Product Details

• Actors: Ace Frehley
• Directors: Leon Melas
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Alfred Music Publishing
• DVD Release Date: January 19, 2010
• Run Time: 124 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B002XTXGCA
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #45,224 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Legendary guitar player Ace Frehley gives an intimate, behind-the-scenes look into his life as a professional musician, from his groundbreaking work as a founding member of Kiss to his current solo projects. He also talks about his background, influences, and gear. Ace provides in-depth lessons on how to play "Cold Gin" and "Shock Me" by Kiss, and then jams with John 5, George Lynch, Chris Wyse, Scot Coogan, Tommy Clufetos, and Matt Sorum. The VideoTab system makes learning easy by showing you exactly how Ace plays his parts. There's also live video, rare photos, and other bonus features.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars pretty good fun...big fans may rate it higher, January 19, 2010

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Richardson "Clarence" (Sunny California USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Behind the Player (DVD)

This is a pretty fun DVD. Big fans may find more to love than myself, being a casual fan of Ace and KISS. It isn't that expensive and for the money you get a nearly half hour sort of biography piece that is fun and interesting with a bit of history and a bit of good tech talk about guitars and amps etc. Ace also teaches a couple of tunes Cold Gin and Shock Me. The bonus performances and solos and promo for his latest album are nice extras but hardly revelatory. Its well produced for the most part and there are other musicians on the project to add their 2 cents like Matt Sorum and George Lynch that don't add that much in my opinion. Ace really looks shot to heck and ready to join ANVIL but he seems in good spirits and comes across and a sort of cool dude.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jendell's Favorite Son Explains All, February 17, 2010

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Scott Roberge (Maine) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Behind the Player (DVD)

It would seem as if Ace Frehley is right where he needs to be with his career and his life right now.

Within the past year, he has been staying in touch directly with his fans through social networking sites & small venue performances.

In 2009, he released his best album to date, "Anomaly." It couldn't have come at a better time and it definitely gave a shot in the arm to the rock music community.

In the spirit of giving the fans what they want, Ace is front and center in this new DVD release, "Behind the Player."

The beauty of this DVD is that it stays true to its title, "Behind The Player." This is about the man, where he came from, his personal stories, a very brief synopsis of the early days in KISS and where he is now with his life. There are no lurid stories from the KISS tours and no tell-all tales about Gene or Paul.

The DVD also contains tutorials by Ace for two of his songs, "Cold Gin" and "Shock Me." He explains his inspiration for the songs and then breaks them down piece by piece during the instructional part of the DVD.

But the absolute best part of the DVD is the jam session with Ace and the musicians he inspired, including Matt Sorum & George Lynch.

This DVD delivers to the Frehley fanatics and to the musicians who want to learn techniques by a Les Paul legend.

Thanks to Ace Frehley and all of those involved with this release. "Behind the Player" is definitely worth its weight in gold.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ace is back!, January 19, 2010

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Joseph Calabrese "Joseph Calabrese" (NYC, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Behind the Player (DVD)

I've been playing guitar for a while and Ace was the # 1 reason I play. I could already play Cold Gin and Shock Me but seeing Ace teach them the way he wrote them sounds truer to any tab or lesson I found online or in print before. Thanks Ace!

I only wish there were a few more songs. Forget the biography and give us an Ace Frehley Rock Clinic. Fractured Mirror, Rock Soldiers, Ghengis Khan, etc... I'll pay good money for that.

With that said this is a great DVD for the price, especially if you want to learn those two songs.