Founding KISS guitarist and Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame member Ace Frehley has released the music video for “Mission to Mars”.
The music video is entirely animated by artist Christopher Fequiere, a first for Frehley. Chock full of KISS fandom easter eggs, this video is the second music video that we’ve seen from the “Spaceman” LP. “Mission to Mars” follows the release of “Rockin’ with the Boys” that was released last year.
Watch the new video for “Mission to Mars” below.
Ace Frehley released “Spaceman” last year via Entertainment One (eOne) to much critical praise such as Associated Press claiming that Frehley “oozes classic rock style and six-string chops that sound as good today as they did in 1975”. “Spaceman” debuted at #5 Rock, #5 Vinyl and #9 on Billboard’s Current Album Sales Charts and has gone on to sell more than 10,000 pieces of vinyl alone.
“No need to worry, I’ll be home soon, ’cause I’m rockin’ with the boys”, Frehley sings on “Rockin’ with the Boys”, which tells the tale of life on the road. Ace says he wrote the original version of the song back in Kiss’s heyday in the 70s. Both “Rockin’ with the Boys” and “Bronx Boy” are available on all streaming platforms today, and are iTunes instant grat tracks for fans who preorder the album.
In addition to Ace's distinctive guitar sound on each track, Ace played bass on all of the songs on “Spaceman” except for two. The listener might recognize the mighty dinosaur growl of a bass tone belonging to Gene Simmons on the album opener, “Without You I’m Nothing”, which Gene also co-wrote, and “Your Wish is My Command”. Both songs were recorded at Frehley’s home studio in Rancho Santa Fe, California.
Ace’s reconnection with Simmons and fellow Kiss vocalist-guitarist Paul Stanley (who joined Ace on a cover of Free’s “Fire and Water” for 2016’s covers LP “Origins, Vol. 1”) might be chalked up to the fact that Frehley has been sober for more than a decade (he celebrates 12 years of sobriety in September). Ace’s clean living no doubt has a lot to do with his productive streak, which began with the release of his top 20 “Anomaly” album in 2009.
“Spaceman” (a title suggested by Simmons, himself) serves as the first collection of all new Frehley-penned material since 2014’s “Space Invader”, which debuted at #9 on the Top 200 Chart. The LP scored the highest charting position of any former or current Kiss band member ever and marked Frehley's first return to the Top 10 since Kiss’ 1998 “Psycho Circus” reunion album.
Get “Spaceman” here.
Widely known as the original “Space Ace” and founding guitarist for 16 cumulative years (over 2 tenures) of the multi-platinum selling rock band Kiss, Frehley is demonstrably the most popular original member. In addition to having the best-selling solo album career (vintage or current) among the original foursome, Frehley’s self-titled “Ace Frehley”, released in 1978, went on to sell over one million copies, producing the only Top 40 single, “New York Groove”, from any of the legendary Kiss solo albums (peaking at #13).
Weblinks:
www.facebook.com/officialacefrehley
twitter.com/ace_frehley
The music video is entirely animated by artist Christopher Fequiere, a first for Frehley. Chock full of KISS fandom easter eggs, this video is the second music video that we’ve seen from the “Spaceman” LP. “Mission to Mars” follows the release of “Rockin’ with the Boys” that was released last year.
Watch the new video for “Mission to Mars” below.
Ace Frehley released “Spaceman” last year via Entertainment One (eOne) to much critical praise such as Associated Press claiming that Frehley “oozes classic rock style and six-string chops that sound as good today as they did in 1975”. “Spaceman” debuted at #5 Rock, #5 Vinyl and #9 on Billboard’s Current Album Sales Charts and has gone on to sell more than 10,000 pieces of vinyl alone.
“No need to worry, I’ll be home soon, ’cause I’m rockin’ with the boys”, Frehley sings on “Rockin’ with the Boys”, which tells the tale of life on the road. Ace says he wrote the original version of the song back in Kiss’s heyday in the 70s. Both “Rockin’ with the Boys” and “Bronx Boy” are available on all streaming platforms today, and are iTunes instant grat tracks for fans who preorder the album.
In addition to Ace's distinctive guitar sound on each track, Ace played bass on all of the songs on “Spaceman” except for two. The listener might recognize the mighty dinosaur growl of a bass tone belonging to Gene Simmons on the album opener, “Without You I’m Nothing”, which Gene also co-wrote, and “Your Wish is My Command”. Both songs were recorded at Frehley’s home studio in Rancho Santa Fe, California.
Ace’s reconnection with Simmons and fellow Kiss vocalist-guitarist Paul Stanley (who joined Ace on a cover of Free’s “Fire and Water” for 2016’s covers LP “Origins, Vol. 1”) might be chalked up to the fact that Frehley has been sober for more than a decade (he celebrates 12 years of sobriety in September). Ace’s clean living no doubt has a lot to do with his productive streak, which began with the release of his top 20 “Anomaly” album in 2009.
“Spaceman” (a title suggested by Simmons, himself) serves as the first collection of all new Frehley-penned material since 2014’s “Space Invader”, which debuted at #9 on the Top 200 Chart. The LP scored the highest charting position of any former or current Kiss band member ever and marked Frehley's first return to the Top 10 since Kiss’ 1998 “Psycho Circus” reunion album.
Get “Spaceman” here.
Widely known as the original “Space Ace” and founding guitarist for 16 cumulative years (over 2 tenures) of the multi-platinum selling rock band Kiss, Frehley is demonstrably the most popular original member. In addition to having the best-selling solo album career (vintage or current) among the original foursome, Frehley’s self-titled “Ace Frehley”, released in 1978, went on to sell over one million copies, producing the only Top 40 single, “New York Groove”, from any of the legendary Kiss solo albums (peaking at #13).
Weblinks:
www.facebook.com/officialacefrehley
twitter.com/ace_frehley