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Man, I loved KISS growing up. While too young to see them in their heyday of the 70’s, I was able to see the original lineup in the late 90’s during the reunion shows. RIP Ace. Thanks for the memories.

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I saw Kiss open for Black Sabbath at the Boston Garden...mid 70's. It was a great show with Kiss being a better than normal opening act.

Yes, good memories.




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I enjoyed listening to Kiss and rocking out to them with my reprobate friends back in HS.

Talented or not compared to other lead-guitar 'rock' virtuosos, we thoroughly enjoyed Ace's work.

Saw them on the Kiss Alive II tour at MSG in 1977 (HS jr).

Great show! Opening band was "Detective" (could not remember so had to look that up).

On a side-note down memory lane as 6guns mentioned Black Sabbath just above, I saw them too in MSG (1978, I believe), and an as-of-yet unknown (to any of us) but up and coming band named Van Halen open for Sabbath and played their first album, "Van Halen", from beginning to end, straight through! Wow!!

We were in awe, to say the least!!


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I saw Kiss in 78, the Rockets opened for them.
 
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RIP

My band opened up for him in Huntington, NY in 1994...great times!


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Well... I hated KISS. Hated it as a kid. Thought it was awful then, think it's awful now.

But this still makes me sad. Frown
 
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I saw Kiss in 78, the Rockets opened for them.

I'll bet that was one helluva show !! Very nice.




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Whenever I'd see a poster of KISS, I'd imagine the scene in the dressing room before they went out on stage. MEN staring into their mirrors while they applied their makeup and lip stick.



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I saw them twice in the 70's. Really liked them but was never really KISS Army. When I saw them recite the Pledge of Allegiance on stage I loved them!!
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KISS was and still is my favorite band from their beginning. Yes, I'm that old. Their early stuff was awesome. They went off the rails a bit, but still had a lot of great music.

KISS Alive! is my favorite album. I've seen them about 5 times and always loved the original line up.

RIP Ace!!!


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I was in the KISS Army!!!

Ace was always my favorite,

R.I.P.


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First record I bought with my own money - the 45 of Shout It Out Loud, played on my Fisher Price turntable. RIP Ace.


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I was never a big fan of KISS, but had friends in high school, 1975, 76, who were fans, a few years later the band entered cartoon status for awhile. But I knew of Ace Frehley, mainly because he played some really cool guitars, his sunburst Les Paul Deluxes with three humbucker pickups- looked really cool. He and Jimmy Page epitomized the sunburst Les Paul/Marshall stack rock star.



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I enjoyed listening to Kiss and rocking out to them with my reprobate friends back in HS.

Talented or not compared to other lead-guitar 'rock' virtuosos, we thoroughly enjoyed Ace's work.

Saw them on the Kiss Alive II tour at MSG in 1977 (HS jr).

Great show! Opening band was "Detective" (could not remember so had to look that up).

On a side-note down memory lane as 6guns mentioned Black Sabbath just above, I saw them too in MSG (1978, I believe), and an as-of-yet unknown (to any of us) but up and coming band named Van Halen open for Sabbath and played their first album, "Van Halen", from beginning to end, straight through! Wow!!

We were in awe, to say the least!!


My 1st concert was Kiss in 1977 with Detective opening at MSG.
 
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Saw them twice in the 70's in Rupp Arena, 23K capacity and it was rocking, back then Kiss changed the way RNR concerts were done with pyrotechnics, raised platforms, and of course the wild look they used. It was awesome stuff to see.
 
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First saw KISS in 1976 in Huntington WV, Angel was the opening for them. I was only 16 and got a hell of an education that day. Have never heard anything that loud in my life, we were close to the stage.
 
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First record I bought with my own money - the 45 of Shout It Out Loud, played on my Fisher Price turntable. RIP Ace.

My second album was Rock And Roll Over! First was Boston.
 
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