On 16. December 1972, Ace Frehley had his second audition with Kiss and was added as permanent member. His first audition was 8. December 1972 after responding to their advertisement for a lead guitarist in the Village Voice.
Ace Frehley:
“Then the guys showed up to watch me play in a club. And finally, in mid-January, about two weeks after my initial audition, I received a phone call from Paul. He wanted to know if I could come down to the loft and hang out with the guys again. I said, “Sure, why not?” When I arrived, Peter’s wife, Lydia, was there, as was Gene’s girlfriend. I suppose they wanted another set of eyes—female eyes—to determine whether the new guy looked like a good fit. We talked for a little while, jammed a bit, and then they offered me the job. By this time I’d learned that the band actually had no recording contract, which probably should have made me skeptical. But it really didn’t. Bands and musicians inflated their résumés all the time; I knew from personal experience that record deals were every bit as fragile as the records themselves.”
