Original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley is gearing up to release a new album, “10,000 Volts,” early next year. On Tuesday he dropped the title track/video.
The album was largely co-written with Trixter guitarist Steve Brown and also features drummer Anton Fig, who appeared on Frehley’s first solo album in 1978.
KISS will wrap up their “End Of The Road” farewell tour this weekend in New York, and Frehley was asked by SiriusXM DJ Mark Strigl if there was any chance he will make an appearance. Frehley previously said he would do it if the money was right. KISS bassist/singer Gene Simmons alleges that he made the offer to Frehley and original drummer Peter Criss to take part as guests on the tour, but the pair turned it down.
Frehley said he never got a call from Simmons or Stanley asking if he would do it.
“No,” Frehley responded to Strigl’s question of whether or not he would make an appearance in New York this weekend. “You know what it is? Those guys used my name and Peter’s name months ago. They said that they invited us to perform at that show. I never got a phone call. Peter never got a phone call. They just said that to sell tickets. And recently, Paul Stanley has made negative statements about me and Peter. For example, I think the last negative statement he said, when people asked him, ‘Is Peter and Ace gonna perform at the Garden?’ he said, oh, we would mar the show if we got up and play — which is really insulting.”
Frehley continued: “I’ve been touring without KISS for years. I mean, KISS hasn’t put out an album in what, nine years; I’ve put out five or six. And my upcoming album I think is gonna really turn heads. I know Gene’s gonna really like it and tell the press he does like it. I have no idea what Paul Stanley’s gonna say. He usually holds back on any deep praise for me because he’s jealous of me.”
Given all the back and forth between Frehley and KISS in recent years, he wished the band well.
“I wish KISS the best, all the best on their final shows for the ‘End Of The Road’ tour,” he said. “There’s really no hard feelings. We say things sometimes in the heat of passion or sometimes our memory isn’t… we don’t recall things. But I love those guys. We’re all getting old, our memory isn’t what it used to be, so I just let it roll off my back.”
Frehley’s new song “10,000 Volts” can be viewed below.
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