Post by Henny Macc on Jun 30, 2020 7:28:49 GMT
"Paul" Stanley Bert Eisen (January 20, 1952 - )
Years active: 1970-present
Country of origin: United States of America
Recorded vocal range: D2-B5 - 3¾ octaves
Band history:
- 1970-1973 - Wicked Lester (lead vocals, rhythm guitar)
- 1973-present - Kiss (lead vocals, rhythm guitar)
- 1978 - Paul Stanley (lead vocals, guitar)
- 1989-present - Paul Stanley (lead vocals, rhythm guitar)
- 2015-present - Paul Stanley's Soul Station (lead vocals)
Recorded high notes:
B5: "I'm Alive", "Love Gun" live at Mid-Hudson Civic Arena 1984
A♯5/B♭5: "Gimme More"
A5: "Communication Breakdown" live New Haven 1989, "Danger", "I Still Love You" live at Mid-Hudson Civic Arena 1984, "I Was Made for Lovin' You", "100,000 Years" live in New York 1973, "You Shook Me" live 2012
G♯5/A♭5: "Firehouse" live Madrid 2010, "Heaven's on Fire" live at Cobo Hall 1984, "I Still Love You", "I Want You" live at Budokan 1977, "Keep Me Comin'", "Love Gun" live Drammen 1980, "Makin' Love" live in Sao Paulo 1994, "Nowhere to Run", "100,000 Years" live Cobo Hall 1975, "Right Here Right Now", "Uh! All Night"
G5: "Creatures of the Night" live Cobo Hall 1984, "Danger", "Goodbye", "Heaven's on Fire" live at Donington 1988, "I Still Love You" live Cobo Hall 1984, "I've Had Enough (Into the Fire)", "I Was Made for Lovin' You", "Love Gun" live Cobo Hall 1984, "Radar for Love", "Under the Gun" live Cobo Hall 1984, "When Your Walls Come Down", "Whole Lotta Love" live Bradford 1988, "You Love Me to Hate You", "You Shook Me" live 2012
F♯5/G♭5: "Baby I Need Your Loving", "Cold Gin", "Communication Breakdown" live Brooklyn 1989, "Danger", "Detroit Rock City" live Edinburgh 1988, "Get All You Can Take", "Heaven's on Fire" live US 1992, "Hell or Hallelujah", "I'm Alive", "I Want You" live at Budokan 1977, "Lick It Up" live Gothenburg 1988, "Modern Day Delilah", "Nowhere to Run", "100,000 Years" live Cobo Hall 1975, "Radar for Love", "Shocker (reprise)", "Shout It Out Loud" live at Donington 1988, "Shout Mercy", "Take It Off" live Kiss Kruise X 2021, "Watchin' You", "When Your Walls Come Down"
F5: "Don't Let Go", "Every Time I Look at You", "Get All You Can Take", "Get Ready" live at The Whiskey 2016, "Heaven's on Fire" live at Donington 1988, "I Just Wanna", "I Stole Your Love" live Sao Paulo 1994, "Makin' Love" live in Sao Paulo 1994, "My Way", "Nowhere to Run", "Rise to It", "Say Yeah" live Atlantic City 2021, "Shocker", "Tears Are Falling" live in New York 1988, "The Way You Do the Things You Do" live at The Coach House 2016, "Watchin' You" live Cobo Hall 1975, "Who's That Lady" live at The Rose 2016, "You Are Everything"
E5: "Best Man for You", "Black Diamond" live Cobo Hall 1984, "Cold Gin" live at Donington 1988, "Communication Breakdown" live at The Ritz 1989, "Crazy Crazy Nights" live at Monsters of Rock 1988, "Detroit Rock City" live at Monsters of Rock 1988, "Exciter", "Get All You Can Take", "Gimme More", "Heaven's on Fire", "Hide Your Heart" live Kiss Kruise X 2021, "I'm Alive", "I've Had Enough (Into the Fire)", "I Was Made for Lovin' You", "King of the Mountain", "La-La (Means I Love You)", "Lick It Up", "Lonely Is the Hunter", "My Sweet Lord" live Sydney 2013, "Not for the Innocent" demo, "Ooo Baby Baby", "Radar for Love", "Read My Body", "Rock and Roll All Nite" live Monsters of Rock 1988, "Rock Show", "Room Service", "Shocker", "Strutter" live at Donington 1988, "Tears Are Falling" live at Donington 1988, "Time Traveler", "Too Many Mondays", "Tracks of My Tears", "Under the Gun", "Whenever You're Ready (I'm Here)", "When Your Walls Come Down", "Won't Get Fooled Again" live Fort Worth 1986, "(You Make Me) Rock Hard", "You Shook Me" live 2012
