Ace Frehley Says KISS Fell Apart ‘Once We Became Rich’

[@bentheredonethat-lx6nh]

Nothing beats the original 4 members. ✔

[@JohnnyDouchbag-nr5yf]

Happens to every band once they get rich

[@richardthompson6366]

Four strangers happened to meet and created lightning in a bottle.

[@arnyarny77]

almost human you are hilarious! love your vids keep up the great work man

[@almosthuman56]

Glad you like them!

[@Fenisulven]

Once again as always. You make the best videos man

[@almosthuman56]

I appreciate that!

[@JohnnyDouchbag-nr5yf]

74-78...unstoppable

[@AtticusLex]

My first KISS concert was 1979 when things went really bad. They still sounded great glitter outfits and all.

[@toby7291]

@@AtticusLex me too… September 10 1979.. Judas Priest was the opener. The only thing i remember about them was Halford on the Harley. Show was sold out and general admission.

[@AtticusLex]

I saw um in the summer. I heard Peter started to go off the rails in December, 1979, but that was from either Paul or Gene's bio so who knows

[@toby7291]

If you haven’t seen it there is a concert on KZbin that is great from the Dynasty Tour. It has really good audio too. Search “Kiss 1979 the end of Dynasty” it’s a really good one.

[@JanaWright-ii6qz]

Fondest memories of early KISS days: Buying my first vinyl 45 of Christine Sixteen/Shock Me; Marvel Super Special #1 “printed in real KISS blood”; taking Dynasty album to my 4th grade record-play show and tell day, and seeing the look of disgust on the teacher’s face

[@seanprendergast3907]

I was one of those little kids that got into them in the late 70’s. First show was 1980 at the Palladium NYC. Then every show from Animalized up. Great review man. Have you ever done a best tour one. Asylum VS Crazy Nights tour or Love Gun VS Dynasty, HITS VS Revenge tour. Stay well brother!

[@philipholmes5884]

You saw Eric Carr's first gig ? That's pretty awesome !

[@toby7291]

Alive was the last album that it was just the original members. Like you said later in the video Dick Wagner played on Destroyer. He played on Sweet Pain, Flaming Youth and Beth according to Wikipedia.

[@benjilee329]

Kiss Alive! Is really just a greatest hits album made to sound live. I spin once in a while but I think Alive II is heavier and better. Alive 3 shouldve been right after Asylum. Alive II just has the appropriate ass kicking sound you'd expect from a band like Kiss in 1977-78. ●After the solos, in my opinion they're just Paul Stanley albums. In fact I prefer Dynasty, Unmasked and the Elder split as solo albums between Gene, Paul and Ace. Ace's songs from those 3 records could be another solo album entirely: 1. Rocket Ride 2. Talk To Me 3. 2000 Man 4. Hard Times 5. Two Sides Of The Coin 6. Torpedo Girl 7. Save Your Love 8. Dark Light

[@musicfan1086]

The lineup on Shandi is Paul-All Guitars and Solo Tom Harper-Bass Anton Fig-Drums

[@philipholmes5884]

I loved them from '75 to '78 (Ace's solo was the last Kiss related album i bought)...then got burnt out on them... even though I saw them in '79 ...but it wasn't the same as when I saw them in '76...then when i saw Peter and Ace on "Unplugged" and they played "2000 man" it was one of the most exciting things I've ever seen...! So when just when I thought I was out .... they pulled me back in...! 😀❤️

[@thunderstruck6585]

Great summarization of Kiss! We agree almost 100% on their best, worst and where they started showing signs of falling apart. I seem to love the hungry years in every band with only a few exceptions.

[@stanlee-eq7lu]

Everything Ace said, I called it years ago. I even hated the ugly gargoyle boots Gene started wearing. I loved his regular platform boots as shown on the Alive! album jacket.

[@richevans609]

KISS was a Phenomenon.

[@SPY1964-LL]

KIIIIIIISS WEDNESDAY! Love it!

[@mysteriowc]

I was an avid KISS fan from when I first heard them at a young age of 3 from my brother in the 70's Destroyer album. Loved them and stuck with them even though many people ridiculed me until like 2000's. G and P ruined the aura of the band more than once. Shame on them.

[@GhostbusterGuy1986]

I think Eddie Kramer should’ve been involved with Destroyer instead of Bob Ezrin

[@LarryFleetwood8675]

I think in the video Ralph meant to say Kramer's his favorite, not Ezrin.

