Ace Frehley

What I admire most about Ace Frehley is that he proved imagination matters as much as technique. The Spaceman persona he invented for Kiss was not just face paint; it was a complete piece of world-building from a kid out of the Bronx who decided rock could be science fiction. His solos were loose, melodic, and instantly singable, which is why so many later guitarists cite him over flashier players. His passing in 2025 closed the book on one of rock's great originals, but every echo of that raw New York swagger still traces back to him. Few players ever defined a band's mythology so completely.

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Name (English)

Ace Frehley

Name (Japanese)

エース・フレーリー

Reading

えーす・ふれーりー

Born

April 27, 1951 – October 16, 2025

Origin

The Bronx, New York, United States

Occupation

guitarist / songwriter / rock musician / singer / composer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Rabbit

High school

DeWitt Clinton High School

• Official sitehttps://www.acefrehley.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/acefrehleyofficial/
• Xhttps://x.com/Ace_Frehley
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace%20Frehley
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319610

Tags

• New York
• guitarist
• songwriter
• rock musician

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.