Vinnie Vincent founded his own band, Vinnie Vincent Invasion, which had minor hits.
16 Facts About Vinnie Vincent
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Vinnie Vincent John Cusano was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the son of Theresa "Terri" and Alfonso Cusano, musicians.
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Vinnie Vincent picked up the guitar at an early age and was inspired by bluegrass and rock and roll.
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Vinnie Vincent has said the times of working at the Paramount lot were genuinely "happy days".
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Vinnie Vincent's personality meshed well with Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, thus enabling him to play lead guitar on six of the nine tracks on the Creatures of the Night album as well as co-writing three.
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Vinnie Vincent's work was productive, yielding eight co-writes out of the ten songs on the album.
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Vinnie Vincent again fell out of favor with Simmons and Stanley, as they claimed that Vinnie Vincent again began "making all kinds of crazy demands and pulling the same kind of crazy stuff all over again".
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In 1996, Vinnie Vincent released a solo EP from the studio sessions he did in 1990, called Euphoria, with Robert Fleischman on vocals.
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Vinnie Vincent fulfilled his commitment and appeared at the sold-out expo, playing a four song set including the live premiere of Kiss's "A Million to One" from Lick It Up and a VVI song "Back on the Streets" where he was joined by original VVI vocalist Robert Fleischman.
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Vinnie Vincent said he considers Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley family, wishing them nothing but the best.
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Vinnie Vincent gave an exclusive interview to Eddie Trunk for Sirius XM, which was his first in over two decades, and held multiple question-and-answer sessions with fans.
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On February 16,2018, it was announced via Facebook that Vinnie Vincent would appear at the Days of the Dead convention in Charlotte, North Carolina in May 2018.
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Vinnie Vincent then announced another show in Nashville called "Speedball Jamm", which was scheduled for June 7,2019.
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On May 22,2022 Vinnie Vincent played for the first time live together with his lead guitar colleagues from Kiss, Ace Frehley and Bruce Kulick, performing a 4-song all Kiss set at Creatures Fest in Nashville.
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Vinnie Vincent was married to AnnMarie Peters, and has twin daughters with her.
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In 1996, Vinnie Vincent married his second wife Diane Kero, one of Ace Frehley's ex-girlfriends whom he met at a Kiss convention in Chicago the previous year.