731 - THE STARCHILD (Paul Stanley)

 

 

 

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KISS, PAUL STANLEY, RON KEEL, IAN HUNTER, FALLEN ANGEL, PAINTED SCARS, VELVETEEN QUEEN, NAZTY RATZ, SERIOUS BLACK, NO LOVE LOST, MARTINA EDOFF, BHRISS MANNING, JIM PETERICK, THE GEMS, RHINO BUCKET, HAMMERFALL

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KISS, PAUL STANLEY, RON KEEL, IAN HUNTER, FALLEN ANGEL, PAINTED SCARS, VELVETEEN QUEEN, NAZTY RATZ, SERIOUS BLACK, NO LOVE LOST, MARTINA EDOFF, BHRISS MANNING, JIM PETERICK, THE GEMS, RHINO BUCKET, HAMMERFALL

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"(KISS - PAUL STANLEY)"

"“ Paul Stanley was born Stanley Bert Eisen on January 20, 1952 and is an American musician who was the co-founder, frontman, rhythm guitarist and co-lead vocalist of the hard rock band Kiss from the band's inception in 1973 to their retirement in 2023. He was the writer or co-writer of many of the band's most popular songs. Before Kiss, Stanley was in a local band, Rainbow, and was a member of Uncle Joe and Post War Baby Boom. Stanley joined Simmons' band Wicked Lester in the early 1970s. The band recorded an album in 1972, but it was never officially released and \Wicked Lester fell apart. Recruiting Peter Criss, and Ace Frehley Kiss released their self-titled debut album in February 1974. Stanley's persona in Kiss was "the Starchild" displaying one star over his right eye. For a brief time, Stanley tried out a new character "the Bandit", with a "Lone Ranger" style mask design make-up pattern. Stanley released his first solo album Paul Stanley as part of the four simultaneously released Kiss solo albums, but he has rarely recorded or performed outside of Kiss. Twenty-eight years after releasing his first solo album, Stanley released a second album, Live to Win, on October 24, 2006. Its title song "Live to Win" appears in the South Park episode "Make Love, Not Warcraft". In 2008, Stanley sang a duet with Sarah Brightman, "I Will Be with You", on her Symphony album. In 2016, he guested in Ace Frehley's covers album Origins, Vol. 1, singing "Fire and Water" by Free. In 2015, Stanley established Paul Stanley's Soul Station, a tribute band playing a mix of soul oldies from the 1960s and 1970s with original songs in the same style. Paul Stanley's Soul Station released its first album in 2021. In 2006, Hit Parader ranked him 18th on their list of the Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time. A Gibson.com readers' poll in 2010 named him 13th on their list of Top 25 Frontmen. Stanley was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014 as a member of Kiss. "