Re: Frehley's Comet !
I love Ace's post Kiss work. I seen him 3 times between '87 & 95 & all 3 shows were amazing. The original Comet band featured Ace, John Regan(bass), Richie Scarlet (Guitar), Anton Fig (drums), & Arthur Snead (Keyboards). Scarlet left the band just before they received a deal & was replaced with Todd Howarth & they dropped Snead. That first album did pretty well & Rock Soldiers was in a regular rotation on MTV("Into the Night" fared pretty well also). Todd Howarth fit in well with the 80's hair & style which was popular at the time as did a couple of songs which he sang lead on on the album such as "Something Moved" & "Calling to You" (it makes me wonder how well these 2 songs could have done had they been released as singles with what was going on at the time). I did love that first Comet album especially "Breakout", "Stranger in a Strange Land" & "Dolls"(which was a bit strange but I liked it for some reason).
I didn't mind Second sighting which had some great moments with "Insane", "Juvenile Delinquent", "Dancing with Danger", & "Acorn is Spinning" but it did seem like it had a bit too much of a Todd Howarth influence on the album.
'Trouble Walking' is my favorite Ace Frehley release & it was much better with Richie Scarlet replacing Howarth. Ace & Richie work together so well onstage. 'Trouble Walkin'' Just kicked ass almost all the way through. My favorites on that album are "Shotful of Rock", "Trouble Walkin'', "2 Young Too Die" (The best track imo), & "Do Ya"
The first time I seen Ace solo was in '87 opening for Alice Cooper & the show was amazing. The next two times were in the '90's w/ Richie Scarlet by his side & I'll tell you this...I'm a huge Kiss fan & have never been disappointed but during that era of the early 90's as good as Kiss was I would rather see Ace & Richie playing a club