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Actually the switch is not on and off in and of itself but he has the other pickups turned off, just the bridge pickup is on. That’s what gives the effekt.
This was the first song Ace wrote for KISS. He wrote it on the subway on the way home from rehearsal. He was so insecure about his voice compared to Paul, Gene and Peter that he refused to sing it, even though they tried to talk him into it. So ironically, the only member of the band that didn't drink, Gene, sang the song.
The toggle switch is turning the pick up off and on, or toggling between the 2. You can use it to switch between two pickups and if he turns the volume off one then it is silent when he switches.🎸
This is the 96'-97' Reunion Tour & Peter has a slightly different drum set up more jazz etc. etc.& not a giant kit as in the 70's....this was a very proud moment for KISS ARMY , it had been 15 years since the original KISS had toured...right after KISS UNPLUGGED...God bless KISS 1973 - 2023
I was fortunate enough my friend bought KISS tickets for my birthday during this time, never seen KISS in concert, but was (still am) a huge fan. I was lucky to see my first and only KISS concert with face paint and the original members.
I never was a drinker, cold gin or otherwise. But I spent a lifetime getting drunk on KISS’ music. Man, you gotta do two or three kiss songs in a row when it’s live. Great reaction as always. Keep it up. I’m here for it. Let’s go!
Man, Gene's live bass tone is awesome. It actually fits his character onstage: it growls like a hungry monster. 🤟 Hey man, love the channel! Thanks for all your positivity and spreading the gift of MUSIC!!
Great reaction. Thanks...The music still holds up. Good tunes is good tunes , no matter when they happen. I was 20 in the 70s. So now I'm 70 in the 20s! We had a lot of music to choose from. So you really had to stand out. They brought the theater and pyro and everybody had to scramble to keep up.
This was one of the first songs I learned on guitar. And to be completely fair most kiss songs aren’t very challenging to play. Not to say it doesn’t rock because it does. That’s why I’ve always loved jamming to kiss. It’s simple. It’s easy. But it’s perfect and it rocks.
Kiss are the kings of simple songs with Great Dynamics! Catchy songs and a great presentation. Longevity is No accident or coincidence. Love or Hate em they will go down in history (or Kisstory) as one of the Best of All time. I'm actually a bigger fan of they're 80s and 90s albums. But the 70s ( with the makeup) was fire too.
This was my favorite KISS song way back when. My cousins had a great band back in the 70’s and covered this song. I saw them live in 1983 at El Paso, Texas on their 10th Anniversary Tour. The Plasmatics opened for them. Wendy O. Williams the lead singer of The Plasmatics passed away on April 6, 1998 at 48 years of age by a self inflicted gunshot wound. 😢 R.I.P. Wendy. 😢🤘🏻📺
Ace wrote Cold Gin for the first Kiss album. Gene wrote the pre-solo instrumental break, although he didn't get songwriting credit. Ace was a reluctant singer so didn't take a lead vocal until the 6th studio album, Love Gun. Gene sang Cold Gin originally but then on the 1980 tour Ace started singing the 2nd verse as he does here from the 1996 reunion tour.
Think you’re fired up now for KISS. Can you imagine what it was like for us kids in the 70’ and just trying to see what was up with the band through magazine articles, pics and posters to rip out of magazines to put up on our walls! The excitement of when they were on a TV show and checking the TV Guide looking for KISS to be on TV. That was the only way you could get new images or info on what was our lives back then! Today everything is on the internet and takes two seconds to find and watch. I’m seeing stuff I’ve never seen as a kid. What a time to be alive. I have all my magazines still and tons of memorabilia from then still to this day. Keep up the KISS reviews, tons of material for you to make hundreds of vids out of. 🤘🏼KI⚡️⚡️🤘🏼
KISS is my favorite and Ace gene and paul are my favorite member but check out this song when they played it at rock am ring in 2010. Eric singer is the drummer in that one hes my favorite drummer
I’ve seen KISS twice 88 and 2014 (so never with all 4 original members), and Ace Frehley twice (87 and 2024) It’s all good, and it all Rocks!!! God gave Rock and Roll to You 🤘🤘🤘
The toggle switch trick works on a Les Paul when you turn the volume completely to zero on the bridge pick up, making your toggle switch essentially a kill switch
Awesome reaction, brother!! This song is another banger and I appreciate all the insight you put into your reactions. It helps me to appreciate the song even more. They don't teach you these things in air-drumming school. 😂😂 🤘KISS🤘
Haha 😂 That they don’t but they need to! Thanks for the recommendation man! This was such a banger and so much fun! These older KISS videos are a blast to check out!
