Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at #7 in 1976. doing soft & hard music. He was once again replaced by Singer, who assumed the "Catman" persona. [5] While playing with bandleader Joey Greco, Criss ended up studying under his idol, Gene Krupa, at the Metropole Club in New York. and Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peter_Criss&oldid=983055071, Articles needing additional references from April 2018, All articles needing additional references, Articles with unsourced statements from December 2010, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2018, Articles with unsourced statements from February 2019, BLP articles lacking sources from April 2018, Wikipedia articles with BIBSYS identifiers, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Backing vocals on the songs "Hide Your Heart", "Trouble Walkin'", "2 Young 2 Die" and "Back to School" on the album, Vocals on the song “Best in the West” on the album, This page was last edited on 12 October 2020, at 00:07. During her marriage to Peter Criss, she again used her birth name Debra Svensk. [20], Since 2004, Criss has kept his public appearances to a minimum. One of them was The Keep, which featured ex-Kiss guitarist Mark St. John. More recently, Jensen has appeared on a couple of episodes of the reality TV series The Girls Next Door. You know, Becky. He came to the video shoot knowing it was the last time he would appear with KISS. [citation needed], Criss is a gun enthusiast, and has stated that he has a large collection of firearms with which he target-shoots, but does not hunt with, as he told host Tom Snyder during the October 31, 1979 interview of Kiss on The Tomorrow Show. [4], Criss was an avid art student and a swing aficionado. DO NOT PUBLISH Founding KISS drummer Peter Criss and his wife Gigi have put their longtime Wall Township home on the market for $1.1 million. Gene Simmons has said Criss was fired; Paul Stanley discussed Criss' departure in several interviews, including the commentary on Kissology 2. In 1998 he appeared as "Nice Cop" on the "...Thirteen Years Later" episode of Millennium. [4][5] Criss started dating Jensen while still married to his first wife, Lydia. The advertisement was answered by Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons, who were looking for new members for their band. In 1977, Peter and his first wife Lydia Criss purchased the house and dubbed it "Country Comfort." It wasn't tearful, but it was a big moment. [1], Criss was born in Brooklyn, New York, the oldest of five children of Loretta and Joseph Criscuola. [21] He released a solo album, titled One for All July 23, 2007, on Silvercat Records. The couple had one child prior to splitting up in 1984. This band released the Criss EP in December 1993 and the Cat #1 album in August 1994. Jensen grew up in Southern California and worked a part-time job at a local Baskin-Robbins as a teen. As a result, Kiss postponed the European tour until the end of August, thus giving the band enough time to find a replacement drummer, who they found in Brooklyn-born Eric Carr. Smalling guided the fledgling KISS from 1974 through their breakthrough with ALIVE! His name was Peter Criscuola. [citation needed], Criss only played drums on one track on the album ("Into the Void", Ace Frehley's one lead vocal track), although Criss did have one lead vocal (a track called "I Finally Found My Way", written by guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley and Bob Ezrin) and a co-vocal taking turns in the verses with the rest of the band for the song "You Wanted the Best". [23] While working out, he noticed a lump on his chest that prompted him to visit a doctor. Jensen was the second wife of KISS drummer Peter Criss; they got married in December, 1979. | In 2008, he was detected with breast cancer, which was later successfully surgically removed, my doctors. [22] Criss has a daughter, Jenilee, born in 1981. The song was written before Criss had joined Kiss, while he was still a member of Chelsea. - IMDb Mini Biography By: woodyanders. She was Kiss drummer Peter Criss's second wife. His name was Michael Brand, and her name was Rebecca - and everyone called her "Beck." Criss officially left Kiss on May 18, 1980. Criss, however, has maintained that he quit the band. He and Penridge wrote the song together. The 1996–97 Alive/Worldwide Tour was an enormous success, and the reunited Kiss released a studio album, 1998's Psycho Circus. His father's family came from Scafati, Salerno, Italy. [citation needed], In 2002, he appeared in two episodes of the HBO prison drama Oz as inmate Martin Montgomery. However, Simmons describes first meeting Criss in his book Kiss And Make-Up thus: One afternoon I run across an ad in Rolling Stone Magazine that said "Drummer available – Will do anything." After her time as a Playboy model, she began modeling for Coppertone. He says that he was, right away. [citation needed], In the early 1990s, Criss assembled a band named "Criss", which would feature future Queensrÿche guitarist Mike Stone. [1], "The New Peter Criss Is a Different Drummer: Remarried, Unmasked and Kiss-Less", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Debra_Jensen&oldid=984982632, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 23 October 2020, at 07:34. By the spring of 1972, Lips was just the duo of Criss and Penridge. Criss possesses a powerful, raspy voice. [11], A demo exists of the song from 1971,[12] but the song's title was "Beck", after fellow band member Mike Brand's wife, Becky, who would call often during practices to ask Mike when he was coming home. [24], Criss released his autobiography, Makeup to Breakup: My Life In and Out of Kiss, co-written with author Larry Sloman, on October 23, 2012. The band had opted not to renew his contract following the Rocksimus Maximus Tour. 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At the end of the day, he took his makeup case with him and left. Phil Donahue had both men on his show where the real Criss confronted the impostor. In March 1980, Criss began recording his second solo album, Out of Control. [7] She has a daughter with Criss, Jennilee Criss. Peter Criss KISS's original road manager, J.R. Smalling, has had a fund-raising campaign launched on his behalf. The elegant Georgian Colonial on an acre of … Criss now resides in Wall Township, New Jersey. Dickinson went on to do an interview with the tabloid Star magazine, impersonating Criss, stating that he was now a "homeless alcoholic panhandling for change". He briefly reunited with former Kiss bandmate Ace Frehley on Frehley's 1989 album Trouble Walkin' (singing and playing percussion on one track). Released later in the year, the album was a commercial failure, despite remaining a favorite with Criss fans. Peter, Brooklyn.[10]. He was dating Playboy magazine’s fame model, Debra Jensen, while he was still married to his first wife. In 1994, Criss got divorced from Debra and married his third wife, Gigi Criss, in 1998. They never recorded a second album, and in August 1971 became Lips (a trio consisting of Criss and his Chelsea bandmates Michael Benvenga and Stan Penridge). [3], Jensen grew up in Southern California. Criss started dating Jensen while still married to his first wife, Lydia. As of November 2008, Criss has been married three times: Lydia Di Leonardo (1970–79), former Playboy Playmate and Coppertone model Debra Jensen (1979–94) and Gigi Criss (since May 1998). [18], In 1995, Criss appeared at the official Kiss Konvention in Los Angeles that led to the Kiss live performance that was recorded for MTV Unplugged. [citation needed] The reasons why Criss was fired from Kiss were never known, although it was obvious that his relationship with his bandmates Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley was not good at the time. Peter was leaving. At the time of her Playmate stint Jensen was an unlicensed flier. [citation needed]. Ace Frehley was added to the lineup in December 1972, and the band was named Kiss later that month. Criss has a daughter, Jenilee, born in 1981. "[citation needed], Kiss released their self-titled debut in February 1974. Ace Frehley in his 2011 book, No Regrets, also stated that Criss was fired during a band meeting in which Frehley, Simmons, Stanley and manager Bill Aucoin voted Criss out of the band.
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