name	Peter Criss
background	solo_singer
birth name	George Peter John Criscuola
alias	"The Catman"
born [died june 6th, 2008 (new jersey)	December 20, 1945Brooklyn, New York, USA
genre	Hard rock, heavy metal, pop rock, glam metal
occupation	Musician, songwriter, producer
years active	1965–present
label	Casablanca, Mercury
associated acts	Kiss, Wicked Lester, Chelsea
instrument	Drums, percussion, vocals
website	www.petercriss.net

George Peter John Criscuola (born December 20, 1945), better known as Peter Criss, is an American drummer and singer, best known as the original drummer for the rock band Kiss. Criss established the "Catman" character for his Kiss persona.

Early years

Family

Of Italian-American descent, Criss is the oldest of the five children of Joseph and Loretta Criscuola; he grew up in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, New York. He was a childhood friend of Jerry Nolan, who would later find success as the drummer for the New York Dolls.

He was an avid art student and a jazz aficionado. While playing with bandleader Joey Greco, Criss ended up studying under his idol, Gene Krupa, at the Metropole Club in New York. This blossomed into an active musical career as he went on to play jazz and rock with a number of bands in New York and New Jersey throughout the 1960s.

Chelsea

Criss was involved with a number of bands throughout the mid-to-late 1960s. It was during this time that Criss joined Chelsea, who had a two-album deal with Decca Records; the group released a self-titled album in 1970. They never recorded a second album, and in August 1971 became Lips (a trio consisting of Criss and his Chelsea bandmates Michael Benvenga and Stan Penridge). By the spring of 1973, Lips was just the duo of Criss and Penridge.

Kiss

After the demise of his band, Lips, Criss placed an advertisement in the East Coast edition of ''Rolling Stone'', which read: thumb|left|120px|The Catman Contrary to the story that has been recited by fans and the band for years, there was never an ad placed that said "Drummer willing to do anything to make it." The advertisement was answered by Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons, who were looking for new members for their band. Ace Frehley was added to the lineup in December 1972, and the band was named Kiss later that month. However, as Gene Simmons describes first meeting Criss in his book 'Kiss And Make-Up' "One afternoon I run across an ad in Rolling Stone that said "Drummer available - Will do anything." I called the guy on the telephone, and even though he was in the middle of a party, he took my call. I introduced myself and said we were starting a band and that the band was looking for a drummer, and was he willing to do anything to make it? He says that he was, right away." Simmons later in the chapter describes going to a small Italian Club in Brooklyn to meet the drummer "The drummer started to sing, and this Wilson Pickett-style voice came out of him. Paul and I said "That's it, that's our drummer." His name was Peter Criscuola."

Kiss released their self-titled debut in February 1974. Throughout his Kiss career, Criss was lead vocalist on several notable songs including "Black Diamond", "Hard Luck Woman", and their breakthrough hit "Beth". Many of Criss' contributions to Kiss were written with the help of Stan Penridge, who was a bandmate of Criss' in Chelsea and Lips.

Criss was featured on the album sleeve for the 1979 comedy record ''Lenny and the Squigtones'', collection of novelty songs by Michael McKean and David L. Lander, performing as their ''Laverne & Shirley'' personas of Lenny and Squiggy. Criss was billed as drummer "Ming the Merciless," and appeared without his Kiss makeup, although he did not play drums on the album.

"Beth"

Criss is given co-writer credit for the ballad "Beth", a Top 10 #7 hit for Kiss in 1976. The song remains the highest-charting song for Kiss in the USA and it earned them a People's Choice Award for "Young People's Favorite New Song" in 1977, tied with "Disco Duck". The song was written before Criss had joined Kiss, while he was still a member of Chelsea. Criss came up with the melody for the song while on a train to New York City from New Jersey where the band practiced. He and Chelsea guitarist Stan Penridge wrote the song together. "

A bootleg exists of the song from 1971, but the song's title was "Beck", after fellow band member Mike Brand's wife, Becky, who would call often during practices to ask Mike when he was coming home. Years later, while in Kiss, both Bob Ezrin and Gene Simmons are credited for changing the song's title to "Beth". The song was said to be a tribute to Criss' wife Lydia Di Leonardo; according to interviews with Criss, he changed some of the lyrics to reflect Lydia's lamenting that she missed him while on tour, but the song actually originated years earlier.

Along with "Beth", other songs he sang as a member of Kiss were "Black Diamond", "Hard Luck Woman", "Dirty Livin'", "Nothin' to Lose", "Mainline", "Strange Ways", "Getaway", "Baby Driver", "Hooligan", "Kissin' Time" and "I Finally Found My Way", with only the first being a live staple for every tour during his time with Kiss; "Dirty Livin'", "Baby Driver", "Hooligan" and "Beth" are the only ones he co-wrote (Paul Stanley wrote "Black Diamond", "Hard Luck Woman", "Mainline" and "I Finally Found My Way"; Ace Frehley wrote "Strange Ways" and "Getaway", and Gene Simmons wrote "Nothin' to Lose").

Departure from Kiss

Criss struggled with drug abuse through many of the years he was in the band. Although he was always credited as drummer, 1977's ''Love Gun'' and '' Alive II'' were the last Kiss albums on which he played throughout.

In 1978, Criss was injured in a serious car crash.

On the 1979 release ''Dynasty'', he only played on his own composition, "Dirty Livin'," and did not play at all on 1980's ''Unmasked''. Anton Fig, who also played on Ace Frehley's solo album (and is now David Letterman's house drummer), was hired to play on both records.

Gene Simmons has made it clear that Criss was fired; Paul Stanley too has discussed Criss' departure in several interviews, including the commentary on ''Kissology 2''. Criss, however, has maintained that he quit the band. The video for "Shandi" was shot in one day, and Peter was out of the band at that time; said Stanley, "After we finished shooting, Peter packed up his things, and went home."

Criss officially left Kiss on May 18, 1980. As a result, Kiss postponed the European tour until the end of August, thus giving the band enough time to find a replacement drummer, who they found in Brooklyn-born Eric Carr.

Solo career

Although Criss officially left Kiss in May 1980, his involvement with the band had ceased by December 1979. In March 1980, he began recording his second solo album, ''Out of Control''. Released later in the year, the album was a commercial failure, despite remaining a favorite with Criss fans. The follow-up album, 1982's ''Let Me Rock You'', which contained one song written by Gene Simmons, was a similar failure. The album cover featured Criss without his Kiss makeup, but was not released in the U.S. at the time.

For the rest of the 1980s and early 1990s, Criss was involved with a number of bands, each usually lasting less than a year. One of them was The Keep, which featured ex-Kiss guitarist Mark St. John. Criss also played with Balls of Fire from the spring of 1986 to December 1986, with Jane Booke on lead vocals, Bob Raylove on bass and JP (John Pakalenka) on guitar, who currently plays for Buckner Funken Jazz in Denver, Colorado. Balls of Fire only played 7 shows before Criss left the band to enjoy his daughter Jenilee growing up. While Kiss was promoting their upcoming release ''Crazy Nights'', Criss appeared on the syndicated radio program ''Metal Shop'' and discussed his time in Kiss from a more positive perspective than before; he also promoted the book he was writing at the time, an autobiography to-be-titled ''A Face without a Kiss''. He also mentioned his dream of one day opening up his own recording studio and starting his own record label, to be called Catman Records. Criss briefly reunited with former Kiss bandmate Ace Frehley on Frehley's 1989 album ''Trouble Walkin''' (singing and playing percussion on one track). In the early '90s, Criss assembled a band named "Criss," which would feature future Queensrÿche guitarist Mike Stone. This band released the ''Criss'' EP in December 1993 and the ''Cat #1'' album in August 1994. The group also supported Frehley's band on the 1995 "Bad Boys Tour."

The homeless urban legend

In the early 1990s, an urban legend circulated that Criss was a homeless alcoholic. ''Star Magazine'' published an article that appeared to lend credence to the notion. Jeffrey Scott Holland paid tribute to Criss's alleged plight by painting his portrait in an alley with a bottle in his hand, and Roseanne Barr and Tom Arnold began a campaign to try to rescue Criss. Barr and Arnold had discovered a homeless man living under a bridge who had claimed to be Criss, but it was later revealed to be a hoax. The hoaxer, Christopher Dickinson, appeared with the real Criss on ''The Phil Donahue Show'' in 1991. On the same show, there was a woman who claimed to also have had an affair with Criss back in 1982, which was denied by Criss, then-wife Debra and, via telephone, ex-wife Lydia. For years afterward, the rumor still persisted that Criss was broke and sleeping on the streets. Criss later sued the ''Star'' and they settled out of court for an undisclosed sum.

Return to Kiss

In 1995, Criss appeared at the official Kiss Konvention in Los Angeles that led to the Kiss live performance that was recorded for ''MTV Unplugged''. In April 1996, Kiss held a press conference to announce a reunion tour with all four original members. The 1996–97 Alive/Worldwide Tour was an enormous success, and the reunited Kiss released a studio album, 1998's ''Psycho Circus''. However, controversy arose when it was discovered that Criss only played drums on one track ("Into the Void," Ace Frehley's one lead vocal track). Many sources claim that Kevin Valentine performed on the rest of the drum tracks for the album. Criss did have one lead vocal, a track called "I Finally Found My Way," written by guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley and Bob Ezrin, and a co-vocal taking turns in the verses with the rest of the band for the song "You Wanted the Best".