D♯5/E♭5: "Black Diamond" live 1977, "Bulletproof", "Burn Bitch Burn", "Cold Gin" live Weedsport 1990, "Crazy Crazy Nights", "Danger Us", "Detroit Rock City" live Telstra Dome 2003, "Deuce" live US 1992, "Easy As It Seems", "Get All You Can Take", "Get Ready" live at The Rose 2016, "God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You II", "Got to Choose", "Heart of Chrome", "Heaven's on Fire" live at Monsters of Rock 1988, "I Just Wanna", "I'll Fight Hell to Hold You", "I Still Love You" live US 1992, "I Stole Your Love" live at The Forum 1977, "I Want You" live Detroit 1990, "I Was Made for Lovin' You" live US 1992, "Keep Me Comin'", "King of the Mountain", "Just a Boy", "Let's Stay Together", "Lorelei", "Love Gun", "Magic Touch", "Makin' Love" live in Sao Paulo 1994, "Modern Day Delilah", "Never Enough", "Not for the Innocent" demo, "100,000 Years", "Psycho Circus", "Reason to Live", "Room Service", "Shocker (reprise)", "Shock Me" live at The Forum 1977, "Silver Spoon", "Tears Are Falling", "The Oath", "The Way You Do the Things You Do" live at The Coach House 2016, "Thrills in the Night", "Tonight You Belong to Me", "Turn on the Night", "Uh! All Night", "Under the Gun", "Who's That Lady" live at The Rose 2016, "You Love Me to Hate You"
D5: "All Hell's Breaking Loose", "All American Man", "A Million to One", "Bang Bang You", "Black Diamond", "Burn Bitch Burn", "Communication Breakdown" live New Haven 1989, "Crazy Crazy Nights", "Creatures of the Night", "Danger", "Danger Us", "Detroit Rock City" live US 1992, "Don't Let Go", "Down on Your Knees", "Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?", "Exciter", "Firehouse" live at Donington 1988, Folgers Coffee commercial, "Get All You Can Take", "Get Ready" live at The Rose 2016, "Gimme More", "God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You II", "Heaven's on Fire", "Hide Your Heart", "I'm Alive", "I Remember" live Toronto 1999, "I Still Love You", "It Never Goes Away", "I've Had Enough (Into the Fire)", "Jungle", "King of Hearts", "King of the Mountain", "La-La (Means I Love You)", "Last Chance", "Let's Put the X in Sex", "Lick It Up", "Love Gun" live at Monsters of Rock 1988, "Love in Chains", "Makin' Love" live at The Forum 1977, "Master & Slave", "My Way", "Not for the Innocent" demo, "Nothing Can Keep Me from You", "Radar for Love", "Read My Body", "Reason to Live", "Rise to It", "Rock and Roll All Nite" live at Donington 1988, "Rock Show", "Room Service", "Save Me (from You)", "Second to None", "Shocker", "Shout It Out Loud" live at Monsters of Rock 1988, "Silver Spoon", "Strutter" live at Donington 1988, "Sword and Stone" demo, "Take It Off", "Take Me Away (Together As One)", "Tears Are Falling" live at Donington 1988, "Time Traveler", "Tough Love", "Track Down This Murderer" live Toronto 1999, "Tracks of My Tears, "When Your Walls Down", "Whole Lotta Love" live Bradford 1988, "Who Wants to Be Lonely", "You Are Everything", "You Love Me to Hate You"
C♯5/D♭5: "All About You", "All for the Glory", "All Hell's Breaking Loose", "Anything for My Baby", "Black Diamond" live Civic Center 1997, "Body and Soul", "Burn Bitch Burn", "Calling Dr. Love" live at Donington 1988, "Cold Gin" live Cobo Hall 1975, "Danger Us", "Detroit Rock City" live at Monsters of Rock 1988, "Deuce", "Down Once More" live Toronto 1999, "Do You Love Me?", "Down on Your Knees", "Dreamin'", "Every Time I Look at You", "Everytime I See You Around", "Fire and Water", "Firehouse" live at Donington 1988, "Forever", "Freak", "God of Thunder" demo, "Got to Choose" live Cobo Hall 1975, "Heaven's on Fire", "Hell or Hallelujah", "I", "I'll Fight Hell to Hold You", "I Just Wanna", "In the Mirror", "I, Oh I", "I Remember" live Toronto 1999, "I Still Love You" live US 1992, "It Never Goes Away", "It's Alright", "It's Not Me", "I Want You", "I Was Made for Lovin' You" live US 1992, "King of the Night Time World" live at The Forum 1977, "Kissin' Time", "La-La (Means I Love You)", "Last Chance", "Lick It Up", "Long Way Down", "Lorelei", "Love Gun" live Telstra Dome 2003, "Magic Touch", "Makin' Love" live at the Forum 1977, "Master & Slave", "Modern Day Delilah", "Never Enough", "Nowhere to Run", "100,000 Years" live Cobo Hall 1975, "Partners in Crime", "Rain", "Read My Body", "Reason to Live", "Rock and Roll All Nite" live Telstra Dome 2003, "Rock Show", "Russian Roulette", "Say Yeah", "Second to None", "Shocker (reprise)", "Shout It Out Loud" live at Monsters of Rock 1988, "Shout Mercy", "Silver Spoon", "Spit", "Stand", "Strutter" live Telstra Dome 2003, "Sure Know Something" live MTV Unplugged 1995, "Take It Off", "Take Me", "Take Me Down Below", "The Oath", "The Phantom of the Opera" live Toronto 1999, "Tomorrow", "Tonight You Belong to Me", "Tough Love", "Track Down This Murderer" live Toronto 1999, "Trial By Fire", "Uh! All Night", "Unholy" live US 1992, "When Lightning Strikes", "When Two Hearts Collide", "When Your Walls Come Down", "(You Make Me) Rock Hard", "You Wanted the Best", "You're All That I Want"