[@beatlehmann3424]

For me Its : 1974 to 1982 & 1996/97

[@stanlee-eq7lu]

If you ask me, the nonmakeup era had great music. If I had a choice between Destroyer and Lick It Up, I'd take Lick It Up any day over Destroyer. And in regards to album producers from the makeup era, Eddie Kramer is so much better than Bob Ezrin.

[@beatlehmann3424]

@@stanlee-eq7lu Eddie is a good Producer…..👍

[@lukecold8562]

A roadie actually played bass on Shandi lol, Tom Harper.

[@hughjass124]

The Farewell Tour started in 2019 and went through 2023. It was delayed several times due to Covid.

[@almosthuman56]

No. The Farewell Tour was in 2000. End Of The Road was the final tour for Fake KISS.

[@hughjass124]

@@almosthuman56 Your right. I meant the End of the Road Tour. Its hard to keep track of all these Farewell Tours.

[@fivekoks2131]

PAWL THTANLEY of KISTH!

[@ministerofdarkness]

Dude Kiss started on Love Gun! All those other albums were just a warm up for Creatures.

[@justinfendelet8675]

I love KISS but my KISS is 1973-2003 ...after that just a rolling show ......

[@chrisoakley5830]

You said it perfectly.

[@metall1983]

My kiss 73 92

[@shandonsahm3343]

Agreed

[@Kiss2000man]

Taylor Swift sucks

[@victorblack6995]

Nice problems to have Ace! More bands fall apart by NOT becoming rich, than the ones that do. LOL!

[@AtticusLex]

Great pictures

[@metall1983]

Destroyer dynasty unmasked are my faves the ones I played the most 😊

[@electricianron_New_Jersey]

Let's face it... 1976 was the best year for KISS. There's a lot of live recordings from Roosevelt Stadium in July to Toronto in September. That 8 week period is my favorite and usually gets me to crack a few cold ones and turn it up loud.

[@Duqsteel1115]

I love the first 3 albums. Destroyer is really good and I know many look at as the masterpiece, but I’d take the first three albums and Rock and Roll Over over Destroyer any day. Love Gun is good too, but I put that in the same bracket with Destroyer. After Love Gun, it became a corporation more than a band. Still some good material, but they lost that hungry “team” thing they had.

[@stanlee-eq7lu]

You gotta admit it. When everything was KISS: lunch boxes, dolls, trading cards, transistor radios, the KISS van, belt buckles, trash cans, the movie, etc, it was absolute overkill. Is all that shit really worth anything? Only if there's a demand for it. If nobody wants it, it's just a pile of stuff sitting in a pile. If you ask me, one day nobody will care for KISS related paraphernalia (and it will happen) and just a pile of money wasted. I do love KISS. But the entire commercialism of the band truly sunk them. Ace was absolutely correct.

[@HappyMachorino-bd8no]

​​@@stanlee-eq7lu But Ace doesn't say "no" to the commercialized money he got from KISS. Hypocrite!🤣

[@MICKEY4356]

I went to every KISS concert in Atlanta. Over 20 shows. Plus the '95 convention. ⚡⚡

[@grindhousecartoons6896]

100% FIRST 3 LPS ARE THE SHIT! BUT BEING A ILLUSTRATOR , THE LOVE GUN ALBUM IS MY FAVORITE ALBUM COVER, THAT PAINTING IS EPIC!

[@richardsampson7163]

You are CORRECT SIR!!!!!!!!

[@Gerrys-Channel]

I'm sure.

[@joneejonee]

ALIVE RULES! Loved it ever since a year after it came out. My uncle unknowingly changed my life bringing that over when I was 9.

[@kennypangman4636]

Will you be doing a review on Bryan Adams' "Rock and Roll Hell" and "War Machine"?

[@almosthuman56]

no

[@bentheredonethat-lx6nh]

@@almosthuman56 🤣

[@benjilee329]

Or Michael Bolton on Forever?

[@terjeweum3677]

Kiss Alive is the Bible and it is songs from the 3 first albums so there is nothing more to say about it ⭐

[@romangarcia608]

i REALLY love everything from Alive 2 and before, after that i like some of their stuff but it’s pretty sporadic (even though i LOVE Dynasty) - but there’s no doubt that they were different when they were hungry, and by ‘different’ i mean better…you rule Dr. Fukk! 🤘🏼

[@DeanWThomas]

I pretty much agree with everything you’re saying. The first 7 albums (I like Dynasty) and Alive are my Kiss.

[@newavatar2947]

Try Unmasked. I Love that record!

[@jayshomer4191]

Every great band has their hey day. 70’s KISS was easily the best, not too mention mysterious!

