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.
48 Responses
this would have been a great show 10 years ago,but paul cant even sing his own songs anymore,i get it that this is what he loves,but unfort father time does not care about what you like or want,esp when folks are paying money to here you sing,i wish i could do 1/2 the things i used to but i cant .these guys just cant leave it alone they have to have people scream there name,folks should wake up and not buy into his hype anymore,maybe if folks stopped showing up,he and other guys like him,would wake up and realize that maybe its time to do something else.unreal!!!!
Maybe he’ll do a soulful rendition of his Folger’s commercial.
Yeah James, that commercial was a classic, LOL!
james k. wins! maybe paul can write a new song for a folgers commercial called “rock soulgers”.
“folgers soulgers”, that’s better. next time i’ll pause before I hit send.
LOL!!! You guys should form a stand up group, you are all so funny…
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Hilarious, James K.!
I believe that everyone, including rock superstars, need to follow their dream, but I cannot imagine a worse fiasco than this white-bread kaboomer attempting to cover these soul classics.
I remember when William Shatner cut a pop record. And when Pat Boone went metal. Nobody took it seriously, and that’s what saved the situation. Mr. Stanley will expect us to take this seriously.
What’s next, Marilyn Manson covers the Carpenters, with a straight face?
Richard carpenter had a straight face? it’s all good.
Maybe we should see how Paul and Eric do before we rip them, huh?
paul should do a cross promotion with Katz’s delicatessen: all entrees will come with a side order of sole.