Ace Frehley on Eddie Van Halen “watching every move I made,” Drugs, Tapping, KISS Makeup, Gene, Paul
A full in bloom News Brief – Ace Frehley on Eddie Van Halen, drug use during KISS, guitar tapping technique, Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Peter Criss, KISS’s makeup + comments from WASP guitarist Chris Holmes & Ritchie Blackmore – Terry Kilgore, Harvey Mandel.
Ace Frehley Interview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1mP5lI2BNU
Chris Holmes Interview w/ The Metal Voice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElvMbkzkFcw
Hit the subscribe button & click the bell if you would like to be notified as news & interviews are uploaded.
Intro & Outro by FOOL OF FATE
#kiss #eddievanhalen #paulstanley #genesimmons #vanhalen #ritchieblackmore #petercriss
@musicologist707
December 22, 2025 at 12:23 pm
Kiss – Live at Anaheim Stadium 8/20/1976, you can hear Ace Frehley TAPPING during his guitar solo at the 29:40 mark in the song Cold Gin.This would be the Kiss Destroyer tour. A year before Van Halen came out. Also, I remember reading an article from Circus or Creem magazine in 1979-80 that Eddie and Alex came to Kiss's soundcheck on the Lovegun tour and Eddie got the opportunity to play Ace's rig. It was so loud that he could barely contain himself.
@KeenanBrown-r7m
December 22, 2025 at 12:23 pm
Jesus…. ace was such an egomaniac. Eddie didn't copy any thing from him. This dude had grand delusions.
@DurwoodD8350
December 22, 2025 at 12:23 pm
I love this kind of stuff! Those guys were lucky enough to be a part of the biggest musical revolution in modern time! The 70's were insane when you look back at it.
@davemenard5089
December 22, 2025 at 12:23 pm
George McMichael did the tapping thing way back in 53 due to missing a thumb and 3 fingers. He had no choice.
@jondoe8816
December 22, 2025 at 12:23 pm
There’s a county player in the 50’s/60’s I seen tapping too. Chubby guy mucking around on a tv show
@TinShackVideos
December 22, 2025 at 12:23 pm
Whenever I heard a kiss song I would always wonder if the lead guitarist
was listening to what the other band members were playing!
@gradyburlsworth7402
December 22, 2025 at 12:23 pm
When you think of tapping, who do you think of? Nuff said.
@cloudlounger6903
December 22, 2025 at 12:23 pm
It does make sense and evens out terrifically. Gene Simmons discovers Van Halen, Eddie, as a student of all music, gained some knowledge and a lot of respect from Ace. Win fucking Win…
✨👁️👁️✨
RIP Ace and Eddie
@johnrolston4986
December 22, 2025 at 12:23 pm
Saint Theodore of Nugent
@jerrymyers870
December 22, 2025 at 12:23 pm
I was tapping on my fathers acoustic guitar back in the 60s.
@bryonkidder6199
December 22, 2025 at 12:23 pm
Wanna learn how to play EVH soloes?
Learn how to play Ace Frehley solos and just add a whammy bar…btw
@thesoftparade435
December 22, 2025 at 12:23 pm
JIm Morrison-"thats enough of that finger tapping BS!!!" probably
@fourskinner
December 22, 2025 at 12:23 pm
I was never crazy about Kiss but I listened to them because my brother really liked them. As far as Ace as a guitar player he was alright but not that talented. Eddie was a far better guitar player.
@scottwaszak698
December 22, 2025 at 12:23 pm
Ace is/was a nothing player. He just happened to be in a charismatic, influential band, visually. Nothing else. EVH could've cared less about his playing.
@George-e7s4j
December 22, 2025 at 12:23 pm
I seen a dude in the 50s tapping…
@haysc1970
December 22, 2025 at 12:23 pm
Billy Sheehan says he got the tapping from ZZTop.
@Bombastic-ahhh
December 22, 2025 at 12:23 pm
I absolutely LOVE your content!
So crazy to hear some of these stories.
Full in Bloom is on another level. Fire!