Let’s goooo! Love this Kiss tear you are on brother. It’s why I subscribed and keep coming back. Cold Gin is one of my road trip favorites where I got the volume up to 11 and shouting it out loud!
This is the 1996-97 reunion tour of the all four original members. Kicked off with its first full (and fully filmed) show in Detroit Tiger Stadium which they sold out in about 45 minutes. It was absolutely epic. Hard to go wrong with video from any show on this tour. But if you want to watch the best Detroit rock city version of 19 96-2000 era, I would definitely check out “New Jersey Meadowlands 2000 Detroit Rock City”. It was perfection IMO. Ps: little trivia though… By that time Ace and Peter were back to their antics and you can even see Paul get frustrated at one point just before the main guitar solo of the song where Ace was moving too slowly to get In his position and Paul pretty assertively points him forward as if to say open “move your ass”. But, of course, and typically fashion he moved like a sloth, and then killed the guitar solo!
The switch flips between the different pickup configurations on his guitar, causing the different pickups to switch between off and on basically, providing the sound you mentioned
If I'm not mistaken, this looks like a show during the reunion tours mid to late 90's. Peter had a condensed offset kit(single kick) I think. My last time seeing them live Boston Garden "99". Ace was hammered(no kidding) and it was close to New years so he yelled out a "Happy F#$%in New Year" halfway into the show. My best frnd and I pushing 40's, started laughing......."Oh Ace.....never change".
He has double humbucker pickups with two volume knobs. You just turn down the volume knob on your neck pickup and then you just hit a chord and flip your toggle to get the echo effect. He made this his trademark. The Toggle switch just flips from Rhythm/neck pickups to downward/lead pickups in which that's where he always keeps it all the time anyway.
I appreciate your pointing out the “Stabs.” Something I never actually thought about. It’s a cool break in the music which also allows for clarity of the vocals, as opposed to heavy hitting all through the song. Great creativity. Thanks for pointing out the various artistries in your reviews. Keep rock’n!
@@setonhillstudiosyes on occasion...my love for music led me to a career as a roadie for 16 years here in New Zealand which I gave away when my daughter was 2/3 years old and was asking her mum why I was away so much and so long but I still keep in contact with most of the guys I worked with. I got into the scene when I moved in with a friend who had a radio show on the local university campus and started working for his band then got picked up by a local sound company,as NZ is such a small country my name got passed around and went freelance working for other places doing international stage work and doing lighting stage setting...worked for big acts like motorhead,anthrax Megadeth, MC Hammer, AC/DC, midnight oil, Shihad/ pacifier plus many more but the money was enough to pay the bills...so now I trap fur for a living as my age prevents me getting a full time job despite all my qualifications in many types of work. Keep up the good work sharing you love and enthusiasm for the love of music. Regards, Matt.
You have a terrific ear for detail - I and the rest of your viewers certainly benefit from it. This looks like it is about a year before I saw them in 1975. Firehouse would be a great next choice. It’s 🔥 of course!
8:14 Pause this......... This is what it's all about. Sad that there's negativity spoken during interviews, but deep down they were brothers from other mothers.
You should react to let me go rock & roll. very up beat song with a couple of solos and crowd is always I have with this song and is a killer song. 1998 at dodger stadium is a very good version of this song.
I guess I say this with all the KISS songs you've covered, but this is definitely one of my favorites. This was from the reunion tour and they all just sounded so great. You could tell they'd been rehearsing a lot and were pretty tight. Wish they could have all kept it together longer with the original four. Nothing against the others who've played in the band over the years. They have all been great in their own ways but my favorite KISS memories will always be from the original KISS fab four.
What he's doing is turning the volume of his neck pickup to zero, and his bridge pickup to 10, and just switching back and forth like a kill switch. These days, they use a kill switch. It did not exist back then. Speaking of Killswitch unless you've already done him I would definitely recommend that you do Buckethead - Soothsayer. This guitar skills will blow your mind 😮. Cheers!
Peter was known for these style tom fills, and many of their early songs had little solo drum parts written in them. They were masters of short memorable guitar riffs. This song is pretty easy on guitar, but is just so catchy and memorable! As you like Kiss so much - you should check out their main competition in the early days - the New York Dolls. Very much the same style of music. Early 70s NY rock & roll! edit**Be sure to listen to original 70s New York Dolls not the reformed version with different band members
Great song! You should review the Cold Gin video that is on YT from Raleigh, NC. Taken from behind Eric Singer playing the drums for that song! Really cool perspective!
