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''' (singing and playing percussion on one track). In the early '90s, Criss assembled a band named "Criss," which would feature future Queensrÿche guitarist Mike Stone. This band released the Criss EP in December 1993 and the Cat #1 album in August 1994. The group also supported Frehley's band on the 1995 "Bad Boys Tour."
The homeless urban legendIn the late 1980s, an urban legend circulated that Criss was a homeless alcoholic, culminating in a 1989 Star Magazine article that appeared to lend credence to the notion. Jeffrey Scott Holland paid tribute to Criss's alleged plight by painting his portrait in an alley with a bottle in his hand, and Roseanne Barr and Tom Arnold began a campaign to try to rescue Criss. Barr and Arnold had discovered a homeless man living under a bridge who had claimed to be Criss, but it was later revealed to be a hoax. The hoaxer, Christopher Dickinson, appeared with the real Criss on The Phil Donahue Show in 1991. On the same show, there was a woman who claimed to also have had an affair with Criss back in 1982, which was denied by Criss, then-wife Debra and, via-telephone, ex-wife Lydia. For years afterward, the rumor still persisted that Criss was broke and sleeping on the streets. Criss later sued the Star and they settled out of court for an undisclosed sum.
Return to KissIn 1995, Criss appeared at the official Kiss Konvention in Los Angeles that led to the Kiss live performance that was recorded for MTV Unplugged
. In April 1996, Kiss held a press conference to announce a reunion tour with all four original members. The 1996–97 Alive/Worldwide Tour was an enormous success, and the reunited Kiss released a studio album, 1998's Psycho Circus. However, controversy arose when it was discovered that Criss only played drums on one track ("Into the Void," Ace Frehley's one lead vocal track). Many sources claim that Kevin Valentine performed on the rest of the drum tracks for the album. 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".
Tensions arose once again between Criss and Kiss. On October 7, 2000, at the end of the band's show in North Charleston, SC, Criss destroyed his drum kit on stage. Though fans thought it was part of the act, it was in reality an act of frustration on Criss' part. It was his last show on the tour, as he left over a contract dispute and was replaced by Eric Singer in 2001. He rejoined the band in late 2002 and appeared on the Kiss Symphony: Alive IV DVD and CD before departure from Kiss again in March 2004. The band had opted not to renew his contract following the Rocksimus Maximus Tour (which had them co-headlining with Aerosmith). He was once again replaced by Singer, who assumed Criss' "Catman" persona and who continues to perform with the band today.
Peter Criss on Kiss performing with replacements for Ace Frehley and himself:{{cquote|No matter who they get to put stuff on their face, it ain’t us. You can take the mask off the Lone Ranger and put it on someone else, but it ain’t the Lone Ranger.
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- 16" medium thin crash
Personal lifeSince 2004, Criss has kept his public appearances to a minimum. Criss now resides in Wall Township, New Jersey. He released a solo album—One for All—July 24, 2007, on Silvercat Records.
According to an interview with 40º74º Magazine, Peter Criss is working on a follow-up album to One for All, where he currently has 15 songs recorded for the release. Additionally, Criss is working on his autobiography.
As of November 2008, Criss has been married three times: Lydia Di Leonardo (from 1970 to 1979), Debra Jensen (from 1979 to 1994) and Gigi Criss (from May 1998 to present). Criss is the father of one daughter named Jenilee, born in 1981.
Criss was successfully treated for breast cancer in 2008. He credits his wife for helping him pull through his cancer crisis.
ActingIn addition to playing himself in 1978's Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park, Criss has appeared on two television programs in minor roles and is set to appear in an upcoming film. In 1998 he appeared as "Nice Cop" on a Season 3 episode of Millenium and in 2002 Criss appeared in two episodes of the HBO prison drama Oz as inmate Martin Montgomery. He also plays the role of Mike in the motion picture about the JFK assassination, Frame of Mind.
DiscographyChelseaKiss- Kiss (February 18, 1974)
- Hotter Than Hell (October 22, 1974)
- Dressed to Kill (March 19, 1975)
- Alive! (September 10, 1975)
- Destroyer (March 15, 1976)
- Rock and Roll Over (November 11, 1976)
- Love Gun (June 30, 1977)
- Alive II (November 29, 1977)
- Dynasty (May 23, 1979)
[Criss performed on only one song, "Dirty Livin'."] - Unmasked (May 20, 1980) (credited in the album liner notes, but does not appear)
- Kiss Unplugged (March 12, 1996)
- Psycho Circus (September 22, 1998)
[Vocals on "You Wanted The Best" and lead vocal on "I Finally Found My Way"] - Kiss Symphony: Alive IV (July 22, 2003)
- Kiss Alive! 1975–2000 (November 21, 2006)
Solo- Peter Criss (September 18, 1978)
- Out of Control (September 1980)
- Let Me Rock You (May 1982)
- Cat #1 (August 16, 1994)
- One for All (July 24, 2007)
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