Ace Frehley's Anomaly

Not sure if it's that I had no expectations whatsoever when I heard of this or if the music is that good, but it's been a pleasant surprise listeningto this CD. The instrumental Fractured Quantum, the song Outer Space and the remake of Fox on the Run are worth the price of the CD by themselves. Even thegoofy A Little Below the Angels is poignant in an odd way. If Gene Simmons were to put a check on that monster ego, stick to bass playing as opposed towriting unlistenable songs and brought in Ace, maybe the last KISS album would've been memorable. Anybody else get this CD?

i bought it,,, and i like it,,, i also bought the new kiss cd sonic boom,,, i like that too,,, i'm just a sucker for the band and it's originalmembers,,<br>it's been that way for me since 75.

I'll give it a listen. I'm going to see Kiss in Winnipeg in two weeks. I have been obsessing on Youtube for the last three days, listening to Kiss from74-77.Absolutely awesome!! The sad fact is that there is a synergy that occurs with really great bands. The band is far more than the sum of their parts.Individually they cant live up to the original magic. Whether its Kiss, The Stones, Zeppelin. The solo efforts just dont cut it. Ace is a magnificent guitarplayer. He was at his greatest with the original line up in the first years IMHO. Give this a listen.Raw and fantastic. Its from the Winterland concert in1975. Kissology 74-77. I saw them in 1976 on the Alive tour. Wow---mike<br><a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcLFXLW0wRg">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcLFXLW0wRg</a><br><br><a title="" target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcLFXLW0wRg"></a><a title="" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcLFXLW0wRg"></a><br>

I'm not a big fan but Kiss isn't Kiss without Ace IMO.<br><br>Remake of Sweet's Fox on the Run? I'm a wee bit embarrassed to admit that I really kind of like Sweet and I hope Ace<br>didn't screw it up.<br><br>some songs you don't mess with. LOL

I looked up Fox on the Run. Being that Ace was certainly involved in the scene at the time of Fox on the Run initial releases he seems to not have messed withit much.<br><br>It's a nice cover.

That youtube link rocked.<br><br>I also bought Sonic Boom. I love the track 'Say Yeah.' Like most KISS albums since the early 80's, I like the Paul Stanley jams, skip overGene's stuff. 'I Love it Loud' was the last song I liked by the god of thunder. Funny thing is I've heard Paul and Gene apologize for PsychoCircus saying not everyone was on the same page. Well, I listened to it again today and I think it's better than Sonic Boom.<br><br>I guess what impresses me so much about the Ace CD is that it seemingly came out of nowhere. The more I listen to the instrumentals, the better I like them.<br><br>Oh, I liked Sweet too. Desolation Boulevard was the first album I ever bought with my own dough. God, I must've been all of 8 years old. Took me a fewyears to understand their song 'AC/DC.' :)

<blockquote> He was at his greatest with the original line up in the first years IMHO. Give this a listen.Raw and fantastic. Its from the Winterland concert in 1975.</blockquote> I have to agree but have always loved most of what Ace has done solo wise as well. His 'Frehley's Comet' &amp; first solo in 78were his best IMO but his work through 78 w/Kiss was what I consider his best work ever as an artist/guitarist. Kiss Alive is still my all time favorite withAce's work just so incredible &amp; mind blowing &amp; with Alive II &amp; 'Shock Me'. The tone he plays with is so distinguishable and I willprobably get Anomaly because I'm a sucker for his music. Desolation Boulevard is the best Sweet record and can't wait to here Ace's 'Fox On TheRun' as I'm sure he plays tribute to it right.

dont be embarrassed , sweet and fox on the run rock!!! now if you said you liked millie vanillie then you can be embarrassed<br>

here's a cool video from my profile page, it's pretty cool,<br><a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgsoJrzplUI">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgsoJrzplUI</a><br>

Holy crap, that's the Paul Lynde Halloween special. I remember that from when I was a kid.

yep,,, pretty cool ha?

<blockquote> here's a cool video from my profile page, it's pretty cool, <br><font color="#660000"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgsoJrzplUI"><font color="#660000">http</font></a><font color="#660000"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgsoJrzplUI" src="http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/mad.gif">//www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgsoJrzplUI</a></span></font></font></blockquote>wicked cool....I remember that as well. Their Destroyer outfits were the best followed by the Love Gun ones IMO. Paul should have played morewith the black Flying-V.....awesome clip, thanks! <img src="http://redlinesonlinemessageboard.yuku.com/domain/bypass/images/thumbsup.gif" width="25" height="18" alt="image"><p><br></p>

I got this CD it sounds great. Been an Ace fan since he was in KISS. Some goofy lyrics but the guitars just crank.<br><br>I am also a vintage KISS fan. This current linep, with two guys wearing Ace's and Peter's makeup is a tribute band in my opinion. Sonic Boom isactually a really bad CD, to my ears it sounds like KISS doing a bad job of imitating bad Bon Jovi. The last worthwhile KISS release was ALIVE II. All thepost-makeup stuff was really just horrible, with a few exceptions.<br><br>The marketing of all the Walmart KISS swag is just insane. $7 bags of KISS M&amp;M's (6 oz!) Gene will bend over his fans time and time again, and theyjust love it. I can't understand it. I met Gene in NYC at his book signing in the Virgin Megastore some years ago, and he was incredibly nice. He took theextra time to talk to me and shake my hand-I'll never forget it (was lucky enough to get a pic!).<br>

Im not really interested in seeing Kiss without Peter or Ace its just not the same. Ive seen the original band with original members 3 times and it was alwaysawesome ,now the dude that took Aces place just does not fit the part he looks freaky and he just doesn't move right. The last time i seen them was the socalled farewell tour. Im sure Gene being the business man that he is saving a lot of money by having these two newbies in there.<img src="http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/grin.gif" alt="image"><br>

I loved Kiss in the 70s but not so much since. Maybe I'm an oddball, but the Phantom Of The Park thing pretty much ruined it for me. That was one of thosemoments where I felt violated.