Tributes celebrating the wild, remarkable talent and inimitable laugh of Kiss ‘ guitarist, Ace Frehley , were shared by his fellow musicians following the spaceman’s death on Oct. 16 at 74. Frehley co-founded the band in 1973 alongside lead singer Gene Simmons, guitarist Paul Stanley, and drummer Peter Criss, playing with Kiss during their Seventies heyday and returning for their reunion in the Nineties. The band’s wild performances, painted faces, outrageous glitter costumes, and pyrotechnic hijinks would cement their place in rock & roll history forever (Kiss was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014), while their monumental hits like “I Was Made for Lovin’ You” and “Detroit Rock City” would go on to sell tens of millions of records worldwide.
In a joint statement