My First 10 Thoughts on the New ACE FREHLEY SONG! (10,000 Volts)
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Great assessment of the song and production! I shot the music video for this single, definitely a personal milestone and was super fun working with Ace and the band members. Bass player was the nicest guy too lol. Great playing on your end btw! 🤘
No way!! That’s awesome! Those lights are intense. Great work.
@@TheArtofGuitarthanks man! 🙏
@@BlackwolfImaging so you need to be thanked...........Thank you for a music video which for myself works perfect with this track
Good job on the video. Thank you.
Why is everyone being so fake? This song is the most uninspired boring trash Ive heard since....Kiss
Ace was always my favorite KISS member. Seemed like his musical talent extended beyond the “Hey, this will sell records!” mindset.
Lol, there is a reason Ace did a bunch of covers albums. His biggest hit was a cover. He is Kiss through and through. Paul was just as focused on music as he is the show
@@soysaucefool Paul? McCartney?? I only know two members of KISS. Ace and Gene.
@soysaucefool-Ace actually has musical talent. He just never worked hard at it. Paul has very little talent, but he was willing to try to get better.
@soysaucefool Ace has more rock cred than Paul ever will. Ace also wrote Cold Gin, with is still on the set list. Paul and Gene were always about what would sell. Ace just wrote good music
@TylerJohnstonGuitar, Ace's entire career is a case study in not selling records.
Personally I thought Ace Nailed it with 10000 Volts... Always loved Aces playing...
As "greasy" as Ace is, he does use effects VERY well. His solo stuff is packed with it and it adds to his brilliance....love the man and he always shows why KISS was stupid to not do more work with him. Their loss, our gain 👍
Paul & Gene never wanted Ace or Peter to upstage them on record.. When Ace had a song for a KISS album iit was a gem.
Ace always had some kickass songs. Meanwhile, Paul and Gene's post 1990 songs were just OK. I remember Paul and Ace doing some music together and it was pretty good. Ace was the rock and roll soul of KISS.
After Ace left, they were never the same. I love his solo on Love Gun and Shock Me. He might not have the greatest voice, but his lead work is superb...
Ace and Peter completed the Ultimate KISS - The Black and Silver KISS 74-78. Rock and Roll Over is their best studio and KISS ALIVE! is their best "live" album. Fact.
i guess you never heard the albums "Sonic Boom" or "Monster" some very Ace Sounding solos and playing there.
@@SHOUTband Tommy "Fake Frehley" Thayer's playing on that album. He tries but he can't do it. Doesn't have the same feel.
Not anymore.
I like his voice.
Ace has 17 techniques? I've been listening since "Strutter", and, no offense, but I think 17 may be a slight exaggeration.
Huge Ace fan but I’d agree that he’s got about a dozen GREAT licks that he pretty much falls back on
I mean, I could probably identify the songs those licks feature in but why would I? 😂
This videos gave me nice flashbacks to me as a kid listening to Shock Me for the first time.
Ace has that magical “something” that is so unique to him and makes all of his songs feel connected, as if they were part of the same *solar* system.
I can’t wait for the rest of the album, specially Walking and Back Into My Arms Again.
Say what you want it's just my opinion at the end of the day but I think the new song is a 9/10. I think if he used this way back in the day when rock was big then it probably would of charted decently high. It feels like a decent old school rock song
Great Video Mike. I love the new Ace song. I really love the fact that they got Anton Fig to play drums on it.
Anton has been Aces drummer for decades. At least mostly
I love Anton...he and Ace have always had awesome chemistry!!
10,000 Volts surprised me. I felt directly „at home“ when I listened to it for the first time. Sadly, KISS stopped making music many years ago whereas Ace continued being creative.
I think Bruno Ravel of The Defiants was responsible for the mix and mastering. IMO Ace sounds modern but still maintains the classic rock vibe. To me, Bruno did a great job bringing Ace‘s signature sound to a modern-day-like sound level.
It’s like the majority of Ace’s releases of the last 15 years. Not necessarily bad, but not great either. Fairly generic.
Love the guy and will buy it to support him, as I’ve always done, but again like the other releases, I’ll listen to it 4-5 times, and that will be enough.
Just happy he’s still up and about at 70, tho what I’ve seen lately, I wouldn’t bother going to see him play live now.
