Ace Frehley died yesterday, getting tributes from across rock and roll. Motley Crue singer Vince Neil posted his last pic with Ace Frehley, writing, “A heart break! Ace will always be in our hearts! RIP my friend!” Motley Crue opened for KISS in the past, though Frehley was not in the band. Despite this, Motley Crue had great admiration for Ace.
Charlie Benante wrote in tribute, “Thank you Ace for inspiring a fellow Bronxite. We grew up in the same surroundings and both made something of ourselves. I am forever grateful to you Gene, Paul and Peter for helping to shape the musician and person I am today. I am forever grateful for the gift you gave us All. There will never be anything like Kiss again, never! I don’t care what kind of music you play, if you grew up after Kiss, they have had some influence on you! Godspeed on that Rocket ride.”
Alice Cooper said and Ace Frehley’s death, ““The worst part of being in rock ‘n’ roll at this point is the fact that some of our fraternity have just reached that age where they’ve… they leave the planet. Some of the guys that started 30, 40, 50 years ago are starting to go, and of course Ace Frehley from KISS, one of the pioneers – one of the great guitar players out there…Ace was an absolute Guitar hero to so many people.
I did more tours with him than anybody else, as far as opening for us, for quite a long time so… we became quite good friends. And you know he always brought it every night… He did it every night. And… it’s just hard to see somebody like that go. We know that right now that the KISS fans are certainly in mourning and certainly his family and certainly everybody that knew him. Ace was an ACE.”