C5: "A Million to One", "Body and Soul", "Bravo, Monsieur" live Toronto 1999, "Bulletproof", "Calling Dr. Love" live at The Forum 1977, "Comin' Home", "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love", "Crazy Crazy Nights", "Creatures of the Night" live Cobo Hall 1984, "Cut the Wire", "Danger", "Detroit Rock City", "Deuce" live at Monsters of Rock 1988, "Domino" live US 1992, "Don't Let Go", "Down Once More" live Toronto 1999, "Down on Your Knees", "Do You Love Me?", "Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?", "Dreamin'", "Eat Your Heart Out", "Every Time I Look at You", "Exciter", "Firehouse", "Flaming Youth", "Get Ready" live at The Rose 2016, "Gimme More", "God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You II", "Goodbye", "Heaven's on Fire", "Hot and Cold", "I Do", "I Just Wanna", "I'm a Legend Tonight", "I Pledge Allegiance to the State of Rock & Roll", "I Stole Your Love", "I Want You Back" live at The Rose 2016, "I Will Be There", "King of Hearts", "King of the Mountain", "Ladies Room", "Let Me Know", "Let's Stay Together", "Live to Win", "Long Way Down", "Loving You Without You Now", "Makin' Love", "My Way", "Never Enough", "New York Groove" live New Haven 1989, "Nothin' to Lose", "Nothing Can Keep Me from You", "Nowhere to Run", "Ooo Baby Baby", "Partners in Crime", "Radar for Love", "Rain", "Raise Your Glasses", "Reason to Live", "Rise to It", "Rock and Roll All Nite" live at Monsters of Rock 1988, "Rock Bottom" live Cobo Hall 1975, "Rock Show", "Samurai Son", "Shocker", "Stand", "Strutter", "Sword and Stone" demo, "Take Me Away (Together As One)", "Tears Are Falling", "The Way You Do the Things You Do" live at The Coach House 2016, "Thrills in the Night", "Time Traveler", "Tough Love", "Trial By Fire", "Turn on the Night", "Under the Gun", "What Makes the World Go 'Round", "When Lightning Strikes", "Where Angels Dare", "Who Wants to Be Lonely", "Who's That Lady" live at The Rose 2016, "You Are Everything", "You're All That I Want"
B4: "All About You", "All for the Glory", "All Hell's Breaking Loose", "All Right Now" live Kiss Kruise VII 2017, "A Million to One", "Bang Bang You", "Best Man for You", "Betcha by Golly, Wow" live 2016, "Black Diamond" live Civic Center 1997, "Charisma", "Cold Gin" live Cobo Hall 1975, "Crazy Crazy Nights", "Cut the Wire", "Dancing in the Street" live at The Canyon Club 2016, "Danger", "Danger Us", "Deuce", "Don't Let Go", "Do You Love Me?", "Dreamin'", "Exciter", "Every Time I Look at You", "Firehouse" live at Donington 1988, "Fits Like a Glove" live at Monsters of Rock 1988, "Flaming Youth", "Forever", "Freak", "God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You II", "Good Girl Gone Bad", "Hell or Hallelujah", "Hide Your Heart", "Hot and Cold", "Hotter Than Hell '08", "I Just Wanna", "I'll Fight Hell to Hold You", "I'm Alive", "In the Mirror", "Is That You?" "I Still Love You", "It's Alright", "It's Not Me", "I've Had Enough (Into the Fire)", "I Was Made for Lovin' You", "I Will Be with You (Where the Lost Ones Go)", "Keep Me Comin'", "King of Hearts", "King of the Night Time World", "Kukarracha","La-La (Means I Love You)", "Last Chance", "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll" live Telstra Dome 2003, "Lonely Is the Hunter", "Love Gun" live at Monsters of Rock 1988, "Love in Chains", "Makin' Love", "Master & Slave", "Molly", "Never Enough", "No, No, No", "Not for the Innocent" demo, "Ooo Baby Baby", "Partners in Crime", "Radar for Love", "Rain", "Read My Body", "Right Here Right Now", "Rock and Roll All Nite" live MTV Unplugged 1995, "Rock Bottom", "Rock Show", "Room Service", "Say Yeah", "Second to None", "Secretly Cruel", "Shandi", "She's So European", "Silver Spoon", "Stop, Look to Listen", "Strutter" live at Donington 1988, "Stand", "Sure Know Something", "Sword and Stone" demo, "Take Me Down Below", "Talk to Me", "Tears Are Falling", "Thief in the Night", "Tracks of My Tears", "Uh! All Night", "Under the Gun", vocal warm-ups, "When Two Hearts Collide", "Whole Lotta Love" live Bradford 1988, "Who Wants to Be Lonely", "Won't Get Fooled Again" live Fort Worth 1986, "Young and Wasted", "You Shook Me" live 2012, "You Wanted the Best"