Second and Third departure

Tensions arose once again between Criss and Kiss. On October 7, 2000, at the end of the band's show in North Charleston, SC, Criss destroyed his drum kit on stage. Though fans thought it was part of the act, it was in reality an act of frustration on Criss' part. It was his last show on the tour, as he left over a contract dispute and was replaced by Eric Singer in 2001. He rejoined the band in late 2002 and appeared on the ''Kiss Symphony: Alive IV'' DVD and CD before departure from Kiss again in March 2004. The band had opted not to renew his contract following the ''Rocksimus Maximus Tour'' (which had them co-headlining with Aerosmith). He was once again replaced by Singer, who assumed Criss' "Catman" persona and who continues to perform with the band today.

Peter Criss on Kiss performing with replacements for Ace Frehley and himself:}}

Drum kit

Criss has played Zildjian cymbals, Pro-Mark sticks, Drum Workshop drums and Remo drum heads

Bass drum:

18" X 22"

Rack Toms:

5" X 8"

6" X 8"

7" X 8"

8" X 8"

13 X 15"

8" X 10"

9" X 12"

10" X 13"

Floor Toms:

11" X 14"

15" X 16"

16" X 18"

Snare:

6" X 14" edge snare

4" X 12" edge snare

Cymbals:

20" medium ride

19" medium crash

12" fast splash

18" medium crash

15" new beat hi-hats

16" medium crash

18" medium thin crash

19" medium thin crash

17" medium crash

16" medium thin crash

Personal life

Since 2004, Criss has kept his public appearances to a minimum. Criss now resides in Wall Township, New Jersey. He released a solo album, titled ''One for All'' July 24, 2007, on Silvercat Records.

Criss is a gun enthusiast, and has stated that he has a large collection of firearms with which he target shoots, but does not hunt with, as he told host Tom Snyder during the October 31, 1979 interview of Kiss on ''The Tomorrow Show''. This segment of the infamous interview features Criss referencing his large gun collection and Simmons becoming annoyed with Criss because of it.

According to an interview with 40º74º Magazine, Peter Criss is working on a follow-up album to ''One for All'', and currently has 15 songs recorded for the release. Additionally, Criss is working on his autobiography.

As of November 2008, Criss has been married three times: Lydia Di Leonardo (from 1970 to 1979), former playboy playmate and coppertone model Debra Jensen (from 1979 to 1994) and Gigi Criss (from May 1998 to present). Criss is the father of one daughter named Jenilee, born in 1981.

Criss was successfully treated for breast cancer in 2008.

Acting

In addition to playing himself in 1978's ''Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park'', Criss has appeared on two television programs in minor roles and is set to appear in an upcoming film. In 1998 he appeared as "Nice Cop" on the "...Thirteen Years Later" episode of ''Millennium'' and in 2002 Criss appeared in two episodes of the HBO prison drama ''Oz'' as inmate Martin Montgomery. He also plays the role of Mike in the motion picture about the JFK assassination, ''Frame of Mind''.

Discography

Chelsea

''Chelsea'' (1970)

Kiss

Kiss (1974)

Hotter Than Hell (1974)

Dressed to Kill (1975)

Alive! (1975)

Destroyer (1976)

Rock and Roll Over (1976)

Love Gun (1977)

Alive II (1977)

Double Platinum (1979)

Dynasty (1979)

Unmasked (1980) |*|

Kiss Unplugged (1996)

Psycho Circus (1998)

Kiss Symphony: Alive IV (2003)

|*|credited in the album liner notes, but does not appear

Solo

''Peter Criss'' (September 18, 1978)

''Out of Control'' (September 1980)

''Let Me Rock You'' (May 1982)

''Criss'' (December 1993)

''Cat #1'' (August 16, 1994)

''One for All'' (July 24, 2007)

Notes and references

External links

Peter Criss - The Official Website

Interview with Peter Criss

Second interview with Peter Criss

Billboard.com article by Greg Prato

Category:1945 births Category:Living people Category:American heavy metal drummers Category:People from Brooklyn Category:People from Monmouth County, New Jersey Category:Kiss (band) members Category:American musicians of Italian descent Category:Breast cancer survivors Category: American Christians

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name	Terry Bozzio
landscape	Yes
background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
birth name	Terry John Bozzio
alias	Terry "Ted" Bozzio
born	December 27, 1950San Francisco, California, U.S.
instrument	Drums, percussion, keyboards
genre	Rock, jazz/fusion, synthpop, classical, alternative
occupation	Musician, songwriter
years active	1972–present
associated acts	Frank Zappa, UK, Missing Persons, HoBoLeMa, Jeff Beck, Korn, Fantômas, Debbie Harry
website	www.terrybozzio.com
notable instruments	}}

Terry John Bozzio (December 27, 1950) is an American drummer best known for his work with Missing Persons and Frank Zappa.

Biography

Terry Bozzio was born December 27, 1950 in San Francisco, California. He started at age 6 playing makeshift drum sets. At the age of 13 he saw The Beatles premier performance on The Ed Sullivan Show, and begged his father for drum lessons. During the 1960s, he played in the garage bands Blue Grass Radio, The Yarde, and Tamalpais Jungle Mountain Boys.

In 1968 Bozzio attended Sir Francis Drake High School in San Anselmo, California, where he received a music scholarship award, and later went on to the College of Marin. During this time he studied concurrently with Chuck Brown on the drum set and Lloyd Davis and Roland Kohloff on a percussion and timpani scholarship. He also played Bartok-Dahl-Cowell & Baroque chamber ensembles with the Marin and Napa County Symphonies.

In 1972 Bozzio played in the rock musicals Godspell and Walking in my Time. He also began playing in local jazz groups with Mark Isham, Peter Maunu, Patrick O'Hearn, Mike Knock, Art Lande, Azteca, Eddie Henderson, Woody Shaw, Julian Priester, Eric Gravatt, Billy Higgins, Andy Narell, Hadley Calliman, Mel Graves, and Mel Martin. He became a regular in the Monday Night Jim Dukey Big Band at San Francisco's Great American Music Hall.

He recorded and toured with Frank Zappa beginning in 1975, and appeared in the concert movie ''Baby Snakes'' (which included him singing lead on a portion of the song "Punky's Whips"). He is noted for performing Zappa's "The Black Page", a piece of music designed to be a "musician's nightmare" a page so filled with notes as to be almost black.

In 1977 he joined The Brecker Brothers with long time San Francisco friend and guitarist Barry Finnerty. With The Brecker Brothers, Bozzio toured and recorded the album "Heavy Metal Be-Bop." Shortly after, he was dismissed by Zappa as he joined Group 87 with Mark Isham, Peter Maunu, Patrick O'Hearn and Peter Wolf. The group auditioned for and got a record deal with CBS; Bozzio declined membership in the group and then auditioned unsuccessfully for Thin Lizzy.

After Bill Bruford & Allan Holdsworth departure from the band UK in late 1978, Bozzio joined Eddie Jobson and John Wetton to continue UK as a trio. The trio recorded ''Danger Money'' and ''Night After Night'' and toured the US twice (supporting Jethro Tull), as well as Europe and Japan. After UK disbanded in early 1980, Bozzio, ex-Zappa guitarist Warren Cuccurullo and then-wife and vocalist Dale Bozzio founded the band Missing Persons. Missing Persons released the albums ''Spring Session M'' (which went Gold), ''Rhyme & Reason'', and ''Color in Your Life''. They also toured the US & Europe and appeared on TV and radio shows.

After Missing Persons breakup in 1986, Bozzio joined ex-Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor's solo band. He also played on sessions with Robbie Robertson, Gary Wright, Don Dokken, XYZ, Paul Hyde, Herbie Hancock, Dweezil Zappa, and Richard Marx. During this time he also began touring as a clinician/solo drummer and recorded ''Solo Drums'' which was his first instructional video for WB. Bozzio also joined Mick Jagger and Jeff Beck to make the video ''Throwaway'', and teamed up with Beck & keyboardist Tony Hymas to co-write/produce and perform on the Grammy Award winning album ''Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop''.

In 1988 Bozzio married Ev Kvamme. They have one son.

Between the years of 1990–1995 Terry developed ostinato-based drum solo compositions and recorded his second instructional video Melodic Drumming and the Ostinato Volumes 1, 2, and 3, as well as Solo Drum Music Volumes 1 & 2 on CD. He also joined Tony Hymas, Toney Coe, and Hugh Burns to form the band Lonely Bears and record The Lonely Bears, Injustice, and The Bears are Running, while living in Paris, France. He also formed the band Polytown with David Torn and Mick Karn.

From 1995 to 2002 Bozzio did tours of the US, Australia, Canada & Europe as a solo drum artist as well as recording two solo CDs: Drawing the Circle and Chamberworks. He also teamed up with Chad Wackerman to produce the Duets video and Alternative Duets CDs. Bozzio was inducted into the Modern Drummer "Hall of Fame" and won the Clinician of the Year award twice as well as Drum Magazine's Drummer of the Year and Best Clinician. Internationally, he received Schlagwerkrant Magazine's (Netherlands) and Player Magazine's (Japan) Best Drummer Award.

Bozzio was inducted into Guitar Center's RockWalk in Hollywood on January 17, 2007 along with rock and roll icons Ronnie James Dio and Slash. Bozzio also worked with the nu-metal band Korn on their 8th studio album after the departure of their drummer David Silveria. He was scheduled to play on the road with the band during the Family Values Tour, but he left and was replaced by Joey Jordison of Slipknot and later Ray Luzier.

