October 27, 2025 • 4 mins
Author Greg Prato announces the news of an upcoming Ace Frehley book.
UPDATE: the book ‘Talk to Me: Conversations With Ace Frehley’ was released on November 9, 2025, and can be ordered here: https://www.amazon.com/Talk-Me-Conversations-Ace-Frehley/dp/B0G1LW4XL4
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UPDATE: the book ‘Talk to Me: Conversations With Ace Frehley’ was released on November 9, 2025, and can be ordered here: https://www.amazon.com/Talk-Me-Conversations-Ace-Frehley/dp/B0G1LW4XL4
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
So the book alternative for the mass is the nineties
Alt Rock Revolution and Oral History out now goodbye wherever
books are sold, right, Yeah, absolutely, look for Engineer's bookstore.
Look forward at Engineer's Independent bookstore. If you want to
find your nearest independent bookstore, go to bookdown rock dot com.
Where can people find you online? Greg? Before we make
(00:21):
this announcement about the next.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Book, Yes, go to x dot com slash Greg Prato writer.
That's always a good place. I'm always posting my latest
interviews and articles and book And I was gonna say
book ideas, but no, I keep those hush hush, but
book release dates and things like that. So yeah, I
say that's probably the best way. And of course it
just go to Amazon and go to the book section,
(00:43):
do a search for Greg Prado and you will be
assaulted by a huge amount of books that you could
choose from, which I think is perfect for the holiday season,
don't you.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
Eric, Absolutely, And if you're a sports fan, yes, you've
got some books on New York sports. You got the Jets,
you have the book on the Islanders, the Mets, the Yankees,
the Mets, the Yanks. Yes, so let's talk about the
big news. Yes, the big news, what's the next book?
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Okay? Me, Like a lot of people were very upset
by the great Ace Fairlies passing. And after he passed,
I realized, you know, I interviewed Ace a lot of
times over the last fifteen years or so. So I
went back and looked at the interviews and I realized,
you know, I have all these interviews where he talks
(01:34):
about pretty much all phase of his career, because like,
although he'd be promoting a solo album, I would always
ask some questions about kiss and about even his personal
life and his hobbies and things like that. And he
was always a great interview. He's always very honest and
very very friendly, a great, great guy. So I thought,
you know what if as a tribute to Ace, I
(01:56):
put together a book that compiles all the interviews I did,
and also do interviews with some people, some very well
known rock people that were fans of Ace and them
talking about what made him so great, as great and
also influential, because I think you'd probably agree with me, Eric,
along with probably Eddie van Haill and Ace Frehley, has
(02:17):
to be two or three right behind as far as
how many people he was a huge influence.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
On absolutely, Yeah, how many I'm so influential. How many
guitar has picked up a guitar because they watched Ace
Freely or listened to them or saw him on that
a live album cover? Right.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
So the next book, which I'm gonna be Rush releasing,
I'm gonna I'm gonna put this out through my own company,
Greg Predo, writer, is called I'm reading it, so don't
get the title wrong. Talk to Me Conversations with Ace
Freeley by Greg Prada.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
Oh man, that's so cool, Greg. Yeah, that's just I
love as I love Ace love Kiss And I think
that's great that you're doing that because it's going to
give us the story in his words. And that's interesting
because I did a tribute episode just this week. I
put it out, and how many times did I hear
brutally honest, honest, told it like it is, but also
(03:14):
friendly guy, very nice guy. There's a picture of the picture.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
It's the picture of me and Ace when I did
an interview with him back in two thousand and nine.
I don't know if you could see that.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
Yeah, that's when Anomaly came out in nine, right, Yes, yep, yeah,
I love that album. That's probably his most personal, deeply
personal album.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
He was he was kind of to sign this to me,
he says too, Greg Rock on Ace feeling that was
nice to him that he signed that for me.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
Ace Ace man one of a kind. I'm still reeling
and I'm just listening to nothing but a solo and kiss.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
Yeah, you know, you know it's it's definitely hit me
the same way when, of course Eddie van Halen passed away,
Neil part, you know, it's sad that we're just at
the age now that these guys are getting old and
it's just they just sadly part of life.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
What's different from with Ace was as a journalist. I'm
sure you'll agree. I mean Ace was a guy who
could give great interviews and didn't mind doing interviews. Eddie
was a little shy. He didn't want to do that
kind of thing, and I think for Ace that helped
him a lot, kept him in the spotlight. He always
enjoyed talking about it again, told it like it is,
(04:21):
he did, So people keep an eye out for that
and just do what I do. I will go to
Amazon and I signed up. I clicked on the what
is it? The follow Greg Prado link. Yes, do Amazon.