A♯4/B♭4: "All Right Now" live Kiss Kruise VII 2017, "Anything for My Baby", "Bulletproof", "Christine Sixteen" live at The Forum 1977, "Comin' Home", "Creatures of the Night", "Day Tripper" live Tokyo 2003, "Domino" live US 1992, "Down Once More" live Toronto 1999, "Do You Love Me?" live MTV Unplugged 1995, "Dreamin'", "Easy As It Seems", "Every Time I Look at You", "Everytime I See You Around", "Fire and Water", "Freak", "God of Thunder" demo, "Got Love For Sale", "Hard Luck Woman" live at The Forum 1977, "Heaven's on Fire", "Heart of Chrome", "Hotter Than Hell", "I Just Wanna", "I'll Fight Hell to Hold You", "I'm a Legend Tonight", "I'm an Animal", "It's Alright", "It's Not Me", "I Want You", "I Will Be There", "Jungle", "Let's Put the X in Sex", "Live to Win", "Long Way Down", "Love Gun", "Loving You Without You Now", "Magic Touch", "Makin' Love", "Modern Day Delilah", "Move On", "My Way", "Nothin' to Lose", "Nowhere to Run", "100,000 Years," "Psycho Circus", "Raise Your Glasses", "Read My Body" "Rise to It", "Room Service", "Russian Roulette", "Samurai Son", "Say Yeah", "Secretly Cruel", "Shout It Out Loud", "Shout Mercy", "Silver Spoon", "Stand", "Strutter", "Take Me", "Take Me Away (Together As One)", "Take Me Down Below", "Tears Are Falling", "The Oath", "Tomorrow and Tonight", "Tonight You Belong to Me", "Tough Love", "Tracks of My Tears", "Trial By Fire", "Uh! All Night", "Wake Up Screaming", "What Makes the World Go 'Round", "Whenever You're Ready (I'm Here)", "Where Angels Dare", "Who's That Lady" live at The Rose 2016, "Wouldn't You Like to Know Me", "You Are Everything", "(You Make Me) Rock Hard"
A4: "All About You", "All I Ask of You (reprise)" live Toronto 1999, "Baby I Need Your Loving", "Best Man for You", "Betcha by Golly, Wow" live 2016, "Comin' Home", "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love", "Crazy Crazy Nights" live at Monsters of Rock 1988, "Cut the Wire", "Don't Let Go", "Down Once More" live Toronto 1999, "Do You Love Me?", "Dreamin'", "Firehouse" live at Donington 1988, Folgers Coffee commercial, "Get Ready" live at The Rose 2016, "Goodbye", "Hide Your Heart", "I Do", "In the Mirror", "I, Oh I", "I Still Love You", "It Never Goes Away", "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)", "King of Hearts", "Let's Stay Together", "Long Way Down", "Lorelei", "Love in Chains", "Nothing Can Keep Me from You", "O-O-H Child", "Ooo Baby Baby", "Partners in Crime", "Pinball Wizard" live Budokan 2013, "Raise Your Glasses", "Rise to It", "Rock and Roll All Nite" live at Monsters of Rock 1988, "Rock Show", "Room Service", "Samurai Son", "Second to None", "Stop, Look to Listen", "Sure Know Something", "Take Me Away (Together As One)", "The Oath", "Tomorrow", "Tomorrow and Tonight", "Tough Love", "Tracks of My Tears", vocal warm-ups, "What Makes the World Go 'Round", "When the Bell Rings", "Won't Get Fooled Again" live Fort Worth 1986
G♯4/A♭4: "Ain't Quite Right", "All American Man", "Black Diamond" live Civic Center 1997, "Body and Soul", "Bulletproof", "Burn Bitch Burn", "Christine Sixteen", "Comin' Home", "Down Once More" live Toronto 1999, "Easy As It Seems", "Every Time I Look at You", "Everytime I See You Around", "Finale" live Toronto 1999, "Fire and Water", "Firehouse", "Forever", "Freak", "God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You II", "Got to Choose", "Great Expectations" live Telstra Dome 2003, "Hard Luck Woman" live MTV Unplugged 1995, "I", "I Love It Loud" live US 1992, "In the Mirror", "It's Not Me", "I Will Be There", "I Will Be with You (Where the Lost Ones Go)", "Just a Boy", "Last Chance", "Let Me Know", "Lift", "Live to Win", "Lorelei", "Loving You Without You Now", "Master & Slave", "Molly", "Music of the Night" live Toronto 1999, "100,000 Years" live Cobo Hall 1975, "Only You", "Raise Your Glasses", "Right Here Right Now", "Rock and Roll All Nite" live MTV Mouth to Mouth 1989, "Save Your Love", "Shandi", "Shout It Out Loud", "Stand", "Strutter", "Take Me Down Below", "Talk to Me", "The Phantom of the Opera" live Toronto 1999, "The Point of No Return" live Toronto 1999, "The Way You Do the Things You Do" live at The Coach House 2016, "Thrills in the Night", "Tomorrow", "Tough Love", "Turn on the Night", "Uh! All Night", "Wake Up Screaming", "What Happens in the Darkness", "When Two Hearts Collide", "Wouldn't You Like to Know Me", "(You Make Me) Rock Hard"