Since November 2008 Bozzio has toured with guitarist Allan Holdsworth, bassist Tony Levin, and drummer Pat Mastelotto as the experimental super-group HoBoLeMa.

Musical innovation

In most of Bozzio’s works, the ostinato is played using various bass drum and hi-hat permutations while he solos against these rhythms using his hands. Sometimes (often in the same composition) the opposite is true, where he will hold an ostinato pattern with his hands and solo with his feet.

Current drum kit setup

Below is Terry's drum setup

Drums

Vertical Low Timbre drums in olive ash burl finish with satin chrome lugs and black powdercoat rims. All heads are Terry Bozzio Attack signature in clear mylar

10" snare tuned to D

13 - 8" × 3" piccolo toms - tuned from high C to a low C

12" solid craviotto snare tuned to B

8" × 3" piccolo tom tuned to Bb

8" × 6" tom tuned to A

4 - 10"x 6" toms G-F-E-D

10" × 8" tuned to C

12" × 6" tuned to B

12" × 8" tuned to A

13" × 9" tuned to G

14" × 10" tuned to F

16" × 12" tuned to E

Cymbals

All cymbals are Sabian Radia Terry Bozzio signatures.

21" ride

16" china below 8"china

18" china below 10"china

14" china w/12"crash stack below 7"china w/6"crash stack

16" china w/14"crash stack below 8"china w/7"crash stack

18" china w/16"crash stack below 10"china w/8"crash stack

20" china w/18"crash stack below 12"china w/10"crash stack

20" china below 12"china

22" china below 14"china

36" Chinese gong (behind right w/beater on cym boom)

10" hihats

left remote china hi hat 16" over 18"

spoxe hi hat

12" hi hats

lp tambourine

12" heavy bell under 8" cup chime

11" heavy bell under 7" cup chime

10" heavy bell under 7" cup chime

9" heavy bell under 6" cup chime

20" flat ride w/20"china stack, under closed14" flat bottom hi hats, under factory metal , under pete englehardt ribbon crasher

26" B-20 radia gong on dw custom 3 point gong holder designed by Terry

20" crash w/20" novo type china stack

right remote china hi hat 16" over 20"

6" closed flat bottom mini hihat

7" closed flat bottom mini hihat

Foot operated

12" Chinese gong or

8" × 3" foot tom tuned to

10" × foot tom tuned to

12" × foot tom tuned to

10" hi hat

Vic firth/emil richards jingle stick

Wooded headed tambourine

12" wooden headed djembe

16" × bd tuned to F

remote china hi hat 16" over 18"

20" × 12" bd tuned to C

spoxe hi hat

12" hi hats

20" × 16" main left kick drum (muffled) tuned to Bb

Metal tambourine shaker or tb special tambourine foot plate jingle device

20" × 16" main right kick drum (muffled) tuned to G

24" × 14" bd tuned to A (w/ akg d-112 may mic)

right remote hi hats 16" over 20"

18" × bd tuned to D

18" × bd tuned to E

20" × 8" bd tuned to B

Other

Glockenspiel

36" wuhan Chinese gong

One octave set of wuhan Chinese bossed gongs

Selected discography

Solo

''Solo Drum Music I'' (1992)

''Solo Drum Music II'' (1992)

''Drawing The Circle'' (1998)

''Chamber Works'' (1998)

''Solos & Duets'' (with Chad Wackerman) (2001)

''Nine Short Films'' (with Billy Sheehan) (2002)

''Chamber Works'' (2005, with Metropole Orchestra)

''Prime Cuts'' (2005)

''Four From Ten Twenty Nine'' (2008)

''Seven Nights in Japan'' (2008)

Frank Zappa

''Bongo Fury'' (October 1975), US #66

''Zoot Allures'' (October 1976), US #71

''Zappa in New York'' (March 1977), US #57

''Studio Tan'' (1978)

''Sleep Dirt'' (January 1979), US #175

''Sheik Yerbouti'' (March 1979), US #21

''Joe's Garage'' (September 1979), US #27 (vocals only)

''Orchestral Favorites (1979)

''Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar'' (May 1981)

''Baby Snakes'' (March 1983)

''Thing-Fish'' (November 1984)

''You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1'' (May 1988)

''You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3'' (November 1989)

''You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4'' (July 1991)

''You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5'' (July 1992)

''You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6'' (July 1992)

''Läther'' (September 1996)

''Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute'' (October 1996)

''The Lost Episodes (1996)

Missing Persons

''Missing Persons EP'' (1980) #46 US

''Spring Session M'' (1982) #17 US

''Rhyme & Reason'' (1984) #43 US

''Color in Your Life'' (1986) #88 US

''Late Nights Early Days (1999)

''Lost Tracks'' (2002)

UK

Danger Money (1979) (Replaced Bill Bruford)

Night After Night (1979, Live)

Dweezil Zappa

''Back to the Beach Soundtrack (Wipe Out)'' with Herbie Hancock (1987)

''My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama'' (1988)

''Shampoohorn'' (1994)

''Automatic'' (2000)

Other

''Born To Love You'' Luis Gasca (1974)

''Eye of the Beholder'' Ray Baretto (1977)

''Heavy Metal Be-Bop'' Brecker Brothers (1978)

''Group 87'' Group 87 (1980)

''Andy Taylor'' Andy Taylor (1986)

''Robbie Robertson'' Robbie Robertson (1987)

''Castalia'' Mark Isham (1988)

''Rivers Gonna Rise'' Patrick O'Hearn (1988)

''Who I Am'' Gary Wright (1988)

''Def, Dumb and Blonde'' Deborah Harry (1989)

''El Dorado'' Patrick O'Hearn (1989)

''How Long'' Michael Thompson (1989)

''Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop'' Jeff Beck & Tony Hymas (1989)

''Twins Soundtrack'' Jeff Beck (1989)

''Girlfriend from Hell'' Jorgenson (1990)

''Mark Isham'' Mark Isham (1990)

''Up From The Ashes'' Dokken (1990)

''Beckology'' Jeff Beck (1991)

''In Your Face'' Earl Slick (1991)

''Rush Street'' Richard Marx (1991)

''Retrograde Planet'' Zazen (1992)

''Vol. Pour Sydney'' Lonely Bears (1992)

''White Sands Soundtrack'' Patrick O'Hearn

''Sex and Religion'' Steve Vai (1993)

''Big Bang: In the Beginning Was a Drum'' Compilation (1994)

''Hide Your Face'' hide (1994)

''Polytown'' Polytown (1994)

''First Signs of Life'' Gary Wright (1995)

''Thank You'' Duran Duran (1995)

''Trust'' Patrick O'Hearn (1995)

''Black Light Syndrome'' Bozzio Levin Stevens (1997)

''Dream Castles'' Sly (1997)

''Something With a Pulse'' Mark Craney & Friends (1997)

''Age of Impact'' Explorer's Club (1998)

''Best of the Lonely Bears'' Lonely Bears (1998)

''Proof: The Very Best of the Knack'' The Knack (1998)

''Zoom'' The Knack (1998)

''Lonely Bears'' Lonely Bears (1999)

''Injustice'' Lonely Bears (2000)

''Situation Dangerous'' Bozzio Levin Stevens (2000)

''The Bears are Running'' Lonely Bears (2000)

''Compression'' Billy Sheehan (2001)

''Feeding The Wheel'' Jordan Rudess (2001)

''XYZ'' XYZ (2001)

''Big Delta'' Omar & The Howlers (2002)

''Delete & Roll'' Bozzio Preinfalk & Machacek (2002)

''Queen of the Damned Soundtrack'' Jonathan Davis, Richard Gibbs (2002)

''Raising The Mammoth'' The Explorers Club (2002)

''Bozzio - Mastelotto'' with Pat Mastelotto (2003)

''Alamo Soundtrack'' Carter Burwell (2004)

''Boogie Man'' Omar & The Howlers (2004)

''Drum Nation, Vol. 1'' Various Artists (2004)

''Two Sides of If'' Vivian Campbell (2005)

''Sic'' Alex Machacek (2006)

''Untitled'' Korn (2007)

''Live with the Tosca Strings'' DVD(2008)

References

"The Drum Gods - 25 Legendary Talents Who Changed Drumming" / Modern Drummer Publications (Terry Bozzio is one of the 25 drummers profiled)

External links

Terry Bozzio – Official site

Terry Bozzio on Drum Channel

Terry Bozzio : Sabian Cymbals - Artist Set-up

Drum Workshop site, artists section : Contains an illustration of Terry Bozzio and other drummers' drum kits

Terry Bozzio's Discography and Equipment List at BehindTheDrums

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name	Tom Snyder
birth date	May 12, 1936
birth place	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
death date	July 29, 2007
death place	San Francisco, California
nationality	United States
years active	1959–1999
credits	''The Late Late Show'' ''Tomorrow with Tom Snyder'' ''NBC Nightly News'' }}

Thomas James "Tom" Snyder (May 12, 1936 – July 29, 2007) was an American television personality, news anchor and radio personality best known for his late night talk shows ''The Tomorrow Show'', on the NBC television network in the 1970s and 1980s, and ''The Late Late Show'', on the CBS Television Network in the 1990s.

