Ace Frehley Talks Destroyer & Rock and Roll Over - The Disc Dive w/ Ryan J. Downey

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  • Опубликовано: 5 авг 2024
  • KISS legend and solo artist Ace Frehley takes The Disc Dive with Ryan J. Downey! We are talking about EVERY single KISS album featuring Ace, as well as his solo records, and Frehley's Comet. In this second episode (of six!), we go over Destroyer & Rock and Roll Over.
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    Destroyer (1976) @ 0:25
    Hotter Than Hell (1976) @ 8:29
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  • @panowa8319
    @panowa8319 3 года назад +17

    "Destroyer" was the first KISS album I bought with my allowance and my all-time favorite.

    • @dwgwnr1969
      @dwgwnr1969 3 года назад +5

      I bought kiss alive cassette and my friend bought rock and roll over 8track with
      Our allowance

    • @jeffjeff4477
      @jeffjeff4477 3 года назад +3

      Rock N Roll Over was my favorite, Cover art was Awesome, Destroyer Next... can there be a tie?

    • @DEEAD666
      @DEEAD666 3 года назад +2

      Same here! First record I ever got!!!

    • @syngynm5237
      @syngynm5237 3 года назад

      KISS albums were paid for with the allowance of little boys for sure

  • @mysteriomarvel933
    @mysteriomarvel933 3 года назад +17

    Rock and Roll.over also has special meaning to me..First album I ever bought with my own money. The artwork was fantastic as well and it came with a vinyl sticker sheet that I put on my bedroom closet door.

    • @seanstewart2675
      @seanstewart2675 3 года назад +1

      That was the first album I ever bought with my own money, too. I still have it, framed on my wall and still have all the freebies including the sticker!

    • @arthurbishop3173
      @arthurbishop3173 3 года назад

      RARO is their best album...best songs, raw guitar, bass, and drum sound/tone, minimal production, and great vocals. A band at the top of their game.

    • @mysteriomarvel933
      @mysteriomarvel933 3 года назад

      @Dave Ravies I guess I'm a bit biased towards Destroyer as it was one of the earliest records I ever heard back in 1976. It's funny how impressionable we are as children but it was ingrained in my brain after hundreds of times playing it on the hifi record player. My older brother had many rock records and as is typical in most households the older brother dominated and dictated what was listened to on the turntable. Either that or fear the impending wrath of wedgies, farts in the face after being pinned down on the floor or nuggies to the head...haha.

  • @CrazyLG72
    @CrazyLG72 3 года назад +10

    Rock and roll Over is so good and his 78 solo sound similar thanks to Eddie Kramer! Was never a big fan of Destroyer but Rock and roll over is Kiss at their best with the original lineup. Awesome job interviewing Ace too! Can't wait to hear him talk about the next few albums

    • @RyanJDowney_
      @RyanJDowney_ 3 года назад +2

      Thank you!

    • @paulfam1932
      @paulfam1932 3 года назад +2

      I agree 100 percent.
      Kiss is my all time favourite group and
      Destroyer is actually one of my least favourite albums.

  • @williamlangan5902
    @williamlangan5902 3 года назад +10

    "When Bob told us to do something, we did it!" Ace
    I remember Paul presenting God Of Thunder. Bob said to Paul "Great song. Let Gene sing it!" Probably a wise choice because Gene's vocal is appropriately menacing.

    • @timgrant6646
      @timgrant6646 3 года назад +4

      William Langan the drum work on God Of Thunder was wicked

  • @mysteriomarvel933
    @mysteriomarvel933 3 года назад +23

    Aces vibrato on those records was fantastic. For those nonguitar players it's a technique used mainly on solos ..shaking the string/strings to emphasize a note or notes. I'd rather here one note with sweet vibrato and feel the passion and soul behind it then some gunslinger playing at a bumblebee speed 100 notes per second.

