1. Paul Stanley was born on Stanley Bert Eisen; 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.
Paul Stanley was the writer or co-writer of many of the band's most popular songs.
Paul Stanley was the younger of two children; his sister Julia is two years older.
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, 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.
In 1982, after he turned 30 years old, Paul Stanley had reconstructive surgery for the microtia in his right ear.
Paul Stanley said the surgery had given him "a new lease on life" and was so grateful to the surgeon that he gave him a Rolex-watch upon his retirement.
Paul Stanley has appeared at fundraising events and in videos to raise awareness.
On November 19,2005, Paul Stanley married long-time girlfriend Erin Sutton at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Pasadena, California.
Paul Stanley considers his children Jewish but as Sutton is Catholic they raised them "100 percent Jewish and 100 percent Catholic".
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.