So so there you go, all right, Greg, thanks man.
We we'll look forward to it. We'll have you back
on for that ACE book, I hope great. Yeah, absolutely,
yeah cool. We'll share some stories from inside that one. Greg,
(04:42):
thanks man.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
Thanks Eric.
So the book alternative for the mass is the nineties
Alt Rock Revolution and Oral History out now goodbye wherever
books are sold, right, Yeah, absolutely, look for Engineer's bookstore.
Look forward at Engineer's Independent bookstore. If you want to
find your nearest independent bookstore, go to bookdown rock dot com.
Where can people find you online? Greg? Before we make
(00:21):
this announcement about the next.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Book, Yes, go to x dot com slash Greg Prato writer.
That's always a good place. I'm always posting my latest
interviews and articles and book And I was gonna say
book ideas, but no, I keep those hush hush, but
book release dates and things like that. So yeah, I
say that's probably the best way. And of course it
just go to Amazon and go to the book section,
(00:43):
do a search for Greg Prado and you will be
assaulted by a huge amount of books that you could
choose from, which I think is perfect for the holiday season,
don't you.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
Eric, Absolutely, And if you're a sports fan, yes, you've
got some books on New York sports. You got the Jets,
you have the book on the Islanders, the Mets, the Yankees,
the Mets, the Yanks. Yes, so let's talk about the
big news. Yes, the big news, what's the next book?
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Okay? Me, Like a lot of people were very upset
by the great Ace Fairlies passing. And after he passed,
I realized, you know, I interviewed Ace a lot of
times over the last fifteen years or so. So I
went back and looked at the interviews and I realized,
you know, I have all these interviews where he talks
(01:34):
about pretty much all phase of his career, because like,
although he'd be promoting a solo album, I would always
ask some questions about kiss and about even his personal
life and his hobbies and things like that. And he
was always a great interview. He's always very honest and
very very friendly, a great, great guy. So I thought,
you know what if as a tribute to Ace, I
(01:56):
put together a book that compiles all the interviews I did,
and also do interviews with some people, some very well
known rock people that were fans of Ace and them
talking about what made him so great, as great and
also influential, because I think you'd probably agree with me, Eric,
along with probably Eddie van Haill and Ace Frehley, has
(02:17):
to be two or three right behind as far as
how many people he was a huge influence.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
On absolutely, Yeah, how many I'm so influential. How many
guitar has picked up a guitar because they watched Ace
Freely or listened to them or saw him on that
a live album cover? Right.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
So the next book, which I'm gonna be Rush releasing,
I'm gonna I'm gonna put this out through my own company,
Greg Predo, writer, is called I'm reading it, so don't
get the title wrong. Talk to Me Conversations with Ace
Freeley by Greg Prada.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
Oh man, that's so cool, Greg. Yeah, that's just I
love as I love Ace love Kiss And I think
that's great that you're doing that because it's going to
give us the story in his words. And that's interesting
because I did a tribute episode just this week. I
put it out, and how many times did I hear
brutally honest, honest, told it like it is, but also
(03:14):
friendly guy, very nice guy. There's a picture of the picture.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
It's the picture of me and Ace when I did
an interview with him back in two thousand and nine.
I don't know if you could see that.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
Yeah, that's when Anomaly came out in nine, right, Yes, yep, yeah,
I love that album. That's probably his most personal, deeply
personal album.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
He was he was kind of to sign this to me,
he says too, Greg Rock on Ace feeling that was
nice to him that he signed that for me.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
Ace Ace man one of a kind. I'm still reeling
and I'm just listening to nothing but a solo and kiss.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
Yeah, you know, you know it's it's definitely hit me
the same way when, of course Eddie van Halen passed away,
Neil part, you know, it's sad that we're just at
the age now that these guys are getting old and
it's just they just sadly part of life.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
What's different from with Ace was as a journalist. I'm
sure you'll agree. I mean Ace was a guy who
could give great interviews and didn't mind doing interviews. Eddie
was a little shy. He didn't want to do that
kind of thing, and I think for Ace that helped
him a lot, kept him in the spotlight. He always
enjoyed talking about it again, told it like it is,
(04:21):
he did, So people keep an eye out for that
and just do what I do. I will go to
Amazon and I signed up. I clicked on the what
is it? The follow Greg Prado link. Yes, do Amazon.
So so there you go, all right, Greg, thanks man.
We we'll look forward to it. We'll have you back
on for that ACE book, I hope great. Yeah, absolutely,
yeah cool. We'll share some stories from inside that one. Greg,
(04:42):
thanks man.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
Thanks Eric.
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