Ace Frehley debuts "Fire and Water" featuring Paul Stanley

Very cool news for fans of KISS that former band mates Ace Frehley and Paul Stanley are featured again together. Get all kinds of information about Ace Frehley's new album and the project via the media release below...Also, at the bottom of this post, is a link where you can pre-order the album via Amazon.

Paul Stanley, left, with Ace Frehley. Photo: Jay Gilbert

Ace Frehley debuts "Fire and Water" featuring Paul Stanley exclusively via ROLLINGSTONE.COM

First recording with Frehley + Stanley in 18 years

ORIGINS VOL. 1 due out tomorrow (April 15, 2016)

ACE FREHLEY has debuted a final song today from his forthcoming covers LP due out later this month. Rollingstone.com is exclusively debuting "Fire and Water," the first recording of Frehley and KISS frontman Paul Stanley in nearly two decades.  Rock and Roll Hall of Famer ACE FREHLEY will release Origins Vol. 1, a collection of 12 newly recorded classics from Ace’s formative years featuring some of the biggest names in rock and roll, tomorrow, April 15, 2016. This collaboration marks the first time that Ace and Paul appear on the same studio recording since KISS' 1998 reunion album Psycho Circus. Ace spoke with Rolling Stone about the new record, his guest players and recording with Paul after all these years. Rolling Stone writes: Regarding his reunion with Stanley, Frehley shrugs off any residual tension between the two of them. "We've always been friends," he says. "The press seems to amplify negativity. I guess it makes good copy." Rolling Stone debuted "White Room," a few weeks ago, the classic hit originally performed by Cream. Other guests are none other than Slash trading leads on Thin Lizzy's classic "Emerald," Lita Ford singing and playing lead on The Troggs staple "Wild Thing," Rob Zombie guitarist John 5 playing guitar alongside Ace as he sings his classic KISS composition "Parasite" for the very first time, as well as Jimi Hendrix's "Spanish Castle Magic," and Pearl Jam's Mike McCready also plays guitar with Ace as he finally sings his KISS “Alive!” mainstay "Cold Gin." "White Room" is also an iTunes instant gratification track, meaning fans who pre order the LP on iTunes will receive the Cream cover song instantly.

Origins Vol. 1 is the the follow up to Space Invader, released in 2014. Space Invader was Frehley's first studio album in five years, and the LP debuted at #9 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart, scoring the highest charting position of any KISS solo album ever, and marked Frehley's first return to the Top 10 since KISS' aforementioned 1998's Psycho Circus in 1998. Space Invader, received high praise from critics.  Rolling Stone wrote, "Gene Simmons has claimed Ace Frehley doesn't deserve to wear Kiss' Kabuki clown paint, but the former Spaceman's first solo LP in five years says otherwise," while Associated Press hailed, "The original Kiss lead guitarist has recorded his best solo album since his groundbreaking self-titled album in 1978." Paste Magazine also confirmed, "Space Invader is a good rock album, and it’s an even better guitar record."

"Twelve covers including three KISS classics and he does a solid, sometimes even tremendous job." BLABBERMOUTH 8/10 1. White Room (Cream) 2. Street Fighting Man (Rolling Stones) 3. Spanish Castle Magic (Jimi Hendrix) *John 5 4. Fire and Water (Free) *Paul Stanley 5. Emerald (Thin Lizzy) *Slash 6. Bring It On Home (Led Zeppelin) 7. Wild Thing (The Troggs) *Lita Ford 8. Parasite *John 5 (KISS) 9. Magic Carpet Ride (Steppenwolf)  10. Cold Gin *Mike McCready (KISS) 11. Till The End Of The Day (Kinks) 12. Rock and Roll Hell (KISS)

Pre-order 'Origins Vol. 1' via this link