Snyder was also the pioneer anchor of the primetime ''NBC News Update'', in the 1970s and early 1980s, which was a one-minute capsule of news updates in primetime.

Early life

Snyder was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His parents, Frank and Marie, gave him a Catholic upbringing; he attended St. Agnes Elementary School and then graduated from Jesuit-run Marquette University High School. He also attended Marquette University, after which he had originally planned to study medicine and become a doctor.

Newscasting career

Snyder had loved radio since he was a child and at some point changed his field of study from pre-med to journalism. He once told ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel'' reporter Tim Cuprisin that broadcasting became more important to him than attending classes, and he skipped a lot of them. Snyder began his career as a radio reporter at WRIT-AM (unrelated to the present-day FM station) in Milwaukee and at WKZO in Kalamazoo (where he was fired by John Fetzer) in the 1950s. For a time he worked at Savannah, Georgia AM station WSAV (now WBMQ). After moving to television in the 1960s, he was a news anchor for KYW-TV in Cleveland and Philadelphia, and WNBC-TV and WABC-TV in New York City. He talked about driving cross country in an early Corvair from Atlanta to Los Angeles around 1963, where he landed a news job at KTLA-TV "Live On 5" then on to KNBC-TV also in Los Angeles, where from 1970 to 1974 he was an anchor for the 6 p.m. newscast working with KNBC broadcaster Kelly Lange, who was then a weather reporter before serving as a long-time KNBC news anchor. Lange later became Snyder's regular substitute guest host on the ''Tomorrow'' program, prior to the hiring of co-host Rona Barrett in the program's last year. Even after attaining fame as host of ''Tomorrow'', Snyder kept his hand in news anchoring with the Sunday broadcasts of ''NBC Nightly News'' during 1975 and 1976.

''Tomorrow with Tom Snyder''

Snyder gained national fame as the host of ''Tomorrow with Tom Snyder'' (more commonly known as ''The Tomorrow Show)'', which aired late nights after ''The Tonight Show'' on NBC from 1973 to 1982. It was a talk show unlike the usual late-night fare, with Snyder, cigarette in hand, alternating between asking hard-hitting questions and offering personal observations that made the interview closer to a conversation.

Unique one-on-one exchanges were common to the program, notably with author Harlan Ellison, John Lydon of PiL and The Sex Pistols in 1980, John Lennon in 1975, actor and writer Sterling Hayden, and author and philosopher Ayn Rand. A one-on-one program with David Brenner as the sole guest revealed that Snyder and Brenner worked together on several documentaries.

An infamous edition of The Tomorrow Show broadcast on October 31, 1979, saw Snyder interview the rock group KISS. During the episode, a visibly irritated Gene Simmons (bass) and Paul Stanley (guitar) tried to contain the bombastic (and drunk) Ace Frehley (lead guitar), whose nonstop laughter and joking overshadowed the content and conversation taking place between Snyder and the rest of the band. Drummer Peter Criss made repeated references to his large gun collection, to the chagrin of Simmons. Some of the footage from this show was later included on the Kissology - The Ultimate KISS Collection Vol. 2: 1978-1991 (2007) DVD.

When not grilling guests, Snyder would often joke around with offstage crewmen, often breaking out in the distinctively hearty laugh that was the basis of Dan Aykroyd's impersonation of Snyder on ''Saturday Night Live'' (12 occasions, 1976–1979 and 1995).

Following a disastrous experiment with turning ''Tomorrow'' into a more typical talk show—renaming it ''Tomorrow Coast to Coast'' and adding a live audience and co-host, Rona Barrett (all of which Snyder resented)—the show was canceled in 1982 to make way for the up-and-coming young comedian David Letterman.

After ''Tomorrow''

After ''Tomorrow'' was cancelled Snyder returned to news reporting, joining WABC in New York. In September 1982, Snyder and Kaity Tong began anchoring the 5PM ''Eyewitness News'' programs for the station. Snyder stayed at WABC for two years, leaving the station in 1984. In 1985, he returned to the talk format at KABC-TV in Los Angeles with a local afternoon show he had planned to gear up for national syndication the following year; those plans were scratched after Oprah Winfrey's Chicago-based syndicated show entered the market first and took over Snyder's time slot on KABC-TV.

An older, slightly more mellow Snyder returned to virtually the same format on ABC Radio. The show's three-hour format was a natural for Snyder. The first hour was spent chatting with a celebrity guest, during the second hour Snyder engaged someone in the news, and the final hour was consumed chatting with his legion of fans. Occasionally the caller would be a well-known fan like David Letterman or Ted Koppel. One of Snyder's's favorite callers was Sherman Hemsley, the actor who played George Jefferson on the hit television sitcom ''The Jeffersons''. The ''Tom Snyder Show'' for ABC Radio Networks went off the air in late 1992, in part due to the rapid rise in popularity of ''The Rush Limbaugh Show'', which aired in the same time slot and which ABC had already been airing on many of its own stations. Snyder returned to television on CNBC in the early 1990s, adding the opportunity for viewers to call in with their own questions for his guests. Snyder nicknamed his show "the Colorcast", reviving an old promotional term NBC-TV used in the early 1960s to hype its color broadcasts. He also continued his trademark of talking to offscreen crew and made frequent reference to the studio, reminding viewers of its location in Fort Lee, New Jersey.

''The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder''

Meanwhile, Letterman had moved on to CBS and was given control of creating a new program to follow his at 12:35 am. Letterman, who had idolized Snyder for years, hired Snyder in 1995 as host of ''The Late Late Show''. The idea had actually begun as a running joke on Letterman's show, that Snyder would soon follow him on the air as he had once followed Johnny Carson on ''The Tonight Show''; the unlikely suggestion caught on. As part of the joke, Snyder appeared as himself in 1993 in ''The Larry Sanders Show'' episode ''Life Behind Larry'', in which talk-show host Sanders (Gary Shandling) steals Snyder from Letterman to host a talk-show in the slot immediately after his.

''The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder'' aired live in the Eastern and Central Time Zones, and was simulcast to other time zones on radio to allow everyone a chance to call in. Snyder's CNBC show was taken over, largely unchanged in format, by Charles Grodin. One of the many memorable ''Late Late Show'' interviews was with Gloria Vanderbilt about her son's suicide, told dramatically over an entire hour. Another was a lengthy interview with Robert Blake very soon before Blake was charged with murder. In 1999 Snyder left ''The Late Late Show,'' which was then reformatted for Craig Kilborn. It has since been turned over to Scottish comedian Craig Ferguson.

In February 2000, Snyder hosted two shows of The Late Show Backstage done during the time Letterman was recovering from heart surgery.

Snyder also hosted a video production called ''A Century of Legendary Lionel Trains'', commemorating 100 years of Lionel Trains. Additionally, he hosted another program from the same production company called ''Celebrity Train Layouts 2: Tom Snyder'', featuring his own collection of trains.

Colortini.com

Snyder posted regular messages on his own now-defunct website colortini.com during the early 2000s. A "colortini", according to Snyder in the CNBC era, was the drink you should enjoy while watching the show ("Fire up a colortini, sit back, relax, and watch the pictures, now, as they fly through the air."). For the CBS show, he redubbed the mythical drink a "simultini" as his show was also heard on selected radio stations.

On July 28, 2005, Snyder announced he was deleting his website after six years, stating: "The novelty of communicating this way has worn off." On August 1, 2005, his page was abruptly taken offline. The front page was replaced with a white screen with the simple phrase: "Colortini is gone. Thanks for the Memories". However, some 140 pages have been preserved at web.archive.org. The domain name has since been reused for other purposes.

Final years and death

In April 2005, Snyder revealed that he was battling chronic lymphocytic leukemia, but that his doctors had told him it was "treatable". A year later, in June 2006, Snyder sold his home in the Benedict Canyon area of Los Angeles, California, where he had lived for almost 30 years, and headed to Belvedere, in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he owned a second home.

Snyder died on July 29, 2007, in San Francisco at the age of 71 from complications of leukemia. He had one child, Anne Mari Snyder, who lives in Maui, Hawaii, and two grandchildren.

References

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External links

Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia: Tom Snyder

Tom Snyder Radio Show Episodes

Tom Snyder's trains

David Hinckley's tribute to Tom Snyder in the New York Daily News

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no:Tom Snyder

name	Gene Simmons
birth name	Chaim Weitz (; ‏)
alias	"The Demon"
born	August 25, 1949Tirat HaCarmel, Israel
background	solo_singer
occupation	Musician, songwriter, producer, actor, businessman
genre	Heavy metal, hard rock, glam metal
instrument	Bass, vocals, guitar, piano
associated acts	Kiss, Wicked Lester
years active	1963–present
website
notable instruments	Cort Signature GS-1Gene Simmons Signature model }}

Gene Simmons (born Chaim Weitz ; August 25, 1949) is an Israeli-American rock bassist, singer, songwriter, musician, actor, and businessman. Known as "The Demon", he is the bassist/vocalist of Kiss, a hard rock band he co-founded in the early 1970s.

Simmons was ranked number 12 in Roadrunner's list of 50 Best Frontmen in Metal History.

