Cool Little Known Ace Facts
To prepare for the Farewell Tour, (and for his health) Ace took up and practiced Yoga and lost a considerable amount of weight.
Ace patterned his guitar solo on the song "She" after Robby Krieger's solo on the Door's classic 1968 song "Five to One"
Not happy with the initial mix, Ace remixed the song "Into the Void" from the Psycho Circus album by himself.
Ace and Paul were both heavily considered to produce early albums for the band W.A.S.P. in the mid 80's (Ace the first album and Paul the second)
In 1989 Ace produced some demo tapes for a band named Cyrpruss.
Ace was originally to make his lead vocal debut for a KISS record on a song titled "Queen For A Day" that was recorded but never with a finished vocal, for the 1976 Rock and Roll Over album
Ace was offered the opening slot on KISS's Hot In The Shade Tour, but turned it down feeling that he would be playing "second fiddle" to his old band
About the time of the Trouble Walkin' album in early 1989, Ace and Gene were colaborating on a song called "Hot Lips" which never saw the light of day
Before purchasing their 6 foot logo, KISS used a large spider web as the backdrop for their early live shows.
Ace began using blue eyeshadow in the late 70's to prevent allergic reactions to his silver makeup.
Chip Taylor, who co wrote Ace's signature solo song "Rock Soldiers" wrote the legendary rock anthem " Wild Thang" in the 1960's
The idea for Paul's star makeup actually came from Ace who suggested that a single star go over both eyes.
Ace was set to play the guitar solo on "Tunnel of Love" on Gene's 1978 solo album, but had to pull out due to his own solo album recording schedule.
According to Peter Criss, Ace played base on alot of early KISS songs.
In 1989, Ace and Eric Carr began writing a song titled "Breakout II" that was never finished.
In 1989, plans had begun for a makeup/reunion tour to feature Gene, Paul, Ace, and Eric Carr, but those plans unfortunatly fell through.
In 1979, a third Marvel comic was planned, but the band pulled out when Marvel wanted to own the KISS charecters and copyrights.
Ace's stunt double in the movie "KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park" was an African American, well schooled in martial arts and acrobatics.
Around the time of him leaving KISS in 1982, Ace flew out to L.A. to produce the first demo tapes for the band W.A.S.P.
Sammy Hagar was thrown off as the opening act of a KISS tour during the late 70's due to using foul language on stage. (because of the younger audience that KISS was attracting, they never cussed on stage during their makeup years)
In 1979, KISS and their management company purchased over 190 acres in Cincinatti, Ohio for a KISS traveling amusement park, which was never built.
Prior to joining KISS in late 1972, Ace recorded an album for MCA with a group called Millemo that was never released.
In 1994, KISS was offered one million dollars to reunite in makeup with Ace and Peter and headline the Woodstock II festival. Paul and Gene turned it down.
When Ace recorded his first lead vocal, for KISS (Shock Me) in 1977, he recorded it while lying on his back to deal with his nervousness.
According to Billboard Magazine Research, KISS is currently the 36th biggest selling album act in the rock era, placing them ahead of such acts as Pink Floyd, The Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin, Billy Joel, The Who, Michael Jackson, Aerosmith, and Van Halen.
Note: This includes the 4 1978 solo albums, which Billboard normally doesn't count as kiss albums
The solo album morph that is seen on the video screens right before the encores during the KISS reunion concerts was created by Ace on his home computer.
In early 1977, KISS became the first band since the Beatle's to have 4 albums on the Billboard hot 100 album chart, Alive, Destroyer, Rock and Roll Over, and the Originals were all on the top 40 at the same time. To this day no other band has accomplished that feat.