In theory it’s nice, but the original 4 playing together now would sound horrendous. It was a cluster last time, let alone putting another 23 years on them.
And that’s the end of my dribble 😂 0:01
Yes this was cheesy like hell, especially when he sings 10k volts. Listened ones, that was enough.
Ace says it "FRAY-lee". He and Hendrix are probably my two favorite guitarists. The solos on Strange Ways and Parasite off of Hotter Than Hell are still outstanding.
The bassist is actually a great frontman and guitar player n his own right! The real deal sure 🤘
Ryan used to be the singer for Hair of the Dog. First time I saw them was opening for Ratt. They had some really good catchy tunes.
It is amazing that I'm 53, and the band I've loved since 7 years old is still out there! 🤘🙂👍
I would bet Steve Brown probably wrote 95% of it.
I bet Ace Frehley wrote 90% of it. Ace has written several killer songs in his career, and you say that? What a dick
Brown just admitted he did in an interview. Brown said Ace had written a bunch of songs with other people but they weren't at the level Brown wanted so he wrote most of the songs used on the album with Ace. Kudos to Ace to admit they were better songs and should be on the album.
Only way his songs would get this level of exposure.
sounds like he got the idea from the song Firehouse… Ace freely is brain dead.. was brilliant in his early days and that was 73 when I first heard their song love gun😊
Thanks for doing this breakdown i really appreciate it sir! I'm really loving most of the new album.
It would be an Awesome thing if they played the Final show with Ace & peter. they both said NO
and Ace said "if they would pay him enough" and "write me a check" The same guy that said about Paul & Gene "Money is their God"
Nice breakdown Mike! Catchy tune and killer production! Sound quality is top notch. Rip It Out is the best Ace song ever!
And great call on the My Wave riff - though the tuning for that song is really odd
I'm afraid that a "huge reunion" is not possible. Paul slammed the door on that when he refused to apologize to Ace for what he said on Stern. It's okay, though. Ace has at least ten more years of creativity left and he's doing what he wants, so he's happy and it really shows.
I don't listen a lot to Ace's music, but this song got recommended to me yesterday and I think sounds pretty cool. Totally agree with you on the drum sound, but then I'm not a fan of modern sounding productions in any context. When you talked about the video and said "economical way to do a video these days", I immediately thought of the November Rain video, and five seconds later... there it is. 😆
Great video! This song keeps going in my brain! It is simple like the video & and lyrics, but i think it is a homerun! Produced by Steve Brown from Trixter fame!
I love the new Ace song.
It's a hell of alot better than what GnR has been putting out as of late
Bass player comment was pretty accurate 😂😂😂😎
I thought it was pretty mediocre... Kind of Butt Rock.
Ace has done lots of greasy and gritty, don't mind him dropping a record that's a little more radio friendly.
This new stuff certainly isn't as slick as FREHLEY'S COMET.
I saw kiss twice for their 1996 reunion tour.His solo’s we’re epic in those shows
My old guitar teacher said "dont fret" when i told him i didnt wanna give him "great guitar player hugs" anymore...
Yeah... apparently when a good guitar player sees another good guitar player play a good lick, he should always sit on the other players lap and give eachother "great guitar player hugs"..
Psh. Freak.
Thanks for the mention Mike.
P.S it was me who messaged you.
Such a fun song, certainly gets you moving.
Love the opening!
Do you remember the videos bands would put out like home movies. They were mixed with music videos too.
I agree with the greasy - slick observation
When I gigged I noticed folk like slick for a short time but then disengaged.
When I'd drink too much or get high and play sloppier, folk loved it.
It kinda kills ya when you nail a song and folk are like - meh...
10,000 Volts is better than anything on "Monster" or "Sonic Boom"
That riff also sounds similar to “Firehouse”. 👍✌️
I'm SO glad that Ace is going back to faster, more complex songs. On the last few albums he seemed to rely on less speed and simpler drums. I guess it's easier when you have a very solid backing band.
I expected him to be slowing diwn, maybe releasing an electric blues album... Maybe that's because I see him getting older. I'm glad I was wrong.
Thanks for this review. It was insightful :)
The RIFF sounds like the vocal line “you come to see the show where we’re gonna rock n roll you” loudness MZA 🤘🤣
10,000 volts isn’t much considering our distribution system is 24,900 volts. I’m just saying. 🤓🤷♂️
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I think you are getting that "Actor" feeling about the bass player for the same reason that I did. He looks just like Bradley Cooper....especially in A Star is Born.
