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 Frehley's Comet

is the second solo album

 by former 

Kiss guitarist

Ace Frehley, 

and the first under 

the moniker 

Frehley's Comet.

 It was also the first album

 that Frehley released

 after leaving Kiss

 in 1982.

Background

Frehley formed

 his solo band

 in 1984.

 He went on tour to

 perform his Kiss classics

 and some new material, 

which was recorded 

with his new band. 

The original Frehley's Comet

 lineup consisted of 

Ace Frehley

 (lead guitar, lead and backing vocals), 

Richie Scarlet

(rhythm and lead guitar)

 (lead and backing vocals), 

John Regan

 (bass, backing vocals), 

Arthur Stead 

(keyboards), 

and 

Anton Fig

(drums).

 Fig also played drums 

on Frehley's 1978 

Kiss solo album, 

as well as Kiss's 

Dynasty

and

Unmasked albums.

 In 1985, 

Richie Scarlet 

left the band

 to focus on

 a solo career. 

Scarlet's departure 

led to another

 lineup change

 with 

Arthur Stead 

being dropped 

and briefly replaced by 

Rob Sabino 

before

Tod Howarth 

joining the band,

 handling rhythm guitar,

 lead and backup

 vocals duties. 

The original 

Frehley's Comet 

lineup recorded

 various demos 

and songs around

 1984 and 1985, 

and many of them

 were performed live; 

however,

 the songs from that era

 are still officially unreleased, 

and only a few of them 

made it to the

 final recording of

 Frehley's Comet. 

Notably, 

"Breakout", 

"Into the Night"

 (a Russ Ballard cover), 

"We Got Your Rock", 

"Love Me Right",

 "Dolls", 

 "Stranger in a Strange Land" 

are the only songs

 on the record 

which were

 previously 

performed live 

in the band's

 early career 

and finally made it

 to the album.

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