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<p><b>Thomas 'Tommy' Thayer</b> (born November 7, 1960) is an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="<br"></a> "United States">American <a href="%3Cbr"></a> "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musician" title=
"Musician">musician best known as the current lead guitarist<br />
for the American hard rock band <a href="%3Cbr"></a> "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_%28band%29" title=<br />
"Kiss (band)">Kiss.…</p>
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<p><b>Thomas 'Tommy' Thayer</b> (born November 7, 1960) is an
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title=<br />
"United States">American</a> <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musician" title=<br />
"Musician">musician</a> best known as the current lead guitarist<br />
for the American hard rock band <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_%28band%29" title=<br />
"Kiss (band)">Kiss</a>.</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="History">History</span></h2>
<p>After playing guitar in several rock groups, Thayer formed a
band with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaime_St._James"<br />
title="Jaime St. James">Jaime St. James</a>. The band was<br />
originally named Movie Star, which morphed into the band <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_%27n_Blue" title=<br />
"Black 'n Blue">Black 'n Blue</a> in late 1981. By that time, St.<br />
James had given up his drumsticks for a microphone, and he became<br />
the lead singer of Black 'n Blue. Jeff "Woop" Warner on guitar,<br />
Patrick Young on bass, and Pete Holmes on drums rounded out Black<br />
'n Blue's lineup.</p>
<p>After Geffen dropped the band, Thayer quit Black 'n
Blue.<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Thayer#cite_note-0"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
Thayer and St. James were later reunited in a Kiss tribute band<br />
called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_Gin" title=<br />
"Cold Gin" class="mw-redirect">Cold Gin</a>, with Thayer playing<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Frehley" title=<br />
"Ace Frehley">Ace Frehley</a>, and St. James playing <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Criss" title=<br />
"Peter Criss">Peter Criss</a>. The band didn't go unnoticed by Kiss<br />
themselves, and they were invited to play at Kiss rhythm guitarist<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Stanley" title=<br />
"Paul Stanley">Paul Stanley</a>'s birthday party. Consequently,<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons" title=<br />
"Gene Simmons">Gene Simmons</a>, co-founder and the bassist of<br />
Kiss, offered Thayer a job as the band's personal assistant; Thayer<br />
immediately seized the opportunity. Thayer was an all-around gofer<br />
for Simmons, sometimes making coffee, sometimes traveling the<br />
country securing hotel venues for Kiss' Convention tours in the<br />
mid-1990s, and even painting Paul Stanley's house and cleaning<br />
Simmons' gutters.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>When <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Frehley" title=
"Ace Frehley">Ace Frehley</a> left Kiss in 2002, Thayer was the<br />
band's choice to replace Frehley. Simmons and Stanley wanted to<br />
retain the classic look of the original lineup and chose Thayer to<br />
don Frehley's "Spaceman" makeup and replicate his performance<br />
antics. In March 2002, Thayer played his first show as a member of<br />
Kiss at a private function in Jamaica. The next month, he appeared<br />
at the 50<sup>th</sup> anniversary show of Dick Clark's American<br />
Bandstand, again in the Spaceman makeup. Since then, Thayer has<br />
played for Kiss in the <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_Symphony:_Alive_IV" title=<br />
"Kiss Symphony: Alive IV">Kiss Symphony</a> show at <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne" title=<br />
"Melbourne">Melbourne</a>, <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia" title=<br />
"Australia">Australia</a>, on a mini tour of <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>, on<br />
tour with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerosmith" title=<br />
"Aerosmith">Aerosmith</a>, on the Rock The Nation World Tour, and<br />
in several other single shows. He also played lead guitar for Kiss<br />
on their Alive/35 North American tour, which began on September 25,<br />
2009 at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobo_Center" title=<br />
"Cobo Center">Cobo Center</a> in <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit,_MI" title="Detroit, MI"<br />
class="mw-redirect">Detroit, MI</a>.</p>
<p>Thayer has also been involved in the production of various video
and CD products related to Kiss including the <i>Kiss Symphony:<br />
Alive IV</i> DVD, the Second Coming DVD, KissOlogy, and the main<br />
title sequence for the film "Detroit Rock City".</p>
<p>Thayer was elected to the board of trustees of <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_Grove,_Oregon" title=<br />
"Forest Grove, Oregon">Forest Grove, Oregon</a>'s <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_University" title=<br />
"Pacific University">Pacific University</a> in 2005.<sup id=<br />
"cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Thayer#cite_note-4"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
Since 2007, Thayer has hosted the annual Pacific University Legends<br />
Golf Classic, an annual golf tournament held in Aloha, Oregon (near<br />
Portland) which raises money for <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_University" title=<br />
"Pacific University">Pacific University</a> Athletics.<sup id=<br />
"cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Thayer#cite_note-5"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>Black 'n Blue played one reunion show on December 8, 2007. The
concert was a benefit for a crew member of the band, Kenny Nordone,<br />
to help pay for his medical bills, incurred whilst struggling with<br />
cancer.<sup class="Template-Fact" title=<br />
"This claim needs references to reliable sources from April 2009"<br />
style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup></p>
<p>On March 16, 2008, Thayer sang the Ace Frehley classic "Shock
Me" for the first time on the opening night of the <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_Alive/35_World_Tour" title=<br />
"Kiss Alive/35 World Tour">Kiss Alive/35 World Tour</a> in<br />
Melbourne.</p>
<p>In 2008, Thayer released a signature <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrument_amplifier" title=<br />
"Instrument amplifier">amp</a> by <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughes_%26_Kettner" title=<br />
"Hughes & Kettner">Hughes & Kettner</a> based on their<br />
classic amp the DuoTone Head.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Thayer#cite_note-6"><span>[</span>7<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>He is married to Amber Peek.</p>
<p>His father is a retired Brigadier General.</p>
<h2><span class="editsection"> </span><span class=
"mw-headline" id="Discography">Discography</span></h2>
<h3><span class="editsection"> </span><span class=
"mw-headline" id="Black_.27n_Blue">Black 'n Blue</span></h3>
<ul>
<li>1984: <i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_%27n_Blue_%28album%29" title=<br />
"Black 'n Blue (album)">Black 'n Blue</a></i></li>
<li>1985: <i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Without_Love_%28Black_%27n_Blue_album%29"<br />
title="Without Love (Black 'n Blue album)">Without<br />
Love</a></i></li>
<li>1986: <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasty_Nasty"
title="Nasty Nasty">Nasty Nasty</a></i></li>
<li>1988: <i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Heat_%28Black_%27N_Blue_album%29"<br />
title="In Heat (Black 'N Blue album)">In Heat</a></i></li>
<li>1998: <i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Night_Only:_Live" title=<br />
"One Night Only: Live">One Night Only: Live</a></i></li>
<li>2001: <i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Demos_Remastered:_Anthology_1"<br />
title="The Demos Remastered: Anthology 1">The Demos Remastered:<br />
Anthology 1</a></i></li>
<li>2001: <i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_Collection_%28Black_%27n_Blue_album%29"<br />
title="Ultimate Collection (Black 'n Blue album)">Ultimate<br />
Collection</a></i></li>
<li>2002: <i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_In_Detroit_%E2%80%93_1984"<br />
title="Live In Detroit – 1984" class="mw-redirect">Live In Detroit<br />
– 1984</a></i></li>
<li>2005: <i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collected_%28Black_%27n_Blue_box_set%29"<br />
title="Collected (Black 'n Blue box set)">Collected</a></i> (box<br />
set)</li>
<li>2007: <i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rarities_%28Black_%27n_Blue_album%29"<br />
title="Rarities (Black 'n Blue album)">Rarities</a></i></li>
</ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Kiss">Kiss</span></h3>
<ul>
<li>1998: <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho_Circus"
title="Psycho Circus">Psycho Circus</a></i> (not credited)</li>
<li>2003: <i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_Symphony:_Alive_IV" title=<br />
"Kiss Symphony: Alive IV">Kiss Symphony: Alive IV</a></i></li>
<li>2008: <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jigoku-Retsuden"
title="Jigoku-Retsuden">Jigoku-Retsuden</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-8"<br />
class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Thayer#cite_note-8"><span>[</span>9<span>]</span></a></sup></li>
<li>2009: <i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_Boom_%28Kiss_album%29" title=<br />
"Sonic Boom (Kiss album)">Sonic Boom</a></i></li>
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<p><b>Eric Doyle Mensinger</b> (born May 12, 1958 in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland,_Ohio" title="<br"></a> "Cleveland, Ohio" class="mw-redirect">Cleveland, Ohio, USA),
better known as <b>Eric Singer</b>, is a <a href="%3Cbr"></a> "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_rock" title="Hard rock">hard<br />
rock and <a href="%3Cbr"></a> "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_music" title=<br />
"Heavy metal music">heavy metal <a href="%3Cbr"></a> "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drummer" title="Drummer">drummer<br />
for the rock…</p>
<p><b>Eric Doyle Mensinger</b> (born May 12, 1958 in <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland,_Ohio" title=<br />
"Cleveland, Ohio" class="mw-redirect">Cleveland, Ohio</a>, USA),<br />
better known as <b>Eric Singer</b>, is a <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_rock" title="Hard rock">hard<br />
rock</a> and <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_music" title=<br />
"Heavy metal music">heavy metal</a> <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drummer" title="Drummer">drummer</a><br />
for the rock band <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_%28band%29" title=<br />
"Kiss (band)">Kiss</a> and formerly for singer <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Cooper" title=<br />
"Alice Cooper">Alice Cooper</a>. Over the past two decades Singer<br />
has appeared on over 75 albums and 11 EP's.</p>
<p>Singer began playing drums from an early age, and was inspired
by bands such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humble_Pie"<br />
title="Humble Pie" class="mw-redirect">Humble Pie</a>, <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Who" title="The Who">The Who</a>,<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin" title=<br />
"Led Zeppelin">Led Zeppelin</a>, <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sabbath" title=<br />
"Black Sabbath">Black Sabbath</a>, <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">The<br />
Beatles</a> and <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_%28band%29" title=<br />
"Queen (band)">Queen</a> and drummers such as <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bonham" title="John Bonham">John<br />
Bonham</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Moon"<br />
title="Keith Moon">Keith Moon</a>, <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cozy_Powell" title="Cozy Powell">Cozy<br />
Powell</a>, <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Meddows-Taylor" title=<br />
"Roger Meddows-Taylor">Roger Taylor</a>, <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ward_%28musician%29" title=<br />
"Bill Ward (musician)">Bill Ward</a>, and <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Rich" title="Buddy Rich">Buddy<br />
Rich</a>.</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Early_career">Early
career</span></h2>
<p>Singer's first professional drumming job was as <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lita_Ford" title="Lita Ford">Lita<br />
Ford</a>'s touring drummer in 1984. In 1985 he joined <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sabbath" title=<br />
"Black Sabbath">Black Sabbath</a>, replacing original drummer<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ward_%28musician%29"<br />
title="Bill Ward (musician)">Bill Ward</a>, who had left the band<br />
after the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Aid" title=<br />
"Live Aid">Live Aid</a> reunion. Singer would participate in the<br />
recording of the albums <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventh_Star" title=<br />
"Seventh Star">Seventh Star</a></i> and <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eternal_Idol" title=<br />
"The Eternal Idol">The Eternal Idol</a></i> and was invited by his<br />
Black Sabbath colleague <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Gillen" title="Ray Gillen">Ray<br />
Gillen</a> to join the latter's new formed band <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badlands_%28American_band%29" title=<br />
"Badlands (American band)">Badlands</a>. Singer accepted and played<br />
on the band's <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badlands_%28album%29" title=<br />
"Badlands (album)">self-titled debut album</a>. Singer left the<br />
group in 1989 as he would join <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Stanley" title=<br />
"Paul Stanley">Paul Stanley</a> as his touring drummer on his solo<br />
tour of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title=<br />
"United States">America</a> and <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>. He<br />
also briefly appeared in the 1989 Wes Craven film <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shocker_%28film%29" title=<br />
"Shocker (film)">Shocker</a>. Singer played with <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia_Newton-John" title=<br />
"Olivia Newton-John">Olivia Newton-John</a> in the music video for<br />
Culture Shock. He later revealed in an interview that he obtained<br />
that gig because he was working for Lita Ford at the time.</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Career_with_Kiss">Career with
Kiss</span></h2>
<p>In December 1991, Eric Singer officially became the drummer for
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_%28band%29" title=<br />
"Kiss (band)">Kiss</a> after the death of <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carr" title="Eric Carr">Eric<br />
Carr</a>. Singer, who had performed with Paul Stanley on his club<br />
tour along with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Kulick"<br />
title="Bob Kulick">Bob Kulick</a> two years earlier, was hired and<br />
debuted with the band on the album <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenge_%28Kiss_album%29" title=<br />
"Revenge (Kiss album)">Revenge</a></i>, on which he was originally<br />
slated to fill in on some tracks while Eric Carr recuperated from<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_cancer" title=<br />
"Heart cancer">heart cancer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Singer#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
Singer played on <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival_of_Souls:_The_Final_Sessions"<br />
title="Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions">Carnival of Souls:<br />
The Final Sessions</a></i> and toured with Kiss until 1996, when<br />
the band reunited with original drummer <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Criss" title=<br />
"Peter Criss">Peter Criss</a> and guitarist <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Frehley" title="Ace Frehley">Ace<br />
Frehley</a> for the <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alive/Worldwide_Tour" title=<br />
"Alive/Worldwide Tour">Alive/Worldwide Tour</a>.</p>
<p>After five relatively quiet years, during which Singer toured
with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_%28band%29" title=<br />
"Queen (band)">Queen</a> guitarist <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_May" title="Brian May">Brian<br />
May</a>, Singer was asked to rejoin Kiss in 2001 after Criss'<br />
departure shortly before the Australian and Japanese leg of Kiss'<br />
Farewell tour. Singer debuted in full "Catman" make-up and costume<br />
for the first time on the tour, causing some animosity because the<br />
"Catman" character had previously been solely portrayed by Criss,<br />
including during many of the band's successful years; even when<br />
Eric Carr replaced Criss, Carr did not don the makeup (he portrayed<br />
the "Fox" until Kiss dispensed with the makeup in 1983.<sup id=<br />
"cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Singer#cite_note-2"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup>.<br />
Singer was replaced again by Criss in 2003 but returned to the band<br />
by the end of the year after <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons" title=<br />
"Gene Simmons">Gene Simmons</a> and <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Stanley" title=<br />
"Paul Stanley">Paul Stanley</a> opted not to renew Criss' contract.<br />
Since then, Singer has been playing drums in Kiss as their<br />
permanent drummer. In 2009, Singer, along with lead guitarist<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Thayer" title=<br />
"Tommy Thayer">Tommy Thayer</a>, played and sang on the new Kiss<br />
album <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_Boom_%28Kiss_album%29" title=<br />
"Sonic Boom (Kiss album)">Sonic Boom</a></i>, the first studio<br />
album to feature the new line-up.</p>
<p>Singer also was said to be a great drummer in a 2008 interview
by Peter Criss, despite the fact that Peter Criss is upset about<br />
Singer using his image.</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id=
"Career_with_Alice_Cooper_and_other_projects">Career with Alice<br />
Cooper and other projects</span></h2>
<p>When not touring with Kiss, Singer performed with <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Cooper" title=<br />
"Alice Cooper">Alice Cooper</a>. Singer had been a member of<br />
Cooper's band since the release of the album <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brutal_Planet" title=<br />
"Brutal Planet">Brutal Planet</a> in 2000. Singer had already<br />
performed with Cooper years earlier, during the tour for the album<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hey_Stoopid" title=<br />
"Hey Stoopid">Hey Stoopid</a>. Singer has featured on three Alice<br />
Cooper albums to date, namely, <i>Brutal Planet</i>, <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eyes_Of_Alice_Cooper" title=<br />
"The Eyes Of Alice Cooper" class="mw-redirect">The Eyes Of Alice<br />
Cooper</a></i>, and <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Along_Came_a_Spider_%28Alice_Cooper_album%29"<br />
title="Along Came a Spider (Alice Cooper album)" class=<br />
"mw-redirect">Along Came a Spider</a></i>. Due to his growing<br />
commitments with KISS as well as with his side project ESP, he<br />
hasn't played in Alice Cooper's band since 2008.</p>
<p>He has also occasionally performed and recorded with his own
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Singer_Project" title=<br />
"Eric Singer Project">Eric Singer Project</a>, featuring, among<br />
others, his former Kiss bandmate <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Kulick" title=<br />
"Bruce Kulick">Bruce Kulick</a> and former <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B6tley_Cr%C3%BCe" title=<br />
"Mötley Crüe">Mötley Crüe</a> lead singer <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Corabi" title="John Corabi">John<br />
Corabi</a>. Three releases have resulted from this collaboration:<br />
the studio album <i>Lost And Spaced</i> (1998), consisting<br />
completely of covers from classic rock songs; the live album<br />
<i>Live In Japan</i> (2006); and the DVD <i>Live At The Marquee</i><br />
(2006).</p>
<p>Singer has also played in the band <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avantasia" title=<br />
"Avantasia">Avantasia</a>, replacing drummer <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Holzwarth" title=<br />
"Alex Holzwarth">Alex Holzwarth</a> after a guest performance in<br />
the song "Into the Unknown" from the album <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Metal_Opera_Part_II" title=<br />
"The Metal Opera Part II">The Metal Opera Part II</a></i>. Two<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPs" title="EPs" class=<br />
"mw-redirect">EPs</a> and one full album have been released with<br />
Singer's performance on the drums: <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_in_Space_Part_I" title=<br />
"Lost in Space Part I">Lost in Space Part I</a></i>, <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_in_Space_Part_II" title=<br />
"Lost in Space Part II">Lost in Space Part II</a></i>, and<br />
<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scarecrow_%28album%29"<br />
title="The Scarecrow (album)">The Scarecrow</a></i>, and on several<br />
songs from <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wicked_Symphony" title=<br />
"The Wicked Symphony">The Wicked Symphony</a> and <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_of_Babylon" title=<br />
"Angel of Babylon">Angel of Babylon</a>.</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Equipment">Equipment</span></h2>
<p>Singer is a loyal endorser of <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Drums" title=<br />
"Pearl Drums">Pearl</a> drums, hardware and pedals, Terry Bozzio<br />
Attack signature drumheads, <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zildjian" title="Zildjian" class=<br />
"mw-redirect">Zildjian</a> Cymbals and <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ddrum" title="Ddrum">Ddrum</a><br />
acoustic drum triggers.</p>
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<p><b>Bruce Howard Kulick</b> (born December 12, 1953 in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York" title="New York">New
York</a>) is an <a href="%3Cbr"></a> "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title=<br />
"United States">American <a href="%3Cbr"></a> "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitarist" title=<br />
"Guitarist">guitarist, <a href="%3Cbr"></a> "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musician" title=<br />
"Musician">musician and a member of the band…</p>
<p><em><strong>from Wikipedia.com</strong></em></p>
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<p><b>Bruce Howard Kulick</b> (born December 12, 1953 in <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York" title="New York">New<br />
York</a>) is an <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title=<br />
"United States">American</a> <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitarist" title=<br />
"Guitarist">guitarist</a>, <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musician" title=<br />
"Musician">musician</a> and a member of the band <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Funk_Railroad" title=<br />
"Grand Funk Railroad">Grand Funk Railroad</a>. Previously, Kulick<br />
had been a longtime member of the band <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_%28band%29" title=<br />
"Kiss (band)">Kiss</a>.</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Early_years">Early
years</span></h2>
<p>Bruce Kulick's first known recording effort came in the form of
KKB, with neighborhood friends MIKE KATZ, Bass<br />
Player/Singer/Writer, and GUY BOIS on drums. It was a mix of CREAM,<br />
and YES, rolled into a power trio format. KKB finally was released<br />
on Kulick's web site as a limited edition CD in 2008. Kulick then<br />
went on to tour with ANDREA TRUE, and GEORGE MCCREA of ROCK YOU<br />
BABY fame. Kulick toured the world on <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Loaf" title="Meat Loaf">Meat<br />
Loaf</a>'s "Bat Out of Hell" tour in 1977-1978, and was briefly a<br />
member of Long Island's <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Rats" title="Good Rats" class=<br />
"mw-redirect">Good Rats</a>. He was also in the band <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackjack_%28band%29" title=<br />
"Blackjack (band)">Blackjack</a> with <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bolton" title=<br />
"Michael Bolton">Michael Bolton</a>, and also played on several<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bolton" title=<br />
"Michael Bolton">Michael Bolton</a> solo albums. (Bolton later<br />
co-wrote the Kiss song "<a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forever_%28Kiss_song%29" title=<br />
"Forever (Kiss song)">Forever</a>", from <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_in_the_Shade" title=<br />
"Hot in the Shade">Hot in the Shade</a></i>).</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Kiss_.281984-1996.29">Kiss
(1984-1996)</span></h2>
<p>Kulick is best known as lead <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar" title="Guitar">guitarist</a><br />
for the rock band <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_%28band%29" title=<br />
"Kiss (band)">Kiss</a> from September 1984 to August 1996. Kulick<br />
never wore Kiss' iconic face paint on stage, which they removed in<br />
1983. Kulick was the first member of Kiss to be billed under his<br />
actual birth name, and to date, along with Tommy Thayer, is one of<br />
only two members to ever do so. All other past and present members<br />
have been billed under stage names, legally-changed names,<br />
nicknames, or partially modified names.</p>
<p>Originally brought in as a touring member after guitarist
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_St._John" title=<br />
"Mark St. John">Mark St. John</a> was diagnosed with <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactive_arthritis" title=<br />
"Reactive arthritis">Reiter's Syndrome</a>, Kulick played on 5 Kiss<br />
studio albums: <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asylum_%28Kiss_album%29" title=<br />
"Asylum (Kiss album)">Asylum</a></i>, <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Nights" title=<br />
"Crazy Nights">Crazy Nights</a></i>, <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_in_the_Shade" title=<br />
"Hot in the Shade">Hot in the Shade</a></i>, <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenge_%28Kiss_album%29" title=<br />
"Revenge (Kiss album)">Revenge</a></i> and <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival_of_Souls:_The_Final_Sessions"<br />
title="Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions">Carnival of Souls:<br />
The Final Sessions</a></i>; he also appeared on <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alive_III" title="Alive III">Alive<br />
III</a></i> and <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_Unplugged" title=<br />
"KISS Unplugged" class="mw-redirect">Kiss Unplugged</a></i>. The<br />
song "I Walk Alone" from <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival_of_Souls:_The_Final_Sessions"<br />
title="Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions">Carnival of Souls:<br />
The Final Sessions</a></i> is the only Kiss track to feature Kulick<br />
as lead <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singing" title=<br />
"Singing">vocalist</a>. To this day Kulick is featured on over 20<br />
Kiss releases.</p>
<p>When the original members of the band regrouped, starting in
1995 with the <i>MTV Unplugged</i> special that carried over into<br />
re-adopting their makeup and costuming for the "Reunion Tour" in<br />
1996, Bruce Kulick and <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Singer" title="Eric Singer">Eric<br />
Singer</a> were paid weekly during the tour; while "sidelined" from<br />
Kiss, both were allowed to do other projects so long as Simmons and<br />
Stanley okayed them.<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Kulick#cite_note-0"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
Kulick officially left Kiss in December 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-1"<br />
class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Kulick#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
Kulick was with the band longer than any member aside from the<br />
original foursome and drummer Eric Singer. (Singer has done three<br />
discontinuous stints with the band, each much shorter than<br />
Kulick's.) <sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Kulick#cite_note-2"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
When Ace Frehley again left Kiss (in 2002, after the Farewell<br />
Tour), Kulick was not asked to rejoin as Gene and Paul thought that<br />
Tommy Thayer (former <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_%27n_Blue" title=<br />
"Black 'n Blue">Black 'n Blue</a> guitarist and Kiss tour manager)<br />
could capture Ace's persona better than Bruce, since Tommy filled<br />
in on a few shows for Ace during the farewell tour.</p>
<p>Incidentally, Bruce's brother <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Kulick" title="Bob Kulick">Bob<br />
Kulick</a> also played with Kiss as a session guitarist, and in<br />
addition appeared on <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Stanley" title=<br />
"Paul Stanley">Paul Stanley</a>'s 1978 solo album. Bob was also a<br />
member of Paul's touring band for his 1989 "club tour."</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Union">Union</span></h2>
<p>When Kiss' original members reunited in February 1996, Kulick
left to form <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_%28band%29" title=<br />
"Union (band)">Union</a> with <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Corabi" title="John Corabi">John<br />
Corabi</a> (<a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B6tley_Cr%C3%BCe" title=<br />
"Mötley Crüe">Mötley Crüe</a>'s vocalist during <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Neil" title="Vince Neil">Vince<br />
Neil</a>'s absence), <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brent_Fitz" title="Brent Fitz">Brent<br />
Fitz</a> on drums; and James Hunting on bass. Three albums were<br />
forthcoming: <i>Union</i>, <i>Live in the Galaxy</i> and <i>The<br />
Blue Room</i>.</p>
<p>In January 2005 Bruce released the first <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_%28band%29" title=<br />
"Union (band)">Union</a> DVD, <i>Do Your Own Thing Live</i>. This<br />
DVD contained two full length Union concerts and extra bonus<br />
material.</p>
<p>Union played in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan"
title="Japan">Japan</a> in January 2005 and <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a><br />
in November 2005 without original member <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brent_Fitz" title="Brent Fitz">Brent<br />
Fitz</a>. Kiss bandmate <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Singer" title="Eric Singer">Eric<br />
Singer</a> filled in, as Brent had other obligations.</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Grand_Funk_Railroad">Grand Funk
Railroad</span></h2>
<p>Kulick is the lead guitarist for <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Funk_Railroad" title=<br />
"Grand Funk Railroad">Grand Funk Railroad</a>, with whom he has<br />
been playing since 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Kulick#cite_note-3"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Solo_work">Solo work</span></h2>
<p>Kulick has released three solo albums, <i>Audio Dog</i> in 2001,
<i>Transformer</i> in 2003, and most recently <i>BK3</i>, which was<br />
released on February, 2, 2010.</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Other_work">Other
work</span></h2>
<p>In the late 1970s, following the release of <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Loaf" title="Meat Loaf">Meat<br />
Loaf</a>'s first album <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_Out_of_Hell" title=<br />
"Bat Out of Hell">Bat Out of Hell</a></i>, Kulick played guitar on<br />
tour with Meat Loaf's band.</p>
<p>Kulick has also appeared on all album releases by Eric Singer's
solo project ESP (<a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Singer_Project" title=<br />
"Eric Singer Project">Eric Singer Project</a>): <i>Lost and<br />
Spaced</i> (1998), <i>ESP</i> (1999), and <i>Eric Singer Project:<br />
Live in Tokyo</i> (2006). Kulick also appeared on the DVD <i>Eric<br />
Singer Project: Live at the Marquee</i> (2006), which was filmed<br />
live in Australia.</p>
<p>Kulick appears on the <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lordi" title="Lordi">Lordi</a> March<br />
2006 album <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Arockalypse" title=<br />
"The Arockalypse">The Arockalypse</a></i>, playing lead guitar on<br />
the song "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Snows_In_Hell"<br />
title="It Snows In Hell" class="mw-redirect">It Snows In<br />
Hell</a>".</p>
<p>Kulick appears on <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Stanley" title=<br />
"Paul Stanley">Paul Stanley</a>'s 2006 album <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_To_Win" title="Live To Win"<br />
class="mw-redirect">Live To Win</a></i>, playing bass.</p>
<p>In 2006, Kulick performed on the compilation <i>Butchering the
Beatles</i>, playing lead on the song "Drive My Car".</p>
<p>Kulick cut a guest guitar solo for the track "The Edge of the
Razor" (featured on the album <i>Emotional Coma</i>) by Swedish<br />
metal group Lion's Share. Lion's Share had been recording in a<br />
studio owned by a former Kiss Army president of Sweden, who knew<br />
that Kulick was to arrive in <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm" title=<br />
"Stockholm">Stockholm</a> in order to attend a Kiss Expo.<sup id=<br />
"cite_ref-LionsShareLucemFero_5-0" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Kulick#cite_note-LionsShareLucemFero-5"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
The studio owner suggested that Lion's Share invite Kulick to the<br />
studio. Kulick accepted the invitation and went to the<br />
studio,<sup id="cite_ref-LionsShareLucemFero_5-1" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Kulick#cite_note-LionsShareLucemFero-5"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
where he laid down a guitar solo. Kulick initially played a bluesy<br />
solo in the vein of Union, so Lion's Share guitarist Lars Chriss<br />