Recorded low notes:
E3: "All About You", "All Right Now" live Kiss Kruise VII 2017, "Best Man for You", "Finale" live Toronto 1999, "Get All You Can Take", "God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You II", "Hide Your Heart", "Hold Me, Touch Me (Think of Me When We're Apart)", "If I Fell" live Tokyo Dome 2015, "I, Oh I", "I Was Made for Lovin' You", "I Will Be with You (Where the Lost Ones Go)", "Kukarracha", "La-La (Means I Love You)", "Lorelei", "Music of the Night" live Toronto 1999, "Notes (reprise)" live Toronto 1999, "Odyssey", "Read My Body", "Shandi", "Sure Know Something", "Sword and Stone" demo, "The Phantom of the Opera" live Toronto 1999, "The Point of No Return" live Toronto 1999, "Time Traveler", "Too Many Mondays", "Wandering Child" live Toronto 1999, "Wouldn't You Like to Know Me" live Kiss Kruise VII 2017, "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" live Tokyo Dome 2015
D♯3/E♭3: "Bad to the Bone" acoustic rehearsal 1990, "Catch the Wind" live Kiss Kruise VI 2016, "Down Once More" live Toronto 1999, "Do You Love Me?", "Easy As It Seems", "Every Time I Look at You", "Everytime I See You Around", Folgers Coffee commercial, "Freak", "Hell or Hallelujah", "I Do", "I Finally Found My Way", "If We Ever Get Out of This Place" live Kiss Kruise VII 2017, "I Just Wanna", "I'll Be Back" sung in interview 1987, "It's Not Me", "I Was Made for Lovin' You '08", "Lick It Up '08", "Long, Long Road", "Loving You Without You Now", "Notes" live Toronto 1999, "Notes (reprise)" live Toronto 1999, "Odyssey", "Rain" acoustic rehearsal 1990, "Right Here Right Now", "Sure Know Something" live MTV Unplugged 1995, "Wandering Child" live Toronto 1999, "Why So Silent" live Toronto 1999
D3: "Bang Bang You", "Bravo, Monsieur" live Toronto 1999, "Catch the Wind" live Kiss Kruise VI 2016, "Down Once More" live Toronto 1999, "Finale" live Toronto 1999, "Hold Me, Touch Me (Think of Me When We're Apart)", "I Was Made for Lovin' You", "Jungle", "Let's Put the X in Sex", "Let's Stay Together", "Lorelei", "My Sweet Lord" live Sydney 2013, "New York Groove" live New Haven 1989, "Notes" live Toronto 1999, "Notes (reprise)" live Toronto 1999, "Nowhere to Run" live Kiss Kruise V 2015, "Peaceful Easy Feeling" live Kiss Kruise VII 2017, "Radar for Love", "Read My Body", "Samurai Son", "Save Me (from You)", "Stranger Than You Dreamt It" live Toronto 1999, "Sure Know Something" live Budokan 2013, "Take It Off", "The Mirror" live Toronto 1999, "The Phantom of the Opera" live Toronto 1999, "The Point of No Return" live Toronto 1999, "Tracks of My Tears", "Wandering Child" live Toronto 1999
C♯3/D♭3: "Down Once More" live Toronto 1999, "Do You Love Me?", "Every Time I Look at You" acoustic version, "Finale" live Toronto 1999, "Fire and Water", "If I Fell" live Sydney 2013, "It Never Goes Away", "I Was Made for Lovin' You '08", "Long, Long Road", "Loving You Without You Now", "Rain", "Master & Slave", "Music of the Night" live Toronto 1999, "Say Yeah", "Shandi" live Sydney 1997, "The Mirror" live Toronto 1999, "The Point of No Return" live Toronto 1999
C3: "Bravo, Monsieur" live Toronto 1999, "Every Time I Look at You" live Kiss Kruise VI 2016, "Hide Your Heart" live Kiss Kruise X 2021, "Hold Me, Touch Me (Think of Me When We're Apart)" live Kiss Kruise VI 2016, "I Will Be There", "Live to Win", "Read My Body", "Rock Show", "Second to None", "Shandi" live Kiss Kruise VI 2016, "So Long" live Kiss Kruise VI 2016, "The Phantom of the Opera" live Toronto 1999, "The Point of No Return" live Toronto 1999, "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" live Tokyo Dome 2015
B2: "Everytime I See You Around", "If I Fell" live Tokyo Dome 2015, "I Was Made for Lovin' You", "I Will Be with You (Where the Lost Ones Go)", "Let Me Know", "Notes" live Toronto 1999, "Peaceful Easy Feeling" live Kiss Kruise VII 2017, "Rock Show", "Shandi", "The Phantom of the Opera" live Toronto 1999
