Paul Stanley Biography

Paul Stanley (Real name – Stanley Bert Eisen) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and painter who was born on January 20, 1952, Queens, New York, U.S. He is most popular with rock band Kiss as their rhythm guitarist and co-lead vocalist.

Stanley established The Starchild character for his Kiss persona and has written or co-written of most of the band’s highest-charting hits. Stanley was ranked 18th by Hit Parader on their list of Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time. He was also named 13th on the list of Top 25 Frontmen by Gibson.com Readers Poll.

Paul Stanley Kiss

Stanley together with Gene Simmons, Peter Criss, and Ace Frehley, founded Kiss in New York City in January 1973. Kiss is an American rock band which is popular for its members’ face paint and stage outfits. The group rose to fame in the mid-to-late 1970s with their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood-spitting, smoking guitars, shooting rockets, levitating drum kits, and pyrotechnics.

Stanley and Simmons are the only remaining original members as the band has undergone several lineup changes over the years. The original Kiss which was most famous lineup was Stanley (vocals and rhythm guitar), Simmons (vocals and bass), Frehley (lead guitar and vocals), and Criss (drums and vocals).

Paul Stanley Puma

Puma partnered with Stanley as the brand ambassador for their iconic sneakers. His version of the classic Suede is brought out in zebra stripes, with a dramatic hit of red at the heel and Stanley’s logo at the heel. Other features are:

• Leather upper
• Round toe
• Lace-up vamp
• Fabric lining
• Rubber sole

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Paul Stanley The Phantom Of the Opera

Stanley took on the lead role in the Broadway musical The Phantom of the Opera having been inspired after seeing the show in London a decade earlier, for what would up being two extended engagements at Toronto’s Pantages Theatre, beginning on May 25, 1999, and ending, appropriately enough, on Halloween of that same year. “Things went so well that the theater bought out the contract of the actor poised to replace me and had me take the show to the finish line,” he explains in his book Face the Music: A Life Exposed.

Stanley describes the job as “a dream come true” and “an incredibly rewarding experience.” As it turns out, Phantom also helped him come to terms with a birth defect he had kept hidden from the public for decades, and inspired him to join forces with a charity dedicated to helping children born with similar conditions.

Paul Stanley Live To Win

Stanley released his second solo album on Live to Win on October 24, 2006, with its title track featured in the South Park episode Make Love, Not Warcraft, twenty days prior to the album’s release. His first album was Paul Stanley, of 1978, but was released officially as a Kiss album.

Paul Stanley Age

Stanley was born on January 20, 1952, in Queens, New York, USA. He attended the High School of Music & Art in New York City, graduating in 1970. Stanley is 67 years old as of 2019.

Paul Stanley Family

Stanley was born as the second of two children, with the eldest being his sister Julia, to Jewish parents (William and Eva Eisen). His mother’s family had fled Nazi Germany to Amsterdam, Netherlands, and then to New York City, U.S. Stanley’s paternal grandparents came from Poland. Though raised a Jew, he did not celebrate his bar mitzvah and did not consider his family as very observant of the Jewish religion.

Paul Stanley Wife | Paul Stanley Son

He married his first wife, actress Pamela Bowen who filed for divorce in 2001 after nine years of marriage. Together they have a son, Evan Shane Stanley, born on June 6, 1994.

Stanley married longtime girlfriend Erin Sutton at the Ritz-Carlton, Huntington in Pasadena, California on November 19, 2005. On September 6, 2006, they had their first child, Colin Michael Stanley and then a second child, Sarah Brianna, on January 28, 2009, in Los Angeles. Their third child, Emily Grace was born on August 9, 2011.

Paul Stanley Ear

Stanley’s right ear is misshaped from a birth defect called microtia. As a result, he was unable to hear on that side and found it difficult to determine the direction of a sound. He also could not understand speech in a noisy environment. Due to the nature of his defect, Stanley was taunted by other children while attending PS 98.

Paul Stanley Guitar

Stanley offered a very special commemorative guitar the KISS Army plus meet and greet opportunity to celebrate KISS’ End of the Road tour.

Paul Stanley Net Worth

Stanley is best known for being the rhythm guitar player and co-lead vocalist for the rock band Kiss. He received his first real guitar at age 13, an acoustic one that he would have preferred to be electric. Over the course of his career, Paul Stanley has accumulated a huge fortune with his estimated net worth being $150 million.

Paul Stanley Makeup

Stanley with makeup

Paul Stanley Height

Stanley is tall standing at 6 feet (1.83 m) in height.

Paul Stanley Book

Face the Music: A Life Exposed is Stanley’s memoir published in April 2014. In this autobiography, Stanley, who is Jewish, accused former bandmates Ace Frehley and Peter Criss of anti-Semitism. Stanley also gives his fans an all-access backstage pass to the shows, his personal life and shows them how to pursue a rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle of their own, giving hard-won advice from a music legend.

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Paul Stanley Tattoo

Stanley has a small tattoo of a red rose on his right shoulder. He got the tattoo done by famous ink artist Lyle Tuttle in 1974.

Paul Stanley Quotes

In order to be comfortable with other people, you have to be comfortable with yourself.

Your life and destiny are determined to a large extent by your participation in the outcome.

The ultimate rebellion wasn’t fighting the system, it was circumventing the system and living your life fully.

You can be with somebody and still feel alone.

When you reach a point where you can distinguish between the things you thought you wanted and the things you actually need, that is an epiphany.

One thing I had figured out by then was that talent, like everything else, was just a starting point. What counted was what you did with it. I knew I wasn’t the most talented guitar player or the best singer or the best writer, but I could do all of those things, and I had a complete vision of what it was going to take to succeed—a vision that included working, working, working.

I saw the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show. As I watched them singing, it hit me: This is my ticket out. Here was the vehicle I could use to rise out of misery, to become famous, to be looked up to, to be liked, to be admired, to be envied.

Paul Stanley Album

• Paul Stanley, 1978.
• Live to Win, 2006.

Frequently Asked Question about Paul Stanley.

What nationality is Paul Stanley?

American.

How much is Paul Stanley worth?

Paul has an estimated net worth of $150 million,

What is Ace Frehley net worth?

$15 million.

Is Kiss in the Rock Hall of Fame?

They were inducted in 2014.

Who managed kiss?

William Martin Aucoin.

Who is the oldest member of KISS?

Gene Simmons.

Paul Stanley Live

Paul Stanley Dead

Stanley is still alive and well at the age of 67 years.

Paul Stanley Surgeries

Stanley has had two hip-replacement surgeries in October 2004, and a second after complications arose from the first surgery in December 2004. He attributes the degeneration of his left hip as partly the product of thousands of shows performed in platform boots since the early 1970s. Stanley had surgery on his vocal cords in October 2011.

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