said; "Go back, and do some more flashy things".<sup id=<br />
"cite_ref-LionsShareLucemFero_5-2" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Kulick#cite_note-LionsShareLucemFero-5"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
Chriss described the solo as being "very much based on revenge",<br />
and that Kulick "uses the whammy bar to show that".<sup id=<br />
"cite_ref-LionsShareLucemFero_5-3" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Kulick#cite_note-LionsShareLucemFero-5"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
Furthermore, Chriss commented that the solo was "great", possessing<br />
"a lot of emotion", and that it "has some flashy elements".<br />
Afterwards, Kulick signed some Kiss albums for the group.<sup id=<br />
"cite_ref-LionsShareLucemFero_5-4" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Kulick#cite_note-LionsShareLucemFero-5"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>Kulick was a guest star along with Paul Stanley at <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_%27n_Roll_Fantasy_Camp" title=<br />
"Rock 'n Roll Fantasy Camp">Rock 'n Roll Fantasy Camp</a> in New<br />
York City (Aug. 31-Sept. 3, 2003).</p>
<p>In his 2004 feature interview with <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Stanley" title=<br />
"Paul Stanley">Paul Stanley</a>, Kulick discussed his very first<br />
recorded project from 1974, something called KKB. It featured<br />
performances by his childhood friends Mike Katz and Guy Bois (the<br />
other K and B of KKB, respectively) and he likened its sound to<br />
that of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cream_%28band%29"<br />
title="Cream (band)">Cream</a>. Kulick only recently found the<br />
master tape from those sessions and issued it via limited edition<br />
CD, available during his appearances at <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_%28band%29" title=<br />
"Kiss (band)">Kiss</a> expos and via his website.<sup id=<br />
"cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Kulick#cite_note-6"><span>[</span>7<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
In a follow-up interview with Maul Stanley, Kulick also discussed<br />
his lifelong love of <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars" title="Star Wars">Star<br />
Wars</a> and its historical similarities to <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_%28band%29" title=<br />
"Kiss (band)">Kiss</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Kulick#cite_note-7"><span>[</span>8<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>Kulick is one of the characters in the book <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_Tips_from_Rock_Stars" title=<br />
"Sex Tips from Rock Stars">Sex Tips from Rock Stars</a> by Paul<br />
Miles to be published by <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnibus_Press" title="Omnibus Press"<br />
class="mw-redirect">Omnibus Press</a> in July 2010.<sup id=<br />
"cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Kulick#cite_note-8"><span>[</span>9<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id=
"Discography">Discography</span></h2>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="with_Mike_Katz.2C_Guy_Bois">with
Mike Katz, Guy Bois</span></h3>
<ul>
<li><i>KKB 1974</i> (1974)</li>
</ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="with_Billy_Squier">with Billy
Squier</span></h3>
<ul>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tale_of_the_Tape"
title="Tale of the Tape" class="mw-redirect">Tale of the<br />
Tape</a></i> (1980)</li>
</ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="with_Blackjack">with
Blackjack</span></h3>
<ul>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackjack_%28Blackjack_album%29"<br />
title="Blackjack (Blackjack album)">Blackjack</a></i> (1979)</li>
<li><i>Worlds Apart</i> (1980)</li>
</ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="with_The_Good_Rats">with The Good
Rats</span></h3>
<ul>
<li><i>Great American Music</i> (1981)</li>
</ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="with_Daniel_McCartney">with
Daniel McCartney</span></h3>
<ul>
<li><i>Music Dog</i> (2003)</li>
</ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="with_Michael_Bolton">with Michael
Bolton</span></h3>
<ul>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bolton_%28album%29" title=<br />
"Michael Bolton (album)">Michael Bolton</a></i> (1983)</li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everybody%27s_Crazy_%28album%29"<br />
title="Everybody's Crazy (album)" class="mw-redirect">Everybody's<br />
Crazy</a></i> (1985)</li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunger_%28Michael_Bolton_album%29"<br />
title="The Hunger (Michael Bolton album)">The Hunger</a></i><br />
(1987)</li>
</ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="with_KISS">with KISS</span></h3>
<ul>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animalize_Live_Uncensored" title=<br />
"Animalize Live Uncensored">Animalize Live Uncensored</a></i><br />
(1985)</li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asylum_%28Kiss_album%29" title=<br />
"Asylum (Kiss album)">Asylum</a></i> (1985)</li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Nights" title=
"Crazy Nights">Crazy Nights</a></i> (1987)</li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Nights_%28video%29" title=<br />
"Crazy Nights (video)">Crazy Nights (video)</a></i> (1987)</li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposed_%28Kiss%29"
title="Exposed (Kiss)">Exposed</a></i> (1987)</li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chikara_%28album%29"
title="Chikara (album)">Chikara</a></i> (1988)</li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smashes,_Thrashes_%26_Hits" title=<br />
"Smashes, Thrashes & Hits">Smashes, Thrashes & Hits</a></i><br />
(1988)</li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_in_the_Shade"
title="Hot in the Shade">Hot in the Shade</a></i> (1989)</li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenge_%28Kiss_album%29" title=<br />
"Revenge (Kiss album)">Revenge</a></i> (1992)</li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-treme_Close-Up"
title="X-treme Close-Up">X-treme Close-Up</a></i> (1992)</li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_Konfidential"
title="Kiss Konfidential">Kiss Konfidential</a></i> (1993)</li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alive_III" title=
"Alive III">Alive III</a></i> (1993)</li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_My_Ass:_The_Video" title=<br />
"Kiss My Ass: The Video">Kiss My Ass: The Video</a></i> (1994)</li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_Unplugged" title=
"KISS Unplugged" class="mw-redirect">Kiss Unplugged</a></i><br />
(1996)</li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival_of_Souls:_The_Final_Sessions"<br />
title="Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions">Carnival of Souls:<br />
The Final Sessions</a></i> (1997)</li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Box_Set_%28Kiss%29" title=<br />
"The Box Set (Kiss)">The Box Set</a></i> (2001)</li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Very_Best_of_Kiss"
title="The Very Best of Kiss">The Very Best of Kiss</a></i><br />
(2002)</li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Best_of_Kiss,_Volume_2:_The_Millennium_Collection"<br />
title="The Best of Kiss, Volume 2: The Millennium Collection">The<br />
Best of Kiss, Volume 2: The Millennium Collection</a></i><br />
(2004)</li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Best_of_Kiss,_Volume_3:_The_Millennium_Collection"<br />
title="The Best of Kiss, Volume 3: The Millennium Collection">The<br />
Best of Kiss, Volume 3: The Millennium Collection</a></i><br />
(2006)</li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kissology_Volume_Two:_1978-1991"<br />
title="Kissology Volume Two: 1978-1991">Kissology Volume Two:<br />
1978–1991</a></i> (2007)</li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kissology_Volume_Three:_1992%E2%80%932000"<br />
title="Kissology Volume Three: 1992–2000">Kissology Volume Three:<br />
1992–2000</a></i> (2007)</li>
</ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="with_Union">with
Union</span></h3>
<ul>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_%28Union_album%29" title=<br />
"Union (Union album)">Union</a></i> (1998)</li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Live_in_the_Galaxy&action=edit&redlink=1"<br />
class="new" title="Live in the Galaxy (page does not exist)">Live<br />
in the Galaxy</a></i> (1999)</li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Room_%28Album%29" title=<br />
"The Blue Room (Album)" class="mw-redirect">The Blue Room</a></i><br />
(2000)</li>
<li><i>Do Your Own Thing</i> DVD - Live(2005)</li>
</ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="with_ESP">with ESP</span></h3>
<ul>
<li><i>Lost & Spaced</i> (1998)</li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESP" title=
"ESP">ESP</a></i> (1999)</li>
<li><i>Live In Japan</i> (2006)</li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_at_the_Marquee"
title="Live at the Marquee">Live at the Marquee</a></i> DVD<br />
(2006)</li>
</ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Solo">Solo</span></h3>
<ul>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Audio_Dog&action=edit&redlink=1"<br />
class="new" title="Audio Dog (page does not exist)">Audio<br />
Dog</a></i> (2001)</li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformer_%28Bruce_Kulick_album%29"<br />
title="Transformer (Bruce Kulick album)">Transformer</a></i><br />
(2003)</li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BK3_%28album%29"
title="BK3 (album)">BK3</a> (2010)<sup id="cite_ref-9" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Kulick#cite_note-9"><span>[</span>10<span>]</span></a></sup></i></li>
</ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Other_work_2">Other
work</span></h3>
<ul>
<li><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stevie_%28musician%29&action=edit&redlink=1"<br />
class="new" title=<br />
"Stevie (musician) (page does not exist)">Stevie</a> - <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gypsy%21&action=edit&redlink=1"<br />
class="new" title="Gypsy! (page does not exist)">Gypsy!</a></i><br />
(1984)</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Johnson" title=
"Don Johnson">Don Johnson</a> - <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_It_Roll_%28Don_Johnson_album%29"<br />
title="Let It Roll (Don Johnson album)">Let It Roll</a></i><br />
(1989)</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Bonnet" title=
"Graham Bonnet">Graham Bonnet</a> - <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_I_Went_Mad" title=<br />
"The Day I Went Mad">The Day I Went Mad</a></i> (1999)</li>
<li>Tribute to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Halen"
title="Van Halen">Van Halen</a> - <i>Little Guitars</i> (2000)<br />
<small>Produced by Bob Kulick.</small></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carr" title=
"Eric Carr">Eric Carr</a> - <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockology" title=<br />
"Rockology">Rockology</a></i> (2000) <small>Produced by Bruce<br />
Kulick.</small></li>
<li>KISS Tribute - <i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spin_The_Bottle_%28KISS_tribute_album%29"<br />
title="Spin The Bottle (KISS tribute album)" class=<br />
"mw-redirect">Spin The Bottle</a></i> (2004)</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons" title=
"Gene Simmons">Gene Simmons</a> - <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asshole_%28album%29" title=<br />
"Asshole (album)">Asshole</a></i> (2004)</li>
<li>Bruce and Bob Kulick - <i>KISS Forever</i> (2005) <small>KISS
Instructional DVD</small></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lordi" title=
"Lordi">Lordi</a> - <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Arockalypse" title=<br />
"The Arockalypse">The Arockalypse</a></i> (2006)</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Stanley" title=
"Paul Stanley">Paul Stanley</a> - <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_to_Win" title="Live to Win">Live<br />
to Win</a></i> (2006)</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Schenker" title=
"Michael Schenker">Michael Schenker</a> - <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Doctor:_The_Kulick_Sessions"<br />
title="Doctor Doctor: The Kulick Sessions" class=<br />
"mw-redirect">Doctor Doctor: The Kulick Sessions</a></i><br />
(2008)</li>
<li>Led Box - The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Tribute: <i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazed_and_Confused_%28song%29" title=<br />
"Dazed and Confused (song)">Dazed & Confused</a></i><br />
(2008)</li>
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<p><b>Mark Leslie Norton</b> (February 7, 1956 – April 5, 2007), better known as <b>Mark St. John</b>, was a <a href="%3Cbr"></a> "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitarist" title=
"Guitarist">guitarist known for his brief work with the<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_ensemble#Rock_and_pop_bands"><br />
title="Musical ensemble">rock band…</a></p>
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<p> </p>
<p><b>Mark Leslie Norton</b> (February 7, 1956 – April 5, 2007),
better known as <b>Mark St. John</b>, was a <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitarist" title=<br />
"Guitarist">guitarist</a> known for his brief work with the<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_ensemble#Rock_and_pop_bands"<br />
title="Musical ensemble">rock band</a> <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_%28band%29" title=<br />
"Kiss (band)">Kiss</a>.</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Career">Career</span></h2>
<h3><span class="editsection"> </span><span class=
"mw-headline" id="Prior_to_Kiss">Prior to Kiss</span></h3>
<p>Before joining Kiss, St. John was a well known and respected
teacher and guitarist for the <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_California" title=<br />
"Southern California">Southern California</a> cover band Front<br />
Page. After leaving Kiss, he formed a band called White Tiger,<br />
featuring <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Donato"<br />
title="David Donato">David Donato</a> (lead vocals), <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Norton&action=edit&redlink=1"<br />
class="new" title="Michael Norton (page does not exist)">Michael<br />
Norton</a> (Mark St-John's brother) (bass/backing vocals), and<br />
Brian James Fox (drums). Demos that the band had recorded with<br />
producer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Johns" title=<br />
"Andy Johns">Andy Johns</a> and guitarist <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Citron" title="Neil Citron">Neil<br />
Citron</a>, prior to Mark joining, apparently led to Donato's<br />
equally short tenure with another legendary band, <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sabbath" title=<br />
"Black Sabbath">Black Sabbath</a>.</p>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Kiss">Kiss</span></h3>
<p>St. John was only with <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_%28band%29" title=<br />
"Kiss (band)">Kiss</a> a short time, but he was featured on the<br />
album <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animalize" title=<br />
"Animalize">Animalize</a></i>, the second album of the "unmasked"<br />
period. This turned out to be one of Kiss's most successful studio<br />
albums, aside from those made by the original lineup. St. John's<br />
only video appearance with Kiss is in the video for the hit single<br />
"<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven%27s_on_Fire" title=<br />
"Heaven's on Fire">Heaven's on Fire</a>".</p>
<p>During the sessions for the album, which was recorded in
mid-1984, St. John clashed with the other members of the band. He<br />
also developed <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthritis"<br />
title="Arthritis">arthritis</a> (<a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactive_arthritis" title=<br />
"Reactive arthritis">Reiter's Syndrome</a>), which caused his hands<br />
and arms to swell. He was all but unable to perform live as a<br />
member of Kiss, and only played two full shows and one partial show<br />
during the <i>Animalize</i> tour, with <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Kulick" title=<br />
"Bruce Kulick">Bruce Kulick</a> playing the rest.<sup id=<br />
"cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_St._John#cite_note-0"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
Mark St. John was officially replaced by Bruce Kulick on December<br />
8, 1984.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_St._John#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>He is also the only Kiss member not to appear in on any album
front cover, since the Animalize cover only features a tapestry of<br />
animal prints. However, he is posing with the rest of the band on<br />
the albums backside.</p>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="After_Kiss">After
Kiss</span></h3>
<p>In January 1985 St. John teamed up with vocalist <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Donato" title=<br />
"David Donato">David Donato</a> and drummer <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Brandt" title="Barry Brandt"<br />
class="mw-redirect">Barry Brandt</a> of <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_%28band%29" title=<br />
"Angel (band)">Angel</a> to work on developing some demo ideas. By<br />
March he was playing live again, appearing at an all-star jam<br />
session at the FM Station Club. The lineup included <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Sarzo" title="Rudy Sarzo">Rudy<br />
Sarzo</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Aldridge"<br />
title="Tommy Aldridge">Tommy Aldridge</a> (Kiss Revolution,<br />
April/May 1985). Mark also performed at a sold-out audience at a<br />
benefit jazz concert for <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenpeace" title=<br />
"Greenpeace">Greenpeace</a>. Some of the legendary jazz musicians<br />
playing alongside Mark included the Steve Hooks Band, Stu Nevitt<br />
(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadowfax_%28band%29" title=<br />
"Shadowfax (band)">Shadowfax</a>), Slyde Hyde (<a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Scott_%28musician%29" title=<br />
"Tom Scott (musician)">Tom Scott</a>/<a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supertramp" title=<br />
"Supertramp">Supertramp</a>), <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Aarons" title="Al Aarons">Al<br />
Aarons</a> (Count Basie), plus other special all-star guests".<br />
(Kiss Force)</p>
<p>Mark and David soon formed <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Tiger_%28band%29" title=<br />
"White Tiger (band)">White Tiger</a>, becoming the first ex-Kiss<br />
guitarist to release an album (1986, predating both <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Frehley" title="Ace Frehley">Ace<br />
Frehley</a> and <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinnie_Vincent" title=<br />
"Vinnie Vincent">Vinnie Vincent</a>'s efforts). They had written<br />
most of the material for the album by mid-1985 and set out to<br />
complete a lineup with which to record. The band also included<br />
Mark's younger brother, Michael, on bass, but was completed with<br />
the addition of Brian James Fox on drums. While the independent<br />
release did well on that level selling some 50,000 copies, and the<br />
band gigged around California, Mark St John and his band White<br />
Tiger joined up with Garry Lane owner of Logic Productions who<br />
promoted many top bands in LA. Mark St. John and Garry Lane became<br />
good friends meeting for a second time at Trojan Studios in Garden<br />
Grove, California. That is where Mark and Garry came up with the<br />
idea to play the legendary club known as THE HOT SPOT located in<br />
Huntington Beach, California owned by Gennie Gromet who was the<br />
ex-wife of Dick Dale from the band Dick Dale and the Dale Tones.<br />
The band didn't manage to break and split while working on demos<br />
for a second album in 1988. St. John teamed up with <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Scott_Soto" title=<br />
"Jeff Scott Soto">Jeff Scott Soto</a> in 1988 to make a demo. Mark<br />
also did some session work performing lead guitar on "Livin' for My<br />
Lord" on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Tamplin" title=<br />
"Ken Tamplin">Ken Tamplin</a>'s 1990 album, <i>Axe to Grind</i>.<br />
Ken is an inspirational Christian rocker more famed for his<br />
involvement in the band <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shout_%28band%29" title=<br />
"Shout (band)">Shout</a>. Tamplin has also co-written material with<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons" title=<br />
"Gene Simmons">Gene Simmons</a> of Kiss. Mark also worked with<br />
former <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_Rider_%281982_TV_series%29"<br />
title="Knight Rider (1982 TV series)">Knight Rider</a> star<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hasselhoff" title=<br />
"David Hasselhoff">David Hasselhoff</a>, even appearing in his<br />
video, "Is Everyone Happy".</p>
<p>St. John made a demo in 1990 with fellow former Kiss member
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Criss" title=<br />
"Peter Criss">Peter Criss</a>. This band, known as the Keep, became<br />
what was essentially White Tiger, with Peter Criss replacing Brian<br />
Fox on drums, and David Donato using the alias Michael McDonald.<br />
This lineup performed live just once, on May 2, 1990 at a drum<br />
clinic at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_Center"<br />
title="Guitar Center">Guitar Center</a> music store in <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawndale,_California" title=<br />
"Lawndale, California">Lawndale</a>, <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" title=<br />
"California">California</a>.</p>
<p>When the band started shopping their demo (credited as Peter
Criss) around the response was universally negative. One cassette<br />
demo to circulate simply featured "Love for Sale", "Long Time", and<br />
"All Night Long", though they had also covered <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Michaels" title=<br />
"Lee Michaels">Lee Michaels</a>' 1971 hit "Do You Know What I<br />
Mean", and had other original material such as "Between the Lines".<br />
By early 1991, the difficulty shopping the demo, and Mark's need to<br />
get on with making a living, led to friction between Peter and him,<br />
and he left the band (which eventually became Criss).</p>
<p>He was in a short lived band with <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Naro" title="Phil Naro">Phil<br />
Naro</a> called the Mark St. John Project that released a limited<br />
edition EP in 1999, and he also made an appearance on a KISS expo<br />
in New Jersey. He later released an all instrumental CD in 2003<br />
called <i>Magic Bullet Theory</i>.</p>
<p>In later years, St. John did not make many public appearances.
However, he was rumored to have returned to his pre-Kiss gig as a<br />
guitar instructor in the Southern California area.</p>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Death">Death</span></h3>
<p>St. John died on the morning of April 5, 2007, of a <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral_hemorrhage" title=<br />
"Cerebral hemorrhage">cerebral hemorrhage</a>, making him the<br />
second ex-Kiss band member to die. The other member was <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carr" title="Eric Carr">Eric<br />
Carr</a>, who died of heart cancer in 1991 (although Eric was a<br />
current member of Kiss at the time of his passing). Mark is<br />
survived by his siblings Michael and Kathleen as well as his<br />
parents Les and Terry Norton who reside in Orange County,<br />
California.</p> Vinnie Vincenttag:classic-rock-bottom.ning.com,2011-06-12:6060463:Page:326222011-06-12T21:47:17.825ZRJhog (Admin)https://classic-rock-bottom.ning.com/profile/JeffHogland
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<p><b>Vincent John Cusano</b> (born August 6, 1952), better known as <b>Vinnie Vincent</b>, is an American guitarist and songwriter
most famous for his brief membership in the band <a href="%3Cbr"></a> "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_%28band%29" title=<br />
"Kiss (band)">Kiss. A relatively unknown singer-guitarist…</p>
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<p><b>Vincent John Cusano</b> (born August 6, 1952), better known
as <b>Vinnie Vincent</b>, is an American guitarist and songwriter<br />
most famous for his brief membership in the band <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_%28band%29" title=<br />
"Kiss (band)">Kiss</a>. A relatively unknown singer-guitarist named<br />
Vincent Cusano was brought in as an uncredited studio replacement<br />
for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Frehley" title=<br />
"Ace Frehley">Ace Frehley</a> during the recording sessions for<br />
Kiss' <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creatures_of_the_Night" title=<br />
"Creatures of the Night">Creatures of the Night</a></i> album.<br />
Vincent was chosen out of hundreds of tryouts of the cream of the<br />
country's lead guitarists who were vying for the lead guitar<br />
position in Kiss. After playing on the <i>Creatures</i> album,<br />
Vincent was asked by the band to be a member of Kiss and tour with<br />
Kiss for the upcoming <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creatures_of_the_Night_Tour" title=<br />
"Creatures of the Night Tour">Creatures of the Night Tour</a> , an<br />
album in which Vincent had a vested interest as a co-writer of the<br />
band's songs, such as "I Love It Loud", "Killer", and "I Still Love<br />
You." Vincent was the last member of Kiss to join during the<br />
original "makeup" era and toured as "The Ankh Warrior". Vincent<br />
stayed with Kiss for two albums, The "Creatures" album and tour as<br />
well as the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lick_It_Up"<br />
title="Lick It Up">Lick It Up</a></i> album and tour.</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id=
"Replacing_Ace_Frehley_in_Kiss">Replacing Ace Frehley in<br />
Kiss</span></h2>
<p>In addition to most of the lead guitar parts of the songs,
Cusano also contributed to the writing of some of the songs,<br />
including "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Love_It_Loud"<br />
title="I Love It Loud">I Love It Loud</a>", "<a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_%28Kiss_song%29" title=<br />
"Killer (Kiss song)">Killer</a>" and "<a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Still_Love_You" title=<br />
"I Still Love You" class="mw-redirect">I Still Love You</a>", which<br />
became hits later. The video for "I Love it Loud" featured Frehley<br />
rather than Cusano because at the time, Kiss wanted fans to believe<br />
that Frehley was still in the band due to a pending lawsuit which<br />
involved two of the members. Frehley also appeared on the cover art<br />
for the album for that same reason. But once Kiss was ready to go<br />
on tour, Frehley refused to join them.</p>
<p>Cusano originally wanted to use his birth name in the band, but
this was vetoed by Simmons, who instead suggested the stage name of<br />
<i>Vinnie Vincent</i>. Cusano has used "Vinnie Vincent" as his<br />
professional name since. When the band chose Vincent as Frehley's<br />
replacement, Vincent refused to sign the contract, which remains<br />
unsigned to this day. Kiss, facing many tour dates, asked Vincent<br />
to join them on tour despite the fact that the contract remained<br />
unexecuted by Vincent. Vincent ultimately used the Ankh makeup<br />
design and persona as "The Ankh Warrior" for which he is<br />
exclusively identified with to this day.</p>
<p>From 1982 to 1983, the new line-up of Kiss became Simmons (the
Demon), Stanley (the Starchild), <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carr" title="Eric Carr">Eric<br />
Carr</a> (the Fox), and Vincent (the Ankh Warrior). This<br />
incarnation of Kiss was to be the last incarnation of the original<br />
make-up era. At the end of the <i>Creatures Of The Night</i> tour,<br />
the band removed their make-up on <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV" title="MTV">MTV</a>.</p>
<p>Aside from songwriting credits under his birth name, Vincent's
involvement with the recording of <i>Creatures Of The Night</i> was<br />
not widely publicized for several years. When the album was<br />
re-mixed and re-released in 1985 with a non-makeup cover and a<br />
slightly different song order, Vincent was again absent from the<br />
album cover due to disputes over royalties which currently remains<br />
in dispute to this day, (then-current lead guitarist <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Kulick" title=<br />
"Bruce Kulick">Bruce Kulick</a> appeared there instead). The liner<br />
notes accompanying the re-mixed LP, however, have credited both Ace<br />
Frehley and Vinnie Vincent with lead guitar performances on the<br />
<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creatures_of_the_Night"<br />
title="Creatures of the Night">Creatures of the Night</a></i><br />
album.</p>
<p>Vincent did appear on the <i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lick_It_Up" title="Lick It Up">Lick<br />
It Up</a></i> album cover and is credited as the lead guitarist. He<br />
also was credited as a co-writer on 8 of the 10 songs on the<br />
album.</p>
<p>Vincent's personality meshed well with Stanley and Simmons,
which is readily apparent when evaluating not only the quality of<br />
the songwriting, but the live performances as well, especially the<br />
Lick It Up tour. However, Vincent's refusal to sign the employment<br />
contract strained the relationship. Due partly to disputes over<br />
what his role in the band and his pay would be (some reports<br />
indicated that Vincent had asked for, and was flatly denied, a<br />
percentage of the band's gross profits), and despite the<br />
exhortations of both Simmons and Stanley, all through his tenure<br />
with the band Vincent refused to sign any contract making his<br />
employment official. This, along with a growing public attitude<br />
that Vincent was responsible for the resurgence of KISS was natural<br />
given Kiss's rise to success was based mainly on Vincent's<br />
songwriting. The cumulative result of these factors would<br />
ultimately lead to Vincent leaving the band after the European leg<br />
of the Lick It Up tour.<sup id="cite_ref-DS_1997_0-0" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinnie_Vincent#cite_note-DS_1997-0"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>With the band unable to secure a replacement guitarist on such
short notice, Vincent was enticed to return for the American leg of<br />
the tour with the promise of payment of Vincent's royalties which<br />
were owing and overdue. A major rift developed between Vincent and<br />
the rest of the band over his guitar solos; what were once 5-8<br />
minute solos timed to finish on a cue so that Stanley could<br />
introduce the next song suddenly expanded, in some instances<br />
leaving the rest of the band impatiently waiting on stage for<br />
Vincent to finish. At an LA Forum show in January 1984 Vincent<br />
continued playing despite Stanley's cueing him to finish the solo;<br />
the two nearly came to blows in the dressing room afterward, with<br />
Stanley accusing Vincent of showing him up and Vincent accusing the<br />
other three members of ruining his solo and trying to hold him back<br />
as a performer. They were separated by Carr and Simmons. At a March<br />
show in Quebec, Canada, as the band prepared to close out their<br />
set, Vincent broke into an impromptu solo, leaving the other band<br />
members standing onstage with nothing to do. After the Lick It Up<br />
tour ended in March 1984, Vincent was terminated from the band, and<br />
replaced by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_St._John"<br />
title="Mark St. John">Mark St. John</a> (birth name Mark<br />
Norton).<sup id="cite_ref-DS_1997_0-1" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinnie_Vincent#cite_note-DS_1997-0"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>Despite parting on bad terms, Vincent was later utilized by Kiss
as a songwriter on the 1992 album <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenge_%28Kiss_album%29" title=<br />
"Revenge (Kiss album)">Revenge</a></i>, contributing to the songs<br />
"<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unholy_%28song%29" title=<br />
"Unholy (song)">Unholy</a>", "Heart Of Chrome" and "I Just Wanna".<br />
In 1991, Vincent and Simmons had repaired their differences and<br />
began writing on what was to be the Revenge album. The result of<br />
their musical union were the songs "Unholy", "I Just Wanna", and<br />
"Heart of Chrome." Before long however, Vincent again fell out of<br />
favor with Simmons and Stanley, as they claimed that Vincent again<br />
began "making all kinds of crazy demands and pulling the same kind<br />
of crazy stuff all over again".<sup id="cite_ref-DS_1997_0-2"<br />
class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinnie_Vincent#cite_note-DS_1997-0"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
However, the truth was that because Vincent was continually on call<br />
for nearly one year during the making of "Revenge" Vincent asked<br />
for an advance against royalties to compensate him for his time,<br />
especially since he was not a member of the band at that<br />
point.<sup class="Template-Fact" title=<br />
"This claim needs references to reliable sources from May 2011"<br />
style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup> The<br />
usual tantrum erupted at Vincent's request marking the third and<br />
final time which permanently severed their musical and personal<br />
ties, In 1997, Vincent sued Simmons and the band's management over<br />
songwriting royalties and other matters. The lawsuit was not<br />
settled until 2001.<sup class="Template-Fact" title=<br />
"This claim needs references to reliable sources from May 2011"<br />
style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup></p>
<blockquote class="templatequote">
<div>I named Vincent Cusano, "Vinnie Vincent". That's the only gift
he's allowed. It's interesting that Vinnie hasn't changed his name<br />
back to Vinnie Cusano. —Gene Simmons<sup id="cite_ref-1" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinnie_Vincent#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup></div>
</blockquote>
<p>Court records show that as recent as 2007, Kiss publicly
confirmed Vincent was never under contract as stated by Simmons in<br />
the Kissology Volume 2 DVD.<sup class="Template-Fact" title=<br />
"This claim needs references to reliable sources from May 2011"<br />
style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup></p>
<p>In 2009, Cusano sued Kiss and A&E Television for using his
image without his permission in an episode of "Gene Simmons Family<br />
Jewels." <sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinnie_Vincent#cite_note-2"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Before_and_after_Kiss">Before and