Early life

Chaim Weitz (later Gene Simmons) was born at the Rambam Hospital in Haifa, Israel in 1949. Mother and children emigrated to Jackson Heights, Queens in New York City when he was eight years old. His mother Flóra Klein was born in Jánd, Hungary. The German name Klein (means: small) translates to Hungarian as ''Kiss'', that gave the rock band's name. Florence and her brother, Larry Klein, were the only members of the family to survive the Holocaust. Simmons' father, Feri Witz, also Hungarian-born, remained in Israel. Simmons says the family was "dirt poor," scraping by on bread and milk. In the United States, Simmons changed his name to Eugene Klein (later Gene Klein), adopting his mother's maiden name. He attended Yeshiva Torah Vodaath in Williamsburg, Brooklyn as a child, from 7 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Music career

Simmons became involved with his first band, Lynx, then renamed The Missing Links, when he was a teenager. Eventually, he disbanded The Missing Links to form The Long Island Sounds, the name being a play on words relating to the estuary separating Long Island from Westchester County, New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island. While he played in these bands, he kept up odd jobs on the side to make more money, including trading used comic books. Simmons attended Sullivan County Community College in Loch Sheldrake, New York. He then joined a new band, Bullfrog Bheer, and the band recorded a demo, "Leeta"; this was later included on the Kiss box set.

thumb|left|120px|The Demon Simmons formed the rock band Wicked Lester in the early 1970s with Stanley Harvey Eisen (now known as Paul Stanley) and recorded one album, which was never released. Dissatisfied with Wicked Lester's sound and look, Simmons and Stanley attempted to fire their band members; they were met with resistance, and they quit Wicked Lester, walking away from their record deal with Epic Records. They decided to form the ultimate rock band, and started looking for a drummer. Simmons and Stanley found an ad placed by Peter Criscoula, known as Peter Criss, who was playing clubs in Brooklyn at the time; they joined and started out as a trio. Paul Frehley, better known as Ace Frehley, responded to an ad they put in ''The Village Voice'' for a lead guitar player, and soon joined them. Kiss released its self-titled debut album in February 1974. Stanley quickly took on the role of lead performer on stage, while Simmons became the driving force behind what became an extensive Kiss merchandising franchise. The eye section of his "Demon" makeup with KISS came from the wing design of comic book character Black Bolt. In 1983, while Kiss' fame was waning, the members took off their trademark make-up and enjoyed a resurgence in popularity that continued into the 1990s. The band hosted their own fan conventions throughout 1995, and fan feedback about the original Kiss members reunion influenced the highly successful 1996–1997 Alive Worldwide reunion tour. In 1998, the band released ''Psycho Circus'',. Since then, the original line-up has once again dissolved, with Tommy Thayer replacing Ace Frehley on lead guitar and Eric Singer (who performed with Kiss from 1992 up through 1996) replacing Peter Criss on drums.

Instruments

Gene Simmons has used various bass guitars during his career including:

Axe Bass (Kramer, jackson, b.c. rich and now Cort)

Punisher Bass (B.C.Rich, Now made by Cort)

Spector Gene Simmons Signature

Pedulla Basses (mainly in the 1980s and early 1990s)

Gibson Grabber (mainly in Kiss' early years)

Gibson Ripper (mainly in Kiss' early years)

Custom lebau bass (wicked lester, very early kiss circa 73-74)

Cort Guitars Signature GS-1 Bass

He uses Ampeg SVT CL Series amps with 8x10 cabinets. He uses Silver Herco Flex .75 Nylon Flat Guitar Picks. In 2010 Gene Simmons collaborated with Cort Guitars to make his own signature bass line called the GS-AXE-2.

Film and television career

Simmons has been the creative force behind such television projects as:

''My Dad the Rock Star'', a cartoon by the Canadian animation company Nelvana, about the mild mannered son of a Gene Simmons-like rock star;

''Mr. Romance'', a show created and hosted by Simmons on the Oxygen cable television channel;

''Rock School'', a reality show in which Simmons tries to make a rock band out of a group of students of Christ's Hospital School in the first season, and in the second, a group of kids from a comprehensive school in Lowestoft;

''Gene Simmons Family Jewels'', a reality show documenting the personal lives of Simmons, his girlfriend, his son and daughter

On March 9, 2011, Simmons and Kiss co-founder Paul Stanley and E! Entertainment announced that they have finalized a production and development deal to create an as-yet-untitled comedic half-hour kids' television series.

Simmons appeared as a psychic working at the Mystic Journey Bookstore in Venice, California on the American hidden camera prank TV series ''I Get That a Lot''.

Political views

While a self-described social liberal, Simmons was a supporter of the foreign policy of the George W. Bush administration. He supported the 2003 invasion of Iraq, writing on his website: "I'm ashamed to be surrounded by people calling themselves liberal who are, in my opinion, spitting on the graves of brave American soldiers who gave their life to fight a war that wasn't theirs...in a country they've never been to... simply to liberate the people therein". In a follow-up, Simmons explained his position and wrote about his love and support for the United States: "I wasn't born here. But I have a love for this country and its people that knows no bounds. I will forever be grateful to America for going into World War II, when it had nothing to gain, in a country that was far away... and rescued my mother from the Nazi German concentration camps. She is alive and I am alive because of America. And, if you have a problem with America, you have a problem with me".

During the 2006 Lebanon War between Israel and Lebanon, Simmons sent a televised message of support (in both English and Hebrew) to an Israeli soldier seriously wounded in fighting in Lebanon, calling him his "hero".

In 2010, Simmons said he regretted voting for Barack Obama and criticized the 2009 health care reforms. Following Obama's 2011 Mideast speech, in which the President called on Israel and the Palestinians to negotiate a settlement "based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps," Simmons told ''CNBC'' that Obama was gravely misguided. "If you have never been to the moon, you can't issue policy about the moon. For the president to be sitting in Washington D.C. and saying, 'Go back to your '67 borders in Israel' – how about you live there and try to defend an indefensible border – nine miles wide?" Simmons also accused the United Nations of being "the most pathetic body on the face of the earth."

During his visit to Israel in 2011, he stated that the artists refusing to perform in Israel for political reasons are "stupid," referring to artists who canceled planned concerts in Israel.

Personal life

He became a science fiction fan and published several science fiction fanzines, among them ''Sirruish'', ''Id'', ''Cosmos'' (which eventually merged with ''Stilletto'' to become ''Cosmos-Stilletto'' and then ''Faun''), ''Tinderbox'', ''Sci-Fi Showcase'', ''Mantis'' and ''Adventure''. He also contributed to other fanzines, among them ''BeABohema''.

In the late 1960s, he changed his name to Gene Simmons, after legendary rockabilly performer Jumpin' Gene Simmons. Simmons' legal name after arriving from Israel is Gene Klein.

Simmons lives in Beverly Hills, California along with his fiancée, former Playboy Playmate and actress Shannon Tweed. They have two children: a son, Nick (born January 22, 1989), and a daughter, Sophie, (born July 7, 1992). He formerly had live-in relationships with Cher and Diana Ross. Simmons can speak English, German, Hungarian and Hebrew.e

Homecoming visit to Israel

In March 2011, Simmons had a homecoming visit to Israel where he was born. He described the trip as a "life changing experience". He talked about how he still feels that he is an Israeli – "I'm Israeli. I'm a stranger in America. I'm an outsider". While there, Gene met his half brother Kobi, and half sisters Drora, Sharon and Ogenia, the latter two being twins. Simmons has plans to bring his band, KISS, to Israel. He has always said that he is an ardent supporter of Israel. At a press conference in Israel, he spoke both Hebrew and English.

Controversy

In February 2002, Simmons was interviewed on the NPR radio show ''Fresh Air'' and asked about his claim of having had sex with 4,600 women. He told Terry Gross: "If you want to welcome me with open arms, I'm afraid you're also going to have to welcome me with open legs," paraphrasing a lyric from The Who's 1981 hit song "You Better You Bet". Gross replied: "That's a really obnoxious thing to say." At the time, Simmons refused to grant permission to NPR to make the interview available online. However, it appears in print in Gross's book ''All I Did Was Ask'' (ISBN 1-4013-0010-3) and unauthorized transcripts are available. NPR re-broadcast part of the interview in August 2007. Simmons' bandmate Paul Stanley has frequently used the phrase "... welcomed us with open arms and open legs" in onstage patter during Kiss concerts. In 2004, during an interview in Melbourne, Australia, while talking about Islamic extremists, Simmons described Islam as a "vile culture", saying that Muslim women had to walk behind their husbands, weren't allowed to be educated or to own houses. He said: "They want to come and live right where you live and they think that you're evil." Amongst ensuing criticism, Australian Muslim of the Year Susan Carland argued that Simmons' stereotyping of Muslims was inaccurate. Simmons later clarified his comments on his website, saying he had been talking specifically about Muslim extremists. In 2005, Simmons was sued by a former girlfriend, Georgeann Walsh Ward, who said she had been "defamed" in the VH1 documentary ''When Kiss Ruled the World'' and portrayed as an "unchaste woman". A settlement was reached in June 2006. In 2011, Kiss was removed from the lineup for Michael Jackson's tribute concert because of Simmons' allegations and negative comments regarding Jackson's personal life and legal issues.

