Come this fall, KISS frontman Paul Stanley will have a new gig as a soul singer. Yes, you read that right, a soul singer. Stanley has a new side project called Soul Station, which plays a mix of Sixties and Seventies soul classics, and they are scheduled to perform their first-ever concert at Los Angeles’ Roxy Theatre on September 11th.
“I don’t play guitar in the band and we don’t do a single KISS song,” Stanley said in a statement. “That’s not what this is about.”
Soul Station reportedly features a backing band that consists of musicians who have played with artists ranging from Christina Aguilera to Bobby Brown. Its drummer, Eric Singer, also plays with Stanley in KISS. The group will play a mix of songs by the Stylistics, Dramatics, Temptations, Smokey and the Miracles and Blue Magic, among others.
“We’re living in a time of being fed canned pre-programmed backing tracks and lip syncing in place of the electricity and passion of real live R&B,” Stanley said. “When I was a boy, before I ever saw the Who or Led Zeppelin, I saw Solomon Burke and Otis Redding. I saw the Temptations and all that music is part of the foundation of the music I’ve made. Soul Station is my chance to celebrate it for a night that’s real, live and faithfully recreates the sound with the respect it deserves…. These songs, arrangements and sound just blow you away.”
Tickets for Soul Station’s show at the Roxy Theatre go on sale beginning at 3 PM ET/2 PM CT/noon PT today, August 4th, at ticketfly.com.
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A decade ago, Paul Stanley would’ve been able to nail songs by the Stylistics, Dramatics, Temptations, and Miracles. These days, given what he sounds like even during KISS’ meet-and-greet acoustic shows, I’m not sure how well he’ll be able to perform soul classics where the vocals are the primary focus. I wish him the best….
Paul Stanley on Soul Train,
Run DMC on TMS,
Kiss teaming up with Scooby-Doo!
It’s a world gone mad! These are “Crazy, Crazy Nights!”
“All Hell’s Breakin’ Loose!” 😉
Doug R., believe it or not , Kings of Rock, by DMC is a classic rock and roll album.
LMFAO! Good one Shannon, too funny! Rappers making a classic rock and roll album, kings of rock, yeah right! LOL! Thanks Shannon, I needed a laugh!
You probably have never even heard it…LFMF…darn,I can never get those things straight…So, to borrow your methodology: Not Kings of Rock, but King of the Hill then, right?
Buddy, I honestly have no clue what you are talking about.
See? right there you sound just like him!
Sound like who?
“Buddy, I honestly don’t have a clue what you are talking about., now if you keep going on about this rap business me and you are going to have tangle..”
Shannon, I think you’ve been out in the sun too long.
I think you’ve been stuck in a cave too long…just kidding
: )
Shannon, I don’t think I’ve ever been in a cave. CABO WABO!
Wow even a new pic for Paul stanley if the rumors are true he’ll sound more like no soul Simmons
Yes Charles,
I thought I would switch it up. But have no fear, the picture is saved for future use.
D 🙂
Maybe the Scooby gang will reveal that the Spaceman and the cat man are not Ace or Peter “we would have gotten away with it if it wasn’t for those darn kids!”
“love (gun) train”
I thought the darn kids were the meddling kids. maybe they were neighbors.
Hey, Simmons and especially Stanley have really turned into some sort of truffle pigs when it comes to finding ways to embarrass both themselves and the band that once was infamous for being dangerous, bizarre, or at least non-conformist. After restaurants, football teams, tv reality shows, appearing at every possible tv morning show to advertise either books, football or food, but not music, deteriorating voices and all that recent scooby doo nonsense this will be the next opportunity to show the world what has become of one of the once best voices and performers in rock. Videos on the internet taken during the meet-and-greet acoustic performances even more than the full shows have clearly shown the state of his voice, how the hell will be able to sing these soul classics? What is going on in his mind that he obviously does not realize that everyone will shake their heads in wonder or, more likely, in pity, or just sneer at him. What a sad way to end a career. Or are all these just experimental moves to find out if there is still a life in the spotlight after Kiss? I think it is typical, the more you lose your powers, the more you have to keep them alive by just talking about them.