That main lick is also very close to "Firehouse" in the chorus. "Get the firehouse!"
Rip It Out and Speedin' Back To My Baby are my absolute favourite Ace songs!
The song is growing on me !
No it’s not his 78 album.
The only way he can do as close to rat is hire Eddie Kramer !
Great video! You definitely mastered his sound and technique! You Rock!!!
Mike - Please take a look at the song Walk On - Jimmy Barnes( I think Neil Schon on guitar) and One Step from Paradise from Danger Danger ( not sure if Tony Rey or Andy Timmons played on this song) and you will be shocked at particular part. Play the Jimmy Barnes song first and then the Danger Danger song. Its actually pretty cool and a little bizarre.
That soundgarden song sounded like In the mirror on the COS album by KISS
Exactly! I scrolled down the comments to see if anybody else mentioned this before I commented.
Ace was always my favorite member of kiss!
First off...nothing on Psycho Circus should blow you away. Steve Brown helped write and record/produced this album. Steve was always solid with Tokyo Motorfist and Trixter. So ace has an ace in his production deck.
🤣 I liked a few of the tracks.
Yeah Ace didn't even play on Psycho Circus if I remember correctly, it was studio musicians.
The song is pretty cool, although I wonder what it would sound like with a different singer. And with the production stripped back a little
I know what you mean…I love Ace as much as the next soldier in the KISS Army, but he never was a strong singer and felt age had caught up with him 😢
The chorus lyrics is ace referring back to his song “shock me” and also his persona as the spaceman. Fantastic :)
Official final tour? Kiss???? Lol! I saw their SECOND farewell tour in 2001. What number will this be? The 6th?
Yeah I went to one of their farewell concerts 20 years ago 😂
This is awesome. So funny, I nearly sent you a message about this new Ace song haha. I can definitely hear those techniques in there.
I spent about 2 straight months listening to KISS Alive when I was still driving to work so they're in my brain now. I do love the sound of the unison bend, glad he put it in there.
the solo licks are reminiscnet of his 'I was made for loving you' solo, maybe its a POG on that dooubled effect
The lead break really does sound like he took all of his signature licks and just played through them in sequence. Not that there's anything wrong with that, of course.
He’s been doing that for decades. Ace hasn’t really progressed in his playing since probably the 80s
5:00 Seen Ace play live a few times in the past few years and that is definitely his guitar player 😂
That guy is Ryan Cook and he plays bass/rhythm guitar interchangeably for Ace and Gene's solo bands just not sure what where off the top of my head. I call him hippie Gene Simmons, love how he plays!
I have a very similar opinion to you. I love the songwriting, classic hard rock with that Ace/Kiss style. This song would sound great live but the production really kills me. Kiss’s sounds is that rawness and Ace’s sound is sloppy in a good way, kinda like Jimmy Page. The production is so overdone it no longer sound heavy and sounds poppy to me. I think if they just did a live studio recording of this song slightly faster I’d love it.
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I can just imagine Ace watching this part, and cackling like a hyena on the Tom Snyder show! 😂
Ace, and KISS, are what made me want to play guitar in the first place.
That Ace has the sense to sound at least a little modern shows he understands that he can't stay the same from 1976. The last 2 KISS albums sounded like they were trying to be KISS from the Rock and Roll Over/Destroyer/Love Gun days and sucking at it,
One of the riffs sounds a bit like a riff from Slash's Snakepit's "Ain't Life Grand" album, but that's fair because if not for Ace there's probably no Slash, since Steven Adler took Slash to his house and played the Kiss "Destroyer" album and told Slash they were going to start a band.
Check out "Shred with Shifty" (Premier Guitar) with Craig Schiflet of Foo Fighters interviewing Mike McCready of Pearl Jam. The 1st 10 or 15 minutes are an Ace lovefest!
Thanks for your insights on 10,000 Volts 🤟🏼⚡️
STEVE! Honor having you here. Used to listen to Trixter a lot too back in the day. Sweet!
I whole heartedly agree with the overproduced “slick” production remark. Some of the modern rock stuff such as Mick Mars’ new solo stuff is very similar in that it’s way too overproduced and robotic on the mixing, to the point where it barely sounds like the greasy 80s Mick Mars tone I love. I wish rock would take a few steps back and not try to make things so pitch perfect and “slick” lol.