Awards and recognition

On January 28 in 2011, Simmons was presented the key to the city in Dallas, Texas and a street, Gene Simmons Boulevard, was named for him. On June 15 of the same year he was given the key to the city by Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Filmography

! Year	! Film	! Role	! Bandmates	! Miscellaneous
1978	''Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park''	The Demon	Peter Criss, Ace Frehley, Paul Stanley	TV movie
1984		Dr. Charles Luther
1986		Nuke (radio DJ)
1986	''Never Too Young to Die''	Carruthers / Velvet Von Ragner
1987		Malak Al Rahim
1988	''The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years''	Himself	Paul Stanley	Documentary
1989	''Red Surf''	Doc
1999		Himself	Peter Criss, Ace Frehley, Paul Stanley	Simmons also produced
2002	''The New Guy''	Reverend
2002	''Wish You Were Dead''	Vinny
2008	''Detroit Metal City''	Jack lll Dark		Japanese movie
2009		Joe Adler
2010	''Expecting Mary''	Taylor
2010	''Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage	Himself		Documentary

Television appearances

! Year	! Show	! Episode	! Role	! Bandmates	! Miscellaneous
1974	''The Mike Douglas Show''	June 11, 1974	Himself	Peter Criss, Ace Frehley, Paul Stanley	Kiss' first national television appearance, performed "Firehouse"
1976	''The Paul Lynde Halloween Special''	October 29, 1976	Himself	Peter Criss, Ace Frehley, Paul Stanley	The band performed "Detroit Rock City (song)
1985	''[[Miami Vice''	"Prodigal Son"	Newton Blade
1997	''Action League Now!''	"Rock-A-Big-Baby"	Toy version of himself	Peter Criss, Ace Frehley, Paul Stanley	Performed "Rock and Roll All Nite"
1998	''MADtv''	October 31, 1998 (#406)	Himself	Peter Criss, Ace Frehley, Paul Stanley.	Halloween special; performed in five sketches
2001	''Family Guy''	"A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas"	Animated version of himself	Peter Criss, Ace Frehley, Paul Stanley
2001		May 27, 2001	Himself		Won $500,000 for a charity
2001	''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart''	June 12, 2001	Himself		Almost licked Jon Stewart's face in response to Jon being unable to explain the difference between pleasure and joy to a man with a 'twelve-inch tongue'
2002	''Family Guy''	"Road to Europe"	Animated version of himself	Peter Criss, Ace Frehley, Paul Stanley
2002		September 6, 2002	Himself
2003	''King of the Hill''	"Reborn to Be Wild"	Jessie
2004	''Third Watch''	"Higher Calling"	Donald Mann
2004	''Third Watch''	"Monsters"	Donald Mann
2004	''Third Watch''	"More Monsters"	Donald Mann
2005	''American Idol''	"Auditions: New Orleans"	Himself- guest judge
2005	''Family Guy''		Animated version of himself/ Prisoner #3
2005	''Mind of Mencia''	Episode #1.7	Himself
2006		August 1, 2006	Himself		Gene Simmons Family Jewels
2007	''SpongeBob SquarePants''	"20,000 Patties Under the Sea"	Sea Monster
2007		"Gene Simmons"	Himself		UK's More4 show
2008	''Entertainment Tonight''	January 2, 2008	Himself
2008	''Jimmy Kimmel Live!''	January 18, 2008	Himself
2008		March 11, 2008	Himself
2008	''Criss Angel Mindfreak''	"Mindfreaking with the Stars"	Himself
2008	''Ugly Betty''	"The Kids Are Alright"	Himself
2008	''Ugly Betty''	"A Thousand Words by Friday"	Himself
2008		Episode #3.9	Himself		Won $500,000 for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation charity
2008		First three episodes	Himself		Fired in the third episode
2008	''Jingles''		Celebrity judge		Mark Burnett reality show
2009	''Glenn Martin DDS''	Glenn Gary, Glenn Martin	himself
2009	''American Idol''	Season Finale	Himself	Eric Singer, Tommy Thayer, Paul Stanley	Performed medley of 3 songs with contestant Adam Lambert
2009	''The Fairly OddParents''		Animated version of himself	Eric Singer, Tommy Thayer, Paul Stanley
2009	''The Fairly OddParents''		Animated version of himself	Eric Singer, Tommy Thayer, Paul Stanley
2010	''I Get That a Lot''	Episode 2	As Himself		Simmons appeared as a psychic working at the Mystic Journey Bookstore in Venice, California
2010	''Extreme Makeover: Home Edition''	Episode 160	As Himself		The band Kiss made a personal appearance during the Wagstaff family's vacation in Disneyland and honored them as special guests at one of their concerts. Kiss also made a personal appearance at a local school where a donation of new musical instruments was made in the Wagstaff family's name.
2010	''I'm in a Rock 'n' Roll Band!''	Episode 1 And 5	As Himself		Discussing the requirements of being in a rock band.
2011		To Love and Die in LA	As Himself

Video appearances

In 2007, he appeared alongside other celebrities, as well as regular people, in the music video for "Rockstar" by Nickelback.

Video game appearances

Gene Simmons is a playable character in ''Tony Hawk's Underground'', unlocked when completing the story mode on Normal difficulty, and also appears with his Kiss bandmates in the Hotter Than Hell level to play one of three songs upon collecting the four K-I-S-S letters.

Gene Simmons' Kiss character, The Demon, is a playable character in ''Kiss: Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child''.

Simmons also has a large role in the 2010 music video game ''Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock''. In addition to narrating the main storyline and doing advertising for the game, the Kiss song "Love Gun" is playable.

Discography

Kiss

Solo

''Gene Simmons'' (1978)

''Sex Money Kiss'' (audiobook CD), 2003)

''Asshole'' (2004)

''Speaking in Tongues'' (spoken word CD, 2004)

Publishing career

In 2002, Simmons launched ''Gene Simmons' Tongue'', a men's lifestyle magazine. The magazine lasted five issues before being discontinued.

Published works

''Kiss and Make-Up'', Gene Simmons (ISBN 0-609-81002-2)

''Sex Money Kiss'', Gene Simmons (ISBN 1-893224-86-4)

''Kiss: The Early Years'', Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley (ISBN 0-609-81028-6)

''Kiss: Behind the Mask'', David Leaf and Ken Sharp (ISBN 0-446-96524-6)

''Ladies of the Night: A Historical and Personal Perspective on the Oldest Profession in the World'', Gene Simmons (ISBN 1-59777-501-0)

References

External links

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name	Ace Frehley
background	solo_singer
birth name	Paul Daniel Frehley
alias	"The Spaceman" or "Space Ace"
born	April 27, 1951The Bronx, New York, United States
died
instrument	Guitar, vocals, bass
genre	Hard rock, heavy metal
occupation	Musician, songwriter
years active	1965–present
label	Casablanca, Mercury, Megaforce, Bronx Born Records
associated acts	Cathedral, Wicked Lester, Kiss, Frehley's Comet, Ace Frehley Band | website www.acefrehley.com
notable instruments	Gibson Les Paul }}

Paul Daniel "Ace" Frehley (; born April 27, 1951) is an American musician best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Kiss. He took on the persona of the "Spaceman" or "Space Ace" when the band adopted costumes and theatrics. Frehley played with the group from its inception in 1973 until his departure in 1982.

After leaving Kiss, Frehley embarked on a solo career, which was put on hold when he rejoined Kiss in 1996 for a highly successful reunion tour. His second tenure with Kiss lasted until 2002, when he left at the conclusion of what was purported to be the band's Farewell Tour. His latest album, ''Anomaly'', was released on September 15, 2009.

Early years

Frehley was born and raised in The Bronx, the youngest of three children. He has a sister Nancy and a brother Charles, a classical guitarist. As a youth, Frehley was in a New York street gang called ''The Duckies'' with Steven Edward Duren (aka Blackie Lawless, who would later become frontman for heavy metal band W.A.S.P.). The Frehleys were a musical family, and when Frehley received an electric guitar as a Christmas present in 1964, he immersed himself in learning the instrument. "I never went to music school; I never took a guitar lesson, but everybody in my family plays an instrument. My mother and father both played piano, his father was the church organist, and my brother and sister both played piano and acoustic guitar." Frehley was always surrounded by music. Frehley started playing guitar at age 13. He lists Jimi Hendrix, Albert Lee, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, and The Who as his main influences.

When Frehley's band, Cathedral, started earning a series of paying gigs, Frehley dropped out of high school. At the insistence of his family and girlfriend, Frehley eventually returned and earned his diploma. After graduation, Frehley held a string of short-term jobs—mail carrier, furniture deliverer, messenger, and liquor store delivery boy.

Growing up on the corner of Marion Avenue and 201st Street, off Bedford Park Boulevard (a/k/a 200th Street) and Webster Avenue in the Bedford Park section of the Bronx, Frehley graduated Grace Lutheran School at age 13. However, he was thrown out of two high schools and dropped out of the third. Two of the high schools he attended were DeWitt Clinton High School on Mosholu Parkway and Theodore Roosevelt High School on Fordham Road. It was in his high school years that he got the nickname "Ace" when he had the ability to get his friends dates. His friends said, "You are a real ace." It was also in his high school years that a guidance counselor encouraged him to get into graphic arts. Ace married his high school sweetheart, Jeanette Tretorola, on May 10, 1976. His family did not have a lot of money, and in his teen years, Frehley got involved in street gangs. He would later credit guitar playing for "saving his life" as a member of Kiss. Ace and Jeanette became parents on July 9, 1980, when his daughter Monique was born.