[@erickswain7041]

Hey check out queen's re release of queen's first album

[@benjilee329]

All of Queen's albums need a re-release. The 1991 releases are low sounding up against other music on my ipod.

[@renatamalvern670]

Completely agree with you, the first albums with the original 4, were epic, after that, well, what can I say, for me, it wasn't the same sound anymore.. Loved listening.!! 🇦🇺

[@dr.smithx9120]

I WISH I DIDN'T PUT MY ROCK&ROLLOVER STICKERS ON MY SCHOOL BINDER..HAHA

[@joeylyons4549]

PAUL THANLEY OF KITH!!!!!!

[@MichaelABruce-ew8zs]

Im with ya Ralph, I'm picking up what you're laying down.

[@Toastmalone6192]

Love kiss Wednesday

[@dimebagdave77]

Yep.. you can literally watch it happening..🤘✌️ manythnx Doctor Fukk

[@newavatar2947]

Ralph what is your favorite live album cover? I still like "Live And Dangerous" best but Im biased ...

[@almosthuman56]

Sabbath Bloody Sabbth

[@newavatar2947]

@@almosthuman56 i meant Live album but that S.B.S cover is pretty spooky 👻👻

[@jamesdean3548]

The Alive II gatefold photo is pure KISS. Speaking of album covers, Dynasty should have included in the title, “featuring Anton Fig”. Same with Creatures.

[@stanlee-eq7lu]

To me, Alive 2 absolutely sucked. There was no Gene solo with the blood, no solo from Ace, and Peter DID NOT perform a drum solo during God Of Thunder. Why? They were removed so we get side 4 with studio songs. WTF?!?? Studio songs belong on albums meant to be studio records. Alive 2 would have been far better with live music as was it was on Alive!

[@jamesdean3548]

@@stanlee-eq7lu I have to disagree with a couple points. Alive 2 has the best Ace solo ever in Shock Me, and who wants a 10 minute drum solo? It was edited perfectly in God of Thunder to keep the momentum. Alive! was heavily overdubbed, so you can’t really complain about Alive 2 studio tracks on side 4.

[@toby7291]

@@jamesdean3548 just about everything on Alive was overdubbed except for Peter Criss on the drums. None of the drums were touched.

[@benjilee329]

Also, the studio tracks were put because they didn't want to repeat the songs that were already on Kiss Alive! I heard Alive II first and blew me away. When I went back and heard Kiss Alive!.... ehh. Boring. The only track that stands out for me is Parasite.

[@petehelmick5453]

Dude you hit the nail on the head do you share the same exact feelings that I do about kissing their arrow the first three albums are Dynamite and my favorite member of the band when I was younger was Gene Simmons what did I seen some things as I got older and you know today my favorite is Ace keep up the awesome work Buddy your content is awesome and we all know what kiss means knights inn Satan service LOL

[@Scottocaster6668]

0:42 that pic Rocks!! (From Alive! Cover) Ive said it here before, my favorite era: '74-'78 KISS! Right after the solo albums. I heard "I was made for lovin' you" on the radio the first time and my 12 yr old ass says, "Disco???" Never liked it, and still dont. The cover of Dynasty is cool, but their costumes are too much. Way too much. Black and Silver Kiss for me, all the way!!

[@kc0lif]

ace is right when they got popular they became cartoon of themselves. a band gets to the top what then partying & buying stuff. the elder & creatures of the night ace had it in my opinion. paul stanleyyy😂😂 he funny.

[@hankstrangfeld1194]

You forgot rock and roll all over

[@almosthuman56]

AWESOME!

[@louiereyes7881]

Alive made die hard fan, but I stuck with them through the years. Until "Monster", that's when I started drifting away. I feel like all the stories throughout the years were all hype to keep the interest. should Gene and Paul have payed Ace and Peter for the last few MSG shows? Damn right!!! That would have been a true tribute to the fans!

[@stanlee-eq7lu]

Ace said him and Peter never got invitations. Bruce said the same thing. Gene and Paul said they sent them invitations. But if Bruce says what Ace said, you just know Gene and Paul are lower than whale shit at the bottom of the ocean. They've lied to the fans for years and we're supposed to support them? They are a bunch of nobodies that only became rich and famous because of their stage shows, plain and simple.

[@lawrencefine5020]

No Kiss in my life, no Metal in my life, for which I will be forever grateful to Kiss. I dare say possibly more influential in the music world than Black Sabbath by a hair. But I don't get into Black Sabbath if Kiss didn't exist. Those first 6 album rival Black Sabbath's first 6 albums. Alive! sent me on a path of debauchery, rock and roll, and times I will never forget.