after Kiss</span></h2>
<p>Vincent was born in <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgeport,_Connecticut" title=<br />
"Bridgeport, Connecticut">Bridgeport, Connecticut</a>. In the early<br />
mid 1960's, many of Vincent's groups were generally winners of the<br />
battle of the band contests, the most popular being "the Younger<br />
Generation." In the late 60's/early 70's, Vincent formed "Hunter" a<br />
heavy metal band patterning their style after Led Zeppelin with<br />
original songs written by Vincent. In 1972 Vincent toured as<br />
guitarist with Little Anthony and The Imperials whose hits included<br />
"Tears On my Pillow," "Hurt So Bad" (a song covered by Linda<br />
Ronstadt), "Goin Out Of My Head" and "Shimmy Shimmy Koko Bop."</p>
<p>Before joining Kiss, Vincent was in several bands, the most
popular being <b>Treasure</b> (1977–1978). During the mid 1970's<br />
Vincent began a period of work as a session guitarist for<br />
Connecticut Recording Studio, owned by Paul Leka. Leka was best<br />
known as a producer of hits such as "Green Tambourine," "Na Na Hey<br />
Hey Kiss Him Goodbye." It was during 1975 that Vincent the studio<br />
guitarist, played on albums which included the "Five Satins" whose<br />
1950's staple "In the Still Of The Night" was re-recorded with<br />
Vinnie on guitar. Vincent also played guitar on an album by the<br />
HITCHHIKERS, an R&B group who recorded one of Vincent's songs<br />
titled, "This Songs For You, Mama" which is now sought after by<br />
Vincent fans today. It was during Vincent's stint as a session<br />
guitarist at Connecticut Recording Studio, that Vincent was called<br />
in to play guitar for Felix Cavaliere who was producing an avant<br />
garde jazz album for Blood Sweat and Tears original member and horn<br />
player, Fred Lipsius. The album also featured Jack Scarangella on<br />
drums. During the Lipsius recording, Vincent, Cavaliere and<br />
Scarangella formed an immediate friendship and bonded<br />
musically.</p>
<p>It was during this friendship that the group "Treasure" was
born, fronted by Felix Cavaliere. Treasure featured Cavaliere on<br />
vocals and keyboards, Vincent on guitar, Jack Scarangella on drums<br />
and Mahavishnu bassist Rick Laird on bass. Felix, was the amazing<br />
voice, keyboardist, (Hammond B3 and piano) and writer of hits by<br />
THE RASCALS. The Rascals timeless hits included "Good Lovin" (the<br />
only Rascal Hit not written by Cavaliere), "It's a Beautiful<br />
Morning," "It's Wonderful," "A Girl Like You," "(I've Been)Lonely<br />
Too Long," "Come On Up," "You Better Run" (covered by Pat Benatar<br />
and "How Can I Be Sure" Ironically, Vincent's early band "The<br />
Younger Generation" who idolized the Rascals, opened up for the<br />
Rascals in Connecticut's Oakdale Theater in 1967 paying tribute to<br />
their favorite group by playing the Rascal hits. The "Treasure"<br />
album has now become a highly sought after collector's item and has<br />
recently been re-released on Wounded Bird Records with includes<br />
live performances at the Bottom Line recorded in 1978.</p>
<p>Cavaliere also produced Laura Nyro's "Christmas and The Beads Of
Sweat" album. It was at Felix Cavaliere's home that Vincent met<br />
Laura Nyro, whom Vincent worshipped and adored. Laura was a friend<br />
of Felix's and frequent guest at Felix's home during the many<br />
social gatherings during the Treasure days. Vincent fell in love<br />
with Laura at age 14 when he discovered her "More Than A New<br />
Discovery" album. Laura's music and voice had a lasting deep<br />
emotional impact on Vincent at an early age as Vincent would come<br />
home from school and play her album over and over for hours on end.<br />
It is believed there are photos on the internet of Vincent playing<br />
acoustic guitar with Laura Nyro on piano taken on Christmas Day<br />
1976 at Felix's home. In 1978, Cavaliere recommended Vincent for<br />
Laura's upcoming album. Vincent performed with Laura Nyro on her<br />
"Nested" album and is credited on both acoustic and electric<br />
guitars. "Nested" was recorded in Laura's home over a six month<br />
period during which time Vincent formed a lasting friendship with<br />
Miss Nyro. Vincent has said "Nested" was a milestone in his life<br />
and has spoken fondly of sweet memories of sitting with Laura on<br />
the piano bench, with Vinnie on acoustic guitar and Laura playing<br />
piano with Laura singing her songs to Vinnie. Vinnie has said this<br />
was the most incredible, important and spiritual experience of his<br />
life, in being moved by the most haunting, unique voice and talent<br />
Vincent ever heard. Vincent was devastated when Laura died and has<br />
never got over her death.</p>
<p>In 1978 Vincent toured with the multi talented <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Hartman" title="Dan Hartman">Dan<br />
Hartman</a>, whose 1978 release <i>Instant Replay</i> produced an<br />
international single by the same name as well as a promotional<br />
video in which Vinnie performs. "Instant Reply swept the disco<br />
charts and Vincent toured Europe and the U.S. extensively with<br />
Hartman in support of the success of the hit single.<sup id=<br />
"cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinnie_Vincent#cite_note-3"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
Vinnie also provided background vocals and lead guitar solo on the<br />
album's closing track, "Time and Space". Dan Hartman was best known<br />
for his impressive musical talents as a writer and vocalist for the<br />
Edgar Winter Group during the early 70's with hits like "Free<br />
Ride." Following Vincent's tenure with Dan Hartman and prior to<br />
moving to LA in 1980, Vincent toured as a guitarist for the Edgar<br />
Winter Group for most of 1979. Edgar Winter was a jazz giant and<br />
best known for his unique jazz and rock stylings, as vocalist<br />
writer, keyboardist and sax work. The Edgar Winter Group was best<br />
known for the rock instrumental hit "FRANKENSTEIN" written by<br />
Winter and "Free Ride" written by Hartman. Vincent has noted that<br />
Edgar Winter's talents also had a lasting impact on him. It is<br />
unknown if any live recordings exist with Vincent and Winter's<br />
musical union.</p>
<p>In 1980, Vincent moved to LA where he became a staff songwriter
for the television series <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Days" title="Happy Days">Happy<br />
Days</a> and <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanie_Loves_Chachi" title=<br />
"Joanie Loves Chachi">Joanie Loves Chachi</a> where many of the<br />
series songs were written on Vincent's acoustic guitar, while<br />
sitting at the "Cunningham's" kitchen table on the "Happy Days"<br />
set, during offtime from the show's rehearsal schedule. Vincent has<br />
said the times of working at the Paramount lot were genuinely<br />
"happy days". <sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinnie_Vincent#cite_note-4"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
According to the site "Kiss Related Recordings" Vincent has also<br />
played with the bands Hunter, Warrior, Hitchhikers, and Heat going<br />
as far back as 1970.</p>
<p>In 1981, Vincent co-wrote, with Adam Mitchell, the song "Tears"
under his real name. It was later recorded by former <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Babys" title=<br />
"The Babys">Babys</a> lead singer <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Waite" title="John Waite">John<br />
Waite</a>, whom Ace Frehley wanted as lead singer for his post-Kiss<br />
band <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Frehley" title=<br />
"Ace Frehley">Frehley's Comet</a>, for his <i>No Brakes</i> album<br />
which was released on EMI America records. Waite also released the<br />
song as a single and it reached #37. <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Criss" title=<br />
"Peter Criss">Peter Criss</a> also recorded a version of the song<br />
for his album, <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_Me_Rock_You" title=<br />
"Let Me Rock You">Let Me Rock You</a></i>, which was released<br />
outside of the USA in 1983. Columbia Records recording artist Rex<br />
Smith also recorded "Tears".</p>
<p>After being terminated by Kiss or leaving (which ever story is
to be believed), following the <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lick_It_Up_Tour" title=<br />
"Lick It Up Tour"><i>Lick It Up</i> tour</a>, Vincent formed<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinnie_Vincent_Invasion"<br />
title="Vinnie Vincent Invasion">Vinnie Vincent Invasion</a> (also<br />
known as VVI), and released two LPs: <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinnie_Vincent_Invasion_%28album%29"<br />
title="Vinnie Vincent Invasion (album)">Vinnie Vincent Invasion</a><br />
(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_in_music" title=<br />
"1986 in music">1986</a>) and <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Systems_Go_%28Vinnie_Vincent_Invasion_album%29"<br />
title="All Systems Go (Vinnie Vincent Invasion album)">All Systems<br />
Go</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_in_music" title=<br />
"1988 in music">1988</a>). The VVI line-up included original lead<br />
singer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fleischman"<br />
title="Robert Fleischman">Robert Fleischman</a>, briefly the lead<br />
singer of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_%28band%29"<br />
title="Journey (band)">Journey</a>, and Vinnie's singer during the<br />
1990s. Due to contract complications Fleischman did not tour with<br />
the band and was replaced by Mark Slaughter.</p>
<p>Slaughter and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Strum"
title="Dana Strum">Dana Strum</a> (both of whom would later form<br />
the band <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slaughter_%28band%29" title=<br />
"Slaughter (band)">Slaughter</a>) as well as drummer <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Rock" title="Bobby Rock">Bobby<br />
Rock</a>, who would join the band <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_%28band%29" title=<br />
"Nelson (band)">Nelson</a> after Vincent made the conscious<br />
decision in 1988 to disband the "group" after Vincent's<br />
disenchantment with VVI's second recording, "All Systems Go", and<br />
with Chrysalis's pandering to the then current "music scene". In<br />
late 1988, Vincent, unhappy with Chrysalis's handling of his<br />
recordings and career, refused to extend Chrysalis the option for<br />
third record when Chrysalis accidentally breached their option<br />
deadline to renew Vincent's contract in late September 1989.<br />
Chrysalis had a leaving member option on the salaried employees<br />
Vincent used as supporting band mates. Left without Vinnie Vincent<br />
under contract, Chrysalis picked up the option on two remaining<br />
employees who formed the band <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slaughter_%28band%29" title=<br />
"Slaughter (band)">Slaughter</a>.</p>
<p>Vincent briefly became involved with fighting censorship against
rock music. In January 1987, he and Dana Strum visited the city of<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goshen,_Indiana" title=<br />
"Goshen, Indiana">Goshen, Indiana</a> in support of Marianne<br />
Hatfield, editor of a local rock magazine called "Rock Rag Plus".<br />
Hatfield alleged that she was being harassed by the minister (Paul<br />
McGechie) and members of an <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assemblies_of_God" title=<br />
"Assemblies of God">Assemblies of God</a> congregation, who<br />
believed Hatfield's magazine was "satanic". This event was covered<br />
in the local news media and in <i>Rock Scene</i> magazine. He also<br />
helped <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bangles" title=<br />
"The Bangles">The Bangles</a> with songwriting and played the<br />
electric 12 string guitar on the 1988 album, <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_%28Bangles%29" title=<br />
"Everything (Bangles)" class="mw-redirect"><i>Everything</i></a><br />
for one song, "Make a Play For Her Now" which Vinnie wrote with<br />
Vickie Peterson.</p>
<p>As a solo artist, he has released an EP (<i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphoria_%28Vinnie_Vincent_album%29"<br />
title="Euphoria (Vinnie Vincent album)">Euphoria</a></i>, <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996" title="1996">1996</a>, with<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fleischman" title=<br />
"Robert Fleischman">Robert Fleischman</a>)with Vinnie on bass,<br />
vocals and drums. Vinnie also released a collector's CD in 2001<br />
entitled <i>Speedball Jamm</i> which consisted of his own private<br />
recordings of the VINNIE VINCENT INVASION jamm sessions recorded<br />
during rehearsals in 1986 which included moments of just Vinnie<br />
soloing alone. In 1990 Vinnie Vincent was to release an album<br />
entitled "Guitars From Hell" on Enigma Records but due to business<br />
complications "Guitars From Hell" was never released. To this day,<br />
Vincent's inferior sounding bootleg demo tracks from "Guitars From<br />
Hell" remain one of the most coveted bootlegs among Vinnie Vincent<br />
fans. It is rumored that the master recordings of "Guitars From<br />
Hell" may be available, however it remains unconfirmed. Vincent was<br />
also to release a solo album called "Guitarmaggedon" in 1997-1998<br />
which is unconfirmed as to its release date.</p>
<p>A tribute album entitled <i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_My_Ankh" title=<br />
"Kiss My Ankh">Kiss My Ankh: A Tribute To Vinnie Vincent</a></i><br />
was released by SplitScreen Entertainment on August 27, 2008. The<br />
album consists of new recordings of songs from Vincent's careers<br />
with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_%28band%29" title=<br />
"Kiss (band)">Kiss</a> and the <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinnie_Vincent_Invasion" title=<br />
"Vinnie Vincent Invasion">Vinnie Vincent Invasion</a>. Featured<br />
artists include Steve Brown of <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trixter" title="Trixter">Trixter</a>,<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_Patrick_Farrell" title=<br />
"Troy Patrick Farrell">Troy Patrick Farrell</a> of <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Lion" title="White Lion">White<br />
Lion</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.J._Racer" title=<br />
"T.J. Racer" class="mw-redirect">T.J. Racer</a> of <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitro_%28band%29" title=<br />
"Nitro (band)">Nitro</a>, <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mike_Weeks&action=edit&redlink=1"<br />
class="new" title="Mike Weeks (page does not exist)">Mike Weeks</a><br />
of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fleischman" title=<br />
"Robert Fleischman">Robert Fleischman</a>'s band, <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Tarsha" title=<br />
"Sheldon Tarsha" class="mw-redirect">Sheldon Tarsha</a> of <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adler%27s_Appetite" title=<br />
"Adler's Appetite">Adler's Appetite</a>, <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Caffery" title=<br />
"Chris Caffery">Chris Caffery</a> of <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savatage" title=<br />
"Savatage">Savatage</a> and <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Siberian_Orchestra" title=<br />
"Trans-Siberian Orchestra">Trans-Siberian Orchestra</a>, <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Roxie" title="Ryan Roxie">Ryan<br />
Roxie</a> from the <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Cooper" title=<br />
"Alice Cooper">Alice Cooper</a> band and rock & roll comic<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.C._Banana" title=<br />
"C.C. Banana">C.C. Banana</a>, who performs a parody of the<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_%28band%29" title=<br />
"Kiss (band)">Kiss</a> song "<a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unholy_%28song%29" title=<br />
"Unholy (song)">Unholy</a>" (rewritten as a roast of <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danger_Danger" title=<br />
"Danger Danger">Danger Danger</a> vocalist <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Poley" title="Ted Poley">Ted<br />
Poley</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinnie_Vincent#cite_note-5"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id=
"Discography">Discography</span></h2>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Kiss">Kiss</span></h3>
<ul>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creatures_of_the_Night" title=<br />
"Creatures of the Night">Creatures of the Night</a></i> (1982)</li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lick_It_Up" title=
"Lick It Up">Lick It Up</a></i> (1983)</li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenge_%28Kiss_album%29" title=<br />
"Revenge (Kiss album)">Revenge</a></i> (1992) <i>songwriting<br />
credits only</i></li>
</ul>
<h4><span class="mw-headline" id=
"Compilation">Compilation</span></h4>
<ul>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smashes,_Thrashes_%26_Hits" title=<br />
"Smashes, Thrashes & Hits">Smashes, Thrashes & Hits</a></i><br />
(1988)</li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alive_III" title=
"Alive III">Alive III</a></i> (1993) <i>songwriting credits<br />
only</i></li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV_Unplugged" title=
"MTV Unplugged">MTV Unplugged</a></i> (1993) <i>songwriting credits<br />
only</i></li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Box_Set_%28Kiss%29" title=<br />
"The Box Set (Kiss)">The Box Set</a></i> (2001)</li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Very_Best_of_Kiss"
title="The Very Best of Kiss">The Very Best of Kiss</a></i><br />
(2002)</li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_Symphony:_Alive_IV" title=<br />
"Kiss Symphony: Alive IV">Kiss Symphony: Alive IV</a></i> (2003)<br />
<i>songwriting credits only</i></li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Best_of_Kiss,_Volume_2:_The_Millennium_Collection"<br />
title="The Best of Kiss, Volume 2: The Millennium Collection">The<br />
Best of Kiss, Volume 2: The Millennium Collection</a></i><br />
(2004)</li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Best_of_Kiss,_Volume_3:_The_Millennium_Collection"<br />
title="The Best of Kiss, Volume 3: The Millennium Collection">The<br />
Best of Kiss, Volume 3: The Millennium Collection</a></i> (2006)<br />
<i>songwriting credits only</i></li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_Alive%21_1975-2000" title=<br />
"Kiss Alive! 1975-2000" class="mw-redirect">Kiss Alive!<br />
1975-2000</a></i> (2006) <i>songwriting credits only</i></li>
<li><i>The Best of KISS: Green Series</i> (2008)</li>
<li><i>Playlist Plus</i> (2008)</li>
<li><i>Playlist Your Way</i> (2008)</li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jigoku-Retsuden"
title="Jigoku-Retsuden">Jigoku-Retsuden</a></i> (2008)<br />
<i>songwriting credits only</i></li>
<li><i>15 Classics</i> (2008) <i>digital download only</i></li>
<li><i>15 Discoveries</i> (2008) <i>digital download only</i></li>
<li><i>45 The Complete Collection</i> (2008) <i>digital download
only</i></li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_Alive%21_1975%E2%80%932000"<br />
title="Kiss Alive! 1975–2000">Alive! The Millennium Concert</a></i><br />
(2008) <i>songwriting credits & digital download only</i></li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_Boom_%28Kiss_album%29#Disc_2"<br />
title="Sonic Boom (Kiss album)">Sonic Boom Disc 2 (Kiss<br />
Klassics)</a></i> (2009) <i>songwriting credits only</i></li>
</ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Vinnie_Vincent_Invasion">Vinnie
Vincent Invasion</span></h3>
<ul>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinnie_Vincent_Invasion_%28album%29"<br />
title="Vinnie Vincent Invasion (album)">Vinnie Vincent<br />
Invasion</a></i> (<a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_in_music" title=<br />
"1986 in music">1986</a>)</li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Systems_Go_%28Vinnie_Vincent_Invasion_album%29"<br />
title="All Systems Go (Vinnie Vincent Invasion album)">All Systems<br />
Go</a></i> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_in_music"<br />
title="1988 in music">1988</a>)</li>
<li><i>Pyro Messiah</i> (circa 1989-90, unreleased)</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphoria_%28Vinnie_Vincent_album%29"<br />
title="Euphoria (Vinnie Vincent album)">Euphoria</a></i> (EP)<br />
(1996)</li>
<li><i>Archive Volumes I: Speedball Jamm</i></li>
</ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Peter_Criss">Peter
Criss</span></h3>
<ul>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_Me_Rock_You"
title="Let Me Rock You">Let Me Rock You</a></i> (1982)</li>
</ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Tribute_albums">Tribute
albums</span></h3>
<ul>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_My_Ankh" title=
"Kiss My Ankh">Kiss My Ankh: A Tribute To Vinnie Vincent</a></i><br />
(2008)</li>
</ul>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Quotes">Quotes</span></h2>
<p>"My chemistry with the band helped put them back on top and gave
them a musical credibility that they'd never had before, yet I<br />
couldn't get the recognition I needed. I felt like I was imprisoned<br />
in a small cubicle, like it was someone else's house..." (Vinnie<br />
about leaving Kiss in <i>Kerrang!</i> Magazine. <i>Black<br />
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<p><b>Paul Charles Caravello</b> (July 12, 1950 – November 24, 1991), known as <b>Eric Carr</b>, was an American musician, best
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<p><b>Paul Charles Caravello</b> (July 12, 1950 – November 24,
1991), known as <b>Eric Carr</b>, was an American musician, best<br />
known as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drummer" title=<br />
"Drummer">drummer</a> for the <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music" title=<br />
"Rock music">rock</a> band <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_%28band%29" title=<br />
"Kiss (band)">Kiss</a>. Caravello was selected as the new Kiss<br />
drummer after <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Criss"<br />
title="Peter Criss">Peter Criss</a> left in 1980. He remained a<br />
band member until he became ill with <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_cancer" title=<br />
"Heart cancer">heart cancer</a> and died in 1991.</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Early_music_career">Early music
career</span></h2>
<p>Caravello played with a string of bands mostly performing covers
of well-known songs before joining Kiss. The first band, "The<br />
Cellarmen", was formed in 1965 by him and a couple of friends. They<br />
started playing local clubs in <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn" title=<br />
"Brooklyn">Brooklyn</a> and <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queens" title="Queens">Queens</a>.<br />
Only a handful of recordings were made, released on the "Jody"<br />
label, a small Brooklyn recording studio. Caravello then joined a<br />
band called "Things That Go Bump In The Night" and later "Smack",<br />
the latter of which consisted mostly of members from "The<br />
Cellarmen", who disbanded in 1968.<sup id="cite_ref-apr1_0-0"<br />
class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carr#cite_note-apr1-0"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>"Salt & Pepper" was Caravello's next cover band, playing
music from multiple genres. He would go on with this band for nine<br />
years. It enjoyed some success, performing as opening act for<br />
established names such as <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Wonder" title=<br />
"Stevie Wonder">Stevie Wonder</a> and <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Simone" title="Nina Simone">Nina<br />
Simone</a>. Changing name to "Creation" in 1973, the band was now<br />
performing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco" title=<br />
"Disco">disco</a> music. Tragedy struck when a fire broke out<br />
during a discothèque gig in <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Chester,_New_York" title=<br />
"Port Chester, New York">Port Chester, New York</a>, killing dozens<br />
of people including the band's keyboardist and lead singer.<br />
Caravello escaped and was credited with saving another person. It<br />
was determined that the fire had been started by a thief in an<br />
adjacent building hoping to cover his tracks. The band continued<br />
for some time, sometimes using the name "Bionic Boogie".<sup id=<br />
"cite_ref-apr1_0-1" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carr#cite_note-apr1-0"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>In December 1979, Caravello successfully auditioned for a
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_%27n%27_roll" title=<br />
"Rock 'n' roll" class="mw-redirect">rock 'n' roll</a> cover band<br />
called "Flasher". At this point he had become skeptical about his<br />
musical future after so many years trying to make it without a<br />
break, and considered settling down with a non-musical<br />
career.<sup id="cite_ref-apr1_0-2" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carr#cite_note-apr1-0"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
Flasher played the club circuit in <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City" title=<br />
"New York City">New York City</a> and <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Island" title="Long Island">Long<br />
Island</a>. The band continued on despite the resignation of its<br />
keyboardist Paul Turino, but bookings diminished. Caravello handed<br />
in his resignation in May 1980. Shortly afterwards, he had a chance<br />
meeting with Turino in a club in Queens. Turino told Caravello<br />
about Peter Criss's departure from Kiss and urged Caravello to<br />
audition to become Kiss's drummer.</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id=
"Audition_for_Kiss_and_stage_persona">Audition for Kiss and stage<br />
persona</span></h2>
<p>Following two albums that alienated many fans with their
departure in style (1979's <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynasty_%28album%29" title=<br />
"Dynasty (album)">Dynasty</a></i> and 1980's <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmasked_%28Kiss_album%29" title=<br />
"Unmasked (Kiss album)">Unmasked</a>)</i>, and a falling-out with<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Criss" title=<br />
"Peter Criss">Peter Criss</a> over his substance abuse problems and<br />
unreliability<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carr#cite_note-2"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"<br />
title=<br />
"This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears from September 2010"<br />
style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:Citing sources">page needed</a></i>]</sup>, Kiss<br />
held open auditions for a new drummer. Criss had not recorded an<br />
entire studio album with Kiss since 1977's <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Gun" title="Love Gun">Love<br />
Gun</a></i>.</p>
<h3><span class="editsection">[<a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Carr&action=edit&section=3"<br />
title="Edit section: Audition">edit</a>]</span> <span class=<br />
"mw-headline" id="Audition">Audition</span></h3>
<p>Caravello was working for his father as an oven repair man for
Jamaica Stove in Brooklyn<sup id="cite_ref-TaleFoxDvd_3-0" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carr#cite_note-TaleFoxDvd-3"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
while playing drums in "Flasher" when Kiss dismissed Criss.<br />
Caravello, who had played in cover bands throughout the 1970s, was<br />
told by former Flasher keyboardist Paul Turino that he should<br />
audition for Kiss. Along with the application, Caravello submitted<br />
a cassette tape of Kiss's current single "Shandi" but with his<br />
vocals over the music instead of <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Stanley" title=<br />
"Paul Stanley">Paul Stanley</a>'s. "It sounded great!" he enthused<br />
years later in a fanzine interview.<sup id=<br />
"cite_ref-FanzineRI1990_4-0" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carr#cite_note-FanzineRI1990-4"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
The application was put into a bright orange folder to make it<br />
stand out visually.<sup id="cite_ref-apr1_0-3" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carr#cite_note-apr1-0"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>While sitting outside the actual room used for the audition,
Caravello watched the three members of Kiss, <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Frehley" title="Ace Frehley">Ace<br />
Frehley</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons"<br />
title="Gene Simmons">Gene Simmons</a>, and Paul Stanley, walk by to<br />
enter the room. He was one of the few people outside of the band's<br />
circle of friends, family, and music business partners, to see Kiss<br />
without make-up. "Paul, I knew right away", he told a fanzine in<br />
1990 while interviewed on Kiss' tour bus. "The others I wasn't sure<br />
about."<sup id="cite_ref-FanzineRI1990_4-1" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carr#cite_note-FanzineRI1990-4"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>Caravello was the last drummer to audition for the band and
actually asked Stanley, Simmons and Frehley to autograph the list<br />
of Kiss songs he was to play with the band, in case he never saw<br />
them again. "But I knew I had it", he told a fanzine in<br />
1990.<sup id="cite_ref-FanzineRI1990_4-2" class=<br />
"reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carr#cite_note-FanzineRI1990-4"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
According to Caravello, his audition was videotaped.<sup id=<br />
"cite_ref-FanzineRI1990_4-3" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carr#cite_note-FanzineRI1990-4"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
He was also immediately comfortable, feeling the songs he had to<br />
play "...were a snap." He knew the arrangements better than the<br />
band did, from learning the recorded versions off Kiss' albums.<br />
"They had been on tour, and changed little things around," he<br />
said.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carr#cite_note-5"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
He wasn't impressed with Kiss's performance at the audition. "They<br />
were awful!" he emphasized, "I had to remind them, "'No, I sing<br />
this harmony, you sing that one', stuff like that. It was great!<br />
Right away we were working together. I know it impressed<br />
them."<sup id="cite_ref-FanzineRI1990_4-4" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carr#cite_note-FanzineRI1990-4"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>A significant advantage for Caravello may have been his relative
anonymity, as it was important for the band to maintain the<br />
mystique surrounding the members. Said Paul Stanley, "It was really<br />
important to us that we got somebody who was unknown... We didn't<br />
want somebody who last week was in Rod Stewarts's band or in<br />
Rainbow." In fact, the press release announcing the induction of<br />
Caravello into Kiss deducted two years from his actual age in order<br />
to confuse those seeking information about his true identity.</p>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id=
"Character_and_stage_persona">Character and stage<br />
persona</span></h3>
<p>After Caravello passed the audition, the time constricted band
had some trouble coming up with a character persona and a stage<br />
name for him. Caravello originally considered going by the name<br />
"Rusty Blade", until he decided on <i>Eric Carr</i>, knowing that<br />
Criss' name was two syllables followed by a single syllable, the<br />
inverse of the other three band members' names. He decided to make<br />
his stage name sound the same rhythmically as Peter Criss' when<br />
people said all four names together. Carr was shortened from his<br />
birth name Caravello, and he chose Eric from a list of first names<br />
his girlfriend at the time had given him. Paul Caravello remained<br />
his legal name.</p>
<p>For his Kiss persona, Carr initially tried "The Hawk"; this
concept was apparently very difficult to realize - a suitable<br />
make-up design was never created, and the "Hawk" costume was a<br />
"bright ORANGE-YELLOW!".<sup id="cite_ref-Black_Diamond_7-0" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carr#cite_note-Black_Diamond-7"><span>[</span>8<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
With the band on deadline (only two weeks before Carr's stage<br />
debut), Carr came up with the make-up design for the persona of<br />
"The Fox"; Simmons liked it and thus the character was born. The<br />
original design was modified within days of Carr's initial photo<br />
sessions and for a single concert—his first as a member of<br />
Kiss.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carr#cite_note-8"><span>[</span>9<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
Carr was introduced to the public on an episode of <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_Are_People_Too%21" title=<br />
"Kids Are People Too!" class="mw-redirect">Kids Are People<br />
Too!</a></i> filmed in late July, 1980 and aired in September 1980,<br />
and his first public performance was with the band in New York<br />
City's "<a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palladium_%28New_York_City%29" title=<br />
"Palladium (New York City)">The Palladium</a>" venue on July 25,<br />
1980. His parents, warned to not tell <i>anyone</i> their son was<br />
now in Kiss (to maintain the mystique that no one knew what the new<br />
guy looked like), attended the concert — and were recognized by a<br />
friend who actually worked with Paul Caravello at the repair shop.<br />
"'What are you doing here?'", Carr's father, Albert Caravello<br />
related in the <i>Tale Of The Fox</i> DVD,<sup id=<br />
"cite_ref-TaleFoxDvd_3-1" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carr#cite_note-TaleFoxDvd-3"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
"'You like Kiss?' I said, "Yeah!'"</p>
<p>His persona remained consistent for three years until the band's
well-publicized removal of their stage makeup in September 1983,<br />
live on MTV network. "I thought the band was ending, and they<br />
weren't telling me", he told a fanzine editor in June,<br />
1990.<sup id="cite_ref-FanzineRI1990_4-5" class=<br />
"reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carr#cite_note-FanzineRI1990-4"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
Kiss slowly turned their career descent into a rebound, and the<br />
band thrived. Carr earned a reputation amongst fans for being<br />
unusually friendly and approachable. He answered more mail than<br />
other band members, and often added messages to his autographs.<br />
Despite being a replacement member, his popularity soared among<br />