Music career

Kiss

Frehley spent the early 1970s in a series of local bands. In late 1972, his best friend, Bob McAdams (co-author of the book Kiss & Tell), spotted an advertisement for a lead guitarist in the ''Village Voice'' and showed the ad to Frehley. Both McAdams and Frehley went to 10 East 23rd Street above the Live Bait Bar. Frehley auditioned for Wicked Lester members Paul Stanley (rhythm guitar), Gene Simmons (bass guitar) and Peter Criss (drums). Frehley, who showed up wearing one red sneaker and one orange sneaker, was less than impressive visually, but the band liked what they heard from his playing. About three weeks after Frehley auditioned, the new group named him their lead guitarist. By January 1973, Wicked Lester decided on a new name - Kiss. Frehley designed the band's double-lightning-bolt logo. The band quickly decided to paint their faces for live performances, and Frehley decided to start painting silver stars on his eyes. When the group eventually decided to adopt a stage persona to go with their makeup designs. Frehley became "Space Ace". Later the stage persona would be known as "The Spaceman." thumb|left|120px|The Spaceman While Kiss spent their early days rehearsing and playing in empty clubs, Frehley took a job as a part-time cab driver to pay his bills. In September 1973, Kiss began to receive a salary from new manager Bill Aucoin that paid each member $75 a week. This enabled Frehley to quit his job.

Kiss released their debut album, ''Kiss'', in February 1974—Frehley's sole songwriting contribution was "Cold Gin". Due to Frehley's lack of confidence in his own singing voice, however, the vocals were performed by Simmons. Frehley wrote or co-wrote several of the band's songs over the next few years but did not record his vocals on a song until "Shock Me" (inspired by his near-electrocution during a concert in Lakeland, Florida), which appeared on 1977's ''Love Gun''.

As lead guitarist, Frehley was known for his frenetic, atmospheric playing, becoming one of the most popular guitarists in the 70s and spawning a generation of new players. Frehley stated in the book ''Kiss: Behind the Mask'' that many guitarists have told him his playing on 1975's hit ''Alive!'' prompted them to pick up the instrument. Frehley is well recognized for using Gibson Les Paul guitars, including his trademarked model conversion Cara Guitars which filled the stage full of smoke during his live guitar solo.

Along with the three other Kiss members, Frehley released an eponymous solo album in 1978. His was the best-selling of the four, and the album's lone single — the Russ Ballard-written "New York Groove"), originally recorded by Hello — reached the Top 20 in the United States.

Frehley's songwriting presence within the group increased in 1979. He contributed three songs for 1979's ''Dynasty'' and three for 1980's ''Unmasked''. While this was not the best time for Kiss on a commercial level in the United States, they were only just beginning to take off in other countries (mostly in Australia, where ''Dynasty'' and ''Unmasked'' are their highest-selling albums). But even as his songwriting role within Kiss was increasing, Frehley found himself increasingly at odds with the musical direction of the band. After Peter Criss left Kiss in 1980, Frehley was often outvoted 2-1 in band decisions, as replacement drummer Eric Carr was not a partner in Kiss and had no vote. Frehley's participation in the recording of 1981's ''Music from "The Elder"'' was far more limited than with previous albums. This was in large part due to his unhappiness with the band's decision to create a concept album rather than a straightforward rock album, and also, by Frehley's own admission, his "not relating all that well" to producer Bob Ezrin, who cut many of Frehley's solos from the recorded tracks.

Although Frehley appeared on the covers for 1982's greatest hits album ''Killers'' and studio album ''Creatures of the Night'', he had no involvement with ''Killers'', and minimal (no musical) input on ''Creatures of the Night''. Frehley's last appearances with the band were the video for "I Love it Loud," a series of European promotional appearances in November 1982 and a band interview with MTV in early 1983 promoting their world tour.

Solo career/Frehley's Comet

In December 1982, Kiss began the ''Creatures of the Night'' tour without Frehley: he was replaced by Vinnie Vincent. However, Frehley retained a one-quarter share in the Kiss partnership until 1985. He received one-quarter of the profits for both ''Lick It Up'' and ''Animalize'' although he had no involvement with either record.

In 1984, Frehley started his post-Kiss solo career by assembling a band that included, among others, drummer Anton Fig (who had performed on Frehley's 1978 solo album and on two Kiss albums). Bassist John Regan (who had worked with Peter Frampton), whom Frehley met in 1980, was also an original member of the band as was vocalist/guitarist Richie Scarlet and keyboardist Arthur Stead. The group, whose name alternated between 'Ace Frehley' and Frehley's Comet, recorded a series of demos throughout 1984 and 1985. The band performed their first ever live show at S.I.R. Studios in New York City, NY on November 30, 1984, and played a handful of shows in the Northeast United States in March 1985.

After a few unsuccessful attempts at securing a recording contract, the group eventually signed to Megaforce Records and released their first album, ''Frehley's Comet'', on July 7, 1987. The album was co-produced by Eddie Kramer, who had produced not only a number of Kiss albums, but Frehley's 1978 album and some of his 1984-85 demos. Anton Fig, now being the in-studio drummer for David Letterman's late-night television show, performed on the album but was unable to maintain a permanent commitment to touring. He played on the 1987 tour in the U.S. when Frehley's band played a double bill with Y&T;, and new band (at the time) White Lion opening the shows. By the time the band began recording this album, Richie Scarlet had left the group to pursue other projects and was replaced by Tod Howarth. In addition, at some point between the initial Frehley's Comet shows in 1984-85 and their signing to Megaforce, the band had become a four-piece, with Arthur Stead no longer playing with the group.

''Frehley's Comet'', a mixture of hard rock and pop metal, was a successful return to the music scene for Frehley. The album peaked at #43 on the Billboard 200 (selling nearly 500,000 copies), and the single, "Into The Night," reached #27 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. "Rock Soldiers" was an autobiographic song, written partially about Frehley's April 1982 car accident. The video for "Rock Soldiers" received moderate airplay on MTV, particularly on ''Headbangers Ball''.

Despite the positive reviews and healthy album sales of ''Frehley's Comet'', Frehley was unable to maintain much commercial momentum. Two 1988 Frehley's Comet albums—the live EP ''Live+1'' and second studio album ''Second Sighting'' peaked at #84 and #81, respectively. A pair of tours in support of Alice Cooper and Iron Maiden ended prematurely, with the band claiming lack of payment in both cases.

In order to reverse his band's declining commercial fortunes, Frehley dropped the Frehley's Comet moniker and issued 1989's ''Trouble Walkin''' under his own name. Tod Howarth and Jamie Oldaker also decided to leave before recording started on the album, and were replaced by Richie Scarlet and Sandy Slavin. Despite the return to a more traditional hard rock style, ''Trouble Walkin''' continued the pattern of declining sales, and peaked at #102.

One notable aspect of ''Trouble Walkin''' was the guest appearance of Peter Criss, who provided backing vocals on several tracks, along with Sebastian Bach and other members of Skid Row. It was the first time Criss and Frehley had performed together on an album since Kiss' 1979 album, ''Dynasty'', although Criss had shown up briefly at a Frehley's Comet show in Los Angeles in 1987, playing drums on a final encore of "Deuce". Frehley would return the favor by playing solos on Peter's 'CRISS' "Cat #1" CD on TNT Records, released in 1994. In contrast to the somewhat adversarial relationship Frehley had with Kiss (particularly Gene Simmons) throughout the 1980s, he and Criss had maintained good ties during the decade. In June 1995, Frehley's and Criss' bands embarked on the "Bad Boys Tour." These years (1993 to 1995) produced one of Frehley's most talented bands of his solo career, with Frehley on lead guitar and vocals, Richie Scarlet on guitar, Steve "Budgie" Werner on drums, and Karl Cochran on bass.

Kiss reunion and beyond

The beginning of the "Bad Boys Tour" was followed a few months later by Frehley and Criss both performing with Kiss for their August 9, 1995 appearance on MTV Unplugged. It marked the first time the original members of Kiss had performed in public since the end of the ''Dynasty'' tour in 1979. Fan response was overwhelming, and rumors of a full-fledged reunion circulated. By December, the paperwork for the reunion was completed, although no official announcement was made at the time.

On February 28, 1996, the original members of Kiss appeared (in full makeup and costumes) at the Grammy Awards to a standing ovation. On April 16, Kiss officially announced their reunion and plans for a tour during a press conference aboard the USS ''Intrepid''. The Alive/Worldwide Tour kicked off on June 28 at Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Michigan. The tour lasted through July 1997 and was a financial windfall for the group, earning $43.6 million.

The reunited Kiss issued ''Psycho Circus'' in September 1998. Frehley's lone song on the album, "Into the Void" (co-written with Karl Cochran), was performed during the subsequent tour. The ''Psycho Circus'' tour, with new stage costumes (an updated version of those worn on their 1976 Destroyer tour), and a modified stage production from the Reunion tour, commenced in November 1998, after a Halloween Eve show at Los Angeles' Dodger Stadium for over 40,000 fans, the first 30 minutes broadcast live on FOX TV, and the entire show broadcast on nationwide radio. (At the Dodger Stadium show, Frehley and Kiss performed old classics "Nothin' To Lose" and "She" for the only time since they were together in the 1970s). But the Psycho Circus tour was not nearly as successful as the Reunion tour of two years earlier, and, after a Kiss movie "Detroit Rock City" which was a dismal flop in the fall of 1999, Kiss took a break until early 2000, when Frehley re-signed to join them for a final tour—the "Farewell Tour", beginning March 11, 2000. Frehley, expecting that the tour would be Kiss' last, chose not to remain in the band when it ended. His last performance with Kiss was on February 24, 2002, during the closing ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Return to solo career

Frehley was soon replaced by former Black 'n Blue guitarist, Tommy Thayer. Thayer was an assistant of the band at the time, and had previously served in a variety of other roles, as well as having played Frehley in the Kiss tribute band Cold Gin. Since Kiss now owned the copyright to Frehley's makeup and costume designs, they placed Thayer on lead guitar as the "Spaceman," and had him perform Frehley's well-known tricks (such as shooting rockets from his guitar) and sing Frehley's signature song, "Shock Me", moves which generated controversy and anger among some of the fan base.