On a Les Paul you can turn the neck pickup volume all the way down and use the Pick up selector as a kill switch! I think Ace was one of the first player’s that did this. Ace was doing it in the 70s
@@setonhillstudios Ace is the reason i play Les Pauls because they have that tone that you can’t get from any other guitar . People either love them or hates them
The toggle switch is to toggle between the pick ups. But Ace disconnects two of the three pick ups because he only ever uses one of them. So he can quickly shut off his guitar by pushing the toggle switch up, to select a dead pick up. He can get that effect by turning on and off the pick up while playing a sustained note or chord, like flipping a light switch on and off.
The toggle switch is switching from one pickup to the other. He has the volume off on one of his pickups so that the toggle basically acts as an on/off switch for his volume. I did the exact same thing when my band played this song. It's an easier song and a lot of fun to play
My favorite Kiss Song... finally :) So regarding Aces playing... he was self taught, so his style is not very technical, and all originally his.. The hammer ons/offs are not super hard, but it is difficult to make them sound good and fit the play. Again, historically he is not as technical as say... Eddie, Rhodes etc who were classically trained and music students. He did all his playing by ear and feel. As far as the toggle... it was toggling between pickups. I don't know the configuration of that particular guitar, but he often had a setup wtih 3 showing, but one was a blank with one or two other active pickups. His solos were done with a specially designed one he did himself that had the smoke pack built into the pickup bay that he would trigger with the toggle to start the smoke effect. If you watch a lot of his live stuff, he also did quite a bit of feedback and harmonic play live. Some on the recordings but much more live. While not considered one of the great talents at Lead, he was original and inspired a ton of youngsters to pick it up. He even held his picks oddly :) I can't count the number of people doing breakdowns of his play that have pointed that out. Anyway, another good vid. See if you can find Parasite or 2000 Man... those are also great Ace songs.
@davidjohnson56 We covered Parasite here on the channel not too long ago! It was a banger! Go to our homepage and look under the playlist ‘Bands • Groups’ for all our KISS reviews or you can type them in the search bar from our homepage! Thanks again! 🔥
Ace played with a humbucker at the bridge position and a false humbucker at the neck position which when he activated a switch for the false pickup, it would start smoking. Definitely should check out some videos of his solo's live
@setonhillstudios also the reason Gene Simmons would wear his hair up like he did was back when they were younger, Gene did his fire breathing and actually caught his hair on fire, so going forward he wore his hair up
Peter Criss was never a double bass drum player. He always played a single bass drum kit. Eric Carr, when he replaced Peter, started the double bass kit and Eric Singer also had a double bass kit. AS a guitarist, I always like paying Cold Gin, it's not really too difficult to play, but it's catchy.
Peter Criss never used double bass on his kit that would be the Imposter that dresses up like Peter Criss Eric singer. But yes that is Peter Criss in the video. And Ace is not doing hammer-ons he's using his toggle switch between treble and Rhythm to get that sound in the beginning
Cold Gin was written by Ace Frehley actually but he didn't want to sing at the time so Gene sang it. I always found it ironic how someone so against alcohol sung about alcohol so when i found out this was actually ace's song, it made a whole lot of sense. similar to Deuce, this is a banger of a song. Absolutely love this song.
A great example of how Paul blew his voice out for good - he really overdid it on the next tour "Psycho Circus" , all of that unnecessary screaming stuff , his voice is shot now cuz of it ... BTW , I went to all 3 shows at the Fabulous Forum in LA on this tour , friggin amazing , plus their very 1st reunion show at the KROQ Weenie Roast ...
Yah anyone who thinks KISS is easy to play live never tried to play kiss LIve...they aren't in the same boat as lets say RUSH...But still , they are good musicians. Lets GOOOOO!!!!
I would reallllly dig it if you did World Without Heroes, It is s Simmons song and so different from anything you have played here when he sings. It is from Music From the Elder, which was supposed to have been a concept album for a film that never happened. While a lot of KISS fans dis the album, is has some solid songs on it. This is one.
Peter never used double bass that's just a configuration people use where you got your two main Tom's on a rack to the left of your bass drum which is just a floating bass drum and that way he had the ability to add more symbols to that area and bring in those big tomtom's above his floor toms
Ace does the toggle a lot. He has his rhythm pickup on 0 and treble pick up on 10, so when he toggles the sound cuts in and out. My guess is he learned it from Pete Townshend. Great analysis mate, I'm loving these Kiss reviews!
