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Talk Is Jericho

Encore: Ace Frehley – KISStory, Torpedo Girls & The Rock Hall of Fame

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.89.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

It’s the late, great Ace Frehley in this special encore presentation of The Spaceman’s 2014 interview with Chris Jericho originally recorded to promote the release of the Space Invader album, and re-released in tribute to the legendary KISS guitarist and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer. Ace takes you back through some incredible KISStory – from designing the iconic KISS logo and creating his famous smoking guitar to the wild days on tour, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction, and what really went down behind the scenes when the original four didn’t play together that night. He shares stories about recording his solo hits “New York Groove” and “Shock Me,” writing “Cold Gin” and “Parasite,” and the inspiration behind his Spaceman persona. Ace also talks about his love of sci-fi and astronomy, his thoughts on the moon landing, and what it took to get sober after years of rock & roll excess. He opens up about the highs, the chaos, the near misses, and the fans who’ve told him his recovery helped inspire their own.🎸RIP Spaceman!  Talk Is Jericho is available on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/ChrisJerichoFozzy 👍Don’t forget to Like, Subscribe, and hit the🔔to stay updated on new episodes! More from Talk Is Jericho: 📸 Instagram: @chrisjerichofozzy | @talkisjericho 🐦 Twitter/X: @IAmJericho | @TalkIsJericho 🌐 Website: https://www.webisjericho.com/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Talk is Jericho, baby.

0:05.4

Talk is Jericho.

0:08.3

Talk is Jericho, Mama, talk is me.

0:13.4

All right, so it was a sad day in rock and roll a few days ago when we lost the amazing Ace Fraley. A true legend in a world where every Tom,

0:24.2

Dick, and Kardashian is called a legend. Ace was one. One of the most influential guitar players

0:31.1

of all time, I'd say with Eddie Van Halen and Jimmy Hendrix, that Ace is with those three in being a guy that so many kids picked

0:40.6

up a guitar as a result. Ace was super funny, super friendly, super crazy, everything that a good

0:47.8

rock stars should be. I posted a picture of Ace and I with Vinnie Paul.

0:57.9

It was from Dallas, probably around this time frame, 2015 or so.

1:01.1

We had a night off on a Fawzi tour, and Vinny lived in Dallas at the time.

1:06.0

And it's always weird seeing a photograph where you're the last surviving person in it. But Ace was hilarious.

1:09.1

It's at the Trees lounge, so it those upstairs where the dressing room was and they had

1:12.6

this huge line of VIPs that were waiting for him and uh you know he's like i'm just enjoying my bagel

1:18.6

i mean really enjoying this bagel and he kept them waiting for like 30 minutes or something because

1:24.5

he was really enjoying his bagel but uh i just remember i like my bagel uh yeah so

1:31.6

it was it's a great picture though man me viny paul and ace fraley i was just watching him on

1:36.8

the tom schneider show if you haven't seen that it's so funny uh he's just off his rocker and

1:42.1

having the best time well paul and je Gene are stewing at how angry they are.

1:47.5

But, yeah, one of the guys who was, you know, one of the final, the final guy flying,

1:53.5

the Kiss flag, now that Kiss doesn't do shows too often anymore, but just a really sad story.

1:59.9

And a sad end to such a great world-renowned player.

2:06.0

And make no mistake about it, Ace Freilly had a bag of tricks, as every guitar player does,

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