Couldn't stop taking my eyes off the keytar on the rack for the whole video... Are we getting an Edgar Winter's Frankenstein cover soon? :0
Good eye! I did one video with it but will do more. :) ua-cam.com/video/mDPXmXbR2rg/v-deo.html
I was scared to click on 10,000 volts. My first concert was KISS, 1979, New Haven Coliseum. My last concert was KISS, not too long ago. But I'm not young any more and Ace is not younger than me. But I clicked and was immediately reminded why Ace was the magic and why KISS was never the same without him. He's still got 'it'.
They're called "clichés"
I like the new song. Its cool. Not like amazing, but its pretty good
Definitely agree the production for the tune was too polished. Would be a real banger live though!
With the exception of modern day delilah ace's 10,000 volts is way better than any garbage kiss has released since he left.
Steve Brown is 100% behind this. Writing and production.
The opening riff reminded me of the opening riff from 'Screwdriver' by Jackyl.
Very nice riff, solo is more of the same though, let's see how the rest of the album goes
The guy in the video that you said looks like an actor that was placed in the video is actually in his solo band.. He sings Detroit rock city live.
I never heard any of Ace's solo songs aside from maybe New York Groove but this one definitely sounds cool, I'll have to check it out for myself
Rip it out is so good lol. It’s funny my favorite kiss album is his first solo album.
Pick up his 1978 Solo album. Ace's absolutely rocks. Or check out "Rip it Out" or What's on your Mind" and "Snowblind" and of course "Shock Me"
Their last concert is now on Saturday in NY , 2 DECEMBER
It’s not Free-Lee.
It’s not Fray-Lee.
It’s Freh-Lee.
From the man himself.
I love the new Ace song. Much better than the new KISS AI self worship.
Riff Sounds like IN THE MIRROR by KISS ( COS ) I agree with You about the production- well done 💪
Ace is metrical.
Say that 5 times fast and then apply it to his tenure with KISS.
I give the new song a solid 7.5. I keep singing it in my head, so it must be good. Can’t say the same for any Tommy songs. Great analysis, thanks!
Say yeah.. lol
Why does enjoyment of Ace’s music have to be countered by whatever Tommy does? Grow up.
Listen to old man Mick Mars' solo effort. Blows Ace away.
This band has been with Ace since around 2015+. Ace used to have two guitarists [with Ace three in total] and a bassist, and drummer. The band was cut back to just one additional guitarist to Ace and the original second guitarist is/has been Ace's bassist for a few years. Scotty Coogan on drums has been with Ace on and off since before 2015. Starr has drummed for Ace also - Richie Scarlett was let go by Ace for 'financial/cost' reasons - and the bassist/former second guitarist in this band now, as with the second guitarist with blond hair are from Gene's band.
Yes - and this I'd argue gives you an insight into 'why' Ace was NEVER going to be brought back into the fake band called KISS - Paul Stanley 'runs' the band - Gene and Ace despite their public spats have always been on good terms, remember Gene 'loaned' Ace his solo band members, the above bassist/guitarist - sure Stanley re-united with Ace for 'Origins' but Paul has never liked Ace and imo is still deeply jealous Ace has imo always been the favourite of fans - he is without a doubt one of 'the' most influential lead guitarists in rock history.
This song has already nearly been watched by half a million people - not bad, but I love this song and yes references so electricity and space are deeply embedded in Ace's songwriting. And Ace dropped this catchy new single at the start of the week the fake band KISS played their 'endless' final tour.
Poor Tommee - NO way Thayer is even remotely within a gazillion miles of Ace as far as having it all goes. Thayer will remain a wealthy millionaire but will never be rated by his musical peers, and all his adult life has been obsessed with 'trying' to be someone he cannot and will never be able to remotely compare to. Ace's vibrato remains sublime. He again has knocked it out of the park. Stanley and his buddy Tommee will be pissed off bad.
I hope Ace keeps on making music since he's one of a few artists I can listen to and learn to play fairly easily. It's like comfort food to me.🤗😎😉
The very first thing I noticed was it was too "slick" as you said. Overproduced and it took away the dirt of the song. But that's the problem I hear with a lot of hard rock released the past few years, just not dirty or mean enough.
