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Kiss lead singer Gene Simmons shared a tribute to his bandmate, guitarist Ace Frehley<\/a>, who died on\u00a0<\/strong>Oct. 16<\/a> in Morristown, New Jersey, at the age of 74. While Simmons and Frehley were known for their complex and often fraught relationship, Frehley\u2019s unpredictable nature and distinctive laugh counterbalanced Simmons more somber, business-minded demeanor. As Rolling Stone<\/a>\u2018s Joseph Hudak put it, \u201cIf Simmons\u2019 Demon was Kiss\u2019 scowl, then Frehley\u2019s Spaceman was its cackle.\u201d<\/p>\n In Simmons\u2019 remembrance of Frehley posted to social media, the singer began, \u201cOur hearts are broken. Ace has passed on. No one can touch Ace\u2019s legacy.\u201d He continued, \u201cI know he loved the fans. He told me many times. Sadder still, Ace didn\u2019t live long enough to be honored at the Kennedy Ctr Honors event in Dec. Ace was the eternal rock soldier. Long may his legacy live on!\u201d<\/p>\n Earlier on Thursday, Simmons and guitarist Paul Stanley shared a joint statement, writing, \u201cWe are devastated by the passing of Ace Frehley\u201d and describing Frehley as \u201can essential and irreplaceable rock soldier during some of the most formative foundational chapters of the band and its history.\u201d Frehley\u2019s bandmates added, \u201cHe is and will always be a part of KISS\u2019s legacy.\u201d<\/p>\n Rush, who toured as an opener for\u00a0Kiss<\/a>\u00a0in the Seventies, also paid tribute to Frehley<\/a>, calling him \u201can undeniable character and an authentic rock star.\u201d Looking back at their time with the spaceman on the road, the members of Rush said, \u201cBack in 1974, as the opening act for KISS, Alex, Neil and myself spent many a night hanging out together in his hotel room after shows, doing whatever nonsense we could think of, just to make him break out his inimitable and infectious laugh.\u201d<\/p>\n Best of Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for RollingStone’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kiss lead singer Gene Simmons shared a tribute to his bandmate, guitarist Ace Frehley, who died on\u00a0Oct. 16 in Morristown, New Jersey, at the age of 74. While Simmons and Frehley were known for their complex and often fraught relationship, Frehley\u2019s unpredictable nature and distinctive laugh counterbalanced Simmons more somber, business-minded demeanor. As Rolling Stone\u2018s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2099235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[381157,348513,367161,314737],"class_list":["post-2099234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-ace-frehley","tag-gene-simmons","tag-joseph-hudak","tag-rolling-stone"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Gene-Simmons-Remembers-Kiss-Ace-Frehley-as-the-\u2018Eternal-Rock.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2099234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2099234"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2099234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2099236,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2099234\/revisions\/2099236"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2099235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2099234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2099234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2099234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}