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Ace Frehley

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2012

    How About Some Rock: KISS and Mötley Crüe Are Coming to Phoenix (Together!)

    See also: Ace Frehley on KISS and His New Memoir, No Regrets You guys like guitars? How about makeup? Well, KISS and Mötley Crüe are coming to town. The "summer's biggest, baddest rock tour" (their words, not ours) is headed to Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion (I feel like Gene Simmons has g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2011

    Five Holiday Gifts For Your Dad

    ​Alright, slacker. There's no more denying it: the holidays are here, and you need to get on that shopping list. Luckily, Up on the Sun has caught gift guide-fever, and over the course of this week we'll be offering you suggestions for the entire family. We're starting with dear old dad. Here ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2011

    Ace Frehley on KISS and His New Memoir, No Regrets

    ​No Regrets: A Rock 'n' Roll Memoir is the new book by legendary KISS guitarist Ace Frehley. Assisted by Joe Layden and John Ostrosky, Space Ace pretty much hits it all: his young years in a gang, his audition to be in KISS (there was a job application), the band's rise, his drug abuse, leavin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    Serge Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life and Seven More Music Flicks That Don't Suck

    A scene from A Heroic Life​I didn't make it out to the French pop spectacular at FilmBar on Saturday night, but the pics posted on Facebook got me super-pumped to catch Serge Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life. Non-documentary or concert films are tough to pull off (those are, too) but when a movie ... More >>

  • Music

    May 6, 2010

    Lynch Mob

    A scene from A Heroic Life​I didn't make it out to the French pop spectacular at FilmBar on Saturday night, but the pics posted on Facebook got me super-pumped to catch Serge Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life. Non-documentary or concert films are tough to pull off (those are, too) but when a movie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2009

    Kiss Posts New Times Review of Their Glendale Concert on Their Web Site -- After Editing Out All the Criticism

    Luke Holwerda​The official Web site for the band Kiss has re-printed my review of the band's show Tuesday night at Jobing.com Arena in Glendale. That's not a big deal; bands do it all the time. What is a little shady, however, is the way they edited it.Turns out they removed anything remotely n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2009

    KISS: You Wanted the Best, You Got Something Resembling the Best at Jobing.com Arena

    Luke Holwerda​The scene: June 28, 1996. Detroit, Michigan. For the first time, in 13 years, Kiss is playing its first show in makeup with the original lineup of Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley, and Peter Criss. It's nearly midnight at the now-defunct Tiger Stadium, and despicable opening a ... More >>

  • Music

    November 26, 2009

    Fake Kissing: A Tribute to the Long History of Kiss Tribute Bands

    Luke Holwerda​The scene: June 28, 1996. Detroit, Michigan. For the first time, in 13 years, Kiss is playing its first show in makeup with the original lineup of Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley, and Peter Criss. It's nearly midnight at the now-defunct Tiger Stadium, and despicable opening a ... More >>

  • Film

    November 6, 2008

    Role Models is Smarter and Bawdier Than Your Average Boys-to-Men Movie

    Luke Holwerda​The scene: June 28, 1996. Detroit, Michigan. For the first time, in 13 years, Kiss is playing its first show in makeup with the original lineup of Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley, and Peter Criss. It's nearly midnight at the now-defunct Tiger Stadium, and despicable opening a ... More >>

  • Music

    May 22, 2008

    MiniKiss is better than no KISS at all

    Luke Holwerda​The scene: June 28, 1996. Detroit, Michigan. For the first time, in 13 years, Kiss is playing its first show in makeup with the original lineup of Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley, and Peter Criss. It's nearly midnight at the now-defunct Tiger Stadium, and despicable opening a ... More >>

  • Music

    December 7, 2000

    Hammer of the Gazas

    Chicago's Gaza Strippers take it all off and show their scars on a high-powered sophomore album

  • Music

    July 20, 2000

    Mark Kozelek

    Rock 'N' Roll Singer
    (Badman)

  • Music

    March 9, 2000

    Lick It Up

    Trashman dreams of Genie, but he never shows

  • Film

    August 12, 1999

    Flinch KISS

    Detroit Rock City fails makeup exam

  • Music

    July 22, 1999

    At Long Lost Live?

    In search of the historic double live album . . . who started it, and who finally finished it off?

  • Music

    February 25, 1999

    Plaster Casters

    Kiss tribute band Hotter Than Hell just might be more real than the real thing

  • Music

    December 24, 1998

    Song for Xmas

    The trailer-park Grinch revisits his year of misery

  • Music

    December 17, 1998

    Too Live Crue

    Nikki Sixx sounds off on booze, dope and Kiss

  • Music

    November 26, 1998

    Kiss the Culprit

    Did Kiss rip off an old Alice Cooper anthem, or is this just a case of sincere homage?

  • Music

    January 29, 1998

    Payne Relief

    How good fortune turned a skinny duo into the Valley's most inventive and engaging heavyweight act

  • Music

    August 29, 1996

    Seven-Inch Leather Heels: $47.50

    How good fortune turned a skinny duo into the Valley's most inventive and engaging heavyweight act

  • Music

    August 15, 1996

    I Love a Band in a Uniform

    The fashionable dos and duds of pop's greatest costume gimmick bands

  • Music

    July 18, 1996

    Dark Riders

    Heavy-metal cowboys Pantera don't play none of that "hokey-pokey music"

  • Music

    October 20, 1994

    KISS IN OUR TIME

    THE WORLD'S GREATEST-- OR DUMBEST-- ROCK 'N' ROLL BAND REFUSES TO DIE. PUCKER UP, BUTTERCUP.

  • Music

    September 29, 1994

    RECORDINGS

    THE WORLD'S GREATEST-- OR DUMBEST-- ROCK 'N' ROLL BAND REFUSES TO DIE. PUCKER UP, BUTTERCUP.

  • News

    October 13, 1993

    DEAD HOT AND RIPE BUT WILL THE TALENTED TEMPE BAND MISS ITS HARVEST SEASON?

    THE WORLD'S GREATEST-- OR DUMBEST-- ROCK 'N' ROLL BAND REFUSES TO DIE. PUCKER UP, BUTTERCUP.

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