ACE FREHLEY Seems At ‘Days Of The Useless’ Horror Movie And Pop Tradition Conference In Las Vegas: Photographs, Video

Ace Frehley made an look on the Days Of The Useless horror movie and popular culture conference this previous weekend (January 17-19) at The Plaza Resort And On line casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Video and pictures of his look might be discovered under.

Final month, Ace confirmed to Meltdown of Detroit’s WRIF radio station that he has commenced work on “Origins Vol. 3”, the sequel to Frehley‘s 2016 and 2020 collections of canopy songs that impressed the previous KISS guitarist. “I am engaged on ‘Origins Vol. 3’, ‘trigger that is the subsequent report I am placing out subsequent yr in 2025,” he stated. “So, we’re beginning to gear up for that and determining which songs [to include on the LP]. I’ve an extended in depth checklist and we’re slowly whittling it right down to which of them we’re gonna monitor.”

Frehley went on to say that he’s as soon as once more working with TRIXTER‘s Steve Brown, who produced and co-wrote all the fabric on Ace‘s newest solo album, “10,000 Volts”, which was launched in February by way of MNRK Music Group (previously eOne Music).

“‘Origins Vol. 3’ will most likely be out earlier than the tip of 2025,” Ace revealed. “I normally put out a report yearly, yr and a half, two years now. I’ve two extra albums on my report take care of MNRK Music. And all the things’s nice.”

Launched in September 2020, “Origins Vol. 2” featured cowl variations of THE BEATLES‘ “I am Down”, DEEP PURPLE‘s “Area Truckin'”, LED ZEPPELIN‘s “Good Instances Dangerous Instances”, THE ROLLING STONES‘ “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”, THE KINKS‘ “Lola” and THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE‘s “Manic Despair”, amongst others. A canopy of the 1975 KISS tune “She” additionally appeared as a bonus monitor. Friends on the set included CHEAP TRICK‘s Robin Zander, Lita Ford and former KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick.

Launched in April 2016, “Origins Vol. 1” debuted at No. 23 on The Billboard 200 with first-week gross sales of 16,000 equal album models. The CD featured KISS frontman Paul Stanley becoming a member of Ace on FREE‘s hit “Hearth And Water”, Slash buying and selling leads on THIN LIZZY‘s traditional “Emerald”, Ford singing and taking part in lead on THE TROGGS staple “Wild Factor”, then-ROB ZOMBIE guitarist John 5 taking part in guitar alongside Ace on the traditional KISS composition “Parasite”, and PEARL JAM‘s Mike McCready taking part in guitar with Ace on KISS‘s “Chilly Gin”.

In a 2016 interview with The Aquarian Weekly, Frehley admitted that doing the primary covers album was “the report firm’s thought. To be trustworthy with you, initially, I wasn’t that excited concerning the mission, as a result of I had simply come off the excessive of the success of ‘Area Invader’, which is all originals aside from a canopy of ‘The Joker’,” he stated. “It was virtually, like, ‘Okay, I will undergo the motions and get this out of the best way after which bounce into the studio for my subsequent actual studio album.’ However I’ve gotta inform ya, man, as soon as I began the method and began remembering the teams that influenced me, narrowing down which songs I believed have been going to be finest for the report, after which began the recording course of; I actually began getting extra enthusiastic about it.”

The official music video for the “10,000 Volts” monitor — directed by Alex Kouvatsos from Black Wolf Imaging — was launched in late November 2023. A clip for “Cherry Drugs”, which was directed by Justin H. Reich of Three Thirty-Three Inventive and produced by Reich and Steve Seabury, adopted in February 2024.

“10,000 Volts” was the follow-up to “Spaceman”, which was launched in October 2018 by way of eOne.

KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons co-wrote two tracks on “Spaceman”, “With out You I am Nothing” and “Your Want Is My Command”, the latter of which additionally options Gene‘s bass taking part in.