Although they’ve followed very different career paths over the past four decades, founding Kiss stars Gene Simmons and Ace Frehley have used remarkably similar set list formulas on their recent solo tours.
Since first leaving Kiss in the early ’80s, Frehley has toured steadily and released nine studio albums. (He also returned to Kiss for a five-year reunion in 1996.) Simmons remained busy with Kiss until their 2023 retirement from touring, but began playing occasional solo tours in 2017.
What’s more, the two former bandmates play five of the same Kiss songs most nights: “Parasite,” “Cold Gin,” “Deuce,” “Shout It Out Loud” and “Rock and Roll All Nite.” The first two songs were written by Frehley, although Simmons sang them on the 1974 albums Kiss and Hotter Than Hell.
On his 2024 tour Simmons usually played two songs from his solo albums. Despite having a much bigger solo discography, that’s the same number Frehley plays from his post-Kiss solo albums at an average show, compared to 12 from his former band. Simmons has also been mixing in covers of songs by Van Halen, Led Zeppelin and Motorhead at recent shows.
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