A♯2/B♭2: "I'll Be Back" sung in interview 1987, "I Was Made for Lovin' You '08", "I Will Follow Him" acoustic rehearsal 1990, "Loving You Without You Now", "Psycho Circus", "Stand", "The Star-Spangled Banner" live San Antonio 2015
A2: "If I Fell" live Sydney 2013, "I Was Made for Lovin' You" live at Fiserv Forum 2019
G♯2/A♭2: "Down Once More" live Toronto 1999, "It's Not Me", "Music of the Night" live Toronto 1999, "Psycho Circus", "Shandi" live Sydney 1997
G2: "Down Once More" live Toronto 1999, "I Will Be There", "Notes" live Toronto 1999, "Shandi" live Kiss Kruise VI 2016, "The Star-Spangled Banner" live Dodger Stadium 2013
F♯2/G♭2: "The Star-Spangled Banner" live San Antonio 2015
D♯2/E♭2: "It's Not Me"
D2: "Samurai Son"
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*Blue marks soft falsetto notes.
*Italics mark non-melodic notes.
*Underlines mark notes in backing vocals or otherwise muffled/obscured in the song mix.
{Detailed bio}
One of my favorite singers of all time, and an absolutely unmistakable voice, Paul Stanley has been the co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for Kiss since 1973, serving in the role of "The Starchild" makeup character. He's very easily recognizable for his dark-toned but high-wailing voice, as well as his very distinct vocal delivery, that he frequently also uses to deliver entertaining and at times down right ridiculous stage banters between songs. However, aside from that, he has demonstrated some truly remarkable vocal talent over the course of his career, and has proved himself to be much more of a multi-faceted vocalist than people often give him credit for.
Stanley co-founded Kiss alongside bassist and co-lead vocalist Gene Simmons after the dissolution of their previous band, Wicked Lester, in 1973, and on to recruit lead guitarist Ace Frehley and drummer/vocalist Peter Criss to create their initial, "classic" lineup. This lineup lasted for the rest of the 70s, and birthed many of Kiss' best-known songs, including "Rock and Roll All Nite", "Detroit Rock City", "Beth", "Shout It Out Loud", and "Love Gun". During much of this period, Stanley already had his signature vocal phrasing and delivery developed, but his technical abilities were still much more raw and unrefined. He was able to sing up through the fourth octave and into the lower fifth octave regularly, but at times could start getting shouty on notes around B4/C5, and typically wouldn't venture further than C♯5 for song melodies. However, certain more belty songs, such as "I Want You" and "Tonight You Belong to Me" hinted at a growing potential that he would continue to develop in the '80s.
The major shift in Stanley's vocal development occurred in 1982, however, when he truly began to grow into his own as a fifth octave belter/wailer. This first became audible on the Killers compilation from 1982, which featured four new Kiss tracks with more intense vocals than anyone had heard from Stanley yet, particularly the song "Nowhere to Run". This newfound ability to easily carry melodies up into the fifth octave with power and agility was only further showcased on Kiss' next full length album later in 1982, Creatures of the Night. From there on, Stanley's vocal performances only continued to get wilder and more flashy with every subsequent Kiss release, as notes like D5 and E♭5s started to become easy achievements for him, and started to show up in the melodies of almost every song.
Perhaps the most impressive and outright vocally insane period of Stanley's career was in the late 80s, when Kiss started tuning their songs up to standard instead of E♭ for live performances, which gave him extra opportunities to show off his higher singing abilities. As if this wasn't enough though, he also very much got in the habit of "over-singing" many songs live during this time; frequently taking songs that originally topped around B4/C5 and rangewanking them up to E5 or even F♯5 sometimes! Though it's hardly uncommon to hear about singers throwing in additional high notes to songs live, I can't say I've heard many cases of singers rewriting entire song melodies for that purpose before.
