Tod Howarth (born September 24, 1957) is an American rock musician from

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. He is best known as serving as a keyboardist, a guitarist, and vocalist for the melodic hard rock group Frehley's Comet, led by former

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guitarist

Ace Frehley Paul Daniel "Ace" Frehley (; born April 27, 1951) is an American musician, best known as the original lead guitarist and co-founding member of the hard rock band Kiss. He invented the persona of The Spaceman (a.k.a. Space Ace) and played wi ...

. The band recorded three albums and produced four

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before the line-up ultimately dissolved, with Frehley moving back to solo efforts. Howarth's music career began in the early 1980s with the group

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. He has also performed with

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and

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and released four solo albums, the first in 1995. He also provided background vocals for Nugent's '' Penetrator'' album in 1984, and Loudness' album '' Hurricane Eyes'' in 1987. Howarth joined

again in 2008; at the 30th anniversary 2008

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show, he was seen on stage playing the keyboard and supplying backing vocals. He was originally scheduled to participate in the 2008 Journey /

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tour, but budget restrictions caused him to be unable to participate. On December 14, 2008 Howarth released an acoustic version of the Frehley's Comet classic "Time Ain't Runnin' Out" exclusively on his MySpace page. Howarth's latest solo album, ''Opposite Gods'' was released independently in April 2010. In June 2012, he released a video single on YouTube of his single
"Cold Beach"
filmed on location in the California desert. The video was shot and edited primarily by Vancouver producer Brian Sword. In June, 2016, Howarth, along with ex-Frehley's Comet bassist, John Regan, ex-

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drummer, Rob Affuso, and guitarist Pat Gasperini, released an album under the band name Four By Fate. Entitled ''Relentless'', the album was released by The End Records. Howarth also performs at charity events, such as

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for veterans and their families.

Solo discography

*''

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'' (1995) *'' Cobalt Parlor'' (1997) *'' West of Eight'' (2000) *''

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'' (2002) *'' Opposite Gods'' (2010)

Ace Frehley discography

*'' Frehley's Comet'' (July 7, 1987) *''

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'' (February 1988) *'' Second Sighting'' (May 24, 1988) *''

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'' (April 8, 1997) *''

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'' (January 20, 1998) *'' Greatest Hits Live'' (January 24, 2006)

Four By Fate discography

* ''Relentless'' (June 3, 2016)

707 discography

*''Mega Force'' (1982) *''

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'' (2004) *'' Greatest Hits Live'' (2005)

Filmography

*'' Frehley's Comet Live+4'' (1988) (VHS)

References

External links

Official websiteTod Howarth MySpace Page2017 Interview - Australian Rock Show Podcast
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