Daily Archives: November 13, 2011

Ace Frehley No Regrets in Tempe

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From: AZcentral.com
By: Ed Masley

When KISS took the pop-music world by storm in their ’70s prime, lead guitarist Ace Frehley, the Spaceman, was fully committed to living the dream as best expressed in the shout-along chorus of the costumed rockers’ breakthrough single, “Rock and Roll All Nite.”

ACE FREHLEY BOOK SIGNING

When: 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15.

Where: Changing Hands Bookstore, 6428 S. McClintock Dr., Tempe.

Admission: Free with the purchase of “No Regrets” at Changing Hands.

Details: 480-730-0205, changinghands.com.

“I wanna rock and roll all nite / And party every day.”

But as those days turned into years, the non-stop partying caught up with Frehley, who walked out on his dream gig in the early ’80s, signed back on in 1996 for a wildly successful reunion of the four originals, complete with makeup, and quit a second time in 2001.

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Gene Simmons – The Rockin’ Renaissance Man

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From: Private Wealth

Gene appears in an extensive, in-depth and quite fascinating interview from his Beverly Hills home about wealth management and his estate and insurance planning firm Cool Springs Life.

By Thomas M. Kostigen
Gene Simmons is in the kitchen of his Beverly Hills mansion sitting on a tall bar chair. He has placed one of the grey suede boots he’s wearing on the counter and sort of teeters as he strums a white guitar, playing with chords, and singing a bit here and there. An iPad on the counter blasts out a raspy tune about love, and Simmons, the famous frontman of the rock band KISS, chimes in offering advice on lyrics and music to a man in a blue suit and tie. The man is no music executive, though. He’s an insurance executive, one of Simmons’ partners in a new business venture. The man’s daughter is an aspiring singer and Simmons has agreed to listen to her demo.