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Paul Stanley is a Heavy metal act. Their sound grew out of Paul Rodgers, Paul McCartney, The Raspberries, The Day the World Went Away and Bon Jovi. Those roots explain a lot about how Paul Stanley arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Kiss, Peter Criss, Ace Frehley, Vinnie Vincent Invasion and Night Ranger, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Lordi, The Click Five, Wendy O. Williams, Erik Grönwall and Andrew Wood, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 43 connections around Paul Stanley, reaching back through Paul Rodgers and forward to Lordi. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Paul Stanley is an American musician and songwriter. He was the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and a founding member of the hard rock band Kiss, which was active from 1973 to 2023. He was the writer or co-writer of many of the band's most popular songs. Stanley established the Starchild character as his Kiss persona.
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Paul Stanley connections
Paul Stanley grew out of Paul Rodgers, Paul McCartney, The Raspberries and The Day the World Went Away, shares an orbit with Kiss, Peter Criss, Ace Frehley and Vinnie Vincent Invasion, went on to shape Lordi, The Click Five, Wendy O. Williams and Erik Grönwall. 43 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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