Editing Ace Frehley (section)

==Early life==
Paul Daniel Frehley was born and raised in [[The Bronx, New York City]], the youngest of three children of Esther Anna (Hecht) and Carl Daniel Friebely Frehley.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thebridgeband.com/growing.html|title=Growing up Frehley|last=Frehley|first=Charley|website=Thebridgeband.com|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121227032810/http://www.thebridgeband.com/growing.html|archive-date=December 27, 2012|access-date=May 24, 2014}}</ref> His father, from [[Pennsylvania]], was the son of [[Dutch American|Dutch]] immigrants, and his mother is originally from [[North Carolina]] and has a German descent.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ev2VSrrqNAE&ab_channel=ROCKANTENNE | title=Ace Frehley 2023: About his new soloalbum "10.000 Volts" and KISS @ROCKANTENNE | website=[[YouTube]] | date=December 12, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ace-frehley.com/bio.html|title=Biography|website=Ace-frehley.com {An Unofficial Website}|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120613183654/http://www.ace-frehley.com/bio.html|archive-date=June 13, 2012|access-date=March 8, 2012}}</ref> The Frehleys were a musical family, and when Frehley received an electric guitar as a Christmas present in 1964, he immersed himself in learning the instrument. "I never went to music school; I never took a guitar lesson, but everybody in my family plays an instrument. My mother and father both played piano, his father was the church organist, and my brother and sister both played piano and acoustic guitar." Frehley was always surrounded by music, and started playing guitar at age 13. He lists [[Jimi Hendrix]], [[Albert Lee]], [[Buddy Guy]], [[Jeff Beck]], [[B.B. King]], [[Led Zeppelin]], [[the Rolling Stones]], and [[the Who]] as his main influences.<ref>{{cite web |last=Bey |first=Terri |title=Ace Frehley Biography |website=Kissinuk.com |date=June 1999 |url=http://www.kissinuk.com/bio/ace.htm |access-date=July 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815104710/http://www.kissinuk.com/bio/ace.htm |archive-date=August 15, 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref>

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Growing up on the corner of Marion Avenue and 201st Street, off Bedford Park Boulevard (also known as 200th Street) and [[Webster Avenue]] in the [[Bedford Park, Bronx|Bedford Park]] section of the Bronx,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Webster+Ave+%26+E+200th+St,+Bronx,+Bronx,+New+York+10458&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&cd=1&geocode=FdyVbwIdAqCY-w&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=23.875,57.630033&ll=40.867607,-73.883663&spn=0.001894,0.003433&z=18 |title=Map of the intersection of Bedford Park Boulevard and Webster Avenue in the Bronx, New York |publisher=Google Maps |access-date=August 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111121803/https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Webster+Ave+%26+E+200th+St,+Bronx,+Bronx,+New+York+10458&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&cd=1&geocode=FdyVbwIdAqCY-w&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=23.875,57.630033&ll=40.867607,-73.883663&spn=0.001894,0.003433&z=18 |archive-date=January 11, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> Frehley graduated from Grace Lutheran School at age 13. Two of the high schools he attended were [[DeWitt Clinton High School]] on [[Mosholu Parkway]] and [[Theodore Roosevelt High School (New York City)|Theodore Roosevelt High School]] on [[Fordham Road]]. He got the nickname "Ace" in high school from friends who said he was "a real ace" for his ability to get [[Dating|dates]]. Also in his high school years, a guidance counselor encouraged him to get into graphic arts. He later credited guitar playing for "saving his life" as a member of Kiss.<ref>{{cite web|title=Former KISS Guitarist ACE FREHLEY Says He Knew "The Elder" Would Bomb|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/former-kiss-guitarist-ace-frehley-says-he-knew-the-elder-would-bomb|website=Blabbermouth|date=October 2, 2018 }}</ref>