KINGS OF THRASH Pay Tribute To ACE FREHLEY With ‘Cold Gin’ Cover In Flint

Fan-filmed video of KINGS OF THRASH performing a cover of the KISS classic “Cold Gin” in honor of Ace Frehley this past Friday, October 24 at the Machine Shop in Flint, Michigan can be seen below (courtesy of the Joe E Bravo channel on YouTube). For the “Cold Gin” rendition, KINGS OF THRASH members David Ellefson (bass, ex-MEGADETH),Jeff Young (guitar, ex-MEGADETH),Chaz Leon (vocals, guitar) and Fred Aching (drums, DEAD GROOVE/ex-BULLETBOYS) were joined by Gabriel Connor of RED DEVIL VORTEX on vocals.

In a recent interview with Meltdown of Detroit’s WRIF radio station, Ellefson stated about Frehley‘s passing: “Yeah, [that was] a sad moment, for sure. Ace Frehley passing is on the level of Eddie Van Halen passing. He was that influential — a different guitar player, of course. AceandEddie, they not only made us wanna become musicians, they made us wanna become rock stars. And I think that’s the difference. KISS made you wanna go to the next level, and KISS, with their manager Bill Aucoin in those early days, they created something that was just unreachable, and, to some degree, still is.”

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