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Reality Check TV is proud to be part of the Countdown to ‘Anomaly’, the new CD from Rock Icon ACE FREHLEY. RCTV Presented the Party in San Francisco at the Buckshot Restaurant, Bar & Gameroom (3rd & Geary in SF, visit http://buckshot-sf.com), which gave 25 random people a chance to hear the entire CD before it comes out on Sept. 15th, 2009! The response from all who attended was superlative, and we gave away a special CD single signed by Ace Frehley to one lucky attendee, which made it even more special!

Here’s a review/overview of ‘Anomaly’:

The record started off with  a standard Ace track, “Foxy and Free”, then launched into “Outer Space”, the very first single released from the record. It’s the perfect intro to fans both old and new; full of “spacey” lyrics and monster riffage complete with backwards guitar solo. Track 3, “Pain in the Neck”, is another standard Frehley rocker, again with a really cool solo. The next tune is a cover of SWEET’s “Fox on the Run”, a cool but fairly straight cover of a classic track. “Gengis Khan” follows, with some mega riffs and a really trippy Zeppelin-like feel. Track 6 is one of my faves, “Too Many Faces”.  Great song, catchy chorus with a really cool riff that stays with the listener. That’s followed by an even better song, called “Change The World”. The song and its lyrics may surprise both Ace Fans and non-fans alike; it’s surprisingly introspective and very powerful. Next up is “Space Bear”, an instrumental track with the usual killer Ace riffage and lead guitar. Number 9 is perhaps the biggest surprise on this record; “A Little Below The Angels” is probably the closest Frehley has come to a ‘ballad’-like song with some of his most mature and poignant lyrics ever. Without a doubt the best tune on the record! “Sister”, an older track that has been heard in various forms before, is next, and is a great counter-point to the previous song. “It’s a Great Life” follows, and needs no introduction. Wrapping up the CD version of the record is “Fractured Quantum”, the 4th in the “Fractured” Series, and it is a worthy sequel to the previous three, echoing the same basic figure that has been woven through all of the others. Hopefully all 4 of the “Fractured” tracks will be strung together in one long instrumental at some point! Lastly, the itunes “Bonus” track is “Return of Space Bear”, which has Ace re-enacting the dialog between him and the late Tom Snyder, of ‘Tomorrow Show’ fame, who passed away recently. This is Legendary among Ace Freaks, who revel in Ace’s unbridled personality and madcap antics, which, at the time, really irritated Gene Simmons, Ace’s bandmate in KISS.

All in all, this is Ace’s strongest post-KISS solo album, the best since his 1978 disc, and easily besting the recent solo records of his former mates Gene, Paul Stanley and Peter Criss–with all due respect to each.

For more info, go to http://acefrehley.com

Many thanx to Ace Frehley and Frank Munoz (Ace’s Assistant and the record’s Associate Producer), as well as the Buckshot staff and the entire AF Team for making this possible!!!

By “Ace” Annese, Producer/host of RCTV.

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