Former Kiss guitarist, Ace Frehley, had a recent conversation with Robert Cavuoto of Sonic Perspectives where he was asked if ever considered doing a guitar instrumental full album:
“I could, but I think the fans would get bored after a while. Somehow, someway, I’ve been able to maintain my vocals. In fact, a lot of people say my vocals are stronger now than they were 10, 15 years ago.
”It’s probably because I’ve been on tour for so many years with whatever band I was working with, and I have to sing the majority of the song. Your throat is a muscle. So, I think my vocals are stronger now than they were way back when. And I don’t have any problem hitting those notes in the studio. And if I do, we just re-track it.
”Paul Stanley has a great voice. But I don’t think, in the ’70s, he thought about the longevity of the band because he used to sing songs that were at the peak of his range. And they sounded great, and Paul was a great frontman, but when you’re in your 70s…
”He’s only six months younger than me. And I know he had an operation in 2009 for polyps or whatever you get in your throat. And from what I understand, it wasn’t successful. And it’s unfortunate because that’s his bread and butter. And then the whole thing went on over the last several years about Kiss using backup tracks.
”And it’s unfortunate. It would be like I can’t play guitar anymore because something happened. I’ve said it in numerous interviews if I ever blew out my voice and I couldn’t sing anymore, I’d just hire a new lead singer.”