KISS Lead Guitarist Tommy Thayer - "Being Compared To Ace Is Only Natural"
December 7, 2009, 14 years ago
Jennifer Chancellor from Tulsaworld.com is reporting:
KISS lead guitarist Tommy Thayer admits that he's no Ace Frehley.
But, he says, he doesn't doubt that he is the celestial, starry-eyed Spaceman.
Thayer's journey to replace the KISS co-founder and greasepaint-wearing guitar virtuoso was a long one.
"Being compared to Ace is only natural," said Thayer, who's been the official KISS lead guitarist since 2002, after Frehley left the band for good. "I've lived up to those expectations pretty well. The band just continues to grow."In fact, its popularity keeps expanding.
With nearly four decades of touring under its belt, KISS isn't just a band. It's a mega-brand that markets bombast and rock and attitude to more than three generations of fans, in things including video games, comic books, soda and its newest studio album release, "Sonic Boom."
"We've never had many fantastic live reviews — ever," said Thayer in a recent telephone interview with the Tulsa World. "We've always been the band that critics love to hate."Read the entire interview here.
