Lifting The Lid On The Rockbrat Treasure Chest: Frehley’s Comet Fan Club 1986-88

Back in 1986 I joined the Frehley’s Comet Fan Club. From memory it ran for a couple of years and was ran by a guy called Erik Cram from Modesto, CA. It was always a highlight when a new issue of ‘Comet Watch’ landed in Mr Rockbrat’s letterbox ! Remember that back then, info in [...]

Classic Rock Pic From The Past: Ace Frehley signing to Megaforce Records 1986

This photograph originally appeared in issue #8 of the Frehley’s Comet Fan Club newsletter ‘Comet Watch’. John and Marsha Z from Megaforce are in attendance at the signing as is Eddie Trunk, now well known as a DJ, author and host of That Metal Show. Photo: Ron Akiyama

What’s The Rockbrat Reading Today: ACE FREHLEY – NO REGRETS (2011)

Honesty is a quality not normally associated with KI$$ in recent years. That quality that, certainly extends to Paul ‘Ace’ Frehley. This is indeed, an honest account of Frehley’s life, in KI$$, and out of it. It was a very engaging read, and I read it in about 6 days from front to back. Frehley [...]

Rockbrat Wonders: Why KISS Should Retire in 2012

First off, let me say that as an ex-Kiss addict – a band I gave 25 years to, I am very much qualified to give my opinion on why I think Kiss should retire in 2012. Many devoted Kiss fans are not going to like what I write and will not agree with me. That’s [...]

Classic Rock Pic From The Past: Ace Frehley and Laney Amps – Unmasked in 1985

After a couple of years hibernation,  by 1985, Ace Frehley  was starting to make himself visible again in the public domain. Musically, there was a bootleg that came out with his band that was recorded at NYC’s L’amour, with speculation rife amongst the KISS fanzines at that time about Ace’s actual appearance – what did [...]

Classic Album From The Rockbrat Collection: TIME TO ROCK LP (1987) Various HM artists

Now in today’s day and age it may be more convenient to log on to the net and download the album you want, or to buy it on eBay, and sure, agreed, purchasing music has never been easier – BUT, buying records was much more fun and way cooler twenty five to thirty years ago. Let [...]

Rockbrat Wonders: Which Rocker Wore The Most Ridiculous Wig ? Paul Stanley

Paul Stanley: Rock idol to the Rockbrat and millions around the planet. In the late 70′s and 80′s he was the coolest of cool.  Check out the intro on the ‘Kiss Meets The Phantom Of the Park’ film where he dances and struts to ‘Rock n Roll All Nite’ – that is a rock star. [...]

Rockbrats Wonders: About Ace Frehley’s Final Kiss Show in Make-Up at Auckland 1980

Who would’ve thought that guitarist Ace Frehley would perform in make-up for the final time at Auckland, New Zealand in late 1980 ? Nearly 9000 miles is a long way from the NYC bars of 1973 when the Spaceman Make-up was still in its earliest stages. But so it came to pass, that after the [...]

Best Gigs The Rockbrat’s Seen ? Kiss – Philadelphia (1996)

Who: Kiss When: Philadelphia PA, USA – Tue October 8, 1996 1996 – the Kiss re-union. Was there a bigger rock event that year ? It had been talked about and often dissed.  The non-make-up line-up were doing quite nicely thankyou very much. ‘Revenge’ was a solid outing and they were now delving into the grind-metal [...]

Lifting The Lid On The Rockbrat Treasure Chest: Ace Frehley 1987 Album Flier

There is a story behind this folks. In the mid-80′s, a Kiss fan from Modesto, CA started up an Ace Frehley Fan Club – I think it was called ‘Comet Watch’ from memory.  Anyway the Rockbrat was a signed-up member of this fan club. You gotta remember that there was no internet – so info was spread around [...]