    • @mysteriomarvel933
      @mysteriomarvel933 3 года назад +6

      Destroyer is a rock and roll.classic. Im biased to it since it was the first rock album I ever heard as a kid and first I played air guitar too. My older brother had the album and we played it all the time. I took it to show and tell in first grade and remember playing a few songs on the little classroom hifi record player and holding up the album cover proudly. Miss Reynolds was very kind and nonjudgmental to my record selection even though I'm sure she must have rolled her eyes afterwards..possibly at home lol

    • @aschule5684
      @aschule5684 3 года назад +4

      Mysterio Marvel I couldn't agree more about vibrato and the power of "one note" being a guitar player myself I will often see "how much I can get out of one note" and it can be amazingly creative and powerful and such always inspires me to no end end when I hear it. That's a pet peeve I have, there are more technically proficient guitar players on the planet now than there ever was "some just kids" but, a million notes a minute for a whole song, it's exhausting to listen to and has no time to breathe. Music is all about what speaks to you personally and that's what makes us all different, many younger musicians I know feel if it isn't a million nots a minute it's boring, Zeppelins "Four Sticks" is one of my favorite Zeppelin tunes and there's "NO Solo" in the song. But anyways..........

    • @mysteriomarvel933
      @mysteriomarvel933 3 года назад +3

      @@aschule5684 I couldn't have said it better myself.
      I remember staying up to watch KISS on the Paul Lynde Halloween special in 1976 and KISS Meets the Phantom in 1978...great times and memories from my youth

    • @dwgwnr1969
      @dwgwnr1969 3 года назад +3

      Ace frehley is one of the most influential axe men ever! Damn near all hard rock bands guitar solos have sum of aces signature sounds ..

    • @scottcantor1842
      @scottcantor1842 3 года назад +1

      Mysterio. That was the beauty of Ace style. U could hear and repeat out loud every note he played. He could rip it, like on his solo album but in between shredding he always was bending and stretching his leads with feeling and his own unique classic timing.

  • @peterm.fitzpatrick7735
    @peterm.fitzpatrick7735 3 месяца назад

    Great Interview! Thanks.

  • @jeffhill183
    @jeffhill183 3 года назад +4

    For me it's rock n roll over that's a great rock record and cover

  • @DC-ih8bv
    @DC-ih8bv 3 года назад +3

    Ace looks and sounds great. Him and Jimmy Page..low slinging Les Pauls and my favorite guitar players.

  • @coxscorner
    @coxscorner 3 года назад +3

    When I think about Kiss I think about Kiss Alive.

  • @swissmiss9120
    @swissmiss9120 3 года назад +2

    Great interview ! ACE is the cooooooooooolest ! 😎😍

  • @CincinnatusPublish
    @CincinnatusPublish 3 года назад +3

    Eddie Kramer... Lets set up a live setting and "I'm going to mix the most dry studio sounding album ever."

  • @dr.pendyke4887
    @dr.pendyke4887 3 года назад +3

    Wow, Ace used the words "dichotomy" and "indicative" in the same sentence and correctly too. He looks good too. He was always my favorite.

    • @studio-flash
      @studio-flash 3 года назад

      He says those words a lot. I've heard him use them in other interviews..

  • @alistairmcdonald2382
    @alistairmcdonald2382 3 года назад +1

    Thanks great inside info ace is an ace 😃🔥❤️

  • @willchew4040
    @willchew4040 3 года назад +1

    ACE FOREVER !!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @willchew4040
      @willchew4040 3 года назад

      @Lance Wells ..either did you lol.

  • @jimilove7773
    @jimilove7773 3 года назад

    Thanks!

  • @timgrant6646
    @timgrant6646 3 года назад +5

    Bob Ezrin to me was George Martin on Destroyer

  • @56Century
    @56Century 3 года назад +2

    Great interview style Ace doesn't always answer the question but still gives entertaining answers.. RnR Over is my favourite too Maybe Ace gets to it eventually

    • @RyanJDowney_
      @RyanJDowney_ 3 года назад +1

      Thank you!

    • @arthurbishop3173
      @arthurbishop3173 3 года назад

      Ace seemed more interested in talking about the recording of his solo album. I was hoping to hear more about about the other 2 KISS records, as I don't care about their solo albums, not even Ace's.

    • @falconater68
      @falconater68 3 года назад +1

      @@arthurbishop3173 Well 45 years of talking about the same stuff gets old. He's looking forward.

  • @thepressuretechnique
    @thepressuretechnique 3 года назад

    Ace will always be Ace...destroyer was my first Kiss album and still sounds excellent

  • @juniorpontes4620
    @juniorpontes4620 3 года назад +2

    Paul "Ace" Daniel Frehley 🎵🎼🎶🎼🎸😎👊

  • @megadethmofo2001
    @megadethmofo2001 3 года назад +6

    Intro and outro music sounds like Exodus....Toxic Waltz.

