Paul Stanley (born Stanley Eisen, January 20, 1952 in Queens, New York, USA) is an American hard rock guitarist for the rock band
Kiss. He is the writer or co-writer of most of the band's highest-charting hits, including "
Rock And Roll All Nite", "
Detroit Rock City", "
Hard Luck Woman", "
I Was Made For Lovin' You", "
Crazy Crazy Nights" and "
Forever". Before KISS, Paul Stanley was in a local band, Rainbow (not to be confused with
Ritchie Blackmore's
Rainbow) and Uncle Joe. Through a mutual friend of
Gene Simmons', Stanley joined Simmons' band
Wicked Lester in the early 1970s.
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