Paul Stanley
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| Paul Stanley | |
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Stanley in 2007 in San Diego, California
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Stanley Bert Eisen |
| Also known as | "The Starchild" |
| Born | January 20, 1952 Manhattan, New York City, United States |
| Origin | Queens, New York, United States |
| Genres | Hard rock, heavy metal |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer-songwriter, record producer, painter, actor |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, bass guitar |
| Years active | 1969–present |
| Labels | New Door, Universal Music Group |
| Associated acts | Kiss, Band Aid, Wicked Lester |
| Website | paulstanley |
| Notable instruments | |
Hit Parader ranked him 18th on their list of Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time. Gibson.com Readers Poll also named him 13th on their list of Top 25 Frontmen.
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Early life
Stanley Bert Eisen was born January 20, 1952, in upper Manhattan near 211th Street and Broadway; the Inwood neighborhood near Inwood Hill Park. He was the second of two children, and born two years after his sister Julia. His family was Jewish. His mother came from a family that fled Nazi Germany to Amsterdam, Netherlands and then to New York City. His father's parents were from Poland. Stanley was raised Jewish, although he did not consider his family very observant and he was not bar mitzvahed.[1] His parents listened to classical music and light opera; Stanley was greatly moved by Beethoven's works. His right ear was misshapen from a birth defect called microtia; he was unable to hear on that side, thus he found it difficult to determine the direction of a sound, and he could not understand speech in a noisy environment.[2] Attending PS 98, he was taunted by other children for his deformed ear.Despite his hearing problem, Stanley enjoyed listening to music, and he watched American Bandstand on television. His favorite musical artists included Eddie Cochran, Dion and the Belmonts, Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard. Stanley learned to sing harmony with his family, and he was given a child's guitar at age seven.[3][4]
Stanley's family relocated to the Kew Gardens neighborhood in Queens in 1960.[5] He listened to a lot of doo-wop music, but when The Beatles and The Rolling Stones played on U.S. television he was inspired by the performance aspect, which he thought was not out of his reach. Stanley received his first real guitar at age 13, an acoustic one that he would have preferred to be electric. He played tunes by Bob Dylan, The Byrds, The Lovin' Spoonful and more.[3]
All through his childhood Stanley had been recognized for his talent at graphic arts, so he attended the High School of Music & Art in New York City and graduated in 1970.[6] Despite his skill as a graphic artist, he abandoned that as a career, and instead played in bands.
Kiss
Main article: Kiss (band)
Before Kiss, Stanley was in a local band, Rainbow (not to be confused with Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow) and was also a member of Uncle Joe and Post War Baby Boom. Through a mutual friend of Gene Simmons, Stanley joined Simmons' band Wicked Lester
in the early 1970s. The band recorded an album in 1972, but 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 answered Peter Criss's advertisement in Rolling Stone
(August 31, 1972): "Expd. Rock & Roll drummer looking for orig.
grp. doing soft & hard music." Soon after recruiting Criss, they
held auditions for a lead guitarist, with Stanley placing an ad in the
Village Voice (December 14, 1972). Despite what Stanley, Criss, and
Simmons admit was a shaky first impression, Ace Frehley
won the group over both with his playing, which all admit was nearly a
perfect fit to the group's sound, and with his style, showing up to the
audition wearing Converse shoes in two different colors (one red, one
orange). Kiss released their self-titled debut album in February 1974.
The Starchild
In his book Sex Money Kiss, Gene Simmons says that Stanley was the driving force for KISS during a period in the 1980s when the band decided to perform without makeup.
In 2006, Stanley resumed his association with Washburn Guitars and using the Washburn PS2000. Previously, he has had four signature guitars made by Silvertone, and tweaked the Ibanez Iceman to his specifications, calling it the PS10.
Stanley singing "Love Gun" in Montreal.
In September 2007, Stanley took part in Rock 'n Roll Fantasy Camp as a guest star for his second time in New York City. In 2009 Stanley recorded 3 voice ads for the charity Kars4Kids. Stanley continues to tour with Kiss; the KISS 2010 The Hottest Show on Earth Tour (a continuation of the Sonic Boom Over Europe Tour which was itself a continuation of the Kiss Alive/35 World Tour) which started March 2010 and ended at Guadalajara, Mexico in October.
Solo career
Stanley has very rarely recorded or performed outside of Kiss. He wrote and recorded material for a solo album in 1987–88, which was shelved in favor of the Kiss compilation, Smashes, Thrashes & Hits. While never officially released, songs such as "Don't Let Go" and "When Two Hearts Collide" have circulated as bootleg recordings. One song from the project, "Time Traveler," was released as part of the Kiss's 2001 box set.In 1989, Stanley embarked on a brief club tour. His touring band included guitarist Bob Kulick and future Kiss drummer Eric Singer. The same year, Stanley sang lead on the title track for the soundtrack of the Wes Craven horror flick Shocker.
Stanley, Singer and Thayer performing at the Azkena Rock Festival; June 26, 2010
In 2008, Stanley sang a duet with Sarah Brightman, "I Will Be with You", on her Symphony album.
Vocals
Stanley tends to sing in the high register of his vocal range. On Music From "The Elder" he experimented with falsetto ("Just a Boy", "The Oath").Other projects
Stanley in concert with Kiss at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, California
On August 15, 2013, Stanley, Gene Simmons and manager Doc McGhee became a part of the ownership group that created the L.A. Kiss Arena Football League team, which plays their home games at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.
In April 2014, Stanley published his memoir, Face the Music: A Life Exposed.[11][12][13][14] In the memoir, Stanley, who is Jewish,[15] accused former bandmates Ace Frehley and Peter Criss of anti-Semitism.[16]
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