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My Take
Paul Stanley is proof that showmanship is a discipline, not a gimmick. Behind the Starchild makeup was a kid from Queens who studied at a music and art high school and understood, earlier than almost anyone, that rock could be theater on an arena scale. What I admire is the consistency: he wrote or co-wrote many of the band's defining songs, fronted Kiss for half a century, and treated every night like the audience's only chance to see the spectacle. That work ethic is deeply unglamorous, which is the irony of the most glamorous-looking man in rock. To me he is less a rock star than a craftsman who chose spectacle as his trade.
Overview
Paul Stanley (born Stanley Bert Eisen; January 20, 1952) is an American musician. 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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Paul Stanley
- Name (Japanese)
- ポール・スタンリー
- Reading
- ぽーる・すたんりー
- Born
- January 20, 1952 (age 74)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Dragon
- Origin
- Queens, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer / guitarist / songwriter / rock musician / musician
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- High School of Music & Art
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.