Paul Daniel Frehley roared into this world on this date in 1951. The KISS guitarist for the group's first decade went solo in '82, and was back in the ranks from 1996-2002. Ace prided himself on being a self taught musician... he never took a lesson. He credits Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page,Pete Townshend, Buddy Guy, BB King and Albert Lee as having inspired him.

 

Other Noteworthy Classic Rock events on April 27 include...

 

1942 Drummer Jim Keltner is born

1947 Badfinger lead singer Pete Hamm is born.

1947 King Crimson guitarist/bassist Gordon Haskel born.

1964 John Lennon publishes In His Own Write.

1969 Pink Floyd plays a Birmingham, UK club that portions of the Ummagumma album were recorded during.

1971 The Beach Boys join the Grateful Dead on stage at Fillmore for Johnny B. Goode jam.

1972 Blue Oyster Cult’s road manager shot in the head by a gambling ‘associate’.
1972 New York City Mayor John Lindsey asks the Federal government not to deport John Lennon.

1974 Aerosmith, Bruce Springsteen and Fairport Convention play the University of Connecticut hockey arena in Storrs.

1980 Studio 54 in New York City shuts down. 

1981 Ringo Starr marries Barbara Bach.

1990 Axl Rose marries the woman that inspired Sweet Child Of Mine. Marriage lasts a month.

2003 Iggy Pop reunites with the Stooges at the Coachella Festival.

2006 Keith Richards is hospitalized after falling from a tree.

2009 Aerosmith does concert in Hawaii to make-up for a previously cancelled concert that prompted a class action lawsuit against the band. All ticket holders for the original date are admitted free.

2009 Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament gets robbed at knifepoint by three men outside an Atlanta recording studio.

2012 Bob Dylan is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. 

2018 Ozzy Osbourne opens his farewell tour in Jacksonville, Florida.