fans based on this personal decency and well-honed percussion<br />
skills.</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Music_career_with_Kiss">Music
career with Kiss</span></h2>
<p>Carr's first album with Kiss was 1981's <i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_from_%22The_Elder%22" title=<br />
"Music from "The Elder"">Music from "The Elder"</a></i>,<br />
which marked a departure for the band towards a mystical art-rock<br />
direction. One of Carr's contributions to the album, "Under the<br />
Rose", featured a Gregorian chant-style chorus. Later, he would<br />
also have co-writer credits on "<a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Hell%27s_Breakin%27_Loose" title=<br />
"All Hell's Breakin' Loose">All Hell's Breakin' Loose</a>", "Under<br />
the Gun", and "No, No, No", amongst others. Carr said he found<br />
writing lyrics harder than writing music.</p>
<p>Besides drumming, Carr also played guitar, bass guitar, and
piano and sang background vocals. Occasionally he sang lead vocals,<br />
such as "<a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Diamond_%28Kiss_song%29" title=<br />
"Black Diamond (Kiss song)">Black Diamond</a>" and "Young and<br />
Wasted" live with Kiss.<sup id="cite_ref-Black_Diamond_7-1" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carr#cite_note-Black_Diamond-7"><span>[</span>8<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
His first lead vocal in the studio was when the classic Kiss track<br />
"<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beth_%28song%29" title=<br />
"Beth (song)">Beth</a>" (originally sung by Peter Criss) was<br />
re-recorded for the 1988 compilation album <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smashes,_Thrashes_%26_Hits" title=<br />
"Smashes, Thrashes & Hits">Smashes, Thrashes &<br />
Hits</a></i>. Carr recorded his version of the song in the same<br />
room in the Record Plant where the song was originally<br />
recorded,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carr#cite_note-9"><span>[</span>10<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
using the same backing track as Criss. Carr would later claim that<br />
he regretted having to overdub what he felt was the definitive<br />
performance by Criss, but that he was so desperate to finally sing<br />
on an album that (against his better judgment) he agreed to do<br />
it.<sup class="Template-Fact" title=<br />
"This claim needs references to reliable sources from January 2011"<br />
style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup></p>
<p>In 1989 he recorded a demo with Kiss's lead guitarist <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Kulick" title=<br />
"Bruce Kulick">Bruce Kulick</a>. Carr wrote the music, played bass<br />
and drums, while Kulick played guitar. As Carr was not a proficient<br />
lyricist, he presented the demo to Simmons with the words to<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Gaye" title=<br />
"Marvin Gaye">Marvin Gaye</a>'s 1965 classic "<a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ain%27t_That_Peculiar" title=<br />
"Ain't That Peculiar">Ain't That Peculiar</a>". Simmons wrote new<br />
lyrics, which Carr recorded for the subsequent <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_in_the_Shade" title=<br />
"Hot in the Shade">Hot in the Shade</a></i> release. Song was<br />
released as "<a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Caesar_%28Kiss_song%29" title=<br />
"Little Caesar (Kiss song)">Little Caesar</a>". He performed the<br />
song a few times, but it wasn't performed beyond the first month of<br />
the tour. Carr's last live performance with Kiss was November 9,<br />
1990 in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City" title=<br />
"New York City">New York City</a>, at <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden" title=<br />
"Madison Square Garden">Madison Square Garden</a>.</p>
<p>Carr's last recording with Kiss was for the song "<a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Gave_Rock_%27N_Roll_To_You_II"<br />
title="God Gave Rock 'N Roll To You II" class="mw-redirect">God<br />
Gave Rock 'N Roll To You II</a>", which featured him on backing<br />
vocals. The last time Carr worked with Kiss was in July 1991 when<br />
Kiss filmed the video for "God Gave Rock 'N Roll To You" with Carr<br />
playing drums. Carr's last public appearance with the band was at<br />
the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV_Video_Music_Awards"<br />
title="MTV Video Music Awards" class="mw-redirect">MTV Video Music<br />
Awards</a> in September 1991.</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Influences_and_style">Influences
and style</span></h2>
<p>Eric was a powerful hard-hitting drummer and one of the first
drummers to adopt the classic 80's snare drum sound : an<br />
highly reverberated and low-tuned sound.</p>
<p>In his 1980 resume sent to Kiss, Eric stated that his drumming
style ranged from <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_music" title=<br />
"Heavy metal music">heavy metal</a> and <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_rock" title="Hard rock">hard<br />
rock</a> to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_music" title=<br />
"Pop music">pop</a> and <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Wave_music" title=<br />
"New Wave music">new wave</a> claiming that "I can adapt to most<br />
situations easily." Furthermore he listed drummers <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bonham" title="John Bonham">John<br />
Bonham</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Moon"<br />
title="Keith Moon">Keith Moon</a>, and <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny_White" title=<br />
"Lenny White">Lenny White</a> as influences.<sup id=<br />
"cite_ref-apr1_0-5" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carr#cite_note-apr1-0"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>In addition, Eric was an avid fan of <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">The<br />
Beatles</a> and the band's drummer <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringo_Starr" title=<br />
"Ringo Starr">Ringo Starr</a>. In an interview he recalled, "I was<br />
caught up in the whole Beatlemania thing. I guess I was attracted<br />
to the drums because of the feeling of the rhythm and how it moved<br />
you, just sitting in your seat. I loved the way Ringo moved. I<br />
identified with him at the time ..."<sup id="cite_ref-apr1_0-6"<br />
class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carr#cite_note-apr1-0"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
Photographs of Eric during his high school years show him wearing<br />
his hair like Starr did. To get his naturally curly locks to lay<br />
down like The Beatles' hair, he would soak it in "Dippy-Do" cream,<br />
and wear a stocking over his head while sleeping each night. His<br />
parents never said a thing to him as he'd retire each night. "I was<br />
a good kid, and they weren't gonna pick on me for a small thing<br />
like that. They're real good, hardworking Italian parents. I owe<br />
them everything".<sup id="cite_ref-FanzineRI1990_4-6" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carr#cite_note-FanzineRI1990-4"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>Eric's interest in <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_bass_drumming" title=<br />
"Double bass drumming" class="mw-redirect">double bass drumming</a><br />
came from his admiration of <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger_Baker" title=<br />
"Ginger Baker">Ginger Baker</a> and John Bonham, once telling 16<br />
Magazine, "I just loved the way John Bonham played<br />
drums".<sup class="Template-Fact" title=<br />
"This claim needs references to reliable sources from August 2008"<br />
style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup> Eric<br />
also had a love of all types of music; songwriter Adam Mitchell<br />
once described Carr as knowing a lot about folk, R&B and other<br />
non-rock styles.<sup class="Template-Fact" title=<br />
"This claim needs references to reliable sources from June 2008"<br />
style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup> In a<br />
1983 interview, Eric told USA Channel interviewer Al Bandero that<br />
he listened to "a lot" of <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Young" title="Neil Young">Neil<br />
Young</a>, and liked many different types of music.<sup id=<br />
"cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carr#cite_note-10"><span>[</span>11<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>Gene Simmons, Kiss bassist, has stated that Carr's harder
drumming style pushed Kiss into becoming a heavier band than it had<br />
been when jazz-inspired Peter Criss was the band's drummer.<sup id=<br />
"cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carr#cite_note-11"><span>[</span>12<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<h2><span class="editsection">[<a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Carr&action=edit&section=7"<br />
title="Edit section: Death">edit</a>]</span> <span class=<br />
"mw-headline" id="Death">Death</span></h2>
<p>In March 1991, just one month into recording, Carr began feeling
ill, coughing up blood and feeling heaviness in the chest. Medical<br />
tests revealed what at first appeared to be manageable problems<br />
with his health.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carr#cite_note-12"><span>[</span>13<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
Before long, however, he was diagnosed with an unexpectedly serious<br />
and extremely rare type of cancer - <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_cancer" title=<br />
"Heart cancer">heart cancer</a>. In April 1991, Carr underwent a<br />
series of surgeries to remove tumors in his right <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atrium_%28heart%29" title=<br />
"Atrium (heart)">atrium</a> and lungs in an effort to restore<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricuspid_valve" title=<br />
"Tricuspid valve">heart</a> function and prevent the cancer's<br />
growth.</p>
<p>Carr recovered enough to fly to Los Angeles in July 1991 to be
with the band to play drums for their music video "God Gave Rock n'<br />
Roll To You".<sup id="cite_ref-TaleFoxDvd_3-2" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carr#cite_note-TaleFoxDvd-3"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
His health had deteriorated to the point where he was unable to<br />
play drums for the recording session, and <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Singer" title="Eric Singer">Eric<br />
Singer</a> (who had played previously in Paul Stanley's solo band)<br />
was brought in. After filming the video, <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Stanley" title=<br />
"Paul Stanley">Paul Stanley</a>, <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons" title=<br />
"Gene Simmons">Gene Simmons</a>, and <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Kulick" title=<br />
"Bruce Kulick">Bruce Kulick</a> told him to go home and get well.<br />
With aggressive treatments, the cancer went into remission and<br />
Carr's health began to improve.</p>
<p>Carr's last public appearance with Kiss was at the <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV_Video_Music_Awards" title=<br />
"MTV Video Music Awards" class="mw-redirect">MTV Video Music<br />
Awards</a> in September 1991. Not long afterwards he suffered from<br />
an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aneurysm" title=<br />
"Aneurysm">aneurysm</a> and was rushed to a hospital. He survived<br />
this episode, but it was only a matter of days before he suffered a<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_hemorrhage" title=<br />
"Brain hemorrhage" class="mw-redirect">brain hemorrhage</a> caused<br />
by cancer cells transported in his bloodstream to the head, and<br />
never regained consciousness. On November 24, 1991, Eric Carr died,<br />
at 41 years old—the same day <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Mercury" title=<br />
"Freddie Mercury">Freddie Mercury</a> passed away. In keeping with<br />
Carr's accessibility to his fans, his family decided to open his<br />
funeral service to the public, while reserving the interment as a<br />
private event.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carr#cite_note-13"><span>[</span>14<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
The funeral procession to the cemetery was very long, with New York<br />
State troopers making sure fans did not enter the cemetery for the<br />
interment.<sup class="Template-Fact" title=<br />
"This claim needs references to reliable sources from January 2011"<br />
style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup></p>
<p>Carr is interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery in <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newburgh_%28town%29,_New_York" title=<br />
"Newburgh (town), New York">the Town of Newburgh</a>, New<br />
York.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carr#cite_note-14"><span>[</span>15<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<h3><span class="editsection">[<a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Carr&action=edit&section=8"<br />
title="Edit section: Rockology and Rockheads">edit</a>]</span><br />
<span class="mw-headline" id="Rockology_and_Rockheads">Rockology<br />
and Rockheads</span></h3>
<p>Former Kiss guitarist <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Kulick" title=<br />
"Bruce Kulick">Bruce Kulick</a>, along with Carr's family, released<br />
Carr's first and only solo album in 1999 titled <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockology" title=<br />
"Rockology">Rockology</a></i>, which featured many demos that<br />
Kulick and Carr worked on together (along with songwriter and<br />
friend Adam Mitchell). The CD features several songs with Carr on<br />
lead vocals as well as on bass guitar, along with Kulick on guitars<br />
and Mitchell assisting Carr with many of the background vocals.<br />
This album includes "Somebody's Waiting" and "Tiara", a song that<br />
he originally wrote for his planned children's cartoon show called<br />
<i>Rockheads</i>, a rock band parody featuring four characters<br />
(Slider, Clive, Scruffy and Punky) with different characteristics<br />
and personalities.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carr#cite_note-15"><span>[</span>16<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<h3><span class="editsection">[<a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Carr&action=edit&section=9"<br />
title="Edit section: Tributes">edit</a>]</span> <span class=<br />
"mw-headline" id="Tributes">Tributes</span></h3>
<p>As a tribute, the group's 1992 release <i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenge_%28Kiss_album%29" title=<br />
"Revenge (Kiss album)">Revenge</a></i> featured what is said to be<br />
the only drum solo Carr ever recorded with the band,<sup id=<br />
"cite_ref-Black_Diamond_7-2" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carr#cite_note-Black_Diamond-7"><span>[</span>8<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
entitled "Carr Jam 1981", a jam session recorded for the <i>Music<br />
From "The Elder"</i> sessions (former Kiss guitarist <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Frehley" title="Ace Frehley">Ace<br />
Frehley</a>'s original guitar part was overdubbed by Bruce Kulick).<br />
Much of the soloing was seasoned during Kiss' 1980 Unmasked Tour of<br />
Europe and Australia, and put down during The Elder sessions, since<br />
that album was recorded following that tour. Sadly enough, Carr had<br />
for years been trying to get his hands on a copy of the solo for<br />
his personal collection, but his request was always rebuffed by<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Ezrin" title=<br />
"Bob Ezrin">Bob Ezrin</a> with the excuse that he did not know<br />
where the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_recording"<br />
title="Master recording">masters</a> for the session were. Once<br />
Carr passed away, however, the solo surfaced as "Carr Jam<br />
1981".<sup class="Template-Fact" title=<br />
"This claim needs references to reliable sources from January 2011"<br />
style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup></p>
<p>The <i>Revenge</i> album was dedicated to Carr. He was also
homaged on the Kiss My Ass video, as well as Kissology 2. However,<br />
the band declined a tribute concert that was requested by a circle<br />
of fans the year after his passing. Simmons stated, "We didn't want<br />
to do a tribute concert. We are dedicating the album to his name,<br />
but no concerts in his name. It's not our style." <sup id=<br />
"cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carr#cite_note-16"><span>[</span>17<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>A further tribute was produced in 1992, called <i>Eric Carr: The
Memorial Tribute</i>. It was first broadcast live on 88.1 FM /<br />
WCWP, where Carr had been interviewed 3 years earlier while doing<br />
press for the <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_in_the_Shade" title=<br />
"Hot in the Shade">Hot in the Shade</a></i> album.<sup class=<br />
"Template-Fact" title=<br />
"This claim needs references to reliable sources from June 2008"<br />
style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup> Running<br />
for approximately 3 hours, the tribute featured a re-broadcast of<br />
the interview, interspersed with biographical information and<br />
details of Carr's extracurricular projects, along with all the<br />
officially-released songs Carr had written or co-written. Though<br />
broadcast just once, <i>Eric Carr: The Memorial Tribute</i> was<br />
released several years later (seemingly in an unofficial capacity)<br />
as a 2-tape box set, designed to resemble the Kiss solo albums. It<br />
featured a newly-commissioned painting of Carr in his fox makeup,<br />
patterned after the rarely-seen original by Eraldo Carugati (the<br />
artist who did the paintings for the original four Kiss solo album<br />
covers, plus one of Carr that was never officially<br />
released).<sup class="Template-Fact" title=<br />
"This claim needs references to reliable sources from June 2008"<br />
style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup></p>
<p>Fifteen years to the day of Carr's Kiss debut, he was
posthumously inducted into the <i>Rock Walk Hall of Fame</i> at<br />
Guitar Center in Hollywood, CA.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carr#cite_note-17"><span>[</span>18<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
Carr's parents, Albert and Connie Caravello, accepted a plaque in<br />
Carr's honor. Former <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_%28band%29" title=<br />
"Kiss (band)">Kiss</a> guitarist <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Frehley" title="Ace Frehley">Ace<br />
Frehley</a> was inducted in the "Rock Walk" during the same<br />
ceremony. Frehley's handprint was not added to the Kiss display.<br />
Carr's acknowledgment was a bronze plaque with his name, autograph<br />
and a separate icon of the Fox makeup he wore. Both were added to<br />
the Kiss display.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carr#cite_note-18"><span>[</span>19<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
Also, on numerous solo tours since Carr's death, <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Frehley" title="Ace Frehley">Ace<br />
Frehley</a> would play "Breakout" (with lyrics written by Carr and<br />
Frehley and later re-recorded as "Carr Jam '81" on Kiss'<br />
<i>Revenge</i> album) and dedicate it to Carr, whom Frehley hopes<br />
is "checking out the show up there". Frehley also dedicated his<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_in_music" title=<br />
"2009 in music">2009</a> solo album <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anomaly_%28album%29" title=<br />
"Anomaly (album)">Anomaly</a></i> to Carr.</p>
<p>In July 2005, Carr was voted in tenth place for the world's best
drummer by Planet Radio Rock.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carr#cite_note-19"><span>[</span>20<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
No other member of Kiss was given the distinction of making the top<br />
10 in the categories of vocalist, bassist or guitarist. Carr was<br />
only the second American drummer to make the list, with all others<br />
being either British or Canadian.</p>
<p>There is a hidden '<a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_egg_%28media%29" title=<br />
"Easter egg (media)">easter egg</a>' in the 2007 Kissology II DVD<br />
collection (on disc three at the end of the production credits)<br />
showing a family videotape made of Eric, on his hospital bed,<br />
speaking into the camera thanking his fans for their cards,<br />
letters, and concern about his health. Dressed in white, Carr then<br />
exits the bed, and begins walking away only to return and <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mooning" title="Mooning">moon</a> the<br />
camera in rock n' roll style.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carr#cite_note-20"><span>[</span>21<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<h2><span class="editsection">[<a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Carr&action=edit&section=10"<br />
title="Edit section: Discography">edit</a>]</span> <span class=<br />
"mw-headline" id="Discography">Discography</span></h2>
<h3><span class="editsection">[<a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Carr&action=edit&section=11"<br />
title="Edit section: With Kiss">edit</a>]</span> <span class=<br />
"mw-headline" id="With_Kiss">With Kiss</span></h3>
<ul>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_from_%22The_Elder%22" title=<br />
"Music from "The Elder"">Music from "The Elder"</a></i><br />
(November 1981)</li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killers_%28Kiss_album%29" title=<br />
"Killers (Kiss album)">Killers</a></i> (May 1982) (non-U.S.<br />
compilation featuring four newly recorded tracks)</li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creatures_of_the_Night" title=<br />
"Creatures of the Night">Creatures of the Night</a></i> (October<br />
1982)</li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lick_It_Up" title=
"Lick It Up">Lick It Up</a></i> (September 1983)</li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animalize" title=
"Animalize">Animalize</a></i> (September 1984)</li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animalize_Live_Uncensored" title=<br />
"Animalize Live Uncensored">Animalize Live Uncensored</a></i> (May<br />
1985)</li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asylum_%28Kiss_album%29" title=<br />
"Asylum (Kiss album)">Asylum</a></i> (September 1985)</li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Nights" title=
"Crazy Nights">Crazy Nights</a></i> (September 1987)</li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Nights_%28video%29" title=<br />
"Crazy Nights (video)">Crazy Nights (video)</a></i> (1987)</li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposed_%28Kiss%29"
title="Exposed (Kiss)">Exposed</a></i> (1987)</li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chikara_%28album%29"
title="Chikara (album)">Chikara</a></i> (May 1988)</li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smashes,_Thrashes_%26_Hits" title=<br />
"Smashes, Thrashes & Hits">Smashes, Thrashes & Hits</a></i><br />
(November 1988) (vocals on remake of "Beth" and drum overdubs)</li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_in_the_Shade"
title="Hot in the Shade">Hot in the Shade</a></i> (October 1989)<br />
(drums on entire album, lead vocals on "<a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Caesar_%28Kiss_song%29" title=<br />
"Little Caesar (Kiss song)">Little Caesar</a>")</li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenge_%28Kiss_album%29" title=<br />
"Revenge (Kiss album)">Revenge</a></i> (May 1992) (backing vocals<br />
on "<a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Gave_Rock_%27N%27_Roll_To_You_II"<br />
title="God Gave Rock 'N' Roll To You II" class="mw-redirect">God<br />
Gave Rock 'N' Roll To You II</a>" & drums on "Carr Jam<br />
1981")</li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_My_Ass:_The_Video" title=<br />
"Kiss My Ass: The Video">Kiss My Ass: The Video</a></i> (1994)</li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Wanted_the_Best,_You_Got_the_Best%21%21"<br />
title="You Wanted the Best, You Got the Best!!">You Wanted the<br />
Best, You Got the Best!!</a></i> (Japanese version & U.S.<br />
Vinyl) (July 1996) (drums on "<a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Groove" title=<br />
"New York Groove">New York Groove</a>")</li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Box_Set_%28Kiss%29" title=<br />
"The Box Set (Kiss)">The Box Set</a></i> (November 2001) (features<br />
Carr on discs 3-5)</li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Very_Best_of_Kiss"
title="The Very Best of Kiss">The Very Best of Kiss</a></i> (August<br />
2002) (drums on tracks 18-20, backing vocals on 21)</li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Best_of_Kiss,_Volume_2:_The_Millennium_Collection"<br />
title="The Best of Kiss, Volume 2: The Millennium Collection">The<br />
Best of Kiss, Volume 2: The Millennium Collection</a></i> (June<br />
2004)</li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_%28Kiss_album%29"
title="Gold (Kiss album)">Gold</a></i> (January 2005) (drums on<br />
disc 2; tracks 18-20)</li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kissology_Volume_Two:_1978-1991"<br />
title="Kissology Volume Two: 1978-1991">Kissology Volume Two:<br />
1978–1991</a></i> (2007)</li>
</ul>
<h3><span class="editsection">[<a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Carr&action=edit&section=12"<br />
title="Edit section: Solo">edit</a>]</span> <span class=<br />
"mw-headline" id="Solo">Solo</span></h3>
<ul>
<li>The Rockheads (1999, Rock Hard Records) - EP with all four
songs co-written by Carr. He also played drums on all tracks, sang<br />
lead vocal and backing vocals</li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockology" title=
"Rockology">Rockology</a></i> (April 2000)</li>
</ul>
<h3><span class="editsection">[<a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Carr&action=edit&section=13"<br />
title="Edit section: Other albums">edit</a>]</span> <span class=<br />
"mw-headline" id="Other_albums">Other albums</span></h3>
<ul>
<li>Lightning: "Lightning" (1979, Casablanca Records) - As Paul
Caravello, played drums and performed backing vocals on all<br />
tracks<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carr#cite_note-21"><span>[</span>22<span>]</span></a></sup></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Adams" title=
"Bryan Adams">Bryan Adams</a>: <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuts_Like_a_Knife" title=<br />
"Cuts Like a Knife">Cuts Like a Knife</a></i> (1983, A&M<br />
Records) - Co-wrote "<a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Leave_Me_Lonely" title=<br />
"Don't Leave Me Lonely">Don't Leave Me Lonely</a>"</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_O._Williams" title=
"Wendy O. Williams">Wendy O. Williams</a>: <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W.O.W." title="W.O.W.">W.O.W.</a></i><br />
(1984, JEM/Passport Records) - Drums on "Legends Never Die" and<br />
co-wrote "Ain't None of Your Business"</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Frehley" title=
"Ace Frehley">Frehley's Comet</a> (1987, Atlanic / Megaforce<br />
Records), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Frehley" title=<br />
"Ace Frehley">Ace Frehley</a>: <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frehley%27s_Comet_%28album%29" title=<br />
"Frehley's Comet (album)">Frehley's Comet</a></i>, <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greatest_Hits_Live_%28Ace_Frehley_album%29"<br />
title="Greatest Hits Live (Ace Frehley album)">Greatest Hits<br />
Live</a></i> - Co-wrote "Breakout"</li>
<li>Garbo Talks (1998, MTM Music) - Drums on "Game of Love"
<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carr#cite_note-22"><span>[</span>23<span>]</span></a></sup></li>
<li>Prophecy: A Tribute to Eric Carr (2000, Lunar Moth Records) -
Radio ID and performed "Your Turn to Cry"</li>
<li>Faith Circus: "Faith Circus" (2008, Kivel Records) - Co-wrote
"Can You Feel It"</li>
</ul>
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"http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Carr&action=edit&section=14"<br />
title="Edit section: Unreleased recordings">edit</a>]</span><br />
<span class="mw-headline" id="Unreleased_recordings">Unreleased<br />
recordings</span></h3>
<p>Carr's family announced in 2006 that they would release material
written and recorded by Carr between 1980–1991, including the<br />
following songs:<sup id="cite_ref-Surface_23-0" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carr#cite_note-Surface-23"><span>[</span>24<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<ul>
<li>"Elephant Man" he lived life</li>
<li>"Dial L for Love"</li>
<li>"Midnight Stranger"</li>
<li>"Tiara" (demo)</li>
<li>"The Troubles Inside You"</li>
</ul>
<p>Though stated by Carr's family that the recordings would be
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<p><b>George Peter John Criscuola</b> (born December 20, 1945),
better known as <b>Peter Criss</b>, is an American drummer and<br />
singer, best known as the original <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drummer" title="Drummer">drummer</a><br />
for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music" title=<br />
"Rock music">rock</a> band <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_%28band%29" title=<br />
"Kiss (band)">Kiss</a>. Criss established the "Catman" character<br />
for his Kiss persona.</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Early_years">Early
years</span></h2>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Family">Family</span></h3>
<p>Of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian-American"
title="Italian-American" class="mw-redirect">Italian-American</a><br />
descent, Criss is the oldest of the five children of Joseph and<br />
Loretta Criscuola; he grew up in the <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canarsie,_Brooklyn" title=<br />
"Canarsie, Brooklyn">Williamsburg</a> section of <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn,_New_York" title=<br />
"Brooklyn, New York" class="mw-redirect">Brooklyn, New<br />
York</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Criss#cite_note-0"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
He was a childhood friend of <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Nolan" title=<br />
"Jerry Nolan">Jerry Nolan</a>, who would later find success as the<br />
drummer for the <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Dolls" title=<br />
"New York Dolls">New York Dolls</a>.<sup class="Template-Fact"<br />
title=<br />
"This claim needs references to reliable sources from December 2010"<br />
style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup></p>
<p>He was an avid art student and a jazz aficionado.<sup class=
"Template-Fact" title=<br />
"This claim needs references to reliable sources from December 2010"<br />
style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup> While<br />
playing with bandleader Joey Greco, Criss ended up studying under<br />
his idol, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Krupa" title=<br />
"Gene Krupa">Gene Krupa</a>, at the Metropole Club in New<br />
York.<sup class="Template-Fact" title=<br />
"This claim needs references to reliable sources from December 2010"<br />
style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup> This<br />
blossomed into an active musical career as he went on to play jazz<br />
and rock with a number of bands in New York and <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New<br />
Jersey</a> throughout the 1960s.</p>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Chelsea">Chelsea</span></h3>
<p>Criss was involved with a number of bands throughout the
mid-to-late 1960s. It was during this time that Criss joined<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_%28American_band%29"<br />
title="Chelsea (American band)">Chelsea</a>, who had a two-album<br />
deal with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decca_Records"<br />
title="Decca Records">Decca Records</a>; the group released a<br />
<a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_%28American_band_album%29"<br />
title="Chelsea (American band album)">self-titled album</a> in<br />
1970. They never recorded a second album, and in August 1971 became<br />
Lips (a trio consisting of Criss and his Chelsea bandmates Michael<br />
Benvenga and Stan Penridge). By the spring of 1973, Lips was just<br />
the duo of Criss and Penridge.</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Kiss">Kiss</span></h2>
<p>After the demise of his band, <b>Lips</b>, Criss placed an
advertisement in the <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_United_States" title=<br />
"Eastern United States">East Coast</a> edition of <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title=<br />
"Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i>, which read:</p>
<p> </p>
<p> EXPD. ROCK & roll drummer looking for
orig. grp. doing soft & hard music. Peter, Brooklyn.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Contrary to the story that has been recited by fans and the band
for years, there was never an ad placed that said "Drummer willing<br />
to do anything to make it."<sup id="cite_ref-focus_1-0" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Criss#cite_note-focus-1"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
The advertisement was answered by <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Stanley" title=<br />
"Paul Stanley">Paul Stanley</a> and <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons" title=<br />
"Gene Simmons">Gene Simmons</a>, who were looking for new members<br />
for their band. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Frehley"<br />
title="Ace Frehley">Ace Frehley</a> was added to the lineup in<br />
December 1972, and the band was named Kiss later that<br />
month.<sup class="Template-Fact" title=<br />
"This claim needs references to reliable sources from December 2010"<br />
style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup> However,<br />
as Gene Simmons describes first meeting Criss in his book 'Kiss And<br />
Make-Up' "One afternoon I run across an ad in Rolling Stone that<br />
said "Drummer available - Will do anything." I called the guy on<br />
the telephone, and even though he was in the middle of a party, he<br />
took my call. I introduced myself and said we were starting a band<br />
and that the band was looking for a drummer, and was he willing to<br />
do anything to make it? He says that he was, right away." Simmons<br />
later in the chapter describes going to a small Italian Club in<br />
Brooklyn to meet the drummer "The drummer started to sing, and this<br />
Wilson Pickett-style voice came out of him. Paul and I said "That's<br />
it, that's our drummer." His name was Peter Criscuola."</p>
<p>Kiss released their self-titled debut in February 1974.
