In this episode discuss various music-related topics including Vinnie Vincent’s $2 million album offer, the Twisted Sister situation with Sebastian Bach replacing Dee Snider, and the trend of bands touring without original members. The conversation also covered concert experiences, including a recent Nashville tribute show featuring Ace Frehley’s touring band. We discussed the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s recent inductees and shared opinions about Rolling Stone magazine’s “50 Best Bands of All Time” list. Near the end of the episode Bill shared a story about receiving a KISS European tour poster from Tim Rozner’s brother following Tim’s passing.

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In this episode we talked about the new Peter Criss album that Allen got on iTunes, while Dennis bought the black vinyl and Bill bought the vinyl in white. We also talked about the unmasked tribute band, The Handsome Devils, who played “deep KISS cuts” at the recent “KISS Kruise: Land-Locked in Vegas” event (Nov 14-16, 2025) at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. We also couldn’t let the episode end without cracking on the upcoming never-to-be-released Vinnie Vincent recordings.

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In this episode, Rich Kosak from the KISS tribute band Mr. Speed returns to the show to talk about his experiences at the recent “KISS Kruise: Land-Locked in Vegas” event (Nov 14-16, 2025) at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. He talks about the negotiations related to performing at the event, the event related challenges his band faced during the weekend, how they kept the performances fresh for multiple shows, and future plans for Mr. Speed. We began the conversation with a quick discussion about Kennedy Center Honors Award.

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In this month’s episode, we talk about the passing of original KISS guitarist, Ace Frehley. We also take the opportunity to discuss our top ten Ace songs, inspired by the Rolling Stone article 10 Essential Ace Frehley Songs. In typical Ages of Rock fashion, we each put our own spin on our lists. We also discussing the evolution of Ace’s playing style across different albums. Before we began our lists, Bill shared his recent Halloween experience where he displayed a Gene Simmons blow-up figure and purchased a limited edition reissue of the Dressed to Kill album, which came with a large poster and was shipped in a thick foam box. We discussed the quality of record packaging, with Dennis mentioning a rare Asia album that was also well-packaged. We discussed concert tickets, with Dennis sharing his recent purchase of Foo Fighters tickets for an upcoming show in Nashville. Allen recounted his cover band’s Halloween performance at Bokeh Lounge and showed a photo of his costume.

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