If you turn the volume on one pickup down to zero (in Ace's case the Neck) then in the middle position it cuts out both pickups. So Ace is flicking the toggle between middle (both off) and the Bridge pickup (on) Ace also has one of his three pickup guitars here, but the idea works the same. I've also heard various statements on how the smoking guitar was set up, one being where the neck pickup is a halogen light, and the middle was a disguised smoke bomb, these operated one each by the neck volume and tone controls. If this is the case Ace is literally disconnecting the bridge p'up from the circuit. As some are reporting here, it's a simple on off. You just don't get the same effect with both pickups still turned up.
that is a tight and authentic classic kiss sound.....all the other "feels" of other players just does not have the chemistry - even criss snare sound is very 70s crisp and unobtrusive .....ace guitar tone and vibrato is inimitable - yes...toggle is cutting the sound out for a second
Not to take away from the greatness of KISS, but you need to check out some of Queensryche unplugged. Della Brown I Will Remember The Killing Words. You being a drummer, Scott Rockenfield was amazing for them. Very overlooked but great. Just watch the 1st 60 seconds of Della Brown an decide. You wont be dissapointed.
Peter Criss at this point is just a shell of his former playing self........Same with Ace......While I love Ace, love everything about him, his playing quit progressing in the late 70's early 80's. I think the serious car crash he was in had something to do with his playing ability.....as well as his "Lifestyle"........but he's still here, the one and only Space Ace.
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Ace uses the toggle switch as a kill switch. Of his 3 pickups, only the bridge is wired up. Ace is one of a kind.
Can never go wrong with all 4 original members!
The toggle switch is an ace frehley speciality, it’s an off and on toggle. Just adds more creativity into his guitar playing. I love it.
Thanks Brett! Definitely a super cool effect! 🔥
Actually the switch is not on and off in and of itself but he has the other pickups turned off, just the bridge pickup is on. That’s what gives the effekt.
This was the first song Ace wrote for KISS. He wrote it on the subway on the way home from rehearsal. He was so insecure about his voice compared to Paul, Gene and Peter that he refused to sing it, even though they tried to talk him into it. So ironically, the only member of the band that didn't drink, Gene, sang the song.
Ace also said that early on he would lay down in the studio with the lights off when he first started doing vocals
The toggle switch is turning the pick up off and on, or toggling between the 2. You can use it to switch between two pickups and if he turns the volume off one then it is silent when he switches.🎸
It's one of the simplest things in the world to play.
@@c.willharden9589ya so what
Ace was one of those guitar players that could control guitar feedback and make it so musical.
Love Kiss!!! He's toggling between treble and rhythm. Sounds great. It's Ace's signature thing.
Ace Made The Toggle Switch Effect Famous !
Ace says don’t no how play the guitar he plays by feeling and turning to one top guitar 🎸 of all time
Saw the reunion tour at Madison square garden, it was amazing!! Love this song!!
This is the 96'-97' Reunion Tour & Peter has a slightly different drum set up more jazz etc. etc.& not a giant kit as in the 70's....this was a very proud moment for KISS ARMY , it had been 15 years since the original KISS had toured...right after KISS UNPLUGGED...God bless KISS 1973 - 2023
I was fortunate enough my friend bought KISS tickets for my birthday during this time, never seen KISS in concert, but was (still am) a huge fan. I was lucky to see my first and only KISS concert with face paint and the original members.
I never was a drinker, cold gin or otherwise. But I spent a lifetime getting drunk on KISS’ music. Man, you gotta do two or three kiss songs in a row when it’s live. Great reaction as always. Keep it up. I’m here for it. Let’s go!
Man, Gene's live bass tone is awesome. It actually fits his character onstage: it growls like a hungry monster. 🤟
Hey man, love the channel! Thanks for all your positivity and spreading the gift of MUSIC!!
Really appreciate the kind words! Having a blast and nice to meet you!
ACE and PETER the best!. The 4 originals .... MAGIC
Kiss alive and kiss alive 2 on my record player in the 70’s. Hooked
Shock Me from this same tour is also really good with a great guitar solo.
Great reaction. Thanks...The music still holds up. Good tunes is good tunes , no matter when they happen. I was 20 in the 70s. So now I'm 70 in the 20s! We had a lot of music to choose from. So you really had to stand out. They brought the theater and pyro and everybody had to scramble to keep up.
This was one of the first songs I learned on guitar. And to be completely fair most kiss songs aren’t very challenging to play. Not to say it doesn’t rock because it does. That’s why I’ve always loved jamming to kiss. It’s simple. It’s easy. But it’s perfect and it rocks.