Though Stanley's voice mostly held up great up through the mid 2000s, his abilities/consistency started to decline starting from the late 2000s onward, which especially became noticeable during live shows. Though he is still able to pull off certain high notes in the lower fifth octave and such, his mid range seems to be quite shot, which results in numerous cracks and strained notes in the mid fourth octave during live shows. He has also released two studio albums with Kiss in the past decade or so (2009's Sonic Boom and 2012's Monster), on which he managed to still sing multiple melodies up to C♯5 or so and still sound mostly good, but there is admittedly some audible auto-tuning/studio magic going on with those albums as well. Nonetheless, these vocal issues in his old age do nothing to take away from how staggeringly impressive his abilities were for most of his career, and I must give him kudos for still continuing to try to power through regardless.
Outside of Kiss, Stanley has also released two solo albums, his 1978 self-titled and 2006's Live to Win, and has experimented with some surprising side projects that show different sides of his voice than you might expect to here. One of these was a 1999 production of Phantom of the Opera that he starred in playing the title role, and actually did a surprisingly good job in! This role required him to adapt his vocals to a more musical theatre style, something we had only ever heard him hint shades of on Kiss' 1981 album Music from "The Elder", but it was very cool to hear him explore that type of singing more thoroughly in this production! Aside from that, he has also started his own R&B/soul cover band in recent years, called Paul Stanley's Soul Station. This group does occasional performances at venues along the US West coast, and performs covers of classic Motown numbers - something I certainly wasn't expecting to hear Stanley doing. He also manages to pull off his role in that group decently though, and uses it as an opportunity to show off his falsetto on most songs - something that he is still regularly capable of doing, and doesn't cause him nearly as much strain or difficulty as performing Kiss classics does. Perhaps Soul Station will end up becoming his primary focus once Kiss disbands; we'll have to see.
One of my favorite singers of all time, and an absolutely unmistakable voice, Paul Stanley has been the co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for Kiss since 1973, serving in the role of "The Starchild" makeup character. He's very easily recognizable for his dark-toned but high-wailing voice, as well as his very distinct vocal delivery, that he frequently also uses to deliver entertaining and at times down right ridiculous stage banters between songs. However, aside from that, he has demonstrated some truly remarkable vocal talent over the course of his career, and has proved himself to be much more of a multi-faceted vocalist than people often give him credit for.
Stanley co-founded Kiss alongside bassist and co-lead vocalist Gene Simmons after the dissolution of their previous band, Wicked Lester, in 1973, and on to recruit lead guitarist Ace Frehley and drummer/vocalist Peter Criss to create their initial, "classic" lineup. This lineup lasted for the rest of the 70s, and birthed many of Kiss' best-known songs, including "Rock and Roll All Nite", "Detroit Rock City", "Beth", "Shout It Out Loud", and "Love Gun". During much of this period, Stanley already had his signature vocal phrasing and delivery developed, but his technical abilities were still much more raw and unrefined. He was able to sing up through the fourth octave and into the lower fifth octave regularly, but at times could start getting shouty on notes around B4/C5, and typically wouldn't venture further than C♯5 for song melodies. However, certain more belty songs, such as "I Want You" and "Tonight You Belong to Me" hinted at a growing potential that he would continue to develop in the '80s.
The major shift in Stanley's vocal development occurred in 1982, however, when he truly began to grow into his own as a fifth octave belter/wailer. This first became audible on the Killers compilation from 1982, which featured four new Kiss tracks with more intense vocals than anyone had heard from Stanley yet, particularly the song "Nowhere to Run". This newfound ability to easily carry melodies up into the fifth octave with power and agility was only further showcased on Kiss' next full length album later in 1982, Creatures of the Night. From there on, Stanley's vocal performances only continued to get wilder and more flashy with every subsequent Kiss release, as notes like D5 and E♭5s started to become easy achievements for him, and started to show up in the melodies of almost every song.
Perhaps the most impressive and outright vocally insane period of Stanley's career was in the late 80s, when Kiss started tuning their songs up to standard instead of E♭ for live performances, which gave him extra opportunities to show off his higher singing abilities. As if this wasn't enough though, he also very much got in the habit of "over-singing" many songs live during this time; frequently taking songs that originally topped around B4/C5 and rangewanking them up to E5 or even F♯5 sometimes! Though it's hardly uncommon to hear about singers throwing in additional high notes to songs live, I can't say I've heard many cases of singers rewriting entire song melodies for that purpose before.
Though Stanley's voice mostly held up great up through the mid 2000s, his abilities/consistency started to decline starting from the late 2000s onward, which especially became noticeable during live shows. Though he is still able to pull off certain high notes in the lower fifth octave and such, his mid range seems to be quite shot, which results in numerous cracks and strained notes in the mid fourth octave during live shows. He has also released two studio albums with Kiss in the past decade or so (2009's Sonic Boom and 2012's Monster), on which he managed to still sing multiple melodies up to C♯5 or so and still sound mostly good, but there is admittedly some audible auto-tuning/studio magic going on with those albums as well. Nonetheless, these vocal issues in his old age do nothing to take away from how staggeringly impressive his abilities were for most of his career, and I must give him kudos for still continuing to try to power through regardless.
