ACE FREHLEY Takes GENE SIMMONS To Task About Addiction, Depression, Suicide; Artisan News Report Streaming

August 19, 2014, 10 years ago

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ACE FREHLEY Takes GENE SIMMONS To Task About Addiction, Depression, Suicide; Artisan News Report Streaming

In the report below from Artisan News, former KISS guitarist Ace Frehley comments on insensitive comments made by KISS mastermind Gene Simmons in regards to depression, addiction and suicide, and he talks about the trouble his former bandmate is in and how Simmons dealt with Frehley's past depression and substance abuse problems.

On August 12th, Frehley sat in with house band, The Roots, on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Prior to the show they jammed the Frehley solo classic "New York Groove". Check out footage below:

 

 

Frehley, is streaming his cover of The Steve Miller Band's classic, "The Joker". Ace's rendition is featured on his upcoming Space Invader album.

"The Joker":

Frehley released Space Invader in Germany/Scandinavia on August 15th and rest of Europe on August 18th through SPV/Steamhammer as a limited edition digipak with a different cover and also including two bonus tracks and a poster, as a double gatefold orange coloured LP version including four bonus tracks, as a standard CD version and download. The album will be released on August 19th in North America via Entertainment One Music (eOne Music).

The formats and tracklistings are detailed below:

 

 

Standard Version:

"Space Invader"
"Gimme A Feelin`" (radio edit)

"I Wanna Hold You"
"Change"
"Toys"
"Immortal Pleasures"
"Inside The Vortex"
"What Every Girl Wants"
"Past The Milky Way"
"Reckless"
"The Joker"
"Starship"

Limited Digi CD incl. 2 bonus tracks and poster:

 

 

"Space Invader"
"Gimme A Feelin`" (radio edit)

"I Wanna Hold You"
"Change"
"Toys"
"Immortal Pleasures"
"Inside The Vortex"
"What Every Girl Wants"
"Past The Milky Way"
"Reckless"
"The Joker"
"Starship"

Bonus Tracks:

"The Joker" (extended version)

"Reckless" (different remix version)

 

 

2 LP gatefold version incl. 4 bonus tracks, coloured vinyl, printed inner sleeves:

Side 1

"Space Invader"
"Gimme A Feelin`" (radio edit)

"I Wanna Hold You"
"Change"

Side 2

"Toys"
"Immortal Pleasures"
"Inside The Vortex"
"What Every Girl Wants"

Side 3

"Past The Milky Way"
"Reckless"
"The Joker"
"Starship"

Side 4 (Bonus Tracks)

"The Joker" (extended version)

"Reckless" (different remix version)

"Space Invader" (radio edit)

"Gimme A Feelin`" (explicit version)

Japanese version bonus tracks:

"Reckless" (diff. mix bonus)

"Gimme A Feelin`" (explicit version bonus)

"Space Invader" (radio edit bonus)

"Space Invader":


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