    • @RyanJDowney_
      @RyanJDowney_ 3 года назад +1

      Made by ruclips.net/user/creepshows

  • @krisrandall3086
    @krisrandall3086 3 года назад +1

    Hope Ace revisits the "COMET'" era stuff like "RISE UP BACK FROM THE GRAVE" (SPOTIFY) for re-release!

  • @austinsangels12345
    @austinsangels12345 3 года назад

    HEY CURLY!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @studio-flash
    @studio-flash 3 года назад +4

    Ken Kelly who did the Destroyer album and love gun album paintings was influenced by Frank Frazetta..did you know Ken is the nephew of Frank Frank frazzetta's wife..Eleanor .His original artwork has sold for millions of dollars.

    • @RyanJDowney_
      @RyanJDowney_ 3 года назад +1

      I'm familiar with Ken Kelly but didn't know about that connection!

  • @rayfromvegas
    @rayfromvegas 3 года назад

    Funny Ace zoned out for a minute lol

  • @BigBishop1
    @BigBishop1 3 года назад +2

    rachael drove ace crazy!

  • @djohanson99
    @djohanson99 3 года назад

    Destroyer was first record I ever bought. Then got into fight with my mother and she snapped it in half. Was a fan until Dynasty. Now kiss just four dudes in makeup.

  • @1977rpearce
    @1977rpearce 2 года назад

    My Other question to Ace would be, did you guys overdub any tracks on Kiss Alive?

  • @crissdrums3975
    @crissdrums3975 3 года назад

    Hey Ace....this interview you said you recorded your 78 solo album in Connecticut , but on your Eddie Trunk interview you said Radio City Music Hall.

  • @cellblocknine5385
    @cellblocknine5385 3 года назад

    I loved Ace's solo stuff during the 80s. In my opinion his stuff was a lot better than most of the stuff KISS was releasing at the same time (after Lick it Up there were just a handful of songs on each of their 80s albums that I enjoyed, most of it not really catching my attention).

  • @indymudshow
    @indymudshow 3 года назад +3

    Huh? Peter always sang. Its not like Beth was his first. He sang multiple songs per record.

    • @indymudshow
      @indymudshow 3 года назад +2

      @dcc Clinton nothing to lose, black diamond, mainline, strange ways, getaway....all were out before beth hit. Hard luck woman came out after beth.

    • @indymudshow
      @indymudshow 3 года назад +1

      @dcc Clinton I wouldn't understand anything either if I was attempting to troll.

  • @williamlough4803
    @williamlough4803 2 года назад

    Destroyer was the best kiss album , Ace Frehley had the most Talent in that band , without Ace kiss wouldn't be a top band in the 70s

  • @russellszabadosaka5-pindin849
    @russellszabadosaka5-pindin849 3 года назад +2

    It would be great if Ace had Gene’s memory. I wanted to hear about Rock and Roll Over, he talked about his solo record. Oh well.

    • @CrazyLG72
      @CrazyLG72 3 года назад +1

      He also skipped over Dressed to kill and talked all about Alive 1 on the first interview lol

    • @CrazyLG72
      @CrazyLG72 3 года назад +1

      I know Bob Kulick helped with doing demos of Rock and roll over but Ace played everything on the album

    • @russellszabadosaka5-pindin849
      @russellszabadosaka5-pindin849 3 года назад +1

      Robbie Starz yeah, I’m sure Ace played all the guitars on his solo record. Obviously you already know the only reason Ace & Peter didn’t play certain parts, or certain songs on the later albums was because they either didn’t show up or were too messed up on drink or drugs. I can’t imagine either of them pulling that crap on their own solo records. And even if they did, I’m sure their producers just would have cancelled that day’s session.
      I bought Dynasty when it came out, didn’t really like it, then went and bought Peter’s solo record because it was the only one I was missing. I was 11 and stopped listening to them after hearing Peter’s record. I was also into Van Halen and Led Zeppelin by then, and KISS just didn’t do it for me anymore. I got back into them in ‘94 when the covers album KISS My Ass came out. But in the mid-80’s I was into thrash & then death metal. KISS lost me for about 15 years.

    • @russellszabadosaka5-pindin849
      @russellszabadosaka5-pindin849 3 года назад

      Robbie Starz yeah, I saw that in the other video, lol. I was hoping to hear about Dressed to Kill and was a little disappointed.
      Just wanted to say one more thing. Rock and Roll Over was recorded down the street from where I grew up about 45 minutes outside New York City. I was total fanatic at that point and a few weeks later, my dad saw an article in the local paper about how KISS had been recording at the Nanuet Star Theater earlier in the year. Dude, I was so bummed out that I didn’t know! All these years later I’m kinda glad because I prob would’ve been there every day and gotten banned or something. Lol.

