They were doing overdubs and Jason Flom, the A&R guy who had signed us, shows up in the studio very late at night, about midnight. That night I was going to the Record Plant. I remember I brought him a couple of Black Sabbath albums and some stuff I had played on. I walked around the corner and went to meet Paul in his office. Literally my hotel was one block around the corner from the KISS office. He called and said: ‘Can you come over and meet Paul?’ It goes to show you how fate works. I got a call from Paul’s office, from Derek Simon. He’s done for like a few months’ So, I think he recommended me as well as some other people. He went to the office one day and he said: ‘Hey, what’s Eric doing? Paul Stanley needs a drummer.’ ‘He just finished his tracks. And the bass player Dennis St James, who was playing bass with Paul, he was managed by the same management people. Roppongi Rocks Stefan Nilsson centre) with Eric Singer and Paul Stanley of KISS in Tokyo in January 2018. The now nearly three-decade long partnership started when the former Black Sabbath and Lita Ford drummer Singer was in the band Badlands in the late 80s (which also featured Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Jake E Lee and Singer’s former Black Sabbath colleague Ray Gillen). Prior to Eric Singer joining Paul Stanley in KISS in 1991 he played in Stanley’s solo band in 1989 and now they are also playing together in Soul Station. It almost looks like Basquiat,” says Paul Stanley, who is also a painter, of my original hand-painted art t-shirt by Aussie artist James “The Walking Creative” Smith), but we soon focus the conversation on music. We kick off our meeting in Tokyo the evening before they start a 12-gig residency at Billboard Live in Tokyo and Osaka with their Soul Station band by chitchatting about timepieces (”I like your watch,” says Eric Singer who in 2015 was elected to the jury of watchmaking’s highest awards, the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève) and modern art (“Kind of Basquiatish. Thus, here we have a combination of the music of my youth and the music of their youth. The reason for our conversation this evening in Tokyo is that Paul Stanley and his KISS colleague and former Black Sabbath drummer Eric Singer, with their current side project Soul Station, are revisiting the soul music of their youth. Sitting down to talk with people who essentially wrote and performed the soundtrack to one’s youth is both exciting and scary at the same time. KISS legends Paul Stanley and Eric Singer recently sat down with Roppongi Rocks’ Stefan Nilsson in Tokyo to talk about their nearly three decades of playing together, their love for Motown and Philly soul and much more. Will it be something embarrassing like Ashley Susanne Sanders, A.S.S.? Make sure you double-check for this.Eric Singer and Paul Stanley in Tokyo in January 2018. Mind the initials: Before you say yes to the name, check the initials.Many times these include unnecessary letters and may be better suited for a pony than a baby. Say no to passing trends: Passing trends often bring us strange names that don’t make much sense.Otherwise, your child is likely to have several namesakes in their kindergarten class. Uniqueness: It’s always a good idea to steer away from the year’s most popular name.Choosing a cute childish name such as Junior or Princess won’t look good on a resume later on. Well-aging name: Whatever name you pick must age well.Some prefer a long first with a short last, while others feel the opposite is better (1). You want one that flows well with your last name and possible middle name. The sound: Sound is one of the key points of a name.Here we’ve gathered some tips for you to use. It’s easy to get stuck when choosing a baby name. Zelda is a common witch name used in TV series and video games, including Legend of Zelda and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. Zelda is a German name, which translates to “gray fighting maid.”
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