Throughout his Kiss career, Criss was lead vocalist on several<br />
notable songs including "<a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Diamond_%28Kiss_song%29" title=<br />
"Black Diamond (Kiss song)">Black Diamond</a>", "<a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_Luck_Woman" title=<br />
"Hard Luck Woman">Hard Luck Woman</a>", and their breakthrough hit<br />
"<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beth_%28song%29" title=<br />
"Beth (song)">Beth</a>".<sup class="Template-Fact" title=<br />
"This claim needs references to reliable sources from December 2010"<br />
style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup> Many of<br />
Criss' contributions to Kiss were written with the help of Stan<br />
Penridge, who was a bandmate of Criss' in Chelsea and<br />
Lips.<sup class="Template-Fact" title=<br />
"This claim needs references to reliable sources from December 2010"<br />
style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup></p>
<p>Criss was featured on the album sleeve for the 1979 comedy
record <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny_and_the_Squigtones" title=<br />
"Lenny and the Squigtones">Lenny and the Squigtones</a></i>,<br />
collection of novelty songs by <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_McKean" title=<br />
"Michael McKean">Michael McKean</a> and <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lander" title=<br />
"David Lander">David L. Lander</a>, performing as their <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laverne_%26_Shirley" title=<br />
"Laverne & Shirley">Laverne & Shirley</a></i> personas of<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_McKean" title=<br />
"Michael McKean">Lenny</a> and <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lander" title=<br />
"David Lander">Squiggy</a>.<sup class="Template-Fact" title=<br />
"This claim needs references to reliable sources from December 2010"<br />
style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup> Criss<br />
was billed as drummer "Ming the Merciless," and appeared without<br />
his Kiss makeup,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Criss#cite_note-2"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
although he did not play drums on the album.<sup class=<br />
"Template-Fact" title=<br />
"This claim needs references to reliable sources from December 2010"<br />
style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup></p>
<h3><span class="editsection">[<a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peter_Criss&action=edit&section=5"<br />
title="Edit section: "Beth"">edit</a>]</span><br />
<span class="mw-headline" id=".22Beth.22">"Beth"</span></h3>
<p>Criss is given co-writer credit for the <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballad" title="Ballad">ballad</a><br />
"<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beth_%28song%29" title=<br />
"Beth (song)">Beth</a>", a Top 10 #7 hit for Kiss in 1976. The song<br />
remains the highest-charting song for Kiss in the USA and it earned<br />
them a People's Choice Award for "Young People's Favorite New Song"<br />
in 1977, tied with "<a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco_Duck" title="Disco Duck">Disco<br />
Duck</a>". The song was written before Criss had joined Kiss, while<br />
he was still a member of Chelsea. Criss came up with the melody for<br />
the song while on a train to New York City from New Jersey where<br />
the band practiced. He and Chelsea guitarist Stan Penridge wrote<br />
the song together. "<sup id="cite_ref-behindthemask_3-0" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Criss#cite_note-behindthemask-3"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>A bootleg exists of the song from 1971,<sup class=
"Template-Fact" title=<br />
"This claim needs references to reliable sources from December 2010"<br />
style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup> but the<br />
song's title was "Beck", after fellow band member Mike Brand's<br />
wife, Becky, who would call often during practices to ask Mike when<br />
he was coming home.<sup class="Template-Fact" title=<br />
"This claim needs references to reliable sources from December 2010"<br />
style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup> Years<br />
later, while in Kiss, both Bob Ezrin and Gene Simmons are credited<br />
for changing the song's title to "Beth".<sup class="Template-Fact"<br />
title=<br />
"This claim needs references to reliable sources from December 2010"<br />
style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup> The song<br />
was said to be a tribute to Criss' wife Lydia Di Leonardo;<br />
according to interviews with Criss, he changed some of the lyrics<br />
to reflect Lydia's lamenting that she missed him while on tour, but<br />
the song actually originated years earlier.<sup class=<br />
"Template-Fact" title=<br />
"This claim needs references to reliable sources from December 2010"<br />
style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup></p>
<p>Along with "Beth", other songs he sang as a member of Kiss were
"<a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Diamond_%28Kiss_song%29" title=<br />
"Black Diamond (Kiss song)">Black Diamond</a>", "<a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_Luck_Woman" title=<br />
"Hard Luck Woman">Hard Luck Woman</a>", "Dirty Livin'", "Nothin' to<br />
Lose", "Mainline", "Strange Ways", "Getaway", "Baby Driver",<br />
"Hooligan", "Kissin' Time" and "<a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Finally_Found_My_Way" title=<br />
"I Finally Found My Way">I Finally Found My Way</a>", with only the<br />
first being a live staple for every tour during his time with Kiss;<br />
"Dirty Livin'", "Baby Driver", "Hooligan" and "Beth" are the only<br />
ones he co-wrote (Paul Stanley wrote "Black Diamond", "Hard Luck<br />
Woman", "Mainline" and "I Finally Found My Way"; <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Frehley" title="Ace Frehley">Ace<br />
Frehley</a> wrote "Strange Ways" and "Getaway", and Gene Simmons<br />
wrote "Nothin' to Lose").</p>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Departure_from_Kiss">Departure
from Kiss</span></h3>
<p>Criss struggled with drug abuse through many of the years he was
in the band. Although he was always credited as drummer, 1977's<br />
<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Gun" title=<br />
"Love Gun">Love Gun</a></i> and <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alive_II" title="Alive II">Alive<br />
II</a></i> were the last Kiss albums on which he played<br />
throughout.<sup class="Template-Fact" title=<br />
"This claim needs references to reliable sources from December 2010"<br />
style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup></p>
<p>In 1978, Criss was injured in a serious car crash.<sup id=
"cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Criss#cite_note-4"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>On the 1979 release <i>Dynasty</i>, he only played on his own
composition, "Dirty Livin',"<sup id="cite_ref-5" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Criss#cite_note-5"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
and did not play at all on 1980's <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmasked_%28Kiss_album%29" title=<br />
"Unmasked (Kiss album)">Unmasked</a></i>. <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Fig" title="Anton Fig">Anton<br />
Fig</a>, who also played on Ace Frehley's solo album (and is now<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Letterman" title=<br />
"David Letterman">David Letterman</a>'s house drummer), was hired<br />
to play on both records.</p>
<p>Gene Simmons has made it clear that Criss was fired; Paul
Stanley too has discussed Criss' departure in several interviews,<br />
including the commentary on <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kissology_Volume_Two:_1978-1991"<br />
title="Kissology Volume Two: 1978-1991">Kissology 2</a></i>. Criss,<br />
however, has maintained that he quit the band. The video for<br />
"Shandi" was shot in one day, and Peter was out of the band at that<br />
time; said Stanley, "After we finished shooting, Peter packed up<br />
his things, and went home."<sup class="Template-Fact" title=<br />
"This claim needs references to reliable sources from December 2010"<br />
style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup></p>
<p>Criss officially left Kiss on May 18, 1980. As a result, Kiss
postponed the European tour until the end of August, thus giving<br />
the band enough time to find a replacement drummer, who they found<br />
in Brooklyn-born <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carr"<br />
title="Eric Carr">Eric Carr</a>.<sup class="Template-Fact" title=<br />
"This claim needs references to reliable sources from December 2010"<br />
style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup></p>
<h2><span class="editsection">[<a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peter_Criss&action=edit&section=7"<br />
title="Edit section: Solo career">edit</a>]</span> <span class=<br />
"mw-headline" id="Solo_career">Solo career</span></h2>
<p>Although Criss officially left Kiss in May 1980, his involvement
with the band had ceased by December 1979.<sup class=<br />
"Template-Fact" title=<br />
"This claim needs references to reliable sources from December 2010"<br />
style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup> In March<br />
1980, he began recording his second solo album, <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_Control_%28Peter_Criss_album%29"<br />
title="Out of Control (Peter Criss album)">Out of<br />
Control</a></i>.<sup class="Template-Fact" title=<br />
"This claim needs references to reliable sources from December 2010"<br />
style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup> Released<br />
later in the year, the album was a commercial failure, despite<br />
remaining a favorite with Criss fans.<sup class="Template-Fact"<br />
title=<br />
"This claim needs references to reliable sources from December 2010"<br />
style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup> The<br />
follow-up album, 1982's <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_Me_Rock_You" title=<br />
"Let Me Rock You">Let Me Rock You</a></i>, which contained one song<br />
written by Gene Simmons, was a similar failure. The album cover<br />
featured Criss without his Kiss makeup, but was not released in the<br />
U.S. at the time.<sup class="Template-Fact" title=<br />
"This claim needs references to reliable sources from December 2010"<br />
style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup></p>
<p>For the rest of the 1980s and early 1990s, Criss was involved
with a number of bands, each usually lasting less than a<br />
year.<sup class="Template-Fact" title=<br />
"This claim needs references to reliable sources from December 2010"<br />
style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup> One of<br />
them was The Keep, which featured ex-Kiss guitarist <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_St._John" title=<br />
"Mark St. John">Mark St. John</a>.<sup class="Template-Fact" title=<br />
"This claim needs references to reliable sources from December 2010"<br />
style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup> Criss<br />
also played with Balls of Fire from the spring of 1986 to December<br />
1986, with Jane Booke on lead vocals, Bob Raylove on bass and JP<br />
(John Pakalenka) on guitar, who currently plays for Buckner Funken<br />
Jazz in Denver, Colorado. Balls of Fire only played 7 shows before<br />
Criss left the band to enjoy his daughter Jenilee growing<br />
up.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Criss#cite_note-6"><span>[</span>7<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
While Kiss was promoting their upcoming release <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Nights" title=<br />
"Crazy Nights">Crazy Nights</a></i>, Criss appeared on the<br />
syndicated radio program <i>Metal Shop</i> and discussed his time<br />
in Kiss from a more positive perspective than before; he also<br />
promoted the book he was writing at the time, an autobiography<br />
to-be-titled <i>A Face without a Kiss</i>.<sup class=<br />
"Template-Fact" title=<br />
"This claim needs references to reliable sources from December 2010"<br />
style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup> He also<br />
mentioned his dream of one day opening up his own recording studio<br />
and starting his own record label, to be called Catman<br />
Records.<sup class="Template-Fact" title=<br />
"This claim needs references to reliable sources from December 2010"<br />
style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup> Criss<br />
briefly reunited with former Kiss bandmate Ace Frehley on Frehley's<br />
1989 album <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trouble_Walkin%27" title=<br />
"Trouble Walkin'">Trouble Walkin'</a></i> (singing and playing<br />
percussion on one track). In the early '90s, Criss assembled a band<br />
named "Criss," which would feature future Queensrÿche guitarist<br />
Mike Stone. This band released the <i>Criss</i> <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_play" title=<br />
"Extended play">EP</a> in December 1993 and the <i>Cat #1</i> album<br />
in August 1994.<sup class="Template-Fact" title=<br />
"This claim needs references to reliable sources from December 2010"<br />
style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup> The<br />
group also supported Frehley's band on the 1995 "Bad Boys<br />
Tour."</p>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="The_homeless_urban_legend">The
homeless urban legend</span></h3>
<p>In the early 1990s, an <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_legend" title=<br />
"Urban legend">urban legend</a> circulated that Criss was a<br />
homeless alcoholic. <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_%28magazine%29" title=<br />
"Star (magazine)">Star Magazine</a></i> published an article that<br />
appeared to lend credence to the notion. <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Scott_Holland" title=<br />
"Jeffrey Scott Holland">Jeffrey Scott Holland</a> paid tribute to<br />
Criss's alleged plight by painting his portrait in an alley with a<br />
bottle in his hand, and <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roseanne_Barr" title=<br />
"Roseanne Barr">Roseanne Barr</a> and <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Arnold_%28actor%29" title=<br />
"Tom Arnold (actor)">Tom Arnold</a> began a campaign to try to<br />
rescue Criss. Barr and Arnold had discovered a homeless man living<br />
under a bridge who had claimed to be Criss, but it was later<br />
revealed to be a hoax. The hoaxer, Christopher Dickinson, appeared<br />
with the real Criss on <i>The <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Donahue" title=<br />
"Phil Donahue">Phil Donahue</a> Show</i> in 1991. On the same show,<br />
there was a woman who claimed to also have had an affair with Criss<br />
back in 1982, which was denied by Criss, then-wife Debra and, via<br />
telephone, ex-wife Lydia. For years afterward, the rumor still<br />
persisted that Criss was broke and sleeping on the streets. Criss<br />
later sued the <i>Star</i> and they settled out of court for an<br />
undisclosed sum.</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Return_to_Kiss">Return to
Kiss</span></h2>
<p>In 1995, Criss appeared at the official Kiss Konvention in Los
Angeles that led to the Kiss <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_Unplugged" title=<br />
"Kiss Unplugged">live performance</a> that was recorded for<br />
<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV_Unplugged" title=<br />
"MTV Unplugged">MTV Unplugged</a></i>. In April 1996, Kiss held a<br />
press conference to announce a reunion tour with all four original<br />
members. The 1996–97 Alive/Worldwide Tour was an enormous success,<br />
and the reunited Kiss released a studio album, 1998's <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho_Circus" title=<br />
"Psycho Circus">Psycho Circus</a></i>. However, controversy arose<br />
when it was discovered that Criss only played drums on one track<br />
("Into the Void," Ace Frehley's one lead vocal track). Many sources<br />
claim that Kevin Valentine performed on the rest of the drum tracks<br />
for the album. Criss did have one lead vocal, a track called "I<br />
Finally Found My Way," written by guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley<br />
and Bob Ezrin, and a co-vocal taking turns in the verses with the<br />
rest of the band for the song "You Wanted the Best".</p>
<h3><span class="editsection">[<a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peter_Criss&action=edit&section=10"<br />
title="Edit section: Second and Third departure">edit</a>]</span><br />
<span class="mw-headline" id="Second_and_Third_departure">Second<br />
and Third departure</span></h3>
<p>Tensions arose once again between Criss and Kiss. On October 7,
2000, at the end of the band's show in <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Charleston,_South_Carolina"<br />
title="North Charleston, South Carolina">North Charleston, SC</a>,<br />
Criss destroyed his drum kit on stage.<sup class="Template-Fact"<br />
title=<br />
"This claim needs references to reliable sources from April 2010"<br />
style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup> Though<br />
fans thought it was part of the act, it was in reality an act of<br />
frustration on Criss' part.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Criss#cite_note-7"><span>[</span>8<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
It was his last show on the tour, as he left over a contract<br />
dispute and was replaced by <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Singer" title="Eric Singer">Eric<br />
Singer</a> in 2001.<sup class="Template-Fact" title=<br />
"This claim needs references to reliable sources from December 2010"<br />
style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup> He<br />
rejoined the band in late 2002 and appeared on the <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_Symphony:_Alive_IV" title=<br />
"Kiss Symphony: Alive IV">Kiss Symphony: Alive IV</a></i> DVD and<br />
CD before departure from Kiss again in March 2004.<sup class=<br />
"Template-Fact" title=<br />
"This claim needs references to reliable sources from December 2010"<br />
style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup> The band<br />
had opted not to renew his contract following the <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocksimus_Maximus_Tour" title=<br />
"Rocksimus Maximus Tour">Rocksimus Maximus Tour</a></i> (which had<br />
them co-headlining with <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerosmith" title=<br />
"Aerosmith">Aerosmith</a>).<sup class="Template-Fact" title=<br />
"This claim needs references to reliable sources from December 2010"<br />
style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup> He was<br />
once again replaced by Singer, who assumed Criss' "Catman" persona<br />
and who continues to perform with the band today.<sup class=<br />
"Template-Fact" title=<br />
"This claim needs references to reliable sources from December 2010"<br />
style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup></p>
<p>Peter Criss on Kiss performing with replacements for Ace Frehley
and himself:</p>
<p> </p>
"No matter who they get to put stuff on their face, it ain’t us.<br />
You can take the mask off the Lone Ranger<br />
and put it on someone else, but it ain’t the Lone Ranger."<a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Criss#cite_note-8"><span> </span></a><br />
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Personal_life">Personal
life</span></h2>
<p>Since 2004, Criss has kept his public appearances to a minimum.
Criss now resides in <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Township,_New_Jersey" title=<br />
"Wall Township, New Jersey">Wall Township, New Jersey</a>.<sup id=<br />
"cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Criss#cite_note-10"><span>[</span>11<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
He released a solo album, titled <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_for_All_%28Peter_Criss_album%29"<br />
title="One for All (Peter Criss album)">One for All</a></i> July<br />
24, 2007, on Silvercat Records.<sup class="Template-Fact" title=<br />
"This claim needs references to reliable sources from December 2010"<br />
style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup></p>
<p>Criss is a gun enthusiast, and has stated that he has a large
collection of firearms with which he target shoots, but does not<br />
hunt with, as he told host <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Snyder" title="Tom Snyder">Tom<br />
Snyder</a> during the October 31, 1979 interview of Kiss on<br />
<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tomorrow_Show" title=<br />
"The Tomorrow Show" class="mw-redirect">The Tomorrow Show</a></i>.<br />
This segment of the infamous interview features Criss referencing<br />
his large gun collection and Simmons becoming annoyed with Criss<br />
because of it.</p>
<p>According to an interview with 40º74º Magazine, Peter Criss is
working on a follow-up album to <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_for_All_%28Peter_Criss_album%29"<br />
title="One for All (Peter Criss album)">One for All</a></i>, and<br />
currently has 15 songs recorded for the release. Additionally,<br />
Criss is working on his autobiography.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Criss#cite_note-11"><span>[</span>12<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>As of November 2008, Criss has been married three times: Lydia
Di Leonardo (from 1970 to 1979), former <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playboy_playmate" title=<br />
"Playboy playmate" class="mw-redirect">playboy playmate</a> and<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coppertone" title=<br />
"Coppertone" class="mw-redirect">coppertone</a> model <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debra_Jensen" title=<br />
"Debra Jensen">Debra Jensen</a> (from 1979 to 1994) and Gigi Criss<br />
(from May 1998 to present).<sup class="Template-Fact" title=<br />
"This claim needs references to reliable sources from December 2010"<br />
style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup> Criss is<br />
the father of one daughter named Jenilee, born in 1981.<sup class=<br />
"Template-Fact" title=<br />
"This claim needs references to reliable sources from December 2010"<br />
style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup></p>
<p>Criss was successfully treated for <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast_cancer" title=<br />
"Breast cancer">breast cancer</a> in 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-12"<br />
class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Criss#cite_note-12"><span>[</span>13<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<h3><span class="editsection">[<a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peter_Criss&action=edit&section=13"<br />
title="Edit section: Acting">edit</a>]</span> <span class=<br />
"mw-headline" id="Acting">Acting</span></h3>
<p>In addition to playing himself in 1978's <i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_Meets_the_Phantom_of_the_Park"<br />
title="Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park">Kiss Meets the Phantom<br />
of the Park</a></i>, Criss has appeared on two television programs<br />
in minor roles and is set to appear in an upcoming <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film" title=<br />
"Film">film</a>.<sup class="Template-Fact" title=<br />
"This claim needs references to reliable sources from December 2010"<br />
style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup> In 1998<br />
he appeared as "Nice Cop" on the <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_%28season_3%29" title=<br />
"Millennium (season 3)">"...Thirteen Years Later"</a> episode of<br />
<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_%28TV_series%29" title=<br />
"Millennium (TV series)">Millennium</a></i> and in 2002 Criss<br />
appeared in two episodes of the <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HBO" title="HBO">HBO</a> prison drama<br />
<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oz_%28TV_series%29" title=<br />
"Oz (TV series)">Oz</a></i> as inmate Martin Montgomery.<sup class=<br />
"Template-Fact" title=<br />
"This claim needs references to reliable sources from December 2010"<br />
style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup> He also<br />
plays the role of Mike in the motion picture about the <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_assassination" title=<br />
"John F. Kennedy assassination">JFK assassination</a>, <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frame_of_Mind_%28film%29" title=<br />
"Frame of Mind (film)">Frame of Mind</a></i>.</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id=
"Discography">Discography</span></h2>
<h3><span class="editsection"> </span><span class=
"mw-headline" id="Chelsea_2">Chelsea</span></h3>
<ul>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_%28American_band_album%29"<br />
title="Chelsea (American band album)">Chelsea</a></i> (1970)</li>
</ul>
<h3><span class="editsection"> </span><span class=
"mw-headline" id="Kiss_2">Kiss</span></h3>
<ul>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_%28Kiss_album%29"
title="Kiss (Kiss album)">Kiss</a></i> (February 18, 1974)</li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotter_Than_Hell"
title="Hotter Than Hell">Hotter Than Hell</a></i> (October 22,<br />
1974)</li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dressed_to_Kill_%28album%29" title=<br />
"Dressed to Kill (album)">Dressed to Kill</a></i> (March 19,<br />
1975)</li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alive%21_%28Kiss_album%29" title=<br />
"Alive! (Kiss album)">Alive!</a></i> (September 10, 1975)</li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destroyer_%28Kiss_album%29" title=<br />
"Destroyer (Kiss album)">Destroyer</a></i> (March 15, 1976)</li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Over"
title="Rock and Roll Over">Rock and Roll Over</a></i> (November 11,<br />
1976)</li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Gun" title=
"Love Gun">Love Gun</a></i> (June 30, 1977)</li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alive_II" title=
"Alive II">Alive II</a></i> (October 14, 1977)</li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynasty_%28album%29"
title="Dynasty (album)">Dynasty</a></i> (May 23, 1979)<sup id=<br />
"cite_ref-dynasty_14-0" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Criss#cite_note-dynasty-14"><span>[</span>15<span>]</span></a></sup></li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmasked_%28Kiss_album%29" title=<br />
"Unmasked (Kiss album)">Unmasked</a></i> (May 20, 1980) (credited<br />
in the album liner notes, but does not appear)</li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_Unplugged" title=
"Kiss Unplugged">Kiss Unplugged</a></i> (March 12, 1996)</li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho_Circus" title=
"Psycho Circus">Psycho Circus</a></i> (September 22, 1998)<sup id=<br />
"cite_ref-psycho_circus_15-0" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Criss#cite_note-psycho_circus-15"><span>[</span>16<span>]</span></a></sup></li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_Symphony:_Alive_IV" title=<br />
"Kiss Symphony: Alive IV">Kiss Symphony: Alive IV</a></i> (July 22,<br />
2003)</li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_Alive%21_1975%E2%80%932000"<br />
title="Kiss Alive! 1975–2000">Kiss Alive! 1975–2000</a></i><br />
(November 21, 2006)</li>
</ul>
<h3><span class="editsection"> </span><span class=
"mw-headline" id="Solo">Solo</span></h3>
<ul>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Criss_%28album%29" title=<br />
"Peter Criss (album)">Peter Criss</a></i> (September 18, 1978)</li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_Control_%28Peter_Criss_album%29"<br />
title="Out of Control (Peter Criss album)">Out of Control</a></i><br />
(September 1980)</li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_Me_Rock_You"
title="Let Me Rock You">Let Me Rock You</a></i> (May 1982)</li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_1_%28album%29"
title="Cat 1 (album)">Cat #1</a></i> (August 16, 1994)</li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_for_All_%28Peter_Criss_album%29"<br />
title="One for All (Peter Criss album)">One for All</a></i> (July<br />
24, 2007)</li>
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<p><b>Paul Daniel "Ace" Frehley</b> (<span style=
"white-space: nowrap;"><span title="pronunciation:"><img alt="play"<br />
src=<br />
"http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Loudspeaker.svg/11px-Loudspeaker.svg.png"<br />
height="11" width="11"></span> <span title=<br />
"Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)"<br />
class="IPA"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:IPA for English">/</a></span><span class="IPA"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:IPA for English"><span title="primary stress" style=<br />
"border-bottom: 1px dotted;">ˈ</span></a></span><span class=<br />
"IPA"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:IPA for English"><span title="'f' in 'find'" style=<br />
"border-bottom: 1px dotted;">f</span></a></span><span class=<br />
"IPA"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:IPA for English"><span title="'r' in 'rye'" style=<br />
"border-bottom: 1px dotted;">r</span></a></span><span class=<br />
"IPA"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:IPA for English"><span title="long 'a' in 'base'" style=<br />
"border-bottom: 1px dotted;">eɪ</span></a></span><span class=<br />
"IPA"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:IPA for English"><span title="'l' in 'lie'" style=<br />
"border-bottom: 1px dotted;">l</span></a></span><span class=<br />
"IPA"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:IPA for English"><span title="'y' in 'happy'" style=<br />
"border-bottom: 1px dotted;">i</span></a></span><span title=<br />
"Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)"<br />
class="IPA"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:IPA for English">/</a></span></span>; born April 27,<br />
1951)<sup id="cite_ref-focus_0-0" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Frehley#cite_note-focus-0"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1"<br />
class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Frehley#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
is an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title=<br />
"United States">American</a> <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musician" title=<br />
"Musician">musician</a> best known as an original member of the<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music" title=<br />
"Rock music">rock</a> band <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_%28band%29" title=<br />
"Kiss (band)">Kiss</a>. He took on the <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persona" title="Persona">persona</a><br />
of the "Spaceman" or "Space Ace" when the band adopted costumes and<br />
theatrics. Frehley played with the group from its inception in 1973<br />
until his departure in 1982.</p>
<p>After leaving Kiss, Frehley embarked on a solo career, which was
put on hold when he rejoined Kiss in 1996 for a highly successful<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alive/Worldwide_Tour" title=<br />
"Alive/Worldwide Tour">reunion tour</a>. His second tenure with<br />
Kiss lasted until 2002, when he left at the conclusion of what was<br />
purported to be the band's <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_Farewell_Tour" title=<br />
"Kiss Farewell Tour">Farewell Tour</a>. His latest album,<br />
<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anomaly_%28album%29"<br />
title="Anomaly (album)">Anomaly</a></i>, was released on September<br />
15, 2009.</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Early_years">Early
years</span></h2>
<p>Frehley was born and raised in <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bronx" title="The Bronx">The<br />
Bronx</a>, the youngest of three children. He has a sister Nancy<br />
and a brother Charles, a classical guitarist. As a youth, Frehley<br />
was in a New York street gang called <i>The Duckies</i> with Steven<br />
Edward Duren (aka <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackie_Lawless" title=<br />
"Blackie Lawless">Blackie Lawless</a>, who would later become<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontman" title="Frontman"<br />
class="mw-redirect">frontman</a> for heavy metal band <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W.A.S.P._%28band%29" title=<br />
"W.A.S.P. (band)" class="mw-redirect">W.A.S.P.</a>). The Frehleys<br />
were a musical family, and when Frehley received an <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_guitar" title=<br />
"Electric guitar">electric guitar</a> as a Christmas present in<br />
1964, he immersed himself in learning the instrument. "I never went<br />
to music school; I never took a guitar lesson, but everybody in my<br />
family plays an instrument. My mother and father both played piano,<br />
his father was the church organist, and my brother and sister both<br />
played piano and acoustic guitar." Frehley was always surrounded by<br />
music. Frehley started playing guitar at age 13. He lists <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix" title=<br />
"Jimi Hendrix">Jimi Hendrix</a>, <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Lee" title="Albert Lee">Albert<br />
Lee</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Guy" title=<br />
"Buddy Guy">Buddy Guy</a>, <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Clapton" title=<br />
"Eric Clapton">Eric Clapton</a><a href=<br />
"http://www.answers.com/topic/ace-frehley" class=<br />
"external autonumber" rel="nofollow">[1]</a>, <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.B._King" title="B.B. King">B.B.<br />
King</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin"<br />
title="Led Zeppelin">Led Zeppelin</a>, <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones" title=<br />
"The Rolling Stones">The Rolling Stones</a>, and <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Who" title="The Who">The Who</a><br />
as his main influences.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Frehley#cite_note-3"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>When Frehley's band, Cathedral, started earning a series of
paying <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concert" title=<br />
"Concert">gigs</a>, Frehley dropped out of high school. At the<br />
insistence of his family and girlfriend, Frehley eventually<br />
returned and earned his diploma. After graduation, Frehley held a<br />
string of short-term jobs—<a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_carrier" title=<br />
"Mail carrier">mail carrier</a>, furniture deliverer, messenger,<br />
and liquor store delivery boy.<sup id="cite_ref-leaf_4-0" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Frehley#cite_note-leaf-4"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>Growing up on the corner of Marion Avenue and 201st Street, off
Bedford Park Boulevard (a/k/a 200th Street) and <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webster_Avenue" title=<br />
"Webster Avenue">Webster Avenue</a> in the <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedford_Park,_Bronx" title=<br />
"Bedford Park, Bronx">Bedford Park</a> section of the<br />
