Mike McCready: I loved Alive!. ?Black Diamond? blew my mind. Ace Frehley came onstage and did it with us at Madison Square Garden a few years ago, which was a total high watermark in my life. When I was 13, I never thought in a million years that I would even talk to him; I?d probably pass out. And here I am playing with him!
Ace was their firecracker, their dynamite. He?s what took them over the top with the feel he put into his leads. I really gravitated towards his vibrato. My lead for ?Alive? is based on ?She,? and that?s based on ?Five to One? by the Doors. I remember we were in Surrey, England. I thought about it like, ?I?m going to approach this like Ace did on ?She.'?