Peter and ace are the rock stars Gene and Paul are business men period
Not true Paul is a great rhythm player and Gene killer on bass
Kiss are the kings of simple songs with Great Dynamics! Catchy songs and a great presentation. Longevity is No accident or coincidence. Love or Hate em they will go down in history (or Kisstory) as one of the Best of All time. I'm actually a bigger fan of they're 80s and 90s albums. But the 70s ( with the makeup) was fire too.
We love this channel. LET'S GOOO
Ace Frehley wrote the song, but he didn't want to sing it. You should check out Space Ace singing "Shock Me" and "Rocket Ride".
This was my favorite KISS song way back when. My cousins had a great band back in the 70’s and covered this song. I saw them live in 1983 at El Paso, Texas on their 10th Anniversary Tour. The Plasmatics opened for them. Wendy O. Williams the lead singer of The Plasmatics passed away on April 6, 1998 at 48 years of age by a self inflicted gunshot wound. 😢 R.I.P. Wendy. 😢🤘🏻📺
Such a great song! I bet it was electric in there for sure! ⚡️ Thanks for sharing!
He hits the toggle switch on the Les Paul!!!
Ace was the backbone of KISS for most guitarists. He also had some issues :)
The switch goes from the pickups front to back
Great song and a great setup of this song.
Another great tune from Kiss. I had fun playing and singing this one!
Ace wrote Cold Gin for the first Kiss album. Gene wrote the pre-solo instrumental break, although he didn't get songwriting credit. Ace was a reluctant singer so didn't take a lead vocal until the 6th studio album, Love Gun. Gene sang Cold Gin originally but then on the 1980 tour Ace started singing the 2nd verse as he does here from the 1996 reunion tour.
Ace,Paul and Gene all had input into most of the early stuff.Songwriting credit was given to whoever had the most input generally.
Think you’re fired up now for KISS. Can you imagine what it was like for us kids in the 70’ and just trying to see what was up with the band through magazine articles, pics and posters to rip out of magazines to put up on our walls! The excitement of when they were on a TV show and checking the TV Guide looking for KISS to be on TV. That was the only way you could get new images or info on what was our lives back then! Today everything is on the internet and takes two seconds to find and watch. I’m seeing stuff I’ve never seen as a kid.
What a time to be alive. I have all my magazines still and tons of memorabilia from then still to this day.
Keep up the KISS reviews, tons of material for you to make hundreds of vids out of.
🤘🏼KI⚡️⚡️🤘🏼
I know right! I can’t imagine what you all thought back in the day! Love that!
Ace was known for that on/off switch! Always did it!
This sounds so good ! Love the 4 OG band members ! xx
KISS is my favorite and Ace gene and paul are my favorite member but check out this song when they played it at rock am ring in 2010. Eric singer is the drummer in that one hes my favorite drummer
I’ve seen KISS twice 88 and 2014 (so never with all 4 original members), and Ace Frehley twice (87 and 2024)
It’s all good, and it all Rocks!!!
God gave Rock and Roll to You 🤘🤘🤘
Let’s goooooo! 🔥
kiss!
The toggle switch trick works on a Les Paul when you turn the volume completely to zero on the bridge pick up, making your toggle switch essentially a kill switch
Oh cool! Appreciate the insight! 😁
They are doing trills on the 2nd chords of that breakdown C and D chords
That was a great version of that song
Awesome reaction, brother!! This song is another banger and I appreciate all the insight you put into your reactions. It helps me to appreciate the song even more. They don't teach you these things in air-drumming school. 😂😂 🤘KISS🤘
Haha 😂 That they don’t but they need to! Thanks for the recommendation man! This was such a banger and so much fun! These older KISS videos are a blast to check out!
@@setonhillstudios You should bring dad into one of these if possible. I'd love to see him say, "see, I told you". HAHA
Let’s goooo! Love this Kiss tear you are on brother. It’s why I subscribed and keep coming back. Cold Gin is one of my road trip favorites where I got the volume up to 11 and shouting it out loud!
Thanks for hanging! Having a blast! 🤘🏻
This was the opening night of the reunion tour that night was epic at tiger stadium.
This is the 1996-97 reunion tour of the all four original members. Kicked off with its first full (and fully filmed) show in Detroit Tiger Stadium which they sold out in about 45 minutes. It was absolutely epic. Hard to go wrong with video from any show on this tour. But if you want to watch the best Detroit rock city version of 19 96-2000 era, I would definitely check out “New Jersey Meadowlands 2000 Detroit Rock City”. It was perfection IMO.
