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Charles Bukaki wrote: ↑Thu Apr 24, 2025 4:51 pm Who's he going to get to play drums?

Charles Bukaki wrote: ↑Thu Apr 24, 2025 4:51 pm Who's he going to get to play drums?

BernieTaupson wrote: ↑Thu Apr 24, 2025 11:16 pm He could have called into Eddie Trunk and told tens of thousands of people. But no. He told Julian fucking Gill who has four thousand YouTube subscribers.

Amazing Peter could be in a platinum selling band and still have no bloody idea how the industry works.

BernieTaupson wrote: ↑Thu Apr 24, 2025 11:16 pm He could have called into Eddie Trunk and told tens of thousands of people. But no. He told Julian fucking Gill who has four thousand YouTube subscribers.

Charles Bukaki wrote: ↑Thu Apr 24, 2025 4:51 pm Who's he going to get to play drums?

Jason Jennifer Leigh wrote: ↑Fri Apr 25, 2025 7:46 am Is that the loser that bans everyone on the KISSFAQ forum?

BernieTaupson wrote: ↑Thu Apr 24, 2025 11:16 pm
Amazing Peter could be in a platinum selling band and still have no bloody idea how the industry works.

Love_Industry wrote: ↑Fri Apr 25, 2025 11:31 pm

BernieTaupson wrote: ↑Thu Apr 24, 2025 11:16 pm
Amazing Peter could be in a platinum selling band and still have no bloody idea how the industry works.

This is the guy who thought Kiss held him back after he wrote a few words to a Stan Penridge song that Bob Ezrin and payola made into their second biggest hit.

Their biggest hit had Peter on the cover but he was replaced by Anton Fig on drums. That should have given him a hint.

George Peter John Criscuola is not an intelligent man and the second luckiest guy to be in Kiss. After Eric Carr who would spend another decade playing disco covers in bars if Bobby Rondinelli could sing.

TREVERLAST wrote: ↑Fri Apr 25, 2025 8:09 am

Charles Bukaki wrote: ↑Thu Apr 24, 2025 4:51 pm Who's he going to get to play drums?

About a week ago a DJ on Hair Nation talked about this. He said he was with Billy Sheehan recently and that he told him he "played on a new Peter Criss album and that it's really good." He also said that Billy Sheehan played it for Ray Luzier & Ray asked "who's on drums?" and Billy replied "Peter Criss".

El Vampiro Blanco wrote: ↑Fri Apr 25, 2025 11:54 pm

Love_Industry wrote: ↑Fri Apr 25, 2025 11:31 pm
George Peter John Criscuola is not an intelligent man and the second luckiest guy to be in Kiss. After Eric Carr who would spend another decade playing disco covers in bars if Bobby Rondinelli could sing.

Yes, his autobiography also clearly showed his lack of education and smarts, but somehow this guy still managed to live off his Kiss money from when he left in 1980 to almost the reunion and then again has lived off his Kiss reunion money since 2001.
He never had to get a real job and, with the exception of 1994, never had to play small clubs.
It boggles the mind.
Not many of the musicians discussed on this board managed that.

Love_Industry wrote: ↑Sat Apr 26, 2025 11:11 am Criss outside Kiss never did shit. He released two solo albums right after leaving and couldn't tour them for lack of interest.

I don't remember what his book says but I assume he had good financial advisors who invested his Kiss money wisely. The part that didn't go up the catman's nose. Somehow I don't think he lived frugally and his then-wife even less so.

Love_Industry wrote: ↑Sat Apr 26, 2025 11:11 am

El Vampiro Blanco wrote: ↑Fri Apr 25, 2025 11:54 pm

Love_Industry wrote: ↑Fri Apr 25, 2025 11:31 pm
George Peter John Criscuola is not an intelligent man and the second luckiest guy to be in Kiss. After Eric Carr who would spend another decade playing disco covers in bars if Bobby Rondinelli could sing.

Yes, his autobiography also clearly showed his lack of education and smarts, but somehow this guy still managed to live off his Kiss money from when he left in 1980 to almost the reunion and then again has lived off his Kiss reunion money since 2001.
He never had to get a real job and, with the exception of 1994, never had to play small clubs.
It boggles the mind.
Not many of the musicians discussed on this board managed that.

Not even Criss himself. Living off Kiss money until 1995 maybe, but he was back at clubs and county fairs already in 1984 with the Criss Penridge Alliance. And bombed, the tour had to end after less than 10 shows (7 on setlist.fm, may be a few missing). Then he was playing clubs from 1992 to 1995. Not to mention that in 1986 he joined LA band Balls of Fire and played 10 shows in LA area clubs, some even as opener...

Criss outside Kiss never did shit. He released two solo albums right after leaving and couldn't tour them for lack of interest.

I don't remember what his book says but I assume he had good financial advisors who invested his Kiss money wisely. The part that didn't go up the catman's nose. Somehow I don't think he lived frugally and his then-wife even less so.

NeonKnite wrote: ↑Sat Apr 26, 2025 12:18 pm

Love_Industry wrote: ↑Sat Apr 26, 2025 11:11 am Criss outside Kiss never did shit. He released two solo albums right after leaving and couldn't tour them for lack of interest.

I don't remember what his book says but I assume he had good financial advisors who invested his Kiss money wisely. The part that didn't go up the catman's nose. Somehow I don't think he lived frugally and his then-wife even less so.

And as little as he did, it will still be more than Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer can do on their own names.

El Vampiro Blanco wrote: ↑Sat Apr 26, 2025 12:23 pm

Love_Industry wrote: ↑Sat Apr 26, 2025 11:11 am

El Vampiro Blanco wrote: ↑Fri Apr 25, 2025 11:54 pm

Yes, his autobiography also clearly showed his lack of education and smarts, but somehow this guy still managed to live off his Kiss money from when he left in 1980 to almost the reunion and then again has lived off his Kiss reunion money since 2001.
He never had to get a real job and, with the exception of 1994, never had to play small clubs.
It boggles the mind.
Not many of the musicians discussed on this board managed that.

Not even Criss himself. Living off Kiss money until 1995 maybe, but he was back at clubs and county fairs already in 1984 with the Criss Penridge Alliance. And bombed, the tour had to end after less than 10 shows (7 on setlist.fm, may be a few missing). Then he was playing clubs from 1992 to 1995. Not to mention that in 1986 he joined LA band Balls of Fire and played 10 shows in LA area clubs, some even as opener...

Criss outside Kiss never did shit. He released two solo albums right after leaving and couldn't tour them for lack of interest.

I don't remember what his book says but I assume he had good financial advisors who invested his Kiss money wisely. The part that didn't go up the catman's nose. Somehow I don't think he lived frugally and his then-wife even less so.

I think his saving grace was he was a 25% partner of the Kiss corporation until 1987, so likely the money came in in yearly chunks, like Kiss record advances, merchandise etc...

I never took that shit with Pendridge and Balls of Fire seriously, seemed more like a hobby.
Things went off the rails when he discovered his wife was fucking his lawyer after the money started drying up in the early 90s..
The he was suddenly living in an apartment in '94 with his last 100k in cash in a duffel bag.