Ace Von Johnson was the lead guitarist in the

glam metal Glam metal (also known as hair metal or pop metal) is a subgenre of heavy metal that features pop-influenced hooks and guitar riffs, upbeat rock anthems, and slow power ballads. It borrows heavily from the fashion and image of 1970s glam r ...

band

Faster Pussycat Faster Pussycat is an American hard rock/glam metal band from Los Angeles, formed in 1985 by vocalist Taime Downe, guitarists Brent Muscat and Greg Steele and bassist Kelly Nickels. The group has since gone through numerous lineup changes lea ...

and currently rhythm guitarist for

L.A. Guns L.A. Guns is an American glam metal band from Los Angeles, formed in 1983. The lineup currently consists of Tracii Guns (lead guitar), Phil Lewis (lead vocals), Ace Von Johnson (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Johnny Martin (bass, backing vo ...

. Johnson was previously a member of punk and metal bands such as Cheap Sex, Madcap, the U.S. Bombs,

the Generators The Generators are a punk rock band formed in 1997 in Los Angeles, created as a response to the breakup of the 90s punk rock group Schleprock. The original lineup was composed of Doug Kane on vocals, Mike Snow and Eric Ortega (Sir Doosky) on gu ...

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and Murphy's Law.

Career

In 2010, he performed on an alternative version of the song "

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" for the posthumous

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album "

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". The track was produced by Jackson collaborator Ron "Neff-U" Feemster, but was ultimately not released. Annually since 2012, he has performed with

on the

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cruise. Two such cruises sailed in 2016 and one each in 2017 and 2018, with Faster Pussycat performing on each, making them the only band to appear on every MoR cruise to this point. In May 2015, he appeared alongside two of his Faster Pussycat bandmates on VH1 Classic's

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in the "Stump The Trunk" segment. In August 2015, he performed at Riki Rachtman's'
Cathouse Live
a festival that reunited many of the bands from the Cathouse nightclub's heyday, held at Irving Meadows Amphitheater in

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. Later in the year, he served as musical director at the Rock and Shock horror and music festival in

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. Since its inception in January 2015, he has been a regular featured performer a
Ultimate Jam Night
a weekly music showcase first held at Lucky Strike Live before moving to the

Whisky a Go Go The Whisky a Go Go (informally nicknamed "the Whisky") is a historic nightclub in West Hollywood, California, United States. It is located at 8901 Sunset Boulevard on the Sunset Strip, corner North Clark Street, opposite North San Vicente Boule ...

, both in

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