PAUL STANLEY
Paul Stanley (born Stanley Harvey Eisen January 20, 1952) is an American hard rock guitarist, singer, and painter, best known for being the frontman of the rock band Kiss. 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. Hit Parader ranked him 18th on their list of Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time. (More from Wikipedia)
The Raspberries released several albums in the early 1970’s and had a number of hits, particularly “Go All the Way”. The band is remembered for their intelligent pop craftsmanship; and they are cited as influences by artists as diverse as Bruce Springsteen, Paul Stanley of KISS, Tom Petty, and Axl Rose of Guns N’ Roses.
(February 2010)
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In 1982, the Plasmatics toured as the opening act for KISS; at the conclusion of the tour, the band’s relationship with Capitol Records was frayed to the breaking point, so KISS frontman Gene Simmons approached Wendy O. Williams and Rod Swenson about recording their next album without the Plasmatics name. The result was released as a solo album by Wendy O. Williams called W.O.W. (1984) – with the album’s name taken from Williams’ initials – though the band’s website says that W.O.W. is still regarded as a Plasmatics album. Three members of KISS played on the album, Ace Frehley, Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons, with the latter credited as Reginald Van Helsing; Simmons also produced the album.
(December 2013)