Bronx,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Frehley#cite_note-5"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
Frehley graduated Grace Lutheran School at age 13. However, he was<br />
thrown out of two high schools and dropped out of the third. Two of<br />
the high schools he attended were <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeWitt_Clinton_High_School" title=<br />
"DeWitt Clinton High School">DeWitt Clinton High School</a> on<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosholu_Parkway" title=<br />
"Mosholu Parkway">Mosholu Parkway</a> and <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt_High_School_%28New_York_City%29"<br />
title="Theodore Roosevelt High School (New York City)">Theodore<br />
Roosevelt High School</a> on <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fordham_Road" title=<br />
"Fordham Road">Fordham Road</a>. It was in his high school years<br />
that he got the nickname "Ace" when he had the ability to get his<br />
friends dates. His friends said, "You are a real ace." It was also<br />
in his high school years that a guidance counselor encouraged him<br />
to get into graphic arts. (On a side note, Frehley did well in the<br />
arts department in high school. Later in 1993, he would use his<br />
graphic arts skills to produce art work from a computer and sell<br />
the work in an art gallery in New Jersey). His family did not have<br />
a lot of money, and in his teen years, Frehley got involved in<br />
street gangs. He would later credit guitar playing for "saving his<br />
life" as a member of Kiss.</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Music_career">Music
career</span></h2>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Kiss">Kiss</span></h3>
<p>Frehley spent the early 1970s in a series of local bands. In
late 1972, his best friend, Bob McAdams (co-author of the book Kiss<br />
& Tell), spotted an advertisement for a lead guitarist in the<br />
<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Village_Voice" title=<br />
"Village Voice" class="mw-redirect">Village Voice</a></i> and<br />
showed the ad to Frehley. Both McAdams and Frehley went to 10 East<br />
23rd Street above the Live Bait Bar. Frehley auditioned for<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicked_Lester" title=<br />
"Wicked Lester">Wicked Lester</a> members <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Stanley" title=<br />
"Paul Stanley">Paul Stanley</a> (<a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_guitar" title=<br />
"Rhythm guitar">rhythm guitar</a>), <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons" title=<br />
"Gene Simmons">Gene Simmons</a> (<a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_guitar" title="Bass guitar">bass<br />
guitar</a>) and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Criss"<br />
title="Peter Criss">Peter Criss</a> (<a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum_kit" title=<br />
"Drum kit">drums</a>). Frehley, who showed up wearing one red<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneaker_%28footwear%29"<br />
title="Sneaker (footwear)" class="mw-redirect">sneaker</a> and one<br />
orange sneaker, was less than impressive visually, but the band<br />
liked what they heard from his playing. About three weeks after<br />
Frehley auditioned, the new group named him their lead guitarist.<br />
By January 1973, Wicked Lester decided on a new name - <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_%28band%29" title=<br />
"Kiss (band)">Kiss</a>. Frehley designed the band's<br />
double-lightning-bolt logo (which has a striking resemblance to the<br />
Nazi SS, which Frehley denies having anything to do with it.<br />
Although Frehley at the time studied the Nazi Culture.). The band<br />
quickly decided to paint their faces for live performances, and<br />
Frehley decided to start painting silver stars on his eyes. When<br />
the group eventually decided to adopt a stage persona to go with<br />
their makeup designs. Frehley became "Space Ace". Later the stage<br />
persona would be known as "The Spaceman."</p>
<p>While Kiss spent their early days rehearsing and playing in
empty clubs, Frehley took a job as a part-time cab driver to pay<br />
his bills. In September 1973, Kiss began to receive a salary from<br />
new manager <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Aucoin"<br />
title="Bill Aucoin">Bill Aucoin</a> that paid each member $75 a<br />
week. This enabled Frehley to quit his job.</p>
<p>Kiss released their debut album, <i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_%28Kiss_album%29" title=<br />
"Kiss (Kiss album)">Kiss</a></i>, in February 1974—Frehley's sole<br />
songwriting contribution was "<a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_Gin" title="Cold Gin" class=<br />
"mw-redirect">Cold Gin</a>". Due to Frehley's lack of confidence in<br />
his own singing voice, however, the vocals were performed by<br />
Simmons. Frehley wrote or co-wrote several of the band's songs over<br />
the next few years but didn't record his vocals on a song until<br />
"<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock_Me" title=<br />
"Shock Me">Shock Me</a>" (inspired by his near-electrocution during<br />
a concert in Lakeland, Florida), which appeared on 1977's<br />
<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Gun" title=<br />
"Love Gun">Love Gun</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-leaf_4-1" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Frehley#cite_note-leaf-4"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>As lead guitarist, Frehley was known for his frenetic,
atmospheric playing, becoming one of the most popular guitarists in<br />
the 70s and spawning a generation of new players. Frehley stated in<br />
the book <i>Kiss: Behind the Mask</i> that many guitarists have<br />
told him his playing on 1975's hit <i>Alive!</i> prompted them to<br />
pick up the instrument. Frehley is well recognized for using<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson_Les_Paul" title=<br />
"Gibson Les Paul">Gibson Les Paul</a> guitars, including his<br />
trademarked model conversion Cara Guitars which filled the stage<br />
full of smoke during his live guitar solo.</p>
<p>Along with the three other Kiss members, Frehley released an
eponymous <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Frehley_%28album%29" title=<br />
"Ace Frehley (album)">solo album</a> in 1978. His was the<br />
best-selling of the four, and the album's lone single — the<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Ballard" title=<br />
"Russ Ballard">Russ Ballard</a>-written "<a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Groove" title=<br />
"New York Groove">New York Groove</a>"), originally recorded by<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_%28band%29" title=<br />
"Hello (band)">Hello</a> — reached the Top 20 in the United<br />
States.</p>
<p>Frehley's songwriting presence within the group increased in
1979. He contributed three songs for 1979's <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynasty_%28album%29" title=<br />
"Dynasty (album)">Dynasty</a></i> and three for 1980's <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmasked_%28Kiss_album%29" title=<br />
"Unmasked (Kiss album)">Unmasked</a></i>. While this was not the<br />
best time for Kiss on a commercial level in the United States, they<br />
were only just beginning to take off in other countries (mostly in<br />
Australia, where <i>Dynasty</i> and <i>Unmasked</i> are their<br />
highest-selling albums). But even as his songwriting role within<br />
Kiss was increasing, Frehley found himself increasingly at odds<br />
with the musical direction of the band. After Peter Criss left Kiss<br />
in 1980, Frehley was often outvoted 2-1 in band decisions, as<br />
replacement drummer <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carr" title="Eric Carr">Eric<br />
Carr</a> was not a partner in Kiss and had no vote. Frehley's<br />
participation in the recording of 1981's <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_from_%22The_Elder%22" title=<br />
"Music from "The Elder"">Music from "The Elder"</a></i><br />
was far more limited than with previous albums. This was in large<br />
part due to his unhappiness with the band's decision to create a<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept_album" title=<br />
"Concept album">concept album</a> rather than a straightforward<br />
rock album, and also, by Frehley's own admission, his "not relating<br />
all that well" to producer <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Ezrin" title="Bob Ezrin">Bob<br />
Ezrin</a>, who cut many of Frehley's solos from the recorded<br />
tracks.</p>
<p>Although Frehley appeared on the covers for 1982's greatest hits
album <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killers_%28Kiss_album%29" title=<br />
"Killers (Kiss album)">Killers</a></i> and studio album <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creatures_of_the_Night" title=<br />
"Creatures of the Night">Creatures of the Night</a></i>, he had no<br />
involvement with <i>Killers</i>, and minimal (no musical) input on<br />
<i>Creatures of the Night</i>. Frehley's last appearances with the<br />
band were the video for "I Love it Loud," a series of European<br />
promotional appearances in November 1982 and a band interview with<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV" title="MTV">MTV</a> in<br />
early 1983 promoting their <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creatures_of_the_Night_Tour" title=<br />
"Creatures of the Night Tour">world tour</a>.</p>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id=
"Solo_career.2FFrehley.27s_Comet">Solo career/Frehley's<br />
Comet</span></h3>
<p>In December 1982, Kiss began the <i>Creatures of the Night</i>
tour without Frehley: he was replaced by <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinnie_Vincent" title=<br />
"Vinnie Vincent">Vinnie Vincent</a>. However, Frehley retained a<br />
one-quarter share in the Kiss partnership until 1985. He received<br />
one-quarter of the profits for both <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lick_It_Up" title="Lick It Up">Lick<br />
It Up</a></i> and <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animalize" title=<br />
"Animalize">Animalize</a></i> although he had no involvement with<br />
either record.<sup id="cite_ref-focus_0-1" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Frehley#cite_note-focus-0"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>In 1984, Frehley started his post-Kiss solo career by assembling
a band that included, among others, drummer <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Fig" title="Anton Fig">Anton<br />
Fig</a> (who had performed on Frehley's 1978 solo album and on two<br />
Kiss albums). Bassist <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Regan_%28bassist%29" title=<br />
"John Regan (bassist)">John Regan</a> (who had worked with <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Frampton" title=<br />
"Peter Frampton">Peter Frampton</a>), whom Frehley met in 1980, was<br />
also an original member of the band as was vocalist/guitarist<br />
Richie Scarlet and keyboardist Arthur Stead.<sup id=<br />
"cite_ref-focus_0-2" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Frehley#cite_note-focus-0"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
The group, whose name alternated between 'Ace Frehley' and<br />
Frehley's Comet, recorded a series of <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demo_%28music%29" title=<br />
"Demo (music)">demos</a> throughout 1984 and 1985.<sup id=<br />
"cite_ref-related_6-0" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Frehley#cite_note-related-6"><span>[</span>7<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
The band performed their first ever live show at S.I.R. Studios in<br />
New York City, NY on November 30, 1984, and played a handful of<br />
shows in the Northeast United States in March 1985.</p>
<p>After a few unsuccessful attempts at securing a recording
contract, the group eventually signed to <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megaforce_Records" title=<br />
"Megaforce Records">Megaforce Records</a> and released their first<br />
album, <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frehley%27s_Comet_%28album%29" title=<br />
"Frehley's Comet (album)">Frehley's Comet</a></i>, on July 7, 1987.<br />
The album was co-produced by <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Kramer" title=<br />
"Eddie Kramer">Eddie Kramer</a>, who had produced not only a number<br />
of Kiss albums, but Frehley's 1978 album and some of his 1984-85<br />
demos. Anton Fig, now being the in-studio drummer for <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Letterman" title=<br />
"David Letterman">David Letterman</a>'s late-night television show,<br />
performed on the album but was unable to maintain a permanent<br />
commitment to touring. He played on the 1987 tour in the U.S. when<br />
Frehley's band played a double bill with <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%26T" title="Y&T">Y&T</a>,<br />
and new band (at the time) <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Lion" title="White Lion">White<br />
Lion</a> opening the shows. By the time the band began recording<br />
this album, Richie Scarlet had left the group to pursue other<br />
projects and was replaced by <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tod_Howarth" title="Tod Howarth">Tod<br />
Howarth</a>. In addition, at some point between the initial<br />
Frehley's Comet shows in 1984-85 and their signing to Megaforce,<br />
the band had become a four-piece, with Arthur Stead no longer<br />
playing with the group.</p>
<p><i>Frehley's Comet</i>, a mixture of hard rock and pop metal,
was a successful return to the music scene for Frehley. The album<br />
peaked at #43 on the <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_200" title=<br />
"Billboard 200">Billboard 200</a> (selling nearly 500,000<br />
copies<sup id="cite_ref-focus_0-3" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Frehley#cite_note-focus-0"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup>),<br />
and the single, "Into The Night," reached #27 on the <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainstream_Rock_Tracks" title=<br />
"Mainstream Rock Tracks" class="mw-redirect">Mainstream Rock<br />
Tracks</a> chart. "Rock Soldiers" was an autobiographic song,<br />
written partially about Frehley's April 1982 car accident. The<br />
video for "Rock Soldiers" received moderate airplay on <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV" title="MTV">MTV</a>,<br />
particularly on <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headbangers_Ball" title=<br />
"Headbangers Ball">Headbangers Ball</a></i>.</p>
<p>Despite the positive reviews and healthy album sales of
<i>Frehley's Comet</i>, Frehley was unable to maintain much<br />
commercial momentum. Two 1988 Frehley's Comet albums—the live<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_play" title=<br />
"Extended play">EP</a> <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live%2B1" title=<br />
"Live+1">Live+1</a></i> and second studio album <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Sighting" title=<br />
"Second Sighting">Second Sighting</a></i> peaked at #84 and #81,<br />
respectively. A pair of tours in support of <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Cooper" title=<br />
"Alice Cooper">Alice Cooper</a> and <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Maiden" title="Iron Maiden">Iron<br />
Maiden</a> ended prematurely, with the band claiming lack of<br />
payment in both cases.<sup id="cite_ref-chronology_7-0" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Frehley#cite_note-chronology-7"><span>[</span>8<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>In order to reverse his band's declining commercial fortunes,
Frehley dropped the Frehley's Comet moniker and issued 1989's<br />
<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trouble_Walkin%27" title=<br />
"Trouble Walkin'">Trouble Walkin'</a></i> under his own name.<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tod_Howarth" title=<br />
"Tod Howarth">Tod Howarth</a> and <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Oldaker" title=<br />
"Jamie Oldaker">Jamie Oldaker</a> also decided to leave before<br />
recording started on the album, and were replaced by Richie Scarlet<br />
and Sandy Slavin. Despite the return to a more traditional hard<br />
rock style, <i>Trouble Walkin'</i> continued the pattern of<br />
declining sales, and peaked at #102.</p>
<p>One notable aspect of <i>Trouble Walkin'</i> was the guest
appearance of Peter Criss, who provided backing vocals on several<br />
tracks, along with <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Bach" title=<br />
"Sebastian Bach">Sebastian Bach</a> and other members of <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skid_Row" title="Skid Row" class=<br />
"mw-redirect">Skid Row</a>. It was the first time Criss and Frehley<br />
had performed together on an album since Kiss' 1979 album,<br />
<i>Dynasty</i>, although Criss had shown up briefly at a Frehley's<br />
Comet show in Los Angeles in 1987, playing drums on a final encore<br />
of "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deuce_%28song%29" title=<br />
"Deuce (song)">Deuce</a>". Frehley would return the favour by<br />
playing solos on Peter's 'CRISS' "Cat #1" CD on TNT Records,<br />
released in 1994. In contrast to the somewhat adversarial<br />
relationship Frehley had with Kiss (particularly Gene Simmons)<br />
throughout the 1980s, he and Criss had maintained good ties during<br />
the decade. In June 1995, Frehley's and Criss' bands embarked on<br />
the "Bad Boys Tour." These years (1993 to 1995) produced one of<br />
Frehley's most talented bands of his solo career, with Frehley on<br />
lead guitar and vocals, Richie Scarlet on guitar, Steve "Budgie"<br />
Werner on drums, and Karl Cochran on bass.</p>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Kiss_reunion_and_beyond">Kiss
reunion and beyond</span></h3>
<p>The beginning of the "Bad Boys Tour" was followed a few months
later by Frehley and Criss both performing with Kiss for their<br />
August 9, 1995 appearance on <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV_Unplugged" title=<br />
"MTV Unplugged">MTV Unplugged</a>. It marked the first time the<br />
original members of Kiss had performed in public since the end of<br />
the <i>Dynasty</i> tour in 1979. Fan response was overwhelming, and<br />
rumors of a full-fledged reunion circulated. By December, the<br />
paperwork for the reunion was completed, although no official<br />
announcement was made at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-chronology_7-1"<br />
class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Frehley#cite_note-chronology-7"><span>[</span>8<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>On February 28, 1996, the original members of Kiss appeared (in
full makeup and costumes) at the <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award" title=<br />
"Grammy Award">Grammy Awards</a> to a standing ovation. On April<br />
16, Kiss officially announced their reunion and plans for a tour<br />
during a press conference aboard the <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Intrepid_%28CV-11%29" title=<br />
"USS Intrepid (CV-11)">USS <i>Intrepid</i></a>. The Alive/Worldwide<br />
Tour kicked off on June 28 at <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_Stadium_%28Detroit%29" title=<br />
"Tiger Stadium (Detroit)">Tiger Stadium</a> in <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit,_Michigan" title=<br />
"Detroit, Michigan" class="mw-redirect">Detroit, Michigan</a>. The<br />
tour lasted through July 1997 and was a financial windfall for the<br />
group, earning $43.6 million.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Frehley#cite_note-8"><span>[</span>9<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>The reunited Kiss issued <i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho_Circus" title=<br />
"Psycho Circus">Psycho Circus</a></i> in September 1998. Frehley's<br />
lone song on the album, "Into the Void," was performed during the<br />
subsequent tour. The <i>Psycho Circus</i> tour, with new stage<br />
costumes (an updated version of those worn on their 1976 Destroyer<br />
tour), and a modified stage production from the Reunion tour,<br />
commenced in November 1998, after a Halloween Eve show at Los<br />
Angeles' Dodger Stadium for over 40,000 fans, the first 30 minutes<br />
broadcast live on FOX TV, and the entire show broadcast on<br />
nationwide radio. (At the Dodger Stadium show, Frehley and Kiss<br />
performed old classics "Nothin' To Lose" and "She" for the only<br />
time since they were together in the 1970s). But the Psycho Circus<br />
tour was not nearly as successful as the Reunion tour of two years<br />
earlier, and, after a Kiss movie "Detroit Rock City" which was a<br />
dismal flop in the fall of 1999, Kiss took a break until early<br />
2000, when Frehley re-signed to join them for a final tour—the<br />
"Farewell Tour", beginning March 11, 2000. Frehley, expecting that<br />
the tour would be Kiss' last, chose not to remain in the band when<br />
it ended. His last performance with Kiss was on February 24, 2002,<br />
during the closing ceremonies of the <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Winter_Olympics" title=<br />
"2002 Winter Olympics">2002 Winter Olympics</a>.</p>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Return_to_solo_career">Return to
solo career</span></h3>
<p>Frehley was soon replaced by former <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_%27n_Blue" title=<br />
"Black 'n Blue">Black 'n Blue</a> guitarist, <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Thayer" title=<br />
"Tommy Thayer">Tommy Thayer</a>. Thayer was an assistant of the<br />
band at the time, and had previously served in a variety of other<br />
roles, as well as having played Frehley in a Kiss cover band. Since<br />
Kiss now owned the copyright to Frehley's makeup and costume<br />
designs, they placed Thayer on lead guitar as the "Spaceman," and<br />
had him perform Frehley's well-known tricks (such as shooting<br />
rockets from his guitar) and sing Frehley's signature song, "Shock<br />
Me," moves which generated controversy and anger among some of the<br />
fan base.</p>
<p>Frehley appeared with <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Zombie" title="Rob Zombie">Rob<br />
Zombie</a>, <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slash_%28musician%29" title=<br />
"Slash (musician)">Slash</a>, <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Lee" title="Tommy Lee">Tommy<br />
Lee</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Ian" title=<br />
"Scott Ian">Scott Ian</a>, and <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilby_Clarke" title=<br />
"Gilby Clarke">Gilby Clarke</a> on VH1's Rock Honors special on May<br />
31, 2006. This supergroup played Kiss' "God of Thunder." He has<br />
also attempted acting (not counting a walk-on in the <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_%28season_3%29" title=<br />
"Millennium (season 3)">"...Thirteen Years Later"</a> episode of<br />
<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_%28TV_series%29" title=<br />
"Millennium (TV series)">Millennium</a></i> or his part in<br />
<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_Meets_the_Phantom_of_the_Park"<br />
title="Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park">Kiss Meets the Phantom<br />
of the Park</a></i>), making his debut in 2004 in <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remedy_%28film%29" title=<br />
"Remedy (film)">Remedy</a></i>, an independent crime drama produced<br />
by actor/producer <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Doscher" title=<br />
"Jonathan Doscher">Jonathan Doscher</a>, with Sopranos stars<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Vincent" title=<br />
"Frank Vincent">Frank Vincent</a> and <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Pastore" title=<br />
"Vincent Pastore">Vincent Pastore</a>, playing a drug dealer with a<br />
heart of gold named Johnny. In July 2007, a <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunkin%27_Donuts" title=<br />
"Dunkin' Donuts">Dunkin' Donuts</a> television commercial directed<br />
by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zach_Braff" title=<br />
"Zach Braff">Zach Braff</a> began airing that featured Frehley<br />
playing in his Kiss makeup and costume.<sup id=<br />
"cite_ref-donuts_9-0" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Frehley#cite_note-donuts-9"><span>[</span>10<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>In 2007, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Criss"
title="Peter Criss">Peter Criss</a> dedicated the final track of<br />
his new solo album, <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_for_All_%28Peter_Criss_album%29"<br />
title="One for All (Peter Criss album)">One for All</a></i>, to<br />
Frehley. The song is titled "Space Ace" and features biographical<br />
lyrics and a very Pink Floyd-like atmosphere.</p>
<p>Frehley was to play the <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Download_Festival" title=<br />
"Download Festival">Download Festival</a> 08 (June 13, 2008) on the<br />
same day as Kiss, who were headlining. However, for reasons<br />
unknown, Frehley was moved to the Saturday (headlined by <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Offspring" title=<br />
"The Offspring">The Offspring</a>), while Kiss remained as<br />
headliners for the Friday. He said, "I am very excited to have been<br />
asked to play at a festival like this for my English fans and I'm<br />
really looking forward to the day." Frehley also made an appearance<br />
(and played one of his own songs) at a <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Jam" title="Pearl Jam">Pearl<br />
Jam</a> concert at <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden" title=<br />
"Madison Square Garden">Madison Square Garden</a> on June 25, 2008<br />
during an extended encore performance.</p>
<p>Frehley appeared on April 2, 2009, at the opening of the
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_Rock_Cafe" title=<br />
"Hard Rock Cafe">Hard Rock Cafe</a> at <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee_Stadium" title=<br />
"Yankee Stadium">Yankee Stadium</a> performing "<a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Groove" title=<br />
"New York Groove">New York Groove</a>" with <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Ian" title="Scott Ian">Scott<br />
Ian</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Bello" title=<br />
"Frank Bello">Frank Bello</a>, and <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Fig" title="Anton Fig">Anton<br />
Fig</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Frehley#cite_note-10"><span>[</span>11<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>Frehley performed with <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Cooper" title=<br />
"Alice Cooper">Alice Cooper</a>, <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Goudreau" title=<br />
"Barry Goudreau">Barry Goudreau</a> (formerly of <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_%28band%29" title=<br />
"Boston (band)">Boston</a>), <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_Smith" title="Chad Smith">Chad<br />
Smith</a> (of the <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hot_Chili_Peppers" title=<br />
"Red Hot Chili Peppers">Red Hot Chili Peppers</a> and <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chickenfoot_%28band%29" title=<br />
"Chickenfoot (band)" class="mw-redirect">Chickenfoot</a>) at the<br />
Berklee Performance Center April 26, 2009, as part of the 'Rock<br />
& Roll Supergroup' show. It was a benefit for a substance abuse<br />
facility in Arlington, Massachusetts, called 'Right Turn'.<sup id=<br />
"cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Frehley#cite_note-11"><span>[</span>12<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>His most recent album <i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anomaly_%28album%29" title=<br />
"Anomaly (album)">Anomaly</a></i> was released on September 15,<br />
2009. This date was chosen as it was three years since he had<br />
confronted his alcohol problem and stopped drinking.</p>
<p>Frehley embarked on a world tour, first in the US, then Europe,
Japan, and Australia.</p>
<p>Recently on Eddie Trunk's XM Show in March 2010, Ace Frehley let
listeners know that Gene Simmons has contacted him and Peter about<br />
rejoining Kiss for a reality show. No confirmation has come from<br />
either Simmons, Stanley, Frehley, or Criss. Frehley also mentioned<br />
on the show that he hopes to release a new album within the next<br />
year or two, plus another album that would contain songs Frehley<br />
worked on in the 80s and 90s but were never officially released.<br />
The title that was mentioned but has yet to be confirmed was Ace<br />
Frehley: The Lost Tapes.</p>
<p>Frehley made a brief appearance during the home opener of the
New York Rangers 2010-11 NHL Hockey Season on October 15, 2010. He<br />
stood at one of the entrances to the ice and both sang and played<br />
guitar on a short version of New York Groove just prior to the<br />
start of the game.</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Death_hoax">Death
hoax</span></h2>
<p>Rumors of Ace Frehley’s suicide began to circulate around the
Internet on Friday, February 23, 2007. The rumor stated that<br />
Frehley committed suicide by taking pills, and was reported dead at<br />
2 a.m. Frehley responded by saying, "I don't know how this<br />
ridiculous rumor got started."</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id=
"Well-known_performance_tactics">Well-known performance<br />
tactics</span></h2>
<p>Ace Frehley is noted for using <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson_Les_Paul" title=<br />
"Gibson Les Paul">Gibson Les Paul</a> guitars with three <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DiMarzio" title=<br />
"DiMarzio">DiMarzio</a> Super Distortion <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humbucker" title=<br />
"Humbucker">pickups</a>. Gibson has marketed his own signature Les<br />
Paul models for about two decades now. Frehley came up with his<br />
trademark "smoking guitar trick" on one of the first Kiss tours in<br />
Canada. Frehley placed a smoke bomb in the compartment of his Les<br />
Paul where the volume and tone controls are located and lit it by<br />
hand, causing the smoke to come out through the humbucker pickups.<br />
After a couple of times, the smoke started to gum up the volume and<br />
tone controls and it stopped working. As a result, Frehley had to<br />
find a way to avoid this; after an alternative technique was found,<br />
the smoke stunt has remained a part of his act. Frehley also played<br />
a guitar whose body was covered in LEDs, as well as having invented<br />
the infamous rocket set-up that shoots into the air. It came from<br />
an earlier idea that he had of a fiber optic wire running up the<br />
neck of his guitar to a laser at the top of the guitar to "blow up<br />
things." However, Frehley took out the wire and put rockets on</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id=
"Discography">Discography</span></h2>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Kiss_2">Kiss</span></h3>
<ul>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_%28Kiss_album%29"
title="Kiss (Kiss album)">Kiss</a></i> (February 18, 1974)</li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotter_Than_Hell"
title="Hotter Than Hell">Hotter Than Hell</a></i> (October 22,<br />
1974)</li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dressed_to_Kill_%28album%29" title=<br />
"Dressed to Kill (album)">Dressed to Kill</a></i> (March 19,<br />
1975)</li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alive%21_%28Kiss_album%29" title=<br />
"Alive! (Kiss album)">Alive!</a></i> (September 10, 1975)</li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destroyer_%28Kiss_album%29" title=<br />
"Destroyer (Kiss album)">Destroyer</a></i> (March 15, 1976)</li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Over"
title="Rock and Roll Over">Rock and Roll Over</a></i> (November 11,<br />
1976)</li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Gun" title=
"Love Gun">Love Gun</a></i> (June 30, 1977)</li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alive_II" title=
"Alive II">Alive II</a></i> (October 14, 1977)</li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Platinum_%28album%29" title=<br />
"Double Platinum (album)">Double Platinum</a></i> (April 2,<br />
1978)</li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynasty_%28album%29"
title="Dynasty (album)">Dynasty</a></i> (May 23, 1979)</li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmasked_%28Kiss_album%29" title=<br />
"Unmasked (Kiss album)">Unmasked</a></i> (May 20, 1980)</li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_From_%22The_Elder%22" title=<br />
"Music From "The Elder"" class="mw-redirect">Music From<br />
"The Elder"</a></i> (November 10, 1981)</li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creatures_of_the_Night" title=<br />
"Creatures of the Night">Creatures of the Night</a></i> (October<br />
13, 1982) (credited, but does not appear)</li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_Unplugged" title=
"Kiss Unplugged">Kiss Unplugged</a></i> (March 12, 1996)</li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho_Circus" title=
"Psycho Circus">Psycho Circus</a></i> (September 22, 1998)</li>
</ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id=
"Solo.2FFrehley.27s_Comet_.28studio.29">Solo/Frehley's Comet<br />
(studio)</span></h3>
<table class="wikitable">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Date of Release</th>
<th>Title</th>
<th><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_200" title=
"Billboard 200"><i>Billboard</i></a></th>
<th><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certification" title=
"Certification">Certification</a></th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>September 18, 1978</td>
<td><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Frehley_%28album%29" title=<br />
"Ace Frehley (album)">Ace Frehley</a></i></td>
<td>26</td>
<td>Platinum</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>July 7, 1987</td>
<td><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frehley%27s_Comet_%28album%29" title=<br />
"Frehley's Comet (album)">Frehley's Comet</a></i></td>
<td>43</td>
<td>Gold<sup class="Template-Fact" title=
"This claim needs references to reliable sources from April 2011"<br />
style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>May 24, 1988</td>
<td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Sighting"
title="Second Sighting">Second Sighting</a></i></td>
<td>81</td>
<td><br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>October 13, 1989</td>
<td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trouble_Walkin%27"
title="Trouble Walkin'">Trouble Walkin'</a>'</i></td>
<td>102</td>
<td><br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>September 15, 2009</td>
<td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anomaly_%28album%29"
title="Anomaly (album)">Anomaly</a></i></td>
<td>27</td>
<td>17,000 copies in the first week</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Solo_.28live.29">Solo
(live)</span></h3>
<table class="wikitable">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Date of Release</th>
<th>Title</th>
<th><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_200" title=
"Billboard 200"><i>Billboard</i></a></th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>February 1988</td>