[@rich52569]

Ralph is right, Kiss really was 1974- 1977 / 1996-2001. everything else was filler. I was born in '69, so my real first dealings with Kiss was just before Kiss meets the Phantom movie, My dad brought home a mag called Grooves presents Kiss volume1 # 7, which on the cover is the guys standing on the yellow boxes. That was my KISS bible for years and the Make up KIss was my LIfe! That was 1978, so I had some catching up to do! By the time 1980 rolled around, I had a number of the KIss records by then ( book and mags too), but Dynasty was my first "new" record. I thought at the time (and age) it was cool - just because it was KIss! But by the time I got into jr high, I had moved on to the current rock, Boston, Aldo Nova, Billy Squire, The Cars and who else was popular in the early 80's. I was always a fan of KIss (in make up) and often vocal about it (which as we all know didn't make any friends from it) But I did buy Kiss records outta respect in the 80's, but really had moved on to "hair metal" and the other current rock of the mid to late 80's. Loved the reunion, must have seen them 6 times, 1 psycho circus and 5 or 6 on the Farewell. I followed from a distance the rest of the way until the end.

[@user-ck1ss7rz9f]

If Paul and Gene were so smart and cared about people they would have sent Ace and Peter to rehab in 78 instead of all the bullshit of the solo albums and the phantom of the park disaster, but they just chased the almighty dollar $$$$

[@HappyMachorino-bd8no]

But Bill Aucoin tried to help Peter. He sent him probably to rehab. And he sent him to drumming lessons. In a Q&A talk Bill even mentioned paranoia. And "Everytime Peter STARTED to fight, they fought back". And Paul definitely helped Peter. He gave him "Black Diamond", "Mainline" etc. And Ace? Don't fool yourself. He didn't even listen to his daughter who begged him to stop🥃+💉.

[@tonykc2186]

Ok. Who wants my concert review from last nite. Accept opening for kk priest

[@flazjsg]

I checked out after Alive II. Can't even remember why! I think the shine wore off and I got tired of them. Just moved on to bands like ELO and I dug Blue Oyster Cult and a few others. I remember KISS was too big for the city I grew up in after the Destroyer album came out. Our War Memorial Auditorium wasn't big enough for their production. They came back around January of 82' I believe. One guy from my class (in High School) went to the show. They had to curtain off the 10,000 seat arena. Small crowd of maybe 2 to 3,000 people showed up in January in upstate NY. He enjoyed the show. They were billing themselves as "The Loudest Band In The World." Whatever!

[@acorn-yy1gi]

The COTN tour t-shirts had "If It's Too Loud, You're Too Old" on them.

[@fraternachash6015]

I don't like all of Bob Esrin's stuff, but his collaborations with Alice and Lou Reed have some serious gems... I don't think I'd have it any other way, despite the fluff and nonsense

[@SPY1964-LL]

The Black and Silver KISS - the Sean Delaney KISS - is the one and only KISS. The rest was just rehash and got limp.

[@muziktrkr]

Doing the solo albums destroyed the cohesive fabric of the band. They should have just taken a year off and enjoyed themselves and maybe put a few solo singles out. The fans had Alive II and Double Platinum to chew on. Have to keep in mind the guys were still pretty young and the money took a few years to come their way, but when you’re young dumb and full of you know what, stupid decisions are gonna be made.

[@ferox965]

They didn't use Ace's guitar solo because it's awful. Dick Wagner's solo is on the record for a reason.

[@almosthuman56]

I prefer Ace's solo. I hate Dick Wagners version.

[@SPY1964-LL]

Destroyer, Love Gun had a lot of filler. Rock and Roll Over is True Kiss in Studio. Pure Fire. The Peak.

[@toby7291]

@@SPY1964-LL I agree destroyer has lots of filler but not Love Gun. I think the only filler on Love Gun is Then She Kissed me and Got Love For sale.

[@HappyMachorino-bd8no]

​​@@toby7291 "Then She Kissed Me" is no "filler". It's the perfectly combined equivalent to "Love Gun". Paul rocks🔥, then he's shy and sweet. Like two different singers🎤. Great.

[@My_trashtalking_account]

It's Biblical? So it's full of demonstrably false claims and disturbing horrors?

[@chrisflood9205]

They just ran out of ideas too many co-writers Paul hated ace and he gets three songs on two straight albums your fault Paul Stanley of kiss

[@mikesyria1787]

Hotter than hell is the bottom of the first 3 albums. Destroyer was the best of the next 2 albums

[@StarlandSeayChewy]

It was Gene.