33 Facts About Paul Stanley

Paul Stanley was born on Stanley Bert Eisen; January 20,1952 and is an American musician who is the co-founder, frontman, rhythm guitarist and co-lead vocalist of the hard rock band Kiss.

Paul Stanley is the writer or co-writer of many of the band's most popular songs.

Paul Stanley Bert Eisen was born January 20,1952, in upper Manhattan, New York City, near 211th St and Broadway; the Inwood neighborhood near Inwood Hill Park.

Paul Stanley was the second of two children; his sister Julia was born two years earlier.

Paul Stanley was raised Jewish, although he did not consider his family very observant and did not celebrate his bar mitzvah.

Paul Stanley's parents listened to classical music and light opera; Stanley was greatly moved by Beethoven's works.

Paul Stanley learned to sing harmony with his family, and he was given a child's guitar at age seven.

Paul Stanley's family relocated to the Kew Gardens neighborhood in Queens in 1960.

Paul Stanley listened to a lot of doo-wop music, but when the Beatles and the Rolling Stones played on US television he was inspired by the performance aspect, which he thought was not out of his reach.

Paul Stanley received his first real guitar at age 13, an acoustic one that he would have preferred to be electric.

Paul Stanley played tunes by Bob Dylan, the Byrds, the Lovin' Spoonful and more.

At this point, Paul Stanley had the idea of changing his name not only for marketing purposes but the fact he had always hated his birth name.

Doc McGhee, the band's manager, later confirmed simultaneously that Paul Stanley did sing fully, but will sing to tracks, denying that he was lip syncing.

Paul Stanley's touring band included guitarist Bob Kulick and future Kiss drummer Eric Singer.

Twenty-eight years after releasing his first solo album, Paul Stanley released a second album, Live to Win, on October 24,2006.

In October and November 2006, Paul Stanley embarked on a theater tour in support of Live to Win.

Paul Stanley's touring band was the house band from the CBS TV show Rock Star, composed of Paul Mirkovich, Jim McGorman, Rafael Moreira, Nate Morton, and Sasha Krivtsov.

In 2008, Paul Stanley sang a duet with Sarah Brightman, "I Will Be with You", on her Symphony album.

Paul Stanley uses Ibanez guitars, Seymour Duncan pickups, Ernie Ball strings and ENGL amplifiers, as well as custom made KISS signature picks.

Paul Stanley has used various other makes of guitar over the years too including Washburn, Gibson, BC Rich, Ampeg and Ovation among others.

Paul Stanley has previously used amplifiers by Fender and later Randall.

In 1999, Paul Stanley starred in a Toronto production of The Phantom of the Opera, in which he played the role of the Phantom.

Paul Stanley appeared in the musical from May 25 to August 1, and again that year from September 30 to October 31,1999, closing the show's ten-year run in Toronto.

Paul Stanley made his debut as a painter in 2006, exhibiting and selling original works of art.

Paul Stanley collaborated with Boston-based power pop group Click Five on their hit single, "Angel To You ".

Paul Stanley produced a debut album for the band New England.

On November 19,2005, Paul Stanley married longtime girlfriend Erin Sutton at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Pasadena, California.

In 1982, after he turned 30 years old, Paul Stanley had reconstructive surgery for his right ear done by Frederic Rueckert, who had been performing the procedure primarily on children.

Paul Stanley said the surgery had given him "a new lease on life" and was so grateful to Rueckert that he gave the doctor a Rolex watch upon his retirement.

Paul Stanley has appeared at fundraising events and in videos to raise awareness.

Paul 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.

Paul Stanley had announced in 2005 that he will require a third hip surgery in the future.

In October 2011, Paul Stanley had surgery on his vocal cords.