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Biography
Use mdy dates|date=September 2011Infobox musical artist|image = Esinger.jpg| caption =| name = Eric Singer| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Eric Doyle Mensinger| alias = "The Catman"| birth_date = Birth date and age|1958|5|12||birth_place = Cleveland , Ohio , United States| instrument = Drum kit|Drums , Singing|vocals | genre = Hard rock , Heavy metal music|heavy metal , power metal , symphonic power metal | occupation = Musician , songwriter | years_active = 1984–present| label =| associated_acts = Kiss (band)|Kiss , AliceCooper , Eric Singer Project|E.S.P. , Avantasia , Lita Ford , Gary Moore , Black Sabbath , Badlands (American band)|Badlands , Brian May , Gilby Clarke , The Cult , Warren DeMartini | website = URL| http://www.eric-singer.com Eric Singer (born Eric Doyle Mensinger on May 12, 1958 in Cleveland , Ohio , United States) is a hard rock and Heavy metal music|heavy metal drummer for the rock band Kiss (band)|KISS and formerly for singer AliceCooper . Over the past two decades Singer has appeared on over 75 albums and 11 EPs. His father was from Netherlands.
Early career
Eric Singer began playing drums from an early age, and was inspired by bands such as Humble Pie (band)|Humble Pie , The Who , Led Zeppelin , Black Sabbath , The Beatles and Queen (band)|Queen and drummers such as John Bonham , Keith Moon , Cozy Powell , Roger Meddows-Taylor|Roger Taylor , Bill Ward (musician)|Bill Ward , and Buddy Rich .
Singer's first professional drumming job was as Lita Ford 's touring drummer in 1984. In 1985 he joined Black Sabbath , replacing original drummer Bill Ward (musician)|Bill Ward , who had left the band after the Live Aid reunion. Singer would participate in the recording of the albums Seventh Star and The Eternal Idol and was invited by his Black Sabbath colleague Ray Gillen to join the latter's new formed band Badlands (American band)|Badlands . Singer accepted and played on the band's Badlands (album)|self-titled debut album . Singer left the group in 1989 as he would join Paul Stanley as his touring drummer on his solo tour of United States|America and Canada. He also briefly appeared in the 1989 Wes Craven film Shocker (film)|Shocker . Singer played with Olivia Newton-John in the music video for Culture Shock. He later revealed in an interview that he obtained that gig because he was working for Lita Ford at the time. http://kissfaq.com/forum09/viewtopic.php? t=43402 dead link|date=October 2011
Kiss
In December 1991, Eric Singer officially became the drummer for Kiss (band)|Kiss after the death of Eric Carr . Singer, who had performed with Paul Stanley on his club tour along with Bob Kulick two years earlier, was hired and debuted with the band on the album Revenge (Kiss album)|Revenge , on which he was originally slated to fill in on some tracks while Eric Carr recuperated from heart cancer .Leaf and Sharp, Kiss: Behind The Mask – The Official Authorized Biography , pp. 387, 390. Singer played on Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions and toured with Kiss until 1996, when the band reunited with original drummer Peter Criss and guitarist Ace Frehley for the Alive/Worldwide Tour .
After five relatively quiet years, during which Singer toured with Queen (band)|Queen guitarist Brian May , Singer was asked to rejoin Kiss in 2001 after Criss' departure shortly before the Australian and Japanese leg of Kiss' Farewell tour. Singer debuted in full "Catman" make-up and costume for the first time on the tour, causing some animosity because the "Catman" character had previously been solely portrayed by Criss, including during many of the band's successful years; even when Eric Carr replaced Criss, Carr did not don the makeup (he portrayed the "Fox" until Kiss dispensed with the makeup in 1983).Sherman, Black Diamond , p. 161 Singer was replaced again by Criss in 2003 but returned to the band by the end of the year after Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley opted not to renew Criss' contract. Since then, Singer has been playing drums in Kiss as their permanent drummer. In 2009, Singer, along with lead guitarist Tommy Thayer , played and sang on the new Kiss album Sonic Boom (Kiss album)|Sonic Boom , the first studio album to feature the new line-up.
Singer also was said to be a great drummer in a 2008 interview by Peter Criss, despite the fact that Peter Criss is upset about Singer using his image.
When not touring with Kiss, Singer performed with AliceCooper . Singer had been a member of Cooper's band since the release of the album Brutal Planet in 2000. Singer had already performed with Cooper years earlier, during the tour for the album Hey Stoopid . Singer has featured on three AliceCooper albums to date, namely, Brutal Planet , The Eyes Of AliceCooper , and Along Came a Spider (Alice Cooper album)|Along Came a Spider . Due to his growing commitments with KISS as well as with his side project ESP, he has not played in Alice Cooper's band since 2008.
He has also occasionally performed and recorded with his own Eric Singer Project , featuring, among others, his former Kiss bandmate Bruce Kulick and former Mötley Crüe lead singer John Corabi . Three releases have resulted from this collaboration: the studio album Lost And Spaced (1998), consisting completely of covers from classic rock songs; the live album Live In Japan (2006); and the DVD Live At The Marquee (2006).
Singer has also played in the band Avantasia , replacing drummer Alex Holzwarth after a guest performance in the song "Into the Unknown" from the album The Metal Opera Part II . Two EPs and one full album have been released with Singer's performance on the drums: Lost in Space Part I , Lost in Space Part II , and The Scarecrow (album)|The Scarecrow , and on several songs from The Wicked Symphony and Angel of Babylon .
Equipment
Singer is a loyal endorser of Pearl Drums|Pearl drums, hardware and pedals, Terry Bozzio Attack signature drumheads, Zildjian Cymbals and Ddrum acoustic drum triggers.
Singer has his own Signature Series snare drum and artist series drumsticks, "Pearl Signature Series Eric Singer" snare drum and Zildjian "Eric Singer Artist Series" drumsticks.
See also
Wikipedia books|Black Sabbath-
References
cite book
| last = Leaf | first = David | coauthors= Ken Sharp | title = Kiss: Behind The Mask – The Official Authorized Biography | publisher=Warner Books, Inc. | year = 2003 | location = New York, NY | isbn= 0-446-53073-5
cite book
| last = Sherman | first = Dale | title = Black Diamond: The Unauthorized Biography of KISS (10th Anniversary Edition) | publisher=CG Publishing, Ltd. | year = 2009 | location = Burlington ON, Canada | isbn= 978894959926 Please check ISBN|reason=Invalid length.
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External links
http://www.eric-singer.de The official Eric Singer website
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