<td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live%2B1" title=
"Live+1">Live+1</a></i></td>
<td>84</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Solo_.28compilation.29">Solo
(compilation)</span></h3>
<table class="wikitable">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Date of Release</th>
<th>Title</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>April 8, 1997</td>
<td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Picks" title=
"12 Picks">12 Picks</a></i></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>January 20, 1998</td>
<td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_Deck" title=
"Loaded Deck">Loaded Deck</a></i></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>January 24, 2006</td>
<td><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greatest_Hits_Live_%28Ace_Frehley_album%29"<br />
title="Greatest Hits Live (Ace Frehley album)">Greatest Hits<br />
Live</a></i></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Singles">Singles</span></h3>
<ul>
<li>1978 - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Groove"
title="New York Groove">New York Groove</a></li>
<li>1987 - Into the Night</li>
<li>1988 - Insane</li>
<li>1988 - It's Over Now</li>
<li>1989 - <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Ya_%28The_Move_song%29" title=<br />
"Do Ya (The Move song)">Do Ya</a></li>
<li>2009 - Outer Space</li>
</ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Guest_appearances">Guest
appearances</span></h3>
<ul>
<li>"Eugene" – Song on the 1981 self-titled album by Crazy Joe and
the Variable Speed Band. Frehley played <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Synth_drums&action=edit&redlink=1"<br />
class="new" title="Synth drums (page does not exist)">synth<br />
drums</a>, had a spoken-word part, and co-produced.</li>
<li>"Bump and Grind" – Song on the 1984 <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_O._Williams" title=<br />
"Wendy O. Williams">Wendy O. Williams</a> album <i>W.O.W.</i><br />
Frehley played lead guitar.</li>
<li><i>Cat #1</i> – 1994 Criss album. Frehley played lead guitar on
three songs: "Bad Attitude," "Walk the Line" and "Blue Moon Over<br />
Brooklyn."</li>
<li>"Cherokee Boogie" – Song on the 1996 compilation album <i>Smell
the Fuzz: Guitars that Rule the World 2</i>. The song was written,<br />
produced and engineered by Frehley, who also played all guitars on<br />
it.</li>
<li>"Rocker Room Theme" – Song on the 1998 Still Wicked album
<i>Something Wicked This Way Comes</i>. Frehley played rhythm and<br />
lead guitar. CD also features Ron Leejack (Wicked Lester), Gordon<br />
G.G. Gebert, MaryAnn Scandiffio and Michael Sciotto.</li>
<li>"<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxy_Lady" title=
"Foxy Lady">Foxy Lady</a>" – Song on the 1998 ESP (<a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Singer" title="Eric Singer">Eric<br />
Singer</a> Project) album <i>Lost and Spaced</i>. Frehley played<br />
lead guitar.</li>
<li>"Freedom" – Song on the 2000 Karl Cochran album
<i>Voodooland</i>. Frehley played guitar.</li>
<li><i>Insanity of Life</i> – 2002 Richie Scarlet album. Frehley
played guitar on "Johnny's in Love" and lead guitar on "Too Far<br />
Gone." He also co-wrote "Too Far Gone" with Scarlet.</li>
<li>"Know Where You Go" – Song on the 2002 Anton Fig album
<i>Figments</i>. Frehley played lead guitar.</li>
<li>"Bad Choice" – Song on the 2005 <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Valentine" title=<br />
"Kathy Valentine">Kathy Valentine</a> album <i>Light Years</i>.<br />
Frehley played the lead guitar solos.</li>
<li>In 2005, Frehley played a new version of "2,000 Man" on
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Trunk" title=<br />
"Eddie Trunk">Eddie Trunk's</a> "Merry Kissmas" special.</li>
<li>On June 25, 2008 Frehley appeared onstage at New York's Madison
Square Garden with Pearl Jam for an encore performance of Kiss's<br />
"Black Diamond" sung by drummer Matt Cameron.</li>
<li>On December 20, 2008, Frehley appeared on <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That_Metal_Show" title=<br />
"That Metal Show">That Metal Show</a> with host Eddie Trunk.</li>
<li>On July 21, 2009, Frehley appeared on the <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Horse_Tour" title=<br />
"Dark Horse Tour">Dark Horse Tour</a> with members from each of the<br />
tour's participating bands in a rendition of <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC/DC" title="AC/DC">AC/DC</a>'s<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_to_Hell_%28song%29"<br />
title="Highway to Hell (song)">Highway to Hell</a>. Frehley played<br />
lead guitar with <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_Kroeger" title=<br />
"Chad Kroeger">Chad Kroeger</a> of <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickelback" title=<br />
"Nickelback">Nickelback</a> playing rhythm guitar and providing<br />
backing vocals and <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Winkler" title=<br />
"Austin Winkler" class="mw-redirect">Austin Winkler</a> of <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinder" title="Hinder">Hinder</a> and<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacoby_Shaddix" title=<br />
"Jacoby Shaddix">Jacoby Shaddix</a> of <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Roach" title="Papa Roach">Papa<br />
Roach</a> sharing lead vocals.<sup class="Template-Fact" title=<br />
"This claim needs references to reliable sources from July 2009"<br />
style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title=<br />
"Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup></li>
</ul>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id=
"Filmography">Filmography</span></h2>
<ul>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_Meets_the_Phantom_of_the_Park"<br />
title="Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park">Kiss Meets the Phantom<br />
of the Park</a></i> (1978)</li>
<li><i>Live+4</i> (1988) (VHS) <sup id="cite_ref-14" class=
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Frehley#cite_note-14"><span>[</span>15<span>]</span></a></sup></li>
<li><i>Ace Frehley - Acevision Volume #1</i> (1994)<sup id=
"cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Frehley#cite_note-15"><span>[</span>16<span>]</span></a></sup></li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Second_Coming_%28Kiss_video%29"<br />
title="The Second Coming (Kiss video)">Kiss: The Second Coming<br />
Documentary</a></i> (1998)</li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Rock_City_%28film%29" title=<br />
"Detroit Rock City (film)">Detroit Rock City</a></i> (1999)</li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_Loves_You" title=
"Kiss Loves You">Kiss Loves You</a></i> (2004)</li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remedy_%28film%29"
title="Remedy (film)">Remedy</a></i> (2004)<sup id="cite_ref-16"<br />
class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Frehley#cite_note-16"><span>[</span>17<span>]</span></a></sup></li>
<li><i>Let's Go Cobo</i> (Documentary) (2009)</li>
</ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id=
"Interviews">Interviews</span></h3>
<ul>
<li><a href=
"http://www.maximumthreshold.net/index.php?option=com_weblinks&task=view&catid=43&id=642"<br />
class="external text" rel="nofollow">Ace Frehley Interview on<br />
Maximum Threshold Radio</a></li>
<li><i>Behind the Player:Ace Frehley DVD</i> (2010)</li>
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<p>(born <b>Chaim Witz</b>; August 25, 1949) is an <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_American" title=<br />
"Israeli American">Israeli American</a> rock bassist, singer,<br />
songwriter, musician, actor, and businessman. Known as "The Demon,"<br />
he is the bassist/vocalist of <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_%28band%29" title=<br />
"Kiss (band)">Kiss</a>, a hard rock band he co-founded in the early<br />
1970s.</p>
<p>Simmons was ranked number 12 in <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadrunner_Records" title=<br />
"Roadrunner Records">Roadrunner</a>'s list of 50 Best Frontmen in<br />
Metal History.</p>
<p> </p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Biography">Biography</span></h2>
<p>Chaim Witz (later Gene Simmons) was born in <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tirat_Carmel" title=<br />
"Tirat Carmel">Tirat Carmel</a>, <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haifa" title="Haifa">Haifa</a>,<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" title=<br />
"Israel">Israel</a> in 1949. The family emigrated to <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Heights,_Queens" title=<br />
"Jackson Heights, Queens">Jackson Heights, Queens</a> in New York<br />
City when he was eight years old.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-0" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-bio-1"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
His mother Flóra Klein (was born in <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1nd" title="Jánd">Jánd</a>,<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungary" title=<br />
"Hungary">Hungary</a>). The German name Klein (means: small)<br />
translates to Hungarian as <i>Kiss</i>, that gave the rock band's<br />
name.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-2"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
Florence and her brother, Larry Klein, were the only members of the<br />
family to survive the <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocaust" title="Holocaust" class=<br />
"mw-redirect">Holocaust</a>. His father, Feri Witz, also<br />
Hungarian-born remained in Israel. Simmons says the family was<br />
"dirt poor," scraping by on bread and milk.<sup id="cite_ref-3"<br />
class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-3"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
In the United States, Simmons changed his name to Eugene Klein<br />
(later Gene Klein), adopting his mother's <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiden_name" title="Maiden name"<br />
class="mw-redirect">maiden name</a>. He attended <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeshiva_Torah_Vodaath" title=<br />
"Yeshiva Torah Vodaath" class="mw-redirect">Yeshiva Torah<br />
Vodaath</a> in Williamsburg, <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn" title=<br />
"Brooklyn">Brooklyn</a> as a child, from 7 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.<br />
<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-4"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-5"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>He became a <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction" title=<br />
"Science fiction">science fiction</a> fan and published several<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction_fanzines"<br />
title="Science fiction fanzines" class="mw-redirect">science<br />
fiction fanzines</a>, among them <i>Sirruish</i>, <i>Id</i>,<br />
<i>Cosmos</i> (which eventually merged with <i>Stilletto</i> to<br />
become <i>Cosmos-Stilletto</i> and then <i>Faun</i>),<br />
<i>Tinderbox</i>, <i>Sci-Fi Showcase</i>, <i>Mantis</i> and<br />
<i>Adventure</i>. He also contributed to other fanzines, among them<br />
<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeABohema" title=<br />
"BeABohema">BeABohema</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-6"><span>[</span>7<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>In the late 1960s, he changed his name to Gene Simmons, after
legendary rockabilly performer <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumpin%27_Gene_Simmons" title=<br />
"Jumpin' Gene Simmons">Jumpin' Gene Simmons</a>.<sup id=<br />
"cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-7"><span>[</span>8<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>Simmons, who never married, lives in <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Hills,_California" title=<br />
"Beverly Hills, California">Beverly Hills, California</a> with<br />
longtime partner, former <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playboy_Playmate" title=<br />
"Playboy Playmate">Playboy Playmate</a> and actress <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_Tweed" title=<br />
"Shannon Tweed">Shannon Tweed</a>. They have two children: a son,<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Simmons" title=<br />
"Nick Simmons">Nick</a> (born January 22, 1989), and a daughter,<br />
Sophie, (born July 7, 1992). He formerly had <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live-in_relationship" title=<br />
"Live-in relationship" class="mw-redirect">live-in<br />
relationships</a> with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cher"<br />
title="Cher">Cher</a> and <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Ross" title="Diana Ross">Diana<br />
Ross</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-1" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-bio-1"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
Simmons speaks English, Spanish, Hungarian and Hebrew.</p>
<p>On his television show <i>Gene Simmons Family Jewels</i>, he
bought a <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turks_and_Caicos_Islands" title=<br />
"Turks and Caicos Islands">local island</a> in an episode in August<br />
2007, and he is the longtime owner of Gene Simmons Toyota in<br />
Newbridge, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey" title=<br />
"New Jersey">New Jersey</a>.</p>
<p> </p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Music_career">Music
career</span></h2>
<p>Simmons became involved with his first band, Lynx, then renamed
The Missing Links, when he was a teenager. Eventually, he disbanded<br />
The Missing Links to form The <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Island_Sound" title=<br />
"Long Island Sound">Long Island Sounds</a>, the name being a play<br />
on words relating to the estuary separating <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Island,_New_York" title=<br />
"Long Island, New York" class="mw-redirect">Long Island</a> from<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westchester_County,_New_York"<br />
title="Westchester County, New York">Westchester County, New<br />
York</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut" title=<br />
"Connecticut">Connecticut</a> and <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhode_Island" title=<br />
"Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a>. While he played in these bands, he<br />
kept up odd jobs on the side to make more money, including trading<br />
used <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_book" title=<br />
"Comic book">comic books</a>. Simmons attended <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sullivan_County_Community_College"<br />
title="Sullivan County Community College">Sullivan County Community<br />
College</a> in <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch_Sheldrake,_New_York" title=<br />
"Loch Sheldrake, New York">Loch Sheldrake</a>, New York. He then<br />
joined a new band, Bullfrog Bheer, and the band recorded a demo,<br />
"Leeta"; this was later included on the Kiss box set.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Simmons formed the rock band <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicked_Lester" title=<br />
"Wicked Lester">Wicked Lester</a> in the early 1970s with Stanley<br />
Harvey Eisen (now known as <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Stanley" title=<br />
"Paul Stanley">Paul Stanley</a>) and recorded one album, which was<br />
never released. Dissatisfied with Wicked Lester's sound and look,<br />
Simmons and Stanley attempted to fire their band members; they were<br />
met with resistance, and they quit Wicked Lester, walking away from<br />
their record deal with <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_Records" title=<br />
"Epic Records">Epic Records</a>. They decided to form the ultimate<br />
rock band, and started looking for a drummer. Simmons and Stanley<br />
found an ad placed by Peter Criscoula, known as <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Criss" title=<br />
"Peter Criss">Peter Criss</a>, who was playing clubs in <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn" title=<br />
"Brooklyn">Brooklyn</a> at the time; they joined and started out as<br />
a trio. Paul Frehley, better known as <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Frehley" title="Ace Frehley">Ace<br />
Frehley</a>, responded to an ad they put in <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Village_Voice" title=<br />
"The Village Voice">The Village Voice</a></i> for a lead guitar<br />
player, and soon joined them. <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_%28band%29" title=<br />
"Kiss (band)">Kiss</a> released its self-titled debut album in<br />
February 1974. Stanley quickly took on the role of lead performer<br />
on stage, while Simmons became the driving force behind what became<br />
an extensive <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_merchandising" title=<br />
"Kiss merchandising">Kiss merchandising</a> <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exclusive_right" title=<br />
"Exclusive right">franchise</a>. The eye section of his "Demon"<br />
makeup with KISS came from the wing design of comic book character<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Bolt" title=<br />
"Black Bolt">Black Bolt</a>.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>In 1983, while Kiss' fame was waning, the members took off their
trademark <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make-up" title=<br />
"Make-up" class="mw-redirect">make-up</a> and enjoyed a resurgence<br />
in popularity that continued into the 1990s. The band hosted their<br />
own fan conventions throughout 1995, and fan feedback about the<br />
original Kiss members reunion influenced the highly successful<br />
1996–1997 Alive Worldwide reunion tour. In 1998, the band released<br />
<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho_Circus" title=<br />
"Psycho Circus">Psycho Circus</a></i>, the first album in almost 20<br />
years by the original line-up. Since then, the original line-up has<br />
once again dissolved, with <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Thayer" title=<br />
"Tommy Thayer">Tommy Thayer</a> replacing <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Frehley" title="Ace Frehley">Ace<br />
Frehley</a> on lead guitar and <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Singer" title="Eric Singer">Eric<br />
Singer</a> (who performed with Kiss from 1992 up through 1996)<br />
replacing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Criss" title=<br />
"Peter Criss">Peter Criss</a> on drums.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Gene Simmons has used various bass guitars during his career
including:</p>
<ul>
<li>Axe Bass (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kramer_Guitars"
title="Kramer Guitars">Kramer</a> or other brands, like<br />
Jackson)</li>
<li>Punisher Bass (Made by a lot of brands, as seen, B.C Rich or
Jackson)</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spector" title=
"Spector">Spector</a> Gene Simmons Signature</li>
<li>Pedulla Basses (mainly in the 1980s and early 1990s)</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson_Grabber" title=
"Gibson Grabber">Gibson Grabber</a> (mainly in Kiss' early<br />
years)</li>
<li>Gibson Ripper (mainly in Kiss' early years)</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cort_Guitars" title=
"Cort Guitars">Cort Guitars</a> Signature GS-1 Bass</li>
</ul>
<p>He uses Ampeg SVT CL Series amps with 8x10 cabinets. In 2010
Gene Simmons collaborated with <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cort_Guitars" title=<br />
"Cort Guitars">Cort Guitars</a> to make a his own signature bass<br />
line called the GS-AXE-2.</p>
<p> </p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Film_and_television_career">Film
and television career</span></h2>
<p>Simmons has been the creative force behind such television
projects as:</p>
<ul>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Dad_the_Rock_Star"
title="My Dad the Rock Star">My Dad the Rock Star</a></i>, a<br />
cartoon by the Canadian animation company <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelvana" title="Nelvana">Nelvana</a>,<br />
about the mild mannered son of a Gene Simmons-like rock star.</li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Romance" title=
"Mr. Romance">Mr. Romance</a></i>, a show created and hosted by<br />
Simmons on the <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen_%28TV_channel%29" title=<br />
"Oxygen (TV channel)">Oxygen</a> cable television channel.</li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_School" title=
"Rock School">Rock School</a></i>, a reality show in which Simmons<br />
tries to make a rock band out of a group of students of <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ%27s_Hospital_School" title=<br />
"Christ's Hospital School" class="mw-redirect">Christ's Hospital<br />
School</a> in the first season, and in the second, a group of kids<br />
from a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprehensive_school"<br />
title="Comprehensive school">comprehensive school</a> in <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowestoft" title=<br />
"Lowestoft">Lowestoft</a>.</li>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons_Family_Jewels" title=<br />
"Gene Simmons Family Jewels">Gene Simmons Family<br />
Jewels</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-9"><span>[</span>10<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
a reality show documenting the personal lives of Simmons, his<br />
girlfriend and his son and daughter.</li>
</ul>
<p>On March 9, 2011, Simmons and Kiss co-founder Paul Stanley and
E! Entertainment announced that they have finalized a production<br />
and development deal to create an as-yet-untitled comedic half-hour<br />
kids' television series.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-10"><span>[</span>11<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>Simmons appeared as a psychic working at the Mystic Journey
Bookstore in <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice,_California" title=<br />
"Venice, California" class="mw-redirect">Venice, California</a> on<br />
the American hidden camera prank TV series <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Get_That_a_Lot" title=<br />
"I Get That a Lot">I Get That a Lot</a></i>.</p>
<p> </p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id=
"Controversy">Controversy</span></h2>
<ul>
<li>In February 2002, Simmons was interviewed on the <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Public_Radio" title=<br />
"National Public Radio" class="mw-redirect">NPR</a> radio show<br />
<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresh_Air" title=<br />
"Fresh Air">Fresh Air</a></i> and asked about his claim of having<br />
bedded 4,600 women. He told <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Gross" title=<br />
"Terry Gross">Terry Gross</a>: "If you want to welcome me with open<br />
arms, I'm afraid you're also going to have to welcome me with open<br />
legs," paraphrasing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Who"<br />
title="The Who">The Who</a>'s hit song "<a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Better_You_Bet" title=<br />
"You Better You Bet">You Better You Bet</a>". Gross replied:<br />
"That's a really obnoxious thing to say." At the time, Simmons<br />
refused to grant permission to NPR to make the interview available<br />
online.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-20"><span>[</span>21<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
However, it appears in print in Gross's book <i>All I Did Was<br />
Ask</i> (<a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1401300103"<br />
class="internal mw-magiclink-isbn">ISBN 1-4013-0010-3</a>) and<br />
unauthorized transcripts are available. NPR re-broadcast part of<br />
the interview in August 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-21"><span>[</span>22<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
Simmons's bandmate Paul Stanley has frequently used the phrase "...<br />
welcomed us with open arms and open legs" in onstage patter during<br />
Kiss concerts.</li>
<li>In 2004, during an interview in Melbourne, Australia, while
talking about <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_political_violence" title=<br />
"Islamic political violence" class="mw-redirect">Islamic<br />
extremists</a>, Simmons described <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> as a<br />
"vile culture," saying that Muslim women had to walk behind their<br />
husband, weren't allowed to be educated or own houses. He said:<br />
They want to come and live right where you live and they think that<br />
you're evil." Amongst ensuing criticism, Australian Muslim of the<br />
Year Susan Carland argued that Simmons' stereotyping of Muslims was<br />
inaccurate.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-22"><span>[</span>23<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
Simmons later clarified his comments on his website, saying he had<br />
been talking specifically about <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_fundamentalism" title=<br />
"Islamic fundamentalism">Muslim extremists</a>.</li>
<li>In 2005, Simmons was sued by a former girlfriend, Georgeann
Walsh Ward, who said she had been "defamed" in the <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VH1" title="VH1">VH1</a> documentary<br />
<i>When Kiss Ruled the World</i> and portrayed as an "unchaste<br />
woman." <sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-23"><span>[</span>24<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
A settlement was reached in June 2006.</li>
</ul>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Awards_and_recognition">Awards
and recognition</span></h2>
<p>In 2011, Simmons was presented the key to the city in <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas,_Texas" title="Dallas, Texas"<br />
class="mw-redirect">Dallas, Texas</a> and a street, Gene Simmons<br />
Boulevard, was named for him.</p>
<p> </p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id=
"Homecoming_visit_to_Israel">Homecoming visit to Israel</span></h2>
<p>In March 2011, Simmons had a homecoming visit to Israel where he
was born. He described the trip as a "life changing experience". He<br />
talked how he still feels Israeli - "I'm Israeli. I'm a stranger in<br />
America. I'm an outsider". <sup id="cite_ref-25" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-25"><span>[</span>26<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
Gene recently met his half brother Kobi, and sisters Sharon,<br />
Eugenia and Drora while in Israel. <sup id="cite_ref-26" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-26"><span>[</span>27<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
Simmons has plans to bring his band, <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS" title="KISS" class=<br />
"mw-redirect">KISS</a> to Israel. <sup id="cite_ref-27" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-27"><span>[</span>28<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
He has always said that he is an ardent supporter of Israel.<br />
<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-28"><span>[</span>29<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
At a press conference in Israel, he spoke both <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew" title="Hebrew" class=<br />
"mw-redirect">Hebrew</a> and <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language" title=<br />
"English language">English</a>.</p>
<p> </p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id=
"Filmography">Filmography</span></h2>
<table class="wikitable">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Year</th>
<th>Film</th>
<th>Role</th>
<th>Bandmates</th>
<th>Miscellaneous</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1978</td>
<td><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_Meets_the_Phantom_of_the_Park"<br />
title="Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park">Kiss Meets the Phantom<br />
of the Park</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-30"><span>[</span>31<span>]</span></a></sup></td>
<td>The Demon</td>
<td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Criss" title=
"Peter Criss">Peter Criss</a>, <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Frehley" title="Ace Frehley">Ace<br />
Frehley</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Stanley"<br />
title="Paul Stanley">Paul Stanley</a></td>
<td>TV movie</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1984</td>
<td><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runaway_%281984_film%29" title=<br />
"Runaway (1984 film)">Runaway</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-31" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-31"><span>[</span>32<span>]</span></a></sup></td>
<td>Dr. Charles Luther</td>
<td><br></td>
<td><br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1986</td>
<td><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trick_or_Treat_%281986_film%29"<br />
title="Trick or Treat (1986 film)">Trick or Treat</a></i><sup id=<br />
"cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-32"><span>[</span>33<span>]</span></a></sup></td>
<td>Nuke (radio DJ)</td>
<td><br></td>
<td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozzy_Osbourne" title=
"Ozzy Osbourne">Ozzy Osbourne</a> also appeared</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1986</td>
<td><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_Too_Young_to_Die" title=<br />
"Never Too Young to Die">Never Too Young to Die</a></i><sup id=<br />
"cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-33"><span>[</span>34<span>]</span></a></sup></td>
<td>Carruthers / Velvet Von Ragner</td>
<td><br></td>
<td><br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1987</td>
<td><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanted:_Dead_or_Alive_%28film%29"<br />
title="Wanted: Dead or Alive (film)">Wanted: Dead or<br />
Alive</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-34"><span>[</span>35<span>]</span></a></sup></td>
<td>Malak Al Rahim</td>
<td><br></td>
<td><br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1988</td>
<td><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Decline_of_Western_Civilization_Part_II:_The_Metal_Years"<br />
title=<br />
"The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years">The<br />
Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal<br />
Years</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-35"><span>[</span>36<span>]</span></a></sup></td>
<td>Himself</td>
<td>Paul Stanley</td>
<td>Documentary</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1989</td>
<td><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red_Surf&action=edit&redlink=1"<br />
class="new" title="Red Surf (page does not exist)">Red<br />
Surf</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-36"><span>[</span>37<span>]</span></a></sup></td>
<td>Doc</td>
<td><br></td>
<td><br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1999</td>
<td><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Rock_City_%28film%29" title=<br />
"Detroit Rock City (film)">Detroit Rock City</a></i><sup id=<br />
"cite_ref-DRC_37-0" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-DRC-37"><span>[</span>38<span>]</span></a></sup></td>
<td>Himself</td>
<td>Peter Criss, Ace Frehley, Paul Stanley</td>
<td>Simmons also produced<sup id="cite_ref-DRC_37-1" class=
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-DRC-37"><span>[</span>38<span>]</span></a></sup></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2002</td>
<td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Guy" title=
"The New Guy">The New Guy</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-38" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-38"><span>[</span>39<span>]</span></a></sup></td>
<td>Reverend</td>
<td><br></td>
<td><br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2002</td>
<td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wish_You_Were_Dead"
title="Wish You Were Dead">Wish You Were Dead</a></i><sup id=<br />
"cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-39"><span>[</span>40<span>]</span></a></sup></td>
<td>Vinny</td>
<td><br></td>
<td><br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2008</td>
<td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Metal_City"
title="Detroit Metal City">Detroit Metal City</a></i><sup id=<br />
"cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-40"><span>[</span>41<span>]</span></a></sup></td>
<td>Jack lll Dark</td>
<td><br></td>
<td>Japanese movie</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2009</td>
<td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extract_%28film%29"
title="Extract (film)">Extract</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-41" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-41"><span>[</span>42<span>]</span></a></sup></td>
<td>Joe Adler</td>
<td><br></td>
<td><br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2010</td>
<td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expecting_Mary" title=
"Expecting Mary">Expecting Mary</a></i></td>
<td>Taylor</td>
<td><br></td>
<td><br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2010</td>
<td><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rush:_Beyond_the_Lighted_Stage"<br />
title="Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage">Rush: Beyond the Lighted<br />
Stage</a></i></td>
<td>Himself</td>
<td><br></td>
<td>Documentary</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id=
"Television_appearances">Television appearances</span></h2>
<table class="wikitable">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Year</th>
<th>Show</th>
<th>Episode</th>
<th>Role</th>
<th>Bandmates</th>
<th>Miscellaneous</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1974</td>
<td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mike_Douglas_Show"
title="The Mike Douglas Show">The Mike Douglas Show</a></i><sup id=<br />
"cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-42"><span>[</span>43<span>]</span></a></sup></td>
<td>June 11, 1974</td>
<td>Himself</td>
<td>Peter Criss, Ace Frehley, Paul Stanley</td>
<td>Kiss' first national television appearance, performed
"Firehouse"</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1976</td>
<td><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Paul_Lynde_Halloween_Special"<br />
title="The Paul Lynde Halloween Special">The Paul Lynde Halloween<br />
Special</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-43"><span>[</span>44<span>]</span></a></sup></td>
<td>October 29, 1976</td>
<td>Himself</td>
<td>Peter Criss, Ace Frehley, Paul Stanley</td>
<td>The band performed "<a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Rock_City_%28song%29" title=<br />
"Detroit Rock City (song)" class="mw-redirect">Detroit Rock<br />
City</a>" and "King of the Night Time World", Peter Criss performed<br />
"<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beth_%28song%29" title=<br />
"Beth (song)">Beth</a>"</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1985</td>
<td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Vice" title=
"Miami Vice">Miami Vice</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-44" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-44"><span>[</span>45<span>]</span></a></sup></td>
<td>"Prodigal Son"</td>
<td>Newton Blade</td>
<td><br></td>
<td><br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1997</td>
<td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_League_Now%21"
title="Action League Now!">Action League Now!</a></i><sup id=<br />
"cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-45"><span>[</span>46<span>]</span></a></sup></td>