Ps: little trivia though… By that time Ace and Peter were back to their antics and you can even see Paul get frustrated at one point just before the main guitar solo of the song where Ace was moving too slowly to get In his position and Paul pretty assertively points him forward as if to say open “move your ass”. But, of course, and typically fashion he moved like a sloth, and then killed the guitar solo!
When I was in 6th grade in the mid-70s, this song was very very popular with my friends😅
Love some kiss let's go Great reaction
Thanks so much!
The switch flips between the different pickup configurations on his guitar, causing the different pickups to switch between off and on basically, providing the sound you mentioned
If I'm not mistaken, this looks like a show during the reunion tours mid to late 90's.
Peter had a condensed offset kit(single kick) I think. My last time seeing them live Boston Garden "99".
Ace was hammered(no kidding) and it was close to New years so he yelled out a "Happy F#$%in New Year" halfway into the show.
My best frnd and I pushing 40's, started laughing......."Oh Ace.....never change".
Pretty sure this is the first night of the Reunion tour at Chicago Cubs Stadium in June of ‘96.
Nope, it was Tiger Stadium, Detroit. My mistake. Still the first show, though.
No one !!! Absolutely no one put on a show like VintKISS!!! That's why along with their music were simply The Best
Vintage KISS!!!
Love Ace singing 👍 need to check out Shock Me Largo 1977 👍 ACK
He has double humbucker pickups with two volume knobs. You just turn down the volume knob on your neck pickup and then you just hit a chord and flip your toggle to get the echo effect. He made this his trademark. The Toggle switch just flips from Rhythm/neck pickups to downward/lead pickups in which that's where he always keeps it all the time anyway.
Gotcha! Definitely a cool effect! 🔥
Ace is the man yay 🎸🎸🥁🎤🤘😆🤘
I appreciate your pointing out the “Stabs.” Something I never actually thought about. It’s a cool break in the music which also allows for clarity of the vocals, as opposed to heavy hitting all through the song. Great creativity. Thanks for pointing out the various artistries in your reviews. Keep rock’n!
@@DukatOdo Exactly! Only so much frequency space to work with! Glad you are enjoying it and have a great one! 🤘🏻
The reunion tour 96/97. Saw them in Kansas City and Oklahoma City.
Shock me from kiss alive 2. Great song. Love Ace
Yes ACE king of the toggle switcĥ!!
the studio and Alive! versions don't have a guitar solo. This version was unique to that Reunion Tour.
Fattest kick drum sound...Peter Chris inspired me to pick up the sticks when I was in my early teens and been a kiss fan since.
Let’s goooo! Love that! You still playing these days? 🥁
@@setonhillstudiosyes on occasion...my love for music led me to a career as a roadie for 16 years here in New Zealand which I gave away when my daughter was 2/3 years old and was asking her mum why I was away so much and so long but I still keep in contact with most of the guys I worked with.
I got into the scene when I moved in with a friend who had a radio show on the local university campus and started working for his band then got picked up by a local sound company,as NZ is such a small country my name got passed around and went freelance working for other places doing international stage work and doing lighting stage setting...worked for big acts like motorhead,anthrax Megadeth, MC Hammer, AC/DC, midnight oil, Shihad/ pacifier plus many more but the money was enough to pay the bills...so now I trap fur for a living as my age prevents me getting a full time job despite all my qualifications in many types of work.
Keep up the good work sharing you love and enthusiasm for the love of music.
Regards, Matt.
You have a terrific ear for detail - I and the rest of your viewers certainly benefit from it. This looks like it is about a year before I saw them in 1975. Firehouse would be a great next choice. It’s 🔥 of course!
Really appreciate that and thanks so much for the suggestion and hanging out! That one seems to be highly requested!
8:14
Pause this.........
This is what it's all about.
Sad that there's negativity spoken during interviews, but deep down they were brothers from other mothers.
Ace Frehley's first song he ever wrote while on the subway as a teen.
What?! That’s wild! 😳
You should react to let me go rock & roll. very up beat song with a couple of solos and crowd is always I have with this song and is a killer song. 1998 at dodger stadium is a very good version of this song.
Love the KISS journey!! Check out some songs from the “rock n roll over” album. Best album imo , classic and amazing songs
Bro you are hitting on some classic sh*t here !!
I guess I say this with all the KISS songs you've covered, but this is definitely one of my favorites. This was from the reunion tour and they all just sounded so great. You could tell they'd been rehearsing a lot and were pretty tight. Wish they could have all kept it together longer with the original four. Nothing against the others who've played in the band over the years. They have all been great in their own ways but my favorite KISS memories will always be from the original KISS fab four.
