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Biography
BLP sources|date=March 2011Infobox musical artist| name = Vinnie Vincent| image =| caption = Vinnie Vincent| image_size =| background = solo_singer| birth_date = Birth date and age|1952|8|6|birth_place = Bridgeport, Connecticut | birth_name = Vincent John Cusano| alias = The Ankh Warrior| genre = Glam metal , Heavy metal music|heavy metal , hard rock | occupation = Musician, songwriter| instrument = Guitar, vocals| associated_acts = Vinnie Vincent Invasion , Kiss (band)|Kiss , Dan Hartman , Treasure, Laura Nyro, Warrior, Heat| years_active = 1970–2000 Vinnie Vincent (born Vincent John Cusano on August 6, 1952) is an American guitarist and songwriter , well known as a former member in the band Kiss (band)|Kiss .cite web|url= http://bridgeport.ct.schoolwebpages.com/education/components/scrapbook/default.php? sectiondetailid=30126|title=Central High School Biography of Vinnie Vincent|accessdate=3 November 2011cite web|url= http://music.msn.com/music/artist-biography/vinnie-vincent/|title=Vinnie Vincent:Biography|publisher=MSN.Com|accessdate=3 November 2011
Early life
Vincent picked up the guitar at an early age and was inspired by Bluegrass music|bluegrass and rock and roll .cite web|last=Prato |first=Greg |url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/vinnie-vincent-invasion-p5765/ |title=Vinnie Vincent |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2012-04-01 In 1980, Vincent moved to Los Angeles, California where he became a staff songwriter for the television series Happy Days and Joanie Loves Chachi where many of the series songs were written on Vincent's acoustic guitar while sitting at the "Cunningham's" kitchen table on the "Happy Days" set, during off-time from the show's rehearsal schedule. Vincent has said the times of working at the Paramount lot were genuinely "happy days".cite web | url= http://www.kissfaq.com/members/bio_vinnie.html | title=Vinnie Vincent Biography | publisher=KissFAQ | accessdate=2008-07-09 |date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot According to the site "Kiss Related Recordings", Vincent has played with the bands Hunter, Warrior, Hitchhikers, and Heat going as far back as 1970.
Kiss
After befriending Gene Simmons , Vincent was brought in as the replacement for guitarist Ace Frehley . Vincent's personality meshed well with Simmons and Paul Stanley . However, Vincent's refusal to sign the employment contract strained the relationship. Due partly to disputes over what his role in the band was and his pay would be (some reports indicated that Vincent had asked for, and was flatly denied, a percentage of the band's gross profits), and despite the exhortations of both Simmons and Stanley, all through his tenure with the band Vincent refused to sign any contract making his employment official. This ultimately lead to Vincent leaving the band after the European leg of the "Lick It Up" tour.Black Diamond: The Unauthorized Biography of KISS | Dale Sherman | 1997
At a March show in Quebec , as the band prepared to close out their set, Vincent broke into an impromptu solo, leaving the other band members standing onstage with nothing to do. After the "Lick It Up" tour ended in March 1984, Vincent was terminated from the band, and replaced by Mark St. John (birth name Mark Norton). Despite parting on bad terms, Vincent was later utilized by Kiss as a songwriter on the 1992 album Revenge (Kiss album)|Revenge , contributing to the songs " Unholy (song)|Unholy ", "Heart Of Chrome" and "I Just Wanna". Vincent again fell out of favor with Simmons and Stanley, as they claimed that Vincent again began "making all kinds of crazy demands and pulling the same kind of crazy stuff all over again".
Vinnie Vincent Invasion
Vincent formed the band Vinnie Vincent Invasion in the mid-1980s and released two studio albums.
Later career
A tribute album entitled Kiss My Ankh|Kiss My Ankh: A Tribute To Vinnie Vincent was released by SplitScreen Entertainment on August 27, 2008. The album consists of new recordings of songs from Vincent's careers with Kiss (band)|Kiss and the Vinnie Vincent Invasion. Featured artists include Steve Brown of Trixter , Troy Patrick Farrell of White Lion , T.J. Racer of Nitro (band)|Nitro , Mike Weeks of Robert Fleischman 's band, Sheldon Tarsha of Adler's Appetite , Chris Caffery of Savatage and Trans-Siberian Orchestra , Ryan Roxie from the AliceCooper band and rock and roll comic C.C. Banana , who performs a parody of the Kiss (band)|Kiss song " Unholy (song)|Unholy " (rewritten as a roast of Danger Danger vocalist Ted Poley ).cite web | url= http://www.splitscreenentertainment.com | title=Kiss My Ankh: A Tribute To Vinnie Vincent | publisher=SplitScreen Entertainment | accessdate=2008-08-31
Euphoria (Vinnie Vincent album)|Euphoria (EP) (1996)
Archive Volumes I: Speedball Jamm
Peter Criss
Let Me Rock You (1982)
Tribute albums
Kiss My Ankh|Kiss My Ankh: A Tribute To Vinnie Vincent (2008)
Quotes
"My chemistry with the band helped put them back on top and gave them a musical credibility that they'd never had before, yet I couldn't get the recognition I needed. I felt like I was imprisoned in a small cubicle, like it was someone else's house..." (Vinnie about leaving Kiss in Kerrang! Magazine. Black Diamond (writer: Dale Sherman), 1997)
References
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