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  • Eric Singer is the Best <33

  • not your make up,peter criss' make up

  • the best ever drummer of all time

  • He stole the Boy Scouts motto: "Be Prepared"

  • He is not only worthy of that make-up but has added a element to kiss that the originals did not have.I lv ace and peter to death ....forever and a day.......but eric and tommy are kiss today!

  • I love kiss i will accept Eric singer to be the new catman but the spaceman is another story i love Ace frehley, but Tommy thayer is from a tribute band and sounds a lot different to Ace but Ace said that he dint want to be apart of kiss any more because no one would give him a say in anything so i do accept Thayer to be the new spaceman but i would prefer Ace more, and this is just my opinion. Rock n Roll Eric Singer I <3 u XxxX

  • awesome zil-bel

  • Eric Singer is better than Peter Criss his drumming is much better than Peter Criss and Tommy Thayer is better than Ace Frehley as well I know why you all hate Eric Singer that is because he is better than Peter Criss's drumming and also Peter Criss really sucks he is so smug Peter Criss and Ace Frehley were asked to leave the band because of what they did with their lives by doing booze and drugs that is why Gene Simmons and Paul Staley asked them to leave and I like Eric Singer from alihoward

  • @57alihoward kay i can ACCEPT NOT AGREE to the peter criss being the wors drummer than eric singer but....thayer over frehley?.. your crazy

  • Looks good in hd

  • love eric carr but eric singer is my favorite kiss drummer love the revenge era not this sonic doom shit.

  • No one wears that make up but one man!!

  • 6 people hate cats :P miaow :P

  • Best drummer to wear the kiss make up for sure!!

  • Plus Eric Singer is HOT!!!!!!!!

  • For a pro drummer his cybals are totally set up wrong need tilting he must crack tons ,

  • @nastymonsters2 U can't say like that. Every drummer set up his cymbals just like he want's to. I think Eric like his set up, so live with it.

  • @Rohvesori I'll say what every decent drummer says. Yiu never set them flat .ad your clueless to cymbal setup yiu live with it.

  • i know right

  • Hi, I'm Eric Singer from the band Kiss,as you can probably tell by my make-up?Strange thing to say considering it isn't his make-up.

  • The only problem i have with Eric is the fact he is wearing the catman costume, he should have came up with his own like Eric Carr and Vinnie Vincent had to. If he would have been the fox i would of had a problem with that to. But he is a fantastic drummer and a lot of other great qualities you can't take away from him..

  • Eric is so cool - but I wonder if Eric Car had still been alive, would KISS have stayed the course with Bruce, or return to the now makeup shows?

  • you really meant to say "copy" make up right Eric??

  • does any body know what finish his drumset is in im debating over silver sparkle or pewter glass, im buying a new drum kit and i want this finish

  • As a longtime Alice Cooper and Kiss fan, I can strongly state that Eric is a dynamite drummer and a great guy.

  • fake

  • The best makeup *-*

    He's SO CUTE !

  • You hate Eric Singer only because he's wearing Peter make up... Come on! It's only make up! Eric is better in everything!

  • @Fsry if u didnt realize im not a drummer im a bassist

  • @99summoningpwns ... ?

    I'm a drummer, and I love Eric Singer .\m/

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  • @99summoningpwns dude Eric singer is a wayyyy better drummer.. way more technique

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  • @99summoningpwns you should see him with KISS unplugged.. such nice and smooth fills and such rhythm

  • @nopp1 ok sure send me a video i will see and ur rite i have a kiss video thats live and they played sure know something unpluged sounds great u should send me it i will like to hear

  • @99summoningpwns /watch?v=WKk39m6LGGk there you go

  • best video ever

  • thats fucked up that they didnt at least change his make up...... fuck u gene all u care about is money

  • me encanta su maquillaje

  • Haha banging on posts & pans. I did that when little. If you guys still deal with Steven ask him what I used to write my first musical. You'll laugh.  The other Eric had some fun with my drawings but I can take that it was funny. So do you prank Gene too? Did they ever make you walk on stilts? lol Neat custom drums. The guitars were custom too. Good for you being picky on instruments. I was like that with my saxs & guitars. - Susie Q

  • I though that Eric had beautiful long blonde hair. Does he wear a black wig when performing as the "Cat"? Just think how hot miserable and sweaty he must get while performing with a wig on. Just ask any woman that has ever worn a wig - it's not fun.I guess it's just another part of the uniform.

  • GO HOME ERIC!!

  • As a life long KISS fan, I can handle Eric taking on the Catman role simply because he was an actual member of the band prior. But Tommy "replace Ace" thayer is real hard to accept. After his band, fell to shit back in the day, he made a living being Gene's coffee boy and playing in a tribute band. i love the band regardless, but im a 30 year fanatical fan who is speaking from the heart! Stay strong KISS ARMY, and wish and pray for a Revenge Era Reunion!

  • @kissfanjohn you want them to take off the make-up? or just play that type of music

  • @kissfanjohn Right on. Revenge with Bruce and Eric is a VERY good album!

  • I'm totally fine with interviewing Eric Singer. Great guy and a phenomenal drummer. But not in the Peter Criss get up. Come on. Let's show some respect.

  • @AceOfHeart2012 Think of it as a uniform. He has to wear what has been created for him. It's too late to put him [& Tommy] in their own 'uniforms'. I think they are showing respect by wearing the make-ups & costumes their predecessors created when the band was first formed. KISS wouldn't feel right if they just up & changed it all this far down the track. (no doubt there is probably a ton of legal crap about those particular 'characters' staying in KISS no matter who complains about it) :)

  • Let me know when Eric Singer can say he played on ANY rock n' roll album as groundbreaking or as legendary as Kiss Alive! or Destroyer.