@kenoscreams5110
December 22, 2025 at 12:23 pm
Eddie was 13 in 68
@davidbanta7303
December 22, 2025 at 12:23 pm
I have serious doubts that Edward got anything from ace
@marshall6604
December 22, 2025 at 12:23 pm
There’s nothing Eddie does that sounds like Ace. Respectfully.
@smithplus
December 22, 2025 at 12:23 pm
A couple, man, that's addiction…
@Petequinn741
December 22, 2025 at 12:23 pm
Eddie watched everyone who played..love em both
@jpd632
December 22, 2025 at 12:23 pm
If i had a buck for every time someone claims “They inspired EVH’s guitar style”…..
@hosoiarchives4858
December 22, 2025 at 12:23 pm
I dont want her to serve me
@lloydy5153
December 22, 2025 at 12:23 pm
He told nothing but the truth he said I started it but Eddie mastered it i heard in a interview from his mouth ace was quite open in saying he doesn’t think he’s the best but he definitely felt it and gave brilliant exciting to watch git man and none of these players give a s there all freinds ace never said he invented either he was just in one of the biggest bands of the seventies that incorporated it in some of the concerts f if he s all crap why was he interviewed in the first place ace was the most exciting to watch maybe not the most technically best peace and love lloydy
@scootscoot97warlock90
December 22, 2025 at 12:23 pm
I really don't believe it myself.
Eddie was an unknown therefore he was just another dude in the audience
So why would Ace have memory of some dude in the audience watching his every move when that was the norm norm was everybody in the audience watching their every move?. . He seems to think it was Eddie watching his every move, 😂
@Adam-wz7pv
December 22, 2025 at 12:23 pm
Lifelong Kiss fan….. and Eddie learned zero from Ace.
@ms.felonystrutter2472
December 22, 2025 at 12:23 pm
Love EVH , but honestly he was a child ….he became a little bitch the mere mention of Randy and Jimi Hendrix….to do this "Who is the best…greatest" is rarher ridiculous .
@ms.felonystrutter2472
December 22, 2025 at 12:23 pm
He was legendary drunk Feb 18, 77 MSG Homecoming show..watch for yourselves..
@DVSNTHERE
December 22, 2025 at 12:23 pm
Edwina got it from Randy and maybe Ace
Mamoth used to go watch Quiet Riot
Randy didn't have time for that as he was constantly teaching either before or after.
Story done!
@DMDvideo10
December 22, 2025 at 12:23 pm
Ace had to pipe smoke out of his guitar. Eddie's guitars smoked because of his hands and playing…
@belpack8989
December 22, 2025 at 12:23 pm
I did notice that Ace Frehley did the tapping thing (with a pick) in his solo before the first Van Halen album came out. I don't think that's where Eddie got the idea though. Roy Smeck had a pretty advanced finger tapping technique on his ukulele back in the 1930, you can see it on YouTube.
@careful...Icarus
December 22, 2025 at 12:23 pm
Eddie watching Ace's every move saying to himself these are the moves I shouldn't make.
@jackmeahoff-r2t
December 22, 2025 at 12:23 pm
Steve Hackett invented two hand hammer on pull off. Now wash your ass and go to sleep.
@seriousmonkey5654
December 22, 2025 at 12:23 pm
Ace was a wanker and full of shit. Eddie would kick his arse in a second.
@hosoiarchives4858
December 22, 2025 at 12:23 pm
Eddie stole eruption from Ace
@pauldunlea3669
December 22, 2025 at 12:23 pm
I think Tapping evolved slowly. But Eddie perfected it
@pauldunlea3669
December 22, 2025 at 12:23 pm
Ace still played professionally even when he was wasted !
@DMC33
December 22, 2025 at 12:23 pm
Who cares
Plenty of Neville Nobodies can paint on canvas, but you remember Van Gogh, Michelangelo and Da Vinci
Edward Van Halen will be remembered as the greatest player and guitar pioneer that ever lived
The rest just scrawled on the canvas
Comments are closed.