When they first started out in the mid-1980s, Guns N’ Roses weren’t in the same world as KISS. GNR represented the rebellious underground of the Los Angeles scene, while KISS — well, having just removed their makeup and changed band members — were the status quo in hard rock. However, over the years, there’s been a new appreciation for KISS, at least from Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash, for Ace Frehley’s stylistic influence. Funny enough, GNR were slated to open for the guitarist’s Frehley’s Comet project as they were rising to fame before…they didn’t.

Frehley, who died in October at the age of 74, and Slash became friends after he left Guns N’ Roses in the 1990s.

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“The funny thing about Ace is that whe

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