up and made a go of having a solid solo career.
"I'd have been pissed if it was me, but I know how to speak...even though I'm from the Bronx! Peter was just loaded as me, so he probably didn't even know." - Classic Ace.
Ace asked for lines and he got them,both kinds.
LOL
Ya gotta dig ACE !! To me he was always the best part of KISS. That laugh! I think only Janis Joplin had a laugh that could be on par with Frehleys
ace drank Peter took drugs6
@@ajjy1110 In this very video he talks about doing blow. Did you watch it before commenting? And BTW alcohol is a drug.
@@ajjy1110in aces book he said he luved coke cause he could drink longer💪🏻
It's hard to believe that the original KISS lasted as long as they did with two ultra serious straight laced businessmen and two hard core party animals.
Thanks to the businessmen.
Not businessmen, businessman. Gene wanted to control everything and Paul went along with whatever Gene wanted. Ace was just a rock star acting like a rock star, and Gene didn’t like it.
Do you mean two Jews?
love that ace does not hate it, he thinks it was fun, he embraces the movie's campiness.
Ace and his laugh...LOL! Gotta love him.
I always loved his laugh!!! 😄🥰
i’m in hysterics
when he chuckles..
PRICELESS.!
😉😁
✌🏻🇦🇺🌏🤘🏻
@@mariag4677Me too😂
I believe my favorite line by Ace was when he said Beethoven's fifth, and then that crazy laugh comes out.
When I was 15 as a huge KISS fan I thought it was great. Now at 60 I think the movie was great but in an entirely different way. Go ACE!!!!
As a 12yr old kid in '78 I loved that movie! Of course my walls were covered in KISS posters.
I love the story that Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson tell about how much they loved to make Ace laugh. Alex would dress up as "The Bag" and Ace would laugh uncontrollably.
If anything, Ace might very well have the best laugh in rock n roll
From u.k.
Seen em a couple of times, what a character!
Not taking the whole thing serious!
Love it ACE!
What a time he must have had!
I remember watching it on television when it debuted.
I had to watch it on a black and white TV. my parents wouldn't let me watch it in the living room.
In Black and white?.....jimminy crickets!
Absolutely love this! I always think back to watching this on vhs as a kid I loved the movie just like ace said! If you’re a Kiss fan you’ll like the movie
"Akk!!" Is my favorite line in the whole movie lol 😂 😂😂😂!!!!!
Starchild: "What do you compute Space Ace?"
Space Man: "Insufficient data at this time, Starchild."
@@omarvillarreal3850 They should have written in a follow up line where Ace could have had a chance to sound more sci fi-ish like: "I'm ready for a new computation" something like that 😎🎶😉🖖🎸
I could listen to Ace's stories all day. Thanks bro!!
Ace is truly a legend
I have the movie twice on VHS, 3 times on DVD. Watched it the night it aired. Love it
Ace is my favorite member of KISS
it gave us GenX fans a first glimpse into KISS, besides the albums and magazine pics.
I was at the concert scene filming in May 78……played hooky that day and saw Ace tapping on his fret board…a revelation on the just released VHI album.
Ace is a complete riot!! He can laugh at himself at things he has done in the past. A lot of fans can connect to him. Yeah I love his ,laugh.
Even in the 70's he was having fun in the interviews. Gene and Paul look pissed off at him, which makes it more funny to watch. It's like he saw KISS as a band not a business brand it became.
Ace is definitely the coolest member of Kiss. There is no doubt about that.
My favorite Kiss member was always Ace!
Ace's laugh is GOLDEN!
Glad I got to see them in the reunion tour in 1996 at the Columbia Coliseum in Columbia South Carolina.
There was just one rock and roller in Kiss. Paul and Gene are businessmen & showmen. Peter was a closeted doo-wopper / balladeer. Ace was (and is) true rock and roll. He was the secret weapon that made the first seven studio albums THE enduring classics. Very cool that he survived his wild days with liver and laughter intact.
I still have the VHS of this movie that I bought in Sam Goody back in the 80's. I also have it on DVD. Is is absolutely a cult classic and I remember watching it on TV.
Sam Goody. Now I KNOW I'm getting old.
@@keltrepes2534 Yup. You and me both. 😄
@@katr7969 I haven't been to one of those in well over 22 years.
@@keltrepes2534 They were bought out years ago and most stores became FYE.
Most honest reply from Ace about his time with the band.
"I was loaded through half the movie." LMAO! 😂😂 Ya' gotta love Ace, man.
I remember watching this when I was six and I loved it, it’s so 1970s
I remember 11 year old me rushing home from a Halloween carnival to watch this movie on tv.
ACK!!! I'll never forget "Rip, Rip.....Rip and Destroy!!!"😅🤣🤣😂😅
Ace had the Best Kiss solo album... Rip, Rip, Rip and destroy was way better than any song on the other 3 solo albums.
I loved it as a kid most of us did I think. Love Rocket Ride! Ace is the best…🍻
That was on my BIRTHDAY. And for my last present of my birthday my dad left me watch this movie. KISS FOREVER
He was my neighbor in the mid 90’s small town in northwest CT.
I doubt he knew it. Met him and Peter at tuxedo junction back so many years ago. Great guys !
Greatest movie ever made. People need to give it the respect it deserves! Peace.
I watched that movie at age 11 in 1980 when it came to small German theaters. I loved it for the fact that it had KISS in it. Did not care about anything else.
