Comments on: Vinnie Vincent owes me $150

By: Sir Pent

Sir Pent — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:42:30 +0000

It sounds familiar. I probably checked it out at least once or twice.

By: tokyo5

tokyo5 — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:17:24 +0000

It was called “Mr. Know-It-All’s KISS Shrine”.
Have you seen it?

By: Sir Pent

Sir Pent — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:49:55 +0000

What was the name of your KISS site? I probably visited it at some point.

Yeah, Mark had some really bad stories about Gene/Paul…that seemed to be in line with stories that Vinnie told. Also similar to what Eric was saying about Gene/Paul right before he died. Bruce was the only one that seemed to have a more pragmatic view that it was a job they were being paid to do…not a normal band.

By: tokyo5

tokyo5 — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:26:02 +0000

>you did a Bruce interview!

Yes. Did you read it?

Actually, I used to have a fairly big KISS website.
And on that site, I had about 20 KISS-related interviews. Including Bruce Kulick, Eric Singer, and the artists that did the early KISS album covers.

Also, I met Eric Singer in Tokyo twice…and the second time, he remembered who I was. I was surprised.

Anyways, my current site has a few “Japan-related” interviews.

I did read one interview with Mark St. John once. He seemed quite bitter.

By: Sir Pent

Sir Pent — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:00:33 +0000

T5…you did a Bruce interview! That’s awesome. Bruce seems like a really nice guy, too. (So how did he end up working with Gene?)

I think less is known about Vinnie than Mark…Mark started doing expos a few years ago and…in a very limited way…let the world know what he had been doing. He also released the EP and full instrumental CD in the last decade, both of new material. (More output than Vinnie…)

By: tokyo5

tokyo5 — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:51:15 +0000

Speaking of KISS members…have you read the interview that I did with KISS’s ex-lead guitarist, Bruce Kulick a few months ago?

It’s here:
http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~tokyo5/interviews.html#kulick

By: tokyo5

tokyo5 — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:49:42 +0000

>…but not much about Vinnie.

Nor Mark St. John!

By: Sir Pent

Sir Pent — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:33:49 +0000

KISS fans are a tenacious lot.
We are also very interested in the enigmatic Mr. Vincent. We pretty much know just about everything about ALL the other people that have been in KISS…but not much about Vinnie.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:32:57 +0000

Man, this post has achieved a life of its own, Pent!

By: Sir Pent

Sir Pent — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:22:59 +0000

If that were true, I’d be very excited…but it seems unlikely. After Vinnie sued, trying to take it all the way to the Supreme Court, Gene said he’d never work with the guy again.