Watch Ace Frehley on a Mission To Mars in new animated video

By Scott Munro
( Classic Rock )
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Former Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley releases animated promo for his new single Mission To Mars - track taken from his Spaceman album

Ace Frehley (opens in new tab) has released an animated video for his new single Mission To Mars.

It’s the latest track taken from the former Kiss (opens in new tab) guitarist’s studio album Spaceman (opens in new tab), which launched in October last year through Entertainment One. Ace previously shared Bronx Boy (opens in new tab) and Rockin’ With The Boys (opens in new tab) from the record.

The Mission To Mars video was animated by artist Christopher Fequiere and is “full of Kiss fandom easter eggs.”

Along with all the guitar parts on Spaceman, Frehley also played bass on all but two of the tracks – enlisting his old Kiss bandmate Gene Simmons for Without You I’m Nothing and Your Wish Is My Command.

Explaining the collaboration, Ace told Eddie Trunk (opens in new tab): “I just shot him an e-mail and said, ‘C’mon, let’s write some songs together for my new record.’ Next thing you know, he’s down here and within three hours we had written two songs together, which was a record for me and him."

Ace will head out for further live dates in support of Spaceman across the US this summer. Find a full list of dates below.

Ace Frehley - Spaceman (opens in new tab)

Ace Frehley - Spaceman (opens in new tab)
Ace Frehley returns with his new studio album Spaceman. The record features a guest appearance from Ace's old Kiss bandmate Gene Simmons, who plays on two tracks

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Ace Frehley 2019 US tour dates
Jun 28: Englewood Bergen Performing Arts Center, NJ
Jun 29: Wilkes Barre FM Kirby Center For The Performing Arts, PA
Jun 30: Sayreville Starland Ballroom, NJ
Jul 02: Huntington The Paramount, NY
Jul 03: White Plains Westchester County Center, NY
Jul 05: Beverly The Cabot, MA
Jul 06: New Bedford Greasy Luck Brewpub, MA
Aug 01: St Charles Arcada Theatre, IL
Oct 27: Orlando Hard Rock Live, FL
Nov 09: Dallas Trees, TX

Scott Munro
Scott Munro
Louder e-commerce editor

Scott has spent more than 30 years in newspapers and magazines as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. After initially joining our news desk in the summer of 2014, he moved to the e-commerce team full-time in 2020. He maintains Louder’s buyer’s guides, scouts out the best deals for music fans and reviews headphones, speakers, books and more. He's written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog and has previous written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to video games, travel and whisky. Scott grew up listening to rock and prog, cutting his teeth on bands such as Marillion and Magnum before his focus shifted to alternative and post-punk in the late 80s. His favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Ned's Atomic Dustbin and Drab Majesty, but he also still has a deep love of Rush.