Paul Stanley Is Now a Singer in a Soul Music Cover Band

Paul Stanley Is Now a Singer in a Soul Music Cover Band
Kiss singer to front Soul Station at Los Angeles concert next month

By Kory Grow August 4, 2015

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This fall, Kiss singer-guitarist Paul Stanley will begin a surprising new gig: soul singer. His new side group, Soul Station, which plays a mix of Sixties and Seventies soul classics, will perform its first-ever concert at Los Angeles' Roxy Theatre on September 11th. "I don't play guitar in the band and we don't do a single Kiss song," Stanley said in a statement. "That's not what this is about."

The Kiss vocalist's nine-person Soul Station backing band consists of musicians who have played with artists ranging from Christina Aguilera to Bobby Brown. Its drummer, Eric Singer, also plays with Stanley in Kiss. The group will play a mix of songs by the Stylistics, Dramatics, Temptations, Smokey and the Miracles and Blue Magic, among others. Their repertoire includes the Miracles' "Ooo Baby Baby," the Temptations' "Just My Imagination" and the Stylistics' "You Are My Everything."


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The between-song raps will be legendary I bet.

 

I thought he'd go for the blues.

 

Should be cool...until he starts singing.

His voice is trashed.

 

"The group will play a mix of songs by the Stylistics, Dramatics, Temptations, Smokey and the Miracles and Blue Magic, among others. Their repertoire includes the Miracles' "Ooo Baby Baby," the Temptations' "Just My Imagination" and the Stylistics' 'You Are My Everything.'"

Just what these classics needed- a 63 year old rock dude trying to hit the high notes

 

WTF? The Stylistics? Good luck with those falsettos.

 

What's that lump on his face?

 

"Now...people...Is it 'Just My Imagination'...or does Los Angeles...have a whole lotta....SOULLLLL?"

 

His nose?

 

Hey the guy's smooth as silk. When I hear this I'm thinking Smokey, Otis, Sam Cooke. Right?

I don't see why he can't be in a soul cover band. He's already in a KISS cover band.

 

But, for goodness' sake, please check your laser pointer at the door.

 

"I was talkin' to someone backstage before...and he told me you people ain't too proud to beg! Let me hear ya!"

 

Smokey? Like in Smokey the Bear?
Otis, the town drunk?
Sam, the butcher?

 

Well, I wish him luck... but it sounds like a train wreck.

 

ROXAYYYYY!!!!....HOW Y'ALL DOIN'??!? Now I know-uh we gonna have ...a SOUL COVER PAHTY TONIGHT!!!

 

Peter Wolf's the only Jewish white boy who could pull this off.

 

"So let the sideshow begin WAAHOOOO"

 

Not even Billy Joel?

 

Wait, you guys can't see the pointy lump just the the right (and down) of his right eye???

 

He dropped his onstage KISS "persona" during his solo tour(s).

I imagine he will do this same with this new band.

 

I could almost swear that was one of those Onion style fake humor articles. Truth is still more ridiculous than fiction I guess!

 

Painter, poet, rock-star, opera singer, civic owner, and now this?

Seriously is there anything Paul Stanley can't do?

 

Paul cannot sing these songs any more! I am a huge Kiss fan but ouch!

 

I think they're commonly referred to as moles. What's your point?