“No one does it better than him. That’s what inspired me to do what I’m doing today”: John 5 likes to push his playing to the limit – but says Ace Frehley does one thing better than any shredder on the planet

Ace Frehley and John 5.

Ace Frehley might not be your usual kind of shredder, but for John 5, the former Kiss guitarist stands out in a wholly different way – and when it comes to one particular aspect of his guitar solos, Mötley Crüe’s newest recruit says he’s entirely unmatched.

Despite his Kiss audition in a rat-infested loft in New York nearly ending with Gene Simmons punching his lights out, Frehley's playing has always impacted his listeners. Simmons was ready to throw fists that day, but after Frehley plugged in, all was forgotten.