Bring back drum room mics!
@@TheArtofGuitarhis writing partner for this new album, and I'm assuming on this song as well, is Steve Brown from the band Trixter, that might explain the slick sound of the production as well.
Good God!! That ebony Custom is absolutely stunning! You know you’re getting old when a guitar turns you on more than most women. Of course…it IS a Les Paul after alll. ⚡️👑🕺🏼
yeah, relax
I gotta get this vinyl. This is him sticking it to kiss.
Interestingly enough Ace didn't write either riff.
Don't worry, you're never gonna have to fly to a specific location and pay an arm and a leg to see the original members of kiss together.. There's WAY, too, much friction with Gene Simmons for Ace, or Peter Criss to ever want to have anything to do with him ever again, I assure you...
I bet Criss and Freheley would play with just Paul Stanley, but no Gene though, they're cool with each other still..
i hope you see this brother, i really had no clue you were this big of a ace fan, my very 1st kiss related album was his 78 solo, i got it in 78 when i was five yrs old... so he is the very reason i ever started playing.. my question to you is, could or would you post a how to on his version of humble pies 30 days in the hole? its just some things ace does in it that im missing... i hope you see this and give it a consider ..
Can you paraphrase a pair of phrases without fretting though?
Nice video, thanks! Some thoughts: Wiped out and Into the Void are in my top 5 Ace-songs as well. And I agree that the production is a bit too shiny and the band seems very weirdly over enthusiastic. The elephant in the room for me is a thing you do not mention though: his voice gets better with every recording. He never was the best singer and is 72 now, in an age where the voice does not work that good anymore (plus he has lived the life we all know he has, that surely does not help). So apparently a lot of autotuning is going on. I am not judging, not that his voice probably isn't as good anymore (that is a very natural thing) nor that he uses the possibilities modern technology offers but still it feels a bit ... wrong. I am happy to hear from him anyway and I like the song.
Wow you nailed all the same things i thought. I did a video reaction myself yesterday. You say a lot of the same things i said. So are you getting the same backlash?
Nice. No, not a lot of backlash, some people who worked on the song and video have reached out though which is a freaking dream for me. So cool to know they're watching and enjoying the vids.
The bass player is Chris Wyse. He is great and was in The Cult and was in Ozzy's band. He was in Hollwood Vampires with Johnny Depp and Joe Perry.
That doesn’t look like Chris Wyse….
Bassist is Ryan Cook.
People told you right on his name, listen to the first Frehleys Comet record, in the song Rock Soldiers he says his name (as the devil talking to him if you aren’t familiar with the tune). Also - Ace-ism had me cracking up.
Just think of it as Halley's Comet. It's simple as that. Frehley's Comet. Love the videos!
Yeah Soundgarden. I can't get away from it. But I love Ace.
I love how he is able to switch guitars mid solo, that’s pretty special, wink wink
Red Fang puts out the best produced videos these days. Always humorous, well thought out, and they always tell a little story which usually has nothing to do with the song itself. Nekrogoblikon is another band that makes funny (in a gory way) videos. Both bands worth checking out if you just wanna see old-school style music videos.
Wiped out is my fave Ace tune as well!!!! Do a video for it!!!
I love a good old fashioned fade out.
Ace has always had commercial production on his solo records after 1978, I mean in the 80s he went hair metal (unfortunately), maybe trouble walking was different but especially anomaly on he’s had a very modern production sound
really enjoyed your thoughts on the vid and on ace's playing seen him many times in club/bars, and areas, was hoping for like you said the classic ace toggle switch sound but i agree a good tune, would I love to hear him do something like a dr love song sure or something totally new and heavy with chugging riffs like the riffs in manditory suicide, I think he could if he tried to even do a dimebag take on the riffs on the song walk, which would be so cool to hear him do just to really blow peoples minds. no it wouldnt have to be as fast as the speed metal bands do, just the riff feel and slow chugg would be different to hear him play it.
I just want to say thank you for making this video I did wanted to know how you thought about this song 10,000 volts and I sense you were Ace Frehley fan that's why I started following you and I was correct when I found out that you were. Lol. Keep up with the great videos Curly 😉
Thanks for the video, I watched Aces video to this and your knowledge has helped me understand stuff. Love his little steal from 100,000 years in the solo 😉