I saw Vinnie Vincent in KISS on the Creatures tour....he had the "Ankh" makeup...not gonna lie, it was supposed to be Ace ...but he did not disappoint!! Glad I did see him because it seems to be a rare thing now...
Vinnie's Kiss character was The Wizard, or 'The Wiz' as announced & promoted in the Kiss Army '82 newsletter, as in "guitar wizard". Gene Simmons or Paul Stanley have never referred to Vinnie as 'The Warrior' ever. His Ankh make-up design was created by Paul Stanley's sister. Vincent (Cusano's) previous band prior to KISS was called WARRIOR, which featured NEW ENGLAND members & after Vinnie departed for KISS they became ALCATRAZZ. That is where the confusion with his character's name came from, his band was Warrior but Vinnie's Kiss persona was The Wizard, that's why there were stars & a moon crescent on his costume, & why he performed his guitar solo with an e-bow, to simulate a wand etc. Vinnie was fired from KISS, first in '83, then reinstated to complete the 'Lick It Up' tour before being fired permanently in '84. Vinnie never signed his KI$$ contract. For the record.
He never signed a contract with Kiss from my understanding. I've read up on him recently because I did enjoy VVI much more than Kiss and he is quite the unique individual to put it nicely.
I saw Vinnie Vincent in KISS on the Creatures tour....he had the "Ankh" makeup...not gonna lie, it was supposed to be Ace ...but he did not disappoint!! Glad I did see him because it seems to be a rare thing now...
I live in Smyrna Tennessee. That's where they found Vinnie Vincent after all those years. I never saw him around town anywhere.
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Vinnie's Kiss character was The Wizard, or 'The Wiz' as announced & promoted in the Kiss Army '82 newsletter, as in "guitar wizard". Gene Simmons or Paul Stanley have never referred to Vinnie as 'The Warrior' ever. His Ankh make-up design was created by Paul Stanley's sister. Vincent (Cusano's) previous band prior to KISS was called WARRIOR, which featured NEW ENGLAND members & after Vinnie departed for KISS they became ALCATRAZZ. That is where the confusion with his character's name came from, his band was Warrior but Vinnie's Kiss persona was The Wizard, that's why there were stars & a moon crescent on his costume, & why he performed his guitar solo with an e-bow, to simulate a wand etc. Vinnie was fired from KISS, first in '83, then reinstated to complete the 'Lick It Up' tour before being fired permanently in '84. Vinnie never signed his KI$$ contract. For the record.
He never signed a contract with Kiss from my understanding. I've read up on him recently because I did enjoy VVI much more than Kiss and he is quite the unique individual to put it nicely.
Dimebag was innovative.