Ace: It's An Ace Life In The Low-Key Whacky World Of Los Angeles
Chris Salewicz, NME, 15 January 1977
SEVEN OF US leave the Ace ranch in Hidden Valley and go late night cruisin' in drummer Fran Byrne's '69 Pontiac. Fran heads for ex-Chilli Willi drummer Pete Sanders' place in Topanga Canyon to pick up some drum skins. The state of the car's mechanics is a close approximation of the state of its occupants' heads – highly illegal.
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