We used to cover Cold Gin during my cover band days. Always fun to play.
That’s so awesome! What do you play?
@@setonhillstudios drums since the age of 5 now 64 years old.
@@TheFlashpoint69 Love that! Us drum bros have to stick together! 🥁
@@setonhillstudios for sure
@@setonhillstudios currently only playing original music burnt out on cover bands. Played in cover bands for over 30 years.
What he's doing is turning the volume of his neck pickup to zero, and his bridge pickup to 10, and just switching back and forth like a kill switch. These days, they use a kill switch. It did not exist back then. Speaking of Killswitch unless you've already done him I would definitely recommend that you do Buckethead - Soothsayer. This guitar skills will blow your mind 😮. Cheers!
The ORIGINAL Kiss when they're in the zone, they're BADD ASS! and There's Only ONE Ace Frehley!
Peter was known for these style tom fills, and many of their early songs had little solo drum parts written in them. They were masters of short memorable guitar riffs. This song is pretty easy on guitar, but is just so catchy and memorable!
As you like Kiss so much - you should check out their main competition in the early days - the New York Dolls. Very much the same style of music. Early 70s NY rock & roll! edit**Be sure to listen to original 70s New York Dolls not the reformed version with different band members
Great song! You should review the Cold Gin video that is on YT from Raleigh, NC. Taken from behind Eric Singer playing the drums for that song! Really cool perspective!
The deal with the toggle switch is that Ace only has the one pick up operating. So yes it cuts the sound off when he flicks it back and forth
On a Les Paul you can turn the neck pickup volume all the way down and use the Pick up selector as a kill switch! I think Ace was one of the first player’s that did this. Ace was doing it in the 70s
Such a cool effect! Thanks for the info! 🤘🏻
@@setonhillstudios Ace is the reason i play Les Pauls because they have that tone that you can’t get from any other guitar . People either love them or hates them
The toggle switch is to toggle between the pick ups. But Ace disconnects two of the three pick ups because he only ever uses one of them. So he can quickly shut off his guitar by pushing the toggle switch up, to select a dead pick up. He can get that effect by turning on and off the pick up while playing a sustained note or chord, like flipping a light switch on and off.
Gotcha! Appreciate the detailed comment and thanks for filling me in!
The toggle switch is switching from one pickup to the other. He has the volume off on one of his pickups so that the toggle basically acts as an on/off switch for his volume.
I did the exact same thing when my band played this song. It's an easier song and a lot of fun to play
My favorite Kiss Song... finally :) So regarding Aces playing... he was self taught, so his style is not very technical, and all originally his.. The hammer ons/offs are not super hard, but it is difficult to make them sound good and fit the play. Again, historically he is not as technical as say... Eddie, Rhodes etc who were classically trained and music students. He did all his playing by ear and feel. As far as the toggle... it was toggling between pickups. I don't know the configuration of that particular guitar, but he often had a setup wtih 3 showing, but one was a blank with one or two other active pickups. His solos were done with a specially designed one he did himself that had the smoke pack built into the pickup bay that he would trigger with the toggle to start the smoke effect. If you watch a lot of his live stuff, he also did quite a bit of feedback and harmonic play live. Some on the recordings but much more live. While not considered one of the great talents at Lead, he was original and inspired a ton of youngsters to pick it up. He even held his picks oddly :) I can't count the number of people doing breakdowns of his play that have pointed that out. Anyway, another good vid. See if you can find Parasite or 2000 Man... those are also great Ace songs.
@davidjohnson56 We covered Parasite here on the channel not too long ago! It was a banger! Go to our homepage and look under the playlist ‘Bands • Groups’ for all our KISS reviews or you can type them in the search bar from our homepage! Thanks again! 🔥
Ace played with a humbucker at the bridge position and a false humbucker at the neck position which when he activated a switch for the false pickup, it would start smoking. Definitely should check out some videos of his solo's live
Oh wow! That definitely sounds wild!
@setonhillstudios also the reason Gene Simmons would wear his hair up like he did was back when they were younger, Gene did his fire breathing and actually caught his hair on fire, so going forward he wore his hair up
@@jeffclayton6123 Wow! Yeah that wouldn’t be good! 🔥😳
Peter Criss was never a double bass drum player. He always played a single bass drum kit. Eric Carr, when he replaced Peter, started the double bass kit and Eric Singer also had a double bass kit.
AS a guitarist, I always like paying Cold Gin, it's not really too difficult to play, but it's catchy.