Outside of Kiss, Stanley has also released two solo albums, his 1978 self-titled and 2006's Live to Win, and has experimented with some surprising side projects that show different sides of his voice than you might expect to here. One of these was a 1999 production of Phantom of the Opera that he starred in playing the title role, and actually did a surprisingly good job in! This role required him to adapt his vocals to a more musical theatre style, something we had only ever heard him hint shades of on Kiss' 1981 album Music from "The Elder", but it was very cool to hear him explore that type of singing more thoroughly in this production! Aside from that, he has also started his own R&B/soul cover band in recent years, called Paul Stanley's Soul Station. This group does occasional performances at venues along the US West coast, and performs covers of classic Motown numbers - something I certainly wasn't expecting to hear Stanley doing. He also manages to pull off his role in that group decently though, and uses it as an opportunity to show off his falsetto on most songs - something that he is still regularly capable of doing, and doesn't cause him nearly as much strain or difficulty as performing Kiss classics does. Perhaps Soul Station will end up becoming his primary focus once Kiss disbands; we'll have to see.
{Vocal range video}
Here's the range video I made for him back in 2013. It's mostly still accurate, though it includes a yelped D6 that I wouldn't consider part of his vocal range these days, and doesn't have his lead vocal F♯2s or his backing vocal D2s because it predates those. Other than that, I would say I wish I had started his highs a bit lower and his lows a bit higher, so who knows...maybe I'll end up remaking it again somewhere down the line.
Here's the range video I made for him back in 2013. It's mostly still accurate, though it includes a yelped D6 that I wouldn't consider part of his vocal range these days, and doesn't have his lead vocal F♯2s or his backing vocal D2s because it predates those. Other than that, I would say I wish I had started his highs a bit lower and his lows a bit higher, so who knows...maybe I'll end up remaking it again somewhere down the line.
{Album ranges}
Kiss
Paul Stanley:
Paul Stanley's Soul Station:
Kiss
- Kiss (1974) - B2-F♯5
- Hotter Than Hell (1974) - F3-C♯5
- Dressed to Kill (1975) -
- Alive! (1975) -
- Destroyer (1976) - C♯3-C5-C♯5
- Rock and Roll Over (1976) -
- Love Gun (1977) -
- Alive II (1977) -
- Dynasty (1979) - B2-C♯5-A5
- Unmasked (1980) - B2-C♯5-D♯5
- Music from "The Elder" (1981) - E♭3-D♭5-E♭5
- Creatures of the Night (1982) -
- Lick It Up (1983) -
- Animalize (1984) - E3-F♯5-G5
- Animalize Live Uncensored (1985) -
- Asylum (1985) - D3-G♯5-B5
- Crazy Nights (1987) - D3-F5-F♯5
- Hot in the Shade (1989) - C3-F5-G5
- Revenge (1992) - D3-E♭5
- Kiss Konfidential (1993) -
- Alive III (1993) -
- MTV Unplugged (1996) -
- Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions (1997) - C♯3-D5
- Psycho Circus (1998) - G♯2-D♯5
- Alive! The Millennium Concert (recorded 1999-2000; released 2006) -
- Kiss Symphony: Alive IV (2003) -
- Rock the Nation Live! (2005) -
- Kiss Klassics (2008) - B♭2-E♭5-G♭5
- Sonic Boom (2009) - B♭2-E♭5
- Monster (2012) - E♭3-G♭5-A♭5
- Kiss Rocks Vegas (recorded 2014; released 2016) -
Paul Stanley:
- Paul Stanley (1978) - D3-E♭5-G5
- Live to Win (2006) - E♭2-B♭2-D5-E♭6
- One Live Kiss (2008) -
Paul Stanley's Soul Station:
- Now and Then (2021) - D3-C♯5-F♯5
{Best displays of vocal range}
"I Was Made for Lovin' You" (B2-B4-A5)
"Samurai Son" (D2-D3-C5)
"It's Not Me" (E♭2-E♭3-B4-D♭5)
"Psycho Circus" (G♯2-D♯5)
"Radar for Love" (D3-G5)
"Right Here Right Now" (E♭3-B4-A♭5)
"I Will Be There" (G2-C5)
"Rock Show" (B2-D5-E5)
"Let Me Know" (B2-E♭5)
"Read My Body" (C3-E5)
"I Was Made for Lovin' You" (B2-B4-A5)
"Samurai Son" (D2-D3-C5)
"It's Not Me" (E♭2-E♭3-B4-D♭5)
"Psycho Circus" (G♯2-D♯5)
"Radar for Love" (D3-G5)
"Right Here Right Now" (E♭3-B4-A♭5)
"I Will Be There" (G2-C5)
"Rock Show" (B2-D5-E5)
"Let Me Know" (B2-E♭5)
"Read My Body" (C3-E5)
Previous version of this thread done by 1999 on TRP3.
