Does anyone know who Vinnie Vincent is? Best description gets best answer.?

Question

I know who he is. I just wonder if anyone else knows who he is. Why should anyone give a crap about him?

Answer 1

REAL NAME: Vincent Cusano
BIRTHDATE: August 6, 1952
BIRTHPLACE: Bridgeport, CT
KISS MEMBER STATUS: late 1982 - early 1984
INSTRUMENTS PLAYED: Lead Guitar, Vocals
INFLUENCES: Jeff Beck, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin
MARITAL STATUS: Vinnie is currently married for a second time.
CHILDREN: Vinnie has two teenage daughters from his first wife.

* Vinnie has twin sisters.

* Vinnie was the first Kiss member to not come out of New York City.
He was born and raised in Connecticut.

* Vinnie's all time favorite guitar player and hero is Jeff Beck.

* Vinnie began playing in bands around the age of sixteen.

* Fresh out of high school, Vinnie took a job at a music store in
Connecticut, where he also did some guitar teaching.

* Vinnie's first big break was in 1977 when he joined a group called
Treasure, which featured Rascals ("Good Lovin'") member/lead vocalist
Felix Cavaliere. The band recorded one album for CBS Records, which
flopped. The band broke up soon after.

* Vinnie's next project was some guitar work with the late folk singer
Laura Nyro.

* Vinnie contributed some guitar work on a disco oriented album by one
time Edgar Winter Group member Dan Hartman called "Instant Replay." It
was Vinnie's first taste of success.

* In 1981, Vinnie formed a hard rock group called Warrior, which only
recorded some professional demos. Of the demos was a song called "Boys
Wanna Rock," which later was split into two songs: the song of the same
title that was featured on Vinnie's first post Kiss solo album and "And
On the 8th Day," which was the final song on Kiss's 1983 "Lick it Up" LP.

* Vinnie met Gene Simmons through Adam Mitchell, who was a mutual song
writing partner of the two.

* Around the time of joining Kiss, Vinnie was a staff writer for the
television show "Happy Days." Vinnie used to sit on the set of the show
and write all of the songs that Joanie and Chachi sang for the last
few years of the show's run.

Answer 2

I can't believe nobody mentioned The Vinnie Vincent Invasion!

Answer 3

Yep - KISS. In the late 80s & early 90s


Much Love!!

Answer 4

he was in kiss for a while. no reason to give or not give a crap

Answer 5

80's guitar virtuoso

Answer 6

temporary guitarist for kiss---he was pretty good---better than ace---damn!!!--i hate it when people look stuff up and act like they knew it all along!!!--1st time mama!!!