“We’re only as sick as our secrets”
kids loved the movie.......I was 8. remember watching it that night.
Very underrated player and I remember him being the favorite member among the older teenage rock n rollers back in the 70s. Ace sorta embodies the fun/campy and lighthearted side of the band, yet had musicianship and great guitar licks.
Chick: There was a lot of fights in that movie.
Ace: Yeah, luckily nobody got hurt.
😂
I still watch the movie now and again. The night it came out I was at an outdoor Halloween party and went inside to watch the movie when it came on.
Ace will always be my favorite member of Kiss, I love his laugh. A fan since 76. 💋
I was ay Magic Mountian, when filming & KISS did a small live show. It was an ok free fun day. We knew a lady that worked for Bill / Casablanca
You gotta love ace he's like Scott Gorham or micheal denner just enjoying the ride and unique as h e 🏒🏒
When I first saw that movie it’s when I started to listen to rock n roll music 🎶 I loved it …wish it would come out on dvd -Blu ray so I can buy it…
I remember watching this movie around Halloween 1978, I was 7. I haven’t seen the movie since but I found it amazing back then.
I remember being a part of the KISS Army as a kid and watching this movie, glued to the TV in total awe. The next day at school every boy in my class was talking about KISS.
I saw the movie in 1978 i loved it then and i still love it now
It was perfect for the time...big part of Kisstory .Rock on!!
If I remember correctly, Ace's stunt double was a black guy named Alan Oliney. Love the movie!
Another cool thing about ACE was the camera loved him. I don't think there is a bad shot of ACE. He looks great in every picture I've seen. He has a ton of money shots! ⚡️😎
What Ace is trying to tell everybody is have fun because life is short and have no regrets.🤪🤟
G.I. Joe voice actor, Michael Bell dubbed Peter's dialogue for those who don't know
ha! nice!
Ace is a very real, approachable, funny guy! No ego, my favorite KISS member, even with his flaws!
Ace is real. We love this guy!
Ace always was the real rocker in KISS. The true musician.
ACE and PETE were KISS! once both of them left i lost all interest on the band!
Eric Carr wasn't a bad drummer either !
I love Ace but I feel like this is an interesting take because Gene, Paul, and Peter were very competent musicians in their own right; all four were a perfect combination! Ace 100% is a real rocker though, I agree!
Don't ever lose that laugh, Ace!
Honestly and people are probably going to hate on me for saying this but if it wasn't for Ace frehley being in kiss kiss would not have been kiss!🤘⚡⚡
Gotta love Ace! Ack!!!
How would I go about trying to find this movie?I believe I never did see it or hear about it.Oh gosh?What?What I have seen through this little video looks crazy😂😂
The movie is cheesy fun. I still have my VHS tape.
Ace is The Epitome of Rock & Roll \m/
Ace loved partying with the guys in Rush
Ace was the one that made kiss a rock n roll band. Ace is and always will be a freakin legend
"wow, that was weird." Ha. Ace Rules!
Yea. It was great to watch this. Basically. Because I had the "KISS" "ARMY" patch on a Levi jacket, wearing it I remember while watching this movie was absolutely mind blowing. ( Edited) still got the KISS Army patch, but not the Levi jacket. It went as a hand me down to cousin of mine, and I definitely removed my patch before I gave him jacket, had to.
Years ago Paul, Gene, Ace and Peter should have done an official re-release with them doing hilarious commentary throughout.
Gene hilarious??? Umm....not a thing.
"Wow that was weird". Great closing line.
And now it's basically come true, they have replaced 2 members with imposters. They aren't robots, although Tommy Thayer does look a bit like he could be. If they were to reunite once again, maybe that could be a way to bring them back. Have KISS start a show and then have sparks flying out of Eric and Tommy, keel over and out walks Ace and Peter.
@theneonchimpchannel9095..that's so funny. I have thought the same exact thing bringing Peter and Ace out to do the last show. Also you're right, they're not robots. Tommy and Eric are puppets.
On the very last show "if there ever is one" that would be pure gold.
Yeah Thommy and Singer are 2 hired guns.Its always about Gene&Paul 🙄
Ace is a riot! I named my chihuahua Ace.
I loved that movie. It was Kiss, on TV, in a movie. It was awesome in 1978.
Yup it was
There’s a reason they brought them back for reunion tour. Paul and Gene were spent. Ace n Peter saved their ass. Aces searing vibrato solos and Peters swing drumming. The sound that created them in the first place. Older kiss fans will know
Ace was loaded through half the movie? I'm pretty sure he was loaded through the ENTIRE movie.
and the entire 70s, 80s, 90s, and so on.
Somehow I ended up with a DVD of this. It’s a great KISS classic.
Ace admits his addictions that's why he got sober
I’m not the biggest Kiss fan at all, but I always loved Ace. I thought he was fun and funny. If you’re going to dress up like this to play rock music you gotta have a sense of humor! Paul and Gene took it all way too serious. I bought Aces 7” of Back In The New York Groove. That was the only Kiss related vinyl I really wanted. 😂❤ 👽
This needs a blu ray release!
"...but I know how to speak" biggest flex ever lol 😂😂 😂
Great movie could watch it every day if your a kiss fan. Its just great funny movie😊
So entertaining to hear ace doing some story telling
I LOVE THIS MOVIE SO MUCH IT'S INSANE🤣🤣🤣