{"id":40391,"date":"2016-04-15T00:00:38","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T23:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=40391"},"modified":"2020-12-10T15:04:49","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T15:04:49","slug":"news-former-kiss-guitarist-ace-frehley-release-solo-covers-album-origins-vol-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-former-kiss-guitarist-ace-frehley-release-solo-covers-album-origins-vol-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Former KISS Guitarist ACE FREHLEY Releases Solo Covers Album \u2018Origins Vol. 1\u2019 (April 15th, 2016) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former KISS Guitarist ACE FREHLEY Releases Solo Covers Album \u2018Origins Vol. 1\u2019<\/strong><\/span>
\nApril 15th, 2016<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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New York-based guitarist Ace Frehley, formerly of Kiss, issued solo covers album Origins Vol. 1<\/em> on April 15th, 2016 through Entertainment One Music.<\/p>\n

A music video, featuring Kiss frontman Paul Stanley, was filmed for Frehley\u2019s cover of Free\u2019s \u2018Fire And Water\u2019 and can be viewed below. The album\u2019s rendition marked the first occasion the pair had appeared on the same studio recording since 1998 Kiss reunion affair Psycho Circus<\/em>. <\/p>\n

Cover interpretations of the Kiss tracks \u2018Parasite\u2019 and \u2018Cold Gin\u2019 feature Frehley singing those respective tracks for the first time, meanwhile, Frehley having originally penned the two.<\/p>\n

Other guests include guitarists Slash (Guns N\u2019 Roses \/ Velvet Revolver), John 5 (Rob Zombie \/ ex-Marilyn Manson), and Mike McCready (Pearl Jam), as well as hard rock frontwoman Lita Ford.<\/p>\n

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The track listing is as follows:<\/p>\n

01. \u2018White Room\u2019 (Cream)
\n02. \u2018Street Fighting Man\u2019 (Rolling Stones)
\n03. \u2018Spanish Castle Magic\u2019 (Jimi Hendrix) (feat. John 5)
\n04. \u2018Fire And Water\u2019 (Free) (feat. Paul Stanley)
\n05. \u2018Emerald\u2019 (Thin Lizzy) (feat. Slash)
\n06. \u2018Bring It On Home\u2019 (Led Zeppelin)
\n07. \u2018Wild Thing\u2019 (The Troggs) (feat. Lita Ford)
\n08. \u2018Parasite\u2019 (Kiss) (feat. John 5)
\n09. \u2018Magic Carpet Ride\u2019 (Steppenwolf)
\n10. \u2018Cold Gin\u2019 (Kiss) (feat. Mike McCready)
\n11. \u2018Till The End Of The Day\u2019 (The Kinks)
\n12. \u2018Rock And Roll Hell\u2019 (Kiss)<\/p>\n

Origins Vol. 1<\/em> shifted 16,109 equivalent album units in the United States in its first week of release, of which 15,824 were pure album sales. The effort charted at position 23 on the Billboard 200.<\/p>\n

Sixth solo studio record Space Invader<\/em> was released in August 2014.<\/p>\n