Peter Criss never used double bass on his kit that would be the Imposter that dresses up like Peter Criss Eric singer. But yes that is Peter Criss in the video. And Ace is not doing hammer-ons he's using his toggle switch between treble and Rhythm to get that sound in the beginning
Cold Gin was written by Ace Frehley actually but he didn't want to sing at the time so Gene sang it. I always found it ironic how someone so against alcohol sung about alcohol so when i found out this was actually ace's song, it made a whole lot of sense. similar to Deuce, this is a banger of a song. Absolutely love this song.
Peter Criss was a single-basser. No extra mallots
I cited this song in my senior thesis at Princeton 😆
What?! That’s super cool! 😁
Peter never used a double bass drum on stage Eric Singer and Eric Carr did
Gotcha! Maybe that’s who I was thinking of!
Turn the volume to zero on the bridge pickup, and toggle the switch gives that effect
Oh cool! Thanks for filling me in! This performance was 🔥
A great example of how Paul blew his voice out for good - he really overdid it on the next tour "Psycho Circus" , all of that unnecessary screaming stuff , his voice is shot now cuz of it ...
BTW , I went to all 3 shows at the Fabulous Forum in LA on this tour , friggin amazing , plus their very 1st reunion show at the KROQ Weenie Roast ...
Yah anyone who thinks KISS is easy to play live never tried to play kiss LIve...they aren't in the same boat as lets say RUSH...But still , they are good musicians. Lets GOOOOO!!!!
I can see that you like what you see...and hear.
I would reallllly dig it if you did World Without Heroes, It is s Simmons song and so different from anything you have played here when he sings. It is from Music From the Elder, which was supposed to have been a concept album for a film that never happened. While a lot of KISS fans dis the album, is has some solid songs on it. This is one.
Appreciate the suggestion! Never heard of it but I’ll have to look into it! 🤘🏻
The toggle is sort of like a whammy bar but it makes a shorter crisper sound.
Gotcha! Thanks for the info! 🤘🏻
Peter never used double bass that's just a configuration people use where you got your two main Tom's on a rack to the left of your bass drum which is just a floating bass drum and that way he had the ability to add more symbols to that area and bring in those big tomtom's above his floor toms
Gotcha! That makes sense! Appreciate the insight! 🥁
Need to checkout Aldo Nova-Fantacy
Ace does the toggle a lot. He has his rhythm pickup on 0 and treble pick up on 10, so when he toggles the sound cuts in and out. My guess is he learned it from Pete Townshend. Great analysis mate, I'm loving these Kiss reviews!
Glad you are enjoying it and thanks for the insight! So cool! 🔥
Rare to hear Paul curse over the many years. But this was out of love for the fans to not drink and crash into a delivery truck.
Check out KISS ROCK AND ROLL ALL NITE UNDER THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE
I was there, what a great show.
Rock Bottom 🔥🔥🔥
Ace was one of Dimebag's favorite guitarist.
If you turn the volume on one pickup down to zero (in Ace's case the Neck) then in the middle position it cuts out both pickups. So Ace is flicking the toggle between middle (both off) and the Bridge pickup (on) Ace also has one of his three pickup guitars here, but the idea works the same. I've also heard various statements on how the smoking guitar was set up, one being where the neck pickup is a halogen light, and the middle was a disguised smoke bomb, these operated one each by the neck volume and tone controls. If this is the case Ace is literally disconnecting the bridge p'up from the circuit. As some are reporting here, it's a simple on off. You just don't get the same effect with both pickups still turned up.
Appreciate it!!! So cool! 🔥🔥🔥
that is a tight and authentic classic kiss sound.....all the other "feels" of other players just does not have the chemistry -
even criss snare sound is very 70s crisp and unobtrusive .....ace guitar tone and vibrato is inimitable - yes...toggle is cutting the sound out for a second
ACE WROTE THIS SONG
Great reaction Steven!! Check out KISS, Got to chose Live!!
Thanks for the recommendation Terry! Having a blast with these Kiss tunes!
Not to take away from the greatness of KISS, but you need to check out some of Queensryche unplugged.
Della Brown
I Will Remember
The Killing Words.
You being a drummer, Scott Rockenfield was amazing for them. Very overlooked but great.
Just watch the 1st 60 seconds of Della Brown an decide. You wont be dissapointed.
Peter Criss at this point is just a shell of his former playing self........Same with Ace......While I love Ace, love everything about him, his playing quit progressing in the late 70's early 80's. I think the serious car crash he was in had something to do with his playing ability.....as well as his "Lifestyle"........but he's still here, the one and only Space Ace.
Is this the ‘90’s reunion tour?
Yes 👍🏽