Frehley appeared with Rob Zombie, Slash, Tommy Lee, Scott Ian, and Gilby Clarke on VH1's Rock Honors special on May 31, 2006. This supergroup played Kiss' "God of Thunder." He has also attempted acting (not counting a walk-on in the "...Thirteen Years Later" episode of ''Millennium'' or his part in ''Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park''), making his debut in 2004 in ''Remedy'', an independent crime drama produced by actor/producer Jonathan Doscher, with Sopranos stars Frank Vincent and Vincent Pastore, playing a drug dealer with a heart of gold named Johnny. In July 2007, a Dunkin' Donuts television commercial directed by Zach Braff began airing that featured Frehley playing in his Kiss makeup and costume.

In 2007, Peter Criss dedicated the final track of his new solo album, ''One for All'', to Frehley. The song is titled "Space Ace" and features biographical lyrics and a very Pink Floyd-like atmosphere.

Frehley was to play the Download Festival 08 (June 13, 2008) on the same day as Kiss, who were headlining. However, for reasons unknown, Frehley was moved to the Saturday (headlined by The Offspring), while Kiss remained as headliners for the Friday. He said, "I am very excited to have been asked to play at a festival like this for my English fans and I'm really looking forward to the day." Frehley also made an appearance (and played one of his own songs) at a Pearl Jam concert at Madison Square Garden on June 25, 2008 during an extended encore performance.

Frehley appeared on April 2, 2009, at the opening of the Hard Rock Cafe at Yankee Stadium performing "New York Groove" with Scott Ian, Frank Bello, and Anton Fig.

Frehley performed with Alice Cooper, Barry Goudreau (formerly of Boston), Chad Smith (of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Chickenfoot) at the Berklee Performance Center April 26, 2009, as part of the 'Rock & Roll Supergroup' show. It was a benefit for a substance abuse facility in Arlington, Massachusetts, called 'Right Turn'.

His most recent album ''Anomaly'' was released on September 15, 2009. This date was chosen as it was three years since he had confronted his alcohol problem and stopped drinking. The album was dedicated to his former bandmate Eric Carr who died of cancer, Dimebag Darrell who was a huge fan of Frehley and Les Paul who died a month prior to the album's release, and his wife Jeanette and her family. The album was supported by a world tour, first in the US, then Europe, Japan and Australia.

On Eddie Trunk's XM Show in March 2010, Ace Frehley let listeners know that Gene Simmons has contacted him and Peter Criss about rejoining Kiss for a reality show. No confirmation has come from either Simmons, Stanley, Frehley, or Criss. Frehley also mentioned on the show that he hopes to release a new album within the next year or two, plus another album that would contain songs Frehley worked on in the 80s and 90s but were never officially released. The title that was mentioned but has yet to be confirmed was ''Ace Frehley: The Lost Tapes''.

Frehley made a brief appearance during the home opener of the New York Rangers 2010-11 NHL Hockey Season on October 15, 2010. He stood at one of the entrances to the ice and both sang and played guitar on a short version of "New York Groove" just prior to the start of the game.

Death hoax

Rumors of Ace Frehley’s suicide began to circulate around the Internet on Friday, February 23, 2007. The rumor stated that Frehley committed suicide by taking pills, and was reported dead at 2 a.m. Frehley responded by saying, "I don't know how this ridiculous rumor got started."

Well-known performance tactics

Ace Frehley is noted for using Gibson Les Paul guitars with three DiMarzio Super Distortion pickups. Gibson has marketed his own signature Les Paul models for about two decades now. Frehley came up with his trademark "smoking guitar trick" on one of the first Kiss tours in Canada. Frehley placed a smoke bomb in the compartment of his Les Paul where the volume and tone controls are located and lit it by hand, causing the smoke to come out through the humbucker pickups. After a couple of times, the smoke started to gum up the volume and tone controls and it stopped working. As a result, Frehley had to find a way to avoid this; after an alternative technique was found, the smoke stunt has remained a part of his act. Frehley also played a guitar whose body was covered in LEDs, as well as having invented the infamous rocket set-up that shoots into the air. It came from an earlier idea that he had of a fiber optic wire running up the neck of his guitar to a laser at the top of the guitar to "blow up things." However, Frehley took out the wire and put rockets on.

Discography

With Kiss

''Kiss'' (1974)

''Hotter Than Hell'' (1974)

''Dressed to Kill'' (1975)

''Alive!'' (1975)

''Destroyer'' (1976)

''Rock and Roll Over'' (1976)

''Love Gun'' (1977)

''Alive II'' (1977)

''Double Platinum'' (1978)

''Dynasty'' (1979)

''Unmasked'' (1980)

''Music From "The Elder"'' (1981)

''Creatures of the Night'' (1982)

''Kiss Unplugged'' (1995)

''You Wanted the Best, You Got the Best!!'' (1996)

''Psycho Circus'' (1998)

credited, but does not appear

Solo/Frehley's Comet (studio)

!Date of Release	!Title	Billboard 200>''Billboard''	!Certification
September 18, 1978		26		Music Canada>CAN: Gold	Recording Industry Association of America>US: Platinum
July 7, 1987		43
May 24, 1988	''Second Sighting''	81
October 13, 1989	''Trouble Walkin''	102
September 15, 2009		27

Solo (live)

!Date of Release	!Title	Billboard 200>''Billboard''
February 1988	''Live+1''	84

Solo (compilation)

!Date of Release	!Title
April 8, 1997	''12 Picks''
January 20, 1998	''Loaded Deck''
January 24, 2006

Singles

1978 - New York Groove

1987 - Into the Night

1988 - Insane

1988 - It's Over Now

1989 - Do Ya

2009 - Outer Space

Guest appearances

"Eugene" – Song on the 1981 self-titled album by Crazy Joe and the Variable Speed Band. Frehley played synth drums, had a spoken-word part, and co-produced.

"Bump and Grind" – Song on the 1984 Wendy O. Williams album ''W.O.W.'' Frehley played lead guitar.

''Cat #1'' – 1994 Criss album. Frehley played lead guitar on three songs: "Bad Attitude," "Walk the Line" and "Blue Moon Over Brooklyn."

"Cherokee Boogie" – Song on the 1996 compilation album ''Smell the Fuzz: Guitars that Rule the World 2''. The song was written, produced and engineered by Frehley, who also played all guitars on it.

"Rocker Room Theme" – Song on the 1998 Still Wicked album ''Something Wicked This Way Comes''. Frehley played rhythm and lead guitar. CD also features Ron Leejack (Wicked Lester), Gordon G.G. Gebert, MaryAnn Scandiffio and Michael Sciotto.

"Foxy Lady" – Song on the 1998 ESP (Eric Singer Project) album ''Lost and Spaced''. Frehley played lead guitar.

"Freedom" – Song on the 2000 Karl Cochran album ''Voodooland''. Frehley played guitar.

''Insanity of Life'' – 2002 Richie Scarlet album. Frehley played guitar on "Johnny's in Love" and lead guitar on "Too Far Gone." He also co-wrote "Too Far Gone" with Scarlet.

"Know Where You Go" – Song on the 2002 Anton Fig album ''Figments''. Frehley played lead guitar.

"Bad Choice" – Song on the 2005 Kathy Valentine album ''Light Years''. Frehley played the lead guitar solos.

In 2005, Frehley played a new version of "2,000 Man" on Eddie Trunk's "Merry Kissmas" special.

On June 25, 2008 Frehley appeared onstage at New York's Madison Square Garden with Pearl Jam for an encore performance of Kiss's "Black Diamond" sung by drummer Matt Cameron.

On December 20, 2008, Frehley appeared on That Metal Show with host Eddie Trunk.

On July 21, 2009, Frehley appeared on the Dark Horse Tour with members from each of the tour's participating bands in a rendition of AC/DC's Highway to Hell. Frehley played lead guitar with Chad Kroeger of Nickelback playing rhythm guitar and providing backing vocals and Austin Winkler of Hinder and Jacoby Shaddix of Papa Roach sharing lead vocals.

Filmography

''Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park'' (1978)

''Live+4'' (1988) (VHS) ''Ace Frehley - Acevision Volume #1'' (1994)

''Kiss: The Second Coming Documentary'' (1998)

''Detroit Rock City'' (1999)

''Kiss Loves You'' (2004)

''Remedy'' (2004)

''Let's Go Cobo'' (Documentary) (2009)

Interviews

Ace Frehley Interview on Maximum Threshold Radio

''Behind the Player:Ace Frehley DVD'' (2010)

References

New Special Edition Kiss & Tell by Gordon G.G. Gebert and Bob McAdams. Pitbull Publishing LLC. ISBN 978-0-9658794-0-8

External links

Ace Frehley official website

followed by Mark St. John

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