<td>"Rock-A-Big-Baby"</td>
<td>Toy version of himself</td>
<td>Peter Criss, Ace Frehley, Paul Stanley</td>
<td>Performed "<a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_All_Nite" title=<br />
"Rock and Roll All Nite">Rock and Roll All Nite</a>"</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1998</td>
<td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MADtv" title=
"MADtv">MADtv</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-46" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-46"><span>[</span>47<span>]</span></a></sup></td>
<td>October 31, 1998 (#406)</td>
<td>Himself</td>
<td>Peter Criss, Ace Frehley, Paul Stanley.</td>
<td>Halloween special; performed in five sketches</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2001</td>
<td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy" title=
"Family Guy">Family Guy</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-47" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-47"><span>[</span>48<span>]</span></a></sup></td>
<td>"<a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Very_Special_Family_Guy_Freakin%27_Christmas"<br />
title="A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas">A Very Special<br />
Family Guy Freakin' Christmas</a>"</td>
<td>Animated version of himself</td>
<td>Peter Criss, Ace Frehley, Paul Stanley</td>
<td><br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2001</td>
<td><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Wants_to_Be_a_Millionaire_%28US_game_show%29"<br />
title="Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (US game show)">Who Wants To<br />
Be a Millionaire?</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-48" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-48"><span>[</span>49<span>]</span></a></sup></td>
<td>May 27, 2001</td>
<td>Himself</td>
<td><br></td>
<td>Won $500,000 for a charity</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2001</td>
<td><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Show_with_Jon_Stewart"<br />
title="The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" class="mw-redirect">The<br />
Daily Show with Jon Stewart</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-49" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-49"><span>[</span>50<span>]</span></a></sup></td>
<td>June 12, 2001</td>
<td>Himself</td>
<td><br></td>
<td>Almost licked Jon Stewart's face in response to Jon being
unable to explain the difference between pleasure and joy to a man<br />
with a 'twelve-inch tongue'</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2002</td>
<td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy" title=
"Family Guy">Family Guy</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-50" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-50"><span>[</span>51<span>]</span></a></sup></td>
<td>"<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_to_Europe" title=
"Road to Europe">Road to Europe</a>"</td>
<td>Animated version of himself</td>
<td>Peter Criss, Ace Frehley, Paul Stanley</td>
<td><br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2002</td>
<td><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tonight_Show_with_Jay_Leno_%281992_TV_series%29"<br />
title="The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992 TV series)" class=<br />
"mw-redirect">The Tonight Show with Jay Leno</a></i><sup id=<br />
"cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-51"><span>[</span>52<span>]</span></a></sup></td>
<td>September 6, 2002</td>
<td>Himself</td>
<td><br></td>
<td><br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2003</td>
<td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_the_Hill"
title="King of the Hill">King of the Hill</a></i><sup id=<br />
"cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-52"><span>[</span>53<span>]</span></a></sup></td>
<td>"Reborn to Be Wild"</td>
<td>Jessie</td>
<td><br></td>
<td><br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2004</td>
<td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Watch" title=
"Third Watch">Third Watch</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-53" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-53"><span>[</span>54<span>]</span></a></sup></td>
<td>"Higher Calling"</td>
<td>Donald Mann</td>
<td><br></td>
<td><br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2004</td>
<td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Watch" title=
"Third Watch">Third Watch</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-54" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-54"><span>[</span>55<span>]</span></a></sup></td>
<td>"Monsters"</td>
<td>Donald Mann</td>
<td><br></td>
<td><br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2004</td>
<td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Watch" title=
"Third Watch">Third Watch</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-55" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-55"><span>[</span>56<span>]</span></a></sup></td>
<td>"More Monsters"</td>
<td>Donald Mann</td>
<td><br></td>
<td><br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2005</td>
<td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Idol" title=
"American Idol">American Idol</a></i><sup id=<br />
"cite_ref-IMDb-American_Idol_56-0" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-IMDb-American_Idol-56"><span>[</span>57<span>]</span></a></sup></td>
<td>"Auditions: New Orleans"</td>
<td>Himself- guest judge</td>
<td><br></td>
<td><br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2005</td>
<td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy" title=
"Family Guy">Family Guy</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-57" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-57"><span>[</span>58<span>]</span></a></sup></td>
<td>"<a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Make_Me_Over_%28Family_Guy%29"<br />
title="Don't Make Me Over (Family Guy)">Don't Make Me<br />
Over</a>"</td>
<td>Animated version of himself/ Prisoner #3</td>
<td><br></td>
<td><br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2005</td>
<td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_of_Mencia" title=
"Mind of Mencia">Mind of Mencia</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-58" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-58"><span>[</span>59<span>]</span></a></sup></td>
<td>Episode #1.7</td>
<td>Himself</td>
<td><br></td>
<td><br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2006</td>
<td><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_View_%28U.S._TV_series%29" title=<br />
"The View (U.S. TV series)">The View</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-59"<br />
class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-59"><span>[</span>60<span>]</span></a></sup></td>
<td>August 1, 2006</td>
<td>Himself</td>
<td>2006</td>
<td>Gene Simmons Family Jewels</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2007</td>
<td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpongeBob_SquarePants"
title="SpongeBob SquarePants">SpongeBob SquarePants</a></i><sup id=<br />
"cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-60"><span>[</span>61<span>]</span></a></sup></td>
<td>"<a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20,000_Patties_Under_the_Sea" title=<br />
"20,000 Patties Under the Sea" class="mw-redirect">The Battle of<br />
Bikini Bottom</a>"</td>
<td>Sea Monster</td>
<td><br></td>
<td><br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2007</td>
<td><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrink_Rap_%28TV_series%29" title=<br />
"Shrink Rap (TV series)">Shrink Rap</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-61"<br />
class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-61"><span>[</span>62<span>]</span></a></sup></td>
<td>"Gene Simmons"</td>
<td>Himself</td>
<td><br></td>
<td>UK's More4 show</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2008</td>
<td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainment_Tonight"
title="Entertainment Tonight">Entertainment Tonight</a></i><sup id=<br />
"cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-62"><span>[</span>63<span>]</span></a></sup></td>
<td>January 2, 2008</td>
<td>Himself</td>
<td><br></td>
<td><br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2008</td>
<td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Kimmel_Live%21"
title="Jimmy Kimmel Live!">Jimmy Kimmel Live!</a></i><sup id=<br />
"cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-63"><span>[</span>64<span>]</span></a></sup></td>
<td>January 18, 2008</td>
<td>Himself</td>
<td><br></td>
<td><br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2008</td>
<td><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachael_Ray_%28TV_series%29" title=<br />
"Rachael Ray (TV series)">Rachael Ray</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-64"<br />
class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-64"><span>[</span>65<span>]</span></a></sup></td>
<td>March 11, 2008</td>
<td>Himself</td>
<td><br></td>
<td><br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2008</td>
<td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criss_Angel_Mindfreak"
title="Criss Angel Mindfreak">Criss Angel Mindfreak</a></i><sup id=<br />
"cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-65"><span>[</span>66<span>]</span></a></sup></td>
<td>"Mindfreaking with the Stars"</td>
<td>Himself</td>
<td><br></td>
<td><br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2008</td>
<td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugly_Betty" title=
"Ugly Betty">Ugly Betty</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-66" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-66"><span>[</span>67<span>]</span></a></sup></td>
<td>"The Kids Are Alright"</td>
<td>Himself</td>
<td><br></td>
<td><br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2008</td>
<td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugly_Betty" title=
"Ugly Betty">Ugly Betty</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-67" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-67"><span>[</span>68<span>]</span></a></sup></td>
<td>"A Thousand Words by Friday"</td>
<td>Himself</td>
<td><br></td>
<td><br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2008</td>
<td><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Are_You_Smarter_Than_a_5th_Grader%3F"<br />
title="Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?">Are You Smarter Than a<br />
5<sup>th</sup> Grader?</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-68" class=<br />
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-68"><span>[</span>69<span>]</span></a></sup></td>
<td>Episode #3.9</td>
<td>Himself</td>
<td><br></td>
<td>Won $500,000 for the <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Glaser_Pediatric_AIDS_Foundation"<br />
title="Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation">Elizabeth Glaser<br />
Pediatric AIDS Foundation</a> charity</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2008</td>
<td><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apprentice_%28U.S._season_7%29"<br />
title="The Apprentice (U.S. season 7)">The Celebrity<br />
Apprentice</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-69"><span>[</span>70<span>]</span></a></sup></td>
<td>First three episodes</td>
<td>Himself</td>
<td><br></td>
<td>Fired in the third episode</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2008</td>
<td><i>Jingles</i><sup id="cite_ref-STF_70-0" class=
"reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-STF-70"><span>[</span>71<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-71"<br />
class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-71"><span>[</span>72<span>]</span></a></sup></td>
<td><br></td>
<td>Celebrity judge</td>
<td><br></td>
<td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Burnett" title=
"Mark Burnett">Mark Burnett</a> reality show</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2009</td>
<td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Martin_DDS"
title="Glenn Martin DDS" class="mw-redirect">Glenn Martin<br />
DDS</a></i></td>
<td>Glenn Gary, Glenn Martin</td>
<td>himself</td>
<td>no band mates were involved</td>
<td><br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2009</td>
<td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Idol" title=
"American Idol">American Idol</a></i><sup id=<br />
"cite_ref-IMDb-American_Idol_56-1" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-IMDb-American_Idol-56"><span>[</span>57<span>]</span></a></sup></td>
<td>Season Finale</td>
<td>Himself</td>
<td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Singer" title=
"Eric Singer">Eric Singer</a>, <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Thayer" title=<br />
"Tommy Thayer">Tommy Thayer</a>, Paul Stanley</td>
<td>Performed medley of 3 songs with contestant Adam Lambert</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2009</td>
<td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fairly_OddParents"
title="The Fairly OddParents">The Fairly OddParents</a></i></td>
<td>"<a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fairly_OddParents:_Wishology"<br />
title="The Fairly OddParents: Wishology" class=<br />
"mw-redirect">Wishology – Part 1: The Big Beginning</a>"</td>
<td>Animated version of himself</td>
<td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Singer" title=
"Eric Singer">Eric Singer</a>, <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Thayer" title=<br />
"Tommy Thayer">Tommy Thayer</a>, Paul Stanley</td>
<td><br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2010</td>
<td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Get_That_a_Lot"
title="I Get That a Lot">I Get That a Lot</a></i></td>
<td>Episode 2</td>
<td>As Himself</td>
<td>No Band Mates Associated</td>
<td>Simmons appeared as a <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychic" title="Psychic">psychic</a><br />
working at the Mystic Journey Bookstore in <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice,_California" title=<br />
"Venice, California" class="mw-redirect">Venice,<br />
California</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2010</td>
<td><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_Makeover:_Home_Edition"<br />
title="Extreme Makeover: Home Edition">Extreme Makeover: Home<br />
Edition</a></i></td>
<td>Episode 160</td>
<td>As Himself</td>
<td>No Kiss Band Mates Associated</td>
<td>The band Kiss made a personal appearance during the Wagstaff
family's vacation in <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disneyland" title=<br />
"Disneyland">Disneyland</a> and honored them as special guests at<br />
one of their concerts. Kiss also made a personal appearance at a<br />
local school where a donation of new musical instruments was made<br />
in the Wagstaff family's name.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2010</td>
<td><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_in_a_Rock_%27n%27_Roll_Band%21"<br />
title="I'm in a Rock 'n' Roll Band!">I'm in a Rock 'n' Roll<br />
Band!</a></i></td>
<td>Episode 1 And 5</td>
<td>As Himself</td>
<td>None</td>
<td>Discussing the requirements of being in a rock band.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2011</td>
<td><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_%28TV_series%29" title=<br />
"Castle (TV series)">Castle</a></i></td>
<td>To Love and Die in LA</td>
<td>As Himself</td>
<td>None</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Video_appearances">Video
appearances</span></h3>
<p>In 2007, he appeared alongside other celebrities, as well as
regular people, in the music video for "<a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockstar_%28Nickelback_song%29"<br />
title="Rockstar (Nickelback song)">Rockstar</a>" by <a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickelback" title=<br />
"Nickelback">Nickelback</a>.</p>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Video_game_appearances">Video
game appearances</span></h3>
<p>Gene Simmons is a playable character in <i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Hawk%27s_Underground" title=<br />
"Tony Hawk's Underground">Tony Hawk's Underground</a></i>, unlocked<br />
when completing the story mode on Normal difficulty, and also<br />
appears with his Kiss bandmates in the Hotter Than Hell level to<br />
play one of three songs upon collecting the four K-I-S-S<br />
letters.</p>
<p>Gene Simmons' Kiss character, The Demon, is a playable character
in <i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss:_Psycho_Circus:_The_Nightmare_Child"<br />
title="Kiss: Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child">Kiss: Psycho<br />
Circus: The Nightmare Child</a></i>.</p>
<p>Simmons also has a large role in the 2010 music video game
<i><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_Hero:_Warriors_of_Rock" title=<br />
"Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock">Guitar Hero: Warriors of<br />
Rock</a></i>. In addition to narrating the main storyline and doing<br />
advertising for the game, the Kiss song "Love Gun" is playable.</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id=
"Discography">Discography</span></h2>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Solo">Solo</span></h3>
<ul>
<li><i><a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons_%28album%29" title=<br />
"Gene Simmons (album)">Gene Simmons</a></i> (1978)</li>
<li><i>Sex Money Kiss</i> (audiobook CD), 2003)</li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asshole_%28album%29"
title="Asshole (album)">Asshole</a></i> (2004)</li>
<li><i>Speaking in Tongues</i> (spoken word CD, 2004)</li>
</ul>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Publishing_career">Publishing
career</span></h2>
<p>In 2002, Simmons launched <i>Gene Simmons' Tongue</i>, a men's
lifestyle magazine.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons#cite_note-72"><span>[</span>73<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
The magazine lasted five issues before being discontinued</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Published_works">Published
works</span></h2>
<ul>
<li><i>Kiss and Make-Up</i>, Gene Simmons (<a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0609810022"<br />
class="internal mw-magiclink-isbn">ISBN 0-609-81002-2</a>)</li>
<li><i>Sex Money Kiss</i>, Gene Simmons (<a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1893224864"<br />
class="internal mw-magiclink-isbn">ISBN 1-893224-86-4</a>)</li>
<li><i>Kiss: The Early Years</i>, Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley
(<a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0609810286"<br />
class="internal mw-magiclink-isbn">ISBN 0-609-81028-6</a>)</li>
<li><i>Kiss: Behind the Mask</i>, David Leaf and Ken Sharp
(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0446965246"<br />
class="internal mw-magiclink-isbn">ISBN 0-446-96524-6</a>)</li>
<li><i>Ladies of the Night: A Historical and Personal Perspective
on the Oldest Profession in the World</i>, Gene Simmons (<a href=<br />
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1597775010"<br />
class="internal mw-magiclink-isbn">ISBN 1-59777-501-0</a>)</li>
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<p> </p>
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<p><b>Stanley Eisen</b> (born January 20, 1952), better known by his stage name <b>Paul Stanley</b>, is an American <a title="Hard rock" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_rock">hard rock</a> guitarist, singer, musician, painter and songwriter best known for being the <a class="mw-redirect" title="Rhythm guitarist" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_guitarist">rhythm guitarist</a> and one of two primary lead vocalists of the rock band <a title="Kiss (band)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_%28band%29">Kiss</a>. He is the writer or co-writer of many of the band's highest-charting hits. Stanley established the "Starchild" character for his Kiss persona.</p>
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<h2><span id="Career" class="mw-headline">Career</span></h2>
<p><span class="mw-headline"><br></span></p>
<h3><span id="Kiss" class="mw-headline">Kiss</span></h3>
<p><span class="mw-headline"><br></span></p>
<p>Before Kiss, Paul Stanley was in a local band, Rainbow (not to be confused with <a title="Ritchie Blackmore" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritchie_Blackmore">Ritchie Blackmore</a>'s <a title="Rainbow (band)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_%28band%29">Rainbow</a>) and was also a member of Uncle Joe and Post War Baby Boom. Through a mutual friend of <a title="Gene Simmons" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons">Gene Simmons</a>', Stanley joined Simmons' band <a title="Wicked Lester" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicked_Lester">Wicked Lester</a> in the early 1970s. The band recorded an album in 1972, but as of 2010 it has not been officially released (although songs from the album appeared on Kiss's 2001 box set). Wicked Lester soon fell apart and Stanley and Simmons placed ads for a drummer and a guitarist in various New York papers. This resulted in <a title="Peter Criss" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Criss">Peter Criss</a> and <a title="Ace Frehley" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Frehley">Ace Frehley</a> joining the group, and they named themselves <a title="Kiss (band)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_%28band%29">Kiss</a>. Kiss released their self-titled debut in February 1974.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Stanley's persona in Kiss was "The Starchild" utilizing one star over his right eye. For a brief time, Stanley changed his make-up character to "The Bandit", with a "<a class="mw-redirect" title="Lone Ranger" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lone_Ranger">Lone Ranger</a>" style mask design make-up pattern. This make-up design would only be used during a few mid-1973 shows, soon to be replaced by the now famous "The Starchild" make-up design and persona. In his book <i>Sex Money Kiss</i>, <a title="Gene Simmons" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons">Gene Simmons</a> admits that Stanley was the driving force for Kiss during the makeup-free 1980s, while Simmons was feeling lost without his demon makeup and was distanced from the band while attempting to launch a film career.</p>
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<p>In 2006, Stanley resumed his association with Washburn Guitars and using the <a title="Washburn Guitars" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washburn_Guitars">Washburn</a> PS2000. Previously, he has had four signature guitars made by <a title="Silvertone (instruments)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvertone_%28instruments%29">Silvertone</a>, and tweaked the <a title="Ibanez" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibanez">Ibanez</a> Iceman to his specifications, calling it the PS10.</p>
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<p>In 2007 (prior to the final show of the <a class="mw-redirect" title="Hit 'N Run Tour" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hit_%27N_Run_Tour">Hit 'N Run Tour</a> on July 27), Stanley was hospitalized with <a title="Tachycardia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachycardia">tachycardia</a>. In his absence, Kiss performed live as a trio for the first time in decades. Previously, Kiss performed as a trio at <a title="Studio 54" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_54">Studio 54</a> in New York City for an international satellite broadcast on January 28, 1982, lip-syncing the song "I" from <a title="Music from "The Elder"" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_from_%22The_Elder%22">Music from "The Elder"</a> for the Italian <a class="mw-redirect" title="Festival della canzone italiana" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festival_della_canzone_italiana">Festival della canzone italiana</a>, also known as the <a class="mw-redirect" title="San Remo Festival" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Remo_Festival">San Remo Festival</a>, when <a title="Ace Frehley" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Frehley">Ace Frehley</a> failed to show for the performance due to what was described at the time as a "mystery illness". The July 27, 2007 concert is the first Kiss concert Stanley has missed during his 34 year tenure with the group.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-hospital_0-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Stanley#cite_note-hospital-0"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>In September 2007, Stanley took part in <a title="Rock 'n Roll Fantasy Camp" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_%27n_Roll_Fantasy_Camp">Rock 'n Roll Fantasy Camp</a> as a guest star for his second time in New York City. In 2009 Paul Stanley recorded 3 voice ads for the charity KARS4KIDS. Stanley continues to tour with Kiss; the KISS 2010 <a title="The Hottest Show on Earth Tour" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hottest_Show_on_Earth_Tour">The Hottest Show on Earth Tour</a> (a continuation of the <a title="Sonic Boom Over Europe Tour" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_Boom_Over_Europe_Tour">Sonic Boom Over Europe Tour</a> which was itself a continuation of the <a title="Kiss Alive/35 World Tour" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_Alive/35_World_Tour">Kiss Alive/35 World Tour</a>) which started March 2010 and ended at Guadalajara, Mexico in October.</p>
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<p>Stanley has very rarely recorded or performed outside of Kiss. Stanley wrote and recorded material for a solo album in 1987–88, which was shelved in favor of the Kiss compilation, <i><a title="Smashes, Thrashes & Hits" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smashes,_Thrashes_%26_Hits">Smashes, Thrashes & Hits</a></i>. While never officially released, songs such as "Don't Let Go" and "When Two Hearts Collide" have circulated as <a title="Bootleg recording" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootleg_recording">bootleg recordings</a>. One song from the project, "Time Traveler," was released as part of the Kiss's 2001 <a title="The Box Set (Kiss)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Box_Set_%28Kiss%29">box set</a>.</p>
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<p>In 1989, he embarked on a brief club tour. His touring band included guitarist <a title="Bob Kulick" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Kulick">Bob Kulick</a> and future Kiss drummer <a title="Eric Singer" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Singer">Eric Singer</a>. Also in 1989, Stanley loaned his voice to the title track for the soundtrack of the <a title="Wes Craven" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_Craven">Wes Craven</a> horror flick "Shocker".</p>
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<p>In 2005, a bootleg CD began circulating entitled <i>People, Let Me Get This Off My Chest: The Very Best of Paul Stanley's On Stage Banter</i>. The fan-made disc compiled 70 tracks worth of Stanley's distinctive song introductions and on-stage banter.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Stanley#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>Twenty-eight years after releasing his first <a title="Paul Stanley (album)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Stanley_%28album%29">solo album</a> (as part of the four simultaneously released Kiss solo albums), Stanley released a second album, <i><a title="Live to Win" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_to_Win">Live to Win</a></i>, on October 24, 2006. The title song of his solo album, "Live to Win", appeared on the <i>South Park</i> episode "<a title="Make Love, Not Warcraft" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_Love,_Not_Warcraft">Make Love, Not Warcraft</a>". In October and November 2006, Stanley embarked on a theater tour in support of <i>Live to Win</i>. His touring band was the house band from the <a title="CBS" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS">CBS</a> TV show, <i><a title="Rock Star (TV series)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Star_%28TV_series%29">Rock Star</a></i>. The band appeared on both seasons of the show – <i><a title="Rock Star: INXS" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Star:_INXS">Rock Star: INXS</a></i> and <i><a class="mw-redirect" title="Rock Star: Supernova (TV series)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Star:_Supernova_%28TV_series%29">Rock Star: Supernova</a></i>. The band was composed of <a title="Paul Mirkovich" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Mirkovich">Paul Mirkovich</a> (keyboards), <a title="Jim McGorman" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_McGorman">Jim McGorman</a> (guitar), <a title="Rafael Moreira" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Moreira">Rafael Moreira</a> (lead guitar), <a title="Nate Morton" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nate_Morton">Nate Morton</a> (drums), and <a title="Sasha Krivtsov" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasha_Krivtsov">Sasha Krivtsov</a> (bass). In April 2007, Stanley extended the tour to include Australia, playing in Coolangatta, Wollongong, Newcastle, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide. Portions of the tour were filmed for a documentary titled <i><a title="Paul Stanley: Live to Dream (page does not exist)" class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paul_Stanley:_Live_to_Dream&action=edit&redlink=1">Paul Stanley: Live to Dream</a></i> by the <a class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, Illinois" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago,_Illinois">Chicago</a>-based <a title="Film Foetus (page does not exist)" class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Film_Foetus&action=edit&redlink=1">Film Foetus</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Stanley#cite_note-2"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup> The band's performance at the <a title="House of Blues" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Blues">House of Blues</a> in Chicago was captured on film and released in 2008 on DVD and digital audio download formats as <i><a title="One Live Kiss" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Live_Kiss">One Live Kiss</a></i>.</p>
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<p>In 2008, Stanley sang a duet with <a title="Sarah Brightman" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Brightman">Sarah Brightman</a>, "<a title="Where the Lost Ones Go" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_the_Lost_Ones_Go">I Will Be with You</a>", on her <i><a title="Symphony (album)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_%28album%29">Symphony</a></i> album.</p>
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<h3><span id="Other_projects" class="mw-headline">Other projects</span></h3>
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<p>In 1999, Stanley starred in a <a title="Toronto" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto">Toronto</a> production of <i><a title="The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_of_the_Opera_%281986_musical%29">The Phantom of the Opera</a></i>, in which he played the role of The Phantom. He appeared in the musical from May 25 to August 1, and again that year from September 30 to October 31, 1999.</p>
<p>Stanley made his debut as a painter in 2006, exhibiting and selling original works of art.</p>
<p>Stanley collaborated with <a title="Boston" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston">Boston</a>-based <a title="Power pop" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_pop">power pop</a> group <a class="mw-redirect" title="Click Five" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Click_Five">Click Five</a> on their <a title="Single (music)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_%28music%29">hit single</a>, "Angel To You (Devil To Me)".</p>
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<p>Stanley was born in <a title="Manhattan" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan">Manhattan</a>, New York and moved to Queens as a teenager. He is Jewish. He attended <a title="The High School of Music & Art" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_High_School_of_Music_%26_Art">The High School of Music & Art</a> in New York City and graduated in 1970.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Stanley#cite_note-4"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>Stanley has <a title="Microtia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microtia">microtia</a>, his ears have a deformity of the pinna (outer ear).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Stanley#cite_note-5"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a></sup> He is an ambassador for the charitable organization AboutFace, an organization that provides support and information to individuals with facial differences and has appeared at fundraising events and in videos to raise awareness.</p>
<p>In 2001, Stanley's wife, <a class="mw-redirect" title="Dallas, Texas" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas,_Texas">Dallas</a> native Pamela Bowen, filed for divorce. They have one son, Evan Shane Stanley, born June 6, 1994. On November 19, 2005, Paul Stanley married longtime girlfriend Erin Sutton at The Ritz-Carlton, Huntington in <a title="Pasadena, California" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasadena,_California">Pasadena</a>, California. They had their first child, Colin Michael Stanley, on September 6, 2006. The couple had their second child, Sarah Brianna, on January 28, 2009 in Los Angeles, California.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Stanley#cite_note-6"><span>[</span>7<span>]</span></a></sup> On February 25, 2011, the couple announced that they are expecting their third child, a girl, in August 2011.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Stanley#cite_note-7"><span>[</span>8<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>Stanley has had two hip replacement surgeries: one after the "Rock the Nation" tour in October 2004, and a second in December 2004 after complications arose from the first surgery. He has announced that he will require a third hip surgery in the future. Stanley regards the degeneration of his left hip as partly the product of thousands of shows performed since the early 1970s.</p>
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<h2><span id="Award" class="mw-headline">Awards</span></h2>
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<li>Stanley was inducted into the <a title="Long Island Music Hall of Fame" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Island_Music_Hall_of_Fame">Long Island Music Hall of Fame</a> in 2006.</li>
<li>Stanley got the Showman Of The Year award of the Classic Rock Awards for 2008.</li>
<li>Stanley received the Classic Gold <a title="Telly Award" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telly_Award">Telly Award</a> for his concert film <i><a title="One Live Kiss" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Live_Kiss">One Live Kiss</a></i> in 2009</li>
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<h2><span id="Discography" class="mw-headline">Discography</span></h2>
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<li><i><a title="Paul Stanley (album)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Stanley_%28album%29">Paul Stanley</a></i> (1978)</li>
<li><i><a title="Live to Win" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_to_Win">Live to Win</a></i> (2006)</li>
<li><i><a title="One Live Kiss" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Live_Kiss">One Live Kiss</a></i> (2008) – DVD and digital download from Amazon.com and iTunes</li>
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