    • @CrazyLG72
      @CrazyLG72 3 года назад

      @@russellszabadosaka5-pindin849 very cool to hear that! You had to be excited back in the day

  • @jasonlangill8214
    @jasonlangill8214 3 года назад

    I always liked rock and roll over better than destroyer, my favorite is dressed to kill, then this one being my number 2 favorite, it was overlooked because of the success of destroyer, only released within months of each other.

  • @S3thousand
    @S3thousand 3 года назад

    Are these interviews current? Within the last year? Just curious

    • @RyanJDowney_
      @RyanJDowney_ 3 года назад +1

      Yes, they're less than a month old.

    • @scottcantor1842
      @scottcantor1842 3 года назад +1

      John. Yeah most recent. Ace may be slowing down....still a cool , historic fountain of info and infectious laughs...

  • @Triple3hot
    @Triple3hot 3 года назад +1

    * Electric Lady Studios

    • @RyanJDowney_
      @RyanJDowney_ 3 года назад +1

      D'oh! Mixed it up with the Hendrix album.

  • @toddalanwilson6297
    @toddalanwilson6297 3 года назад

    not me alice 2 was Always the one on my mind...

  • @S3thousand
    @S3thousand 3 года назад

    Bob Ezrin was the man!

  • @3bwana
    @3bwana 3 года назад +1

    Ha! Hilarious how Ace calls Matt Sweeney “some guy” lolz

    • @3bwana
      @3bwana 3 года назад

      @gibsonman121 google him

  • @ktanner3
    @ktanner3 Год назад

    Peter Criss sang on songs before Beth.

  • @twikirobot6897
    @twikirobot6897 3 года назад

    Destroyer is the least Ace album [shouldn't have went on and on about it].....glad he got to play again on the next two.

  • @GH3K3
    @GH3K3 3 года назад +4

    Ace talked more about his solo record than Rock and Roll Over, which I personally feel to be the original band's best sounding studio album, especially the guitars. Kind of a disappointing interview; I would have loved to hear more about individual tracks, like Flaming Youth, for example. Was it Ace's idea to play that riff in 7/4 time?

  • @myshow667
    @myshow667 3 года назад

    Frank Frazetta, sounded like that got flubbed

  • @SupaStah01
    @SupaStah01 3 года назад

    Are you trying to block something out in the background or is that Satan's orb?

    • @RyanJDowney_
      @RyanJDowney_ 3 года назад

      It's a weird green screen thing with Zoom haha.

  • @gmoulder4567
    @gmoulder4567 3 года назад

    What's wrong with Ace's wig up front?

  • @chrissttiiee
    @chrissttiiee 3 года назад +12

    Ace must get tired of answering the same questions 10 x over. Die hards already know the answers.

    • @yungchill69
      @yungchill69 3 года назад +8

      They only know the answers because somebody asked, and there’s always new fans coming aboard. Don’t be so closed minded.

    • @RyanJDowney_
      @RyanJDowney_ 3 года назад +2

      @@yungchill69 thank you!

    • @RyanJDowney_
      @RyanJDowney_ 3 года назад +4

      I believe going through his entire discography, from KISS to Frehley's Comet to his solo records, is a unique approach. Perhaps you'll agree once you've seen all six episodes.

    • @trippy123
      @trippy123 3 года назад +2

      Ace is a genuine authentic , such a cool guy with ego in check. All time great! He loves his fans and knows they love hearing him answer the same questions as many times as they have heard them.

    • @dwgwnr1969
      @dwgwnr1969 3 года назад +3

      Ya know..i think it's gotta be a little bit of a chore..all the time but it depends on who is asking..this guy is definitely doing it the right way....a guy like ace definitely doesn't mind talking about himself..and being respectful to ace I think helps

  • @rafaelhoyosweht
    @rafaelhoyosweht 3 года назад +1

    how much music knowledge for a plumber

  • @djohanson99
    @djohanson99 3 года назад

    Intro music was good. Better than kiss.

  • @syngynm5237
    @syngynm5237 3 года назад

    Is there consensus that Gene's songs are officially the shit kiss songs ?