Michael Brandvold

Bill Baker | AceFrehleyScrapbook.com

“It was 20 years ago today” April 25, 1993……the world’s only ACE FREHLEY tribute band played their first KISS Convention at the Rothman Center in Hackensack, NJ.

Fronted by Bill Baker, who had met and befriended Ace in 1990, began amassing one of the worlds largest Ace Frehley collections, mostly obtained from Ace himself. Bill became Ace’s home – base guitar tech and was the one that did the work on the now famous “Budokan” Les Paul.

In 1992 Bill got together with some friends and formed “Fractured Mirror”, playing KISS and Ace tunes at some small clubs around the area. Bill being friends with Richie Ranno, who ran the Convention, asked Bill if he would want to open for “Strutter” the Kiss tribute band and bring back his Ace Frehley museum that he had first set up the year before. It was the first Con at the Rothman, which was a very large place and there had to be over 1500 people through the doors that day. The band played for a big crowd and went over well. They played every year up until their last time in 1998. It’s hard to believe 20 years have gone by and those were great and memorable times. Bill put out a book on Ace in 2008 that’s available through www.kissmuseum.com and signed copies and more about Bill and his band is at www.acefrehleyscrapbook.com and there are videos of Fractured Mirror on youtube as well. Check them out if you have never heard…….