Ace Frehley, the original guitarist of KISS, whose riffs and solos and smoldering guitar (literally) inspired many of your favorite GenX musicians, died Thursday from a brain bleed caused by a fall he suffered in a recording studio several weeks ago.
He was 74.
Born Paul Daniel Frehley in the Bronx in 1951, The Spaceman first picked up a guitar when he was 13 after watching and hearing Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and the Rolling Stones.
He joined KISS when he was just 21 when he answered an ad placed by Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, and Peter Criss, in the Village Voice who were seeking a lead guitarist.
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