The Top 100 Album Countdown of 2024 – Part 5: 20-1
Sadly, everything must end. We have reached the final part of the Rocking In the Norselands countdown, with the 20 albums I enjoyed the most […]
Ace Frehley
When Ace Frehley saved a Blues Brothers show
In the latter half of the 1970s KISS were on top of the world. The band members enjoyed their spoils as much as they could. […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Is That You?» by KISS
“Oww!” The eight studio album by KISS opens with a proper howl by frontman Paul Stanley as he launches into Is That You?. It might […]
When Ace Frehley of KISS got electrocuted on stage
In the 1970s, KISS emerged with one of the biggest and most spectacular rock’n’roll shows on the planet. It included extravagant stage designs, a larger-than-life […]
ACE FREHLEY – «Origins Vol. 2» (2020)
I can enjoy cover songs done by artists I like – or when someone else covers artists I like. When artists I like covers other […]
When KISS released four solo albums on the same day
In 1978, the world saw one of the most extravagant album launch campaigns ever: the simultaneous release of solo albums by all four members of […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «I Was Made For Loving You» by KISS
By the late 1970s disco was in full vogue, and a lot of musical acts were jumping on the bandwagon. Examples from the rock world […]
ACE FREHLEY – «Spaceman» (2018)
Back in 2008, I’d never have believed that Ace Frehley would become such a late-career prolific releaser of new music. In the ten years since […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «New York Groove» by Ace Frehley
New York Groove has pretty much become ex-KISS guitarist Ace Frehley’s very own personal anthem. It is his biggest solo hit, but the song is […]