Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
He was replaced by Eric Carr, after Anton Fig filled in for 1979's Dynasty and 1980's Unmasked. [3] Two years later Frehley also left the band. Frehley was replaced by Vinnie Vincent, who debuted with the group in December 1982 after contributing to Creatures of the Night earlier in the year. [4]
The Creatures of the Night Tour/10th Anniversary Tour was a concert tour by the hard rock group Kiss in support of their album of the same title. It was the second tour with drummer Eric Carr, his first in the United States, and the first tour with guitarist Vinnie Vincent, (née Vincent Cusano) who replaced Ace Frehley.
In early January 1973, the group added lead guitarist Ace Frehley. Frehley impressed the group with his first audition, and was asked back for a second audition. A few weeks after Frehley joined, the classic lineup was solidified as the band to be named Kiss. [15] They also began experimenting with their image, by wearing makeup and various ...
Fresh out of high school, Aldrich met the girlfriend of Kiss drummer Eric Carr, who told him that he was the type of guitarist Kiss was looking for to replace Ace Frehley. He subsequently auditioned for Kiss in 1982 but the spot ultimately went to Vinnie Vincent. [2]
In 1982, he was a frontrunner to replace Bernie Tormé in Ozzy Osbourne's band but clashed with manager Sharon Osbourne and lost out to Brad Gillis. [3] He was then asked to replace Ace Frehley in Kiss but declined after being asked to change his name. [3]
The early ‘80s had not been kind to KISS. Original members Ace Frehley and Peter Criss had left the group, and a previous attempt to change with the times, with the ambitious but laughably ...
Kiss. Ace Frehley and Peter Criss, two of the original members of Kiss, have long been at loggerheads with Gene Simmons’s rock group after first leaving the band in the early 1980s.
Paul Daniel "Ace" Frehley (/ ˈ f r eɪ l i /, FRAY-lee; born April 27, 1951) [2] is an American musician who was the original lead guitarist, occasional lead vocalist and founding member of the rock band Kiss.