    Being a good "have sticks will travel" type of drummer is one thing, being a co-founding member of a rock n' roll band who sold over 100 million albums is another.

    There's only one Catman, and it isn't this guy.

  • Geez people...Get over the Makeup thing...It's getting old...Besides, don't blame Eric...You all know who is really to blame...

    Paul

    Gene...AND

    Peter

  • Eric is a better drummer, and a nicer guy, than Peter but is not the original and should be ashamed of himself for impersonating the Catman. He's detracting from his own originality and ability.

  • nice promo for zildian and pearl... was hoping to see a damn interview though

  • Zildjian Z's suck. Paiste's are awesome.

    /I do own a Zildjian A though. Shhhhh....

  • SInger technics, Carr power, Criss feeling!

  • Aaaahhhhh - Badlands !!!

  • heavvmetalhippiebear i definatly agree i mean if eric carr could do it then surley they could come up with another makeup design but really it all comes down to the greedy people who own kiss (Gene Simmons)

  • Sure, we know Eric is better nowadays than Peter.

    but why the fuck wouldn't he just make his own legacy with a new character scheme?

  • Eric Singer puts Criss to shame. I saw kiss last night and he absolutely blew me away. Very underrated drummer.

  • You would never think that he is now 53 years old

  • more like eric drummer

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  • eric and peter are two different players, two different people and two different musicians

  • no 2 people are ever exactly the same, sometimes stuff happens, and musicians get replaced. Eric is a perfectly capable drummer and has no ego about his role and never claimed to be like or replace anyone

  • When I see the make up I think Peter Criss not Eric Singer!!!

  • @chadn70 First off you should be glad tht Eric Singer is there yeah I mias Peter to but Eric's there so just be gkad he's there!!

  • @chadn70 ...How can you not,it's an insult to the die hard Kiss fans and to Peter himself,Eric Carr had his own make up,so why shouldn't Eric Singer,it all comes down to money at the expence of common sense and that goes for Thommy as well.

  • @chadn70

    When I see his drumming, I think Eric Singer, not in a 100.000 years Peter Criss!

  • @Tonyr67 So f*cking true! Singer the best .\m/

  • @chadn70 get over it already... Criss flunked out of Rock n' Roll a looooong time ago

  • @chadn70 then your fucking dumb

  • Happy birthday Eric!

  • They not on drug any more what wrong whit you people. so long kiss is on, it pefect!!!

  • Peter Criss fans are just pissy cause he left the band. And he left the band due to failed contract negotiations. Damn fool was to greedy. Besides, he was brought up on friggin jazz bullshit. Hes not a rock drummer...Eric is. Gene and Paul own all KISS makeup trademarks, not those drugees who keep whining their way our of KISStory. Tommy and Eric have more commitment to KISS than ace or Peter ever gave to recording one album. Enjoy the drugs and alcohol, boys.

  • @raran44 - I'll never understand how a guy like Criss could turn down touring with KISS because of an issue with money. I'm sure his share would've been enormous, more than most people make in a lifetime. It's not like he's got other gigs. He needed to check his ego and get on with it.

  • @jaybone23 He's the oldest member. He was probably just getting sick of it, traveling around the world on a hectic schedule and putting on makeup six nights a week. He probably figured he was too old. I know the last time around he said Gene and Paul tricked him by telling him Ace would be playing with them (the last time Criss toured with them, that is-the Aerosmith tour in 2003). That caused some issues between him and Gene and Paul.

  • @HearingLossProvider Yeah, I guess I really wouldn't know what Peter's motivation was or the details behind the split. I just figuered that if he was being asked to play, he'd be crazy to say "No!" even if they didn't want to pay him what he was wanting to get out of the situation. But I wasn't there so it was wrong of me to speculate and judge.

  • @jaybone23 Nah, dude, don't apologize. I speculated about it too. I guess only Peter really knows.

  • Yeah he was from a jazz background, so? All heavy metal or hard rock stems from the blues anyway. As for Tommy and Eric being more committed...hell they are on to something good that was already established, so I would be committed to that too. BUT Ace and Peter were part of the creation. How is that not committed? KISS started experimenting into disco and that's when they started having issues. Thumbs up to Singer and Tommy, they are great musicians, but not Ace or Peter.

  • Also Eric Kinnda sounds like Peter a bit as far as the way his sound and speech is done. They way he says things. Peter was not alsways like that when the make up was off. When the makeup was on it gave hin a more sure soundf in his voice. If you know what I am saying.

  • Eric is not trying to be Peter but you have to admit that the Cat Man is starting to take over Eric and the Cat does have nine lives.

  • @raran44 , Kiss isnt Kiss without peter and ace and 99.9 percent of kiss fans will agree with me. And tell eric and tommy boy to think of there own makeup.

  • @Tallulah777 Gene and Paul own the makeup rights. They can put it on who ever they want.

  • @Tallulah777

    So, that 0,1 percent of restKISSfans is still filling the arena's and stadiums?

    WOW!

  • @Tonyr67 , No what im saying is Gene Paul Peter Ace Is the ORIGINAL Kiss. The REAL KISS.

  • Great stuff Eric.

    Only please keep your respect for Eric Carr & also Peter Criss alive.

    You would not be where you are right now if they didnt exist,please dont forget them

    They were great drummers.

    I read some bad stuff about Gene just stoping Eric Carrs medical coverage when he was very sick in hospital.Thats bad if its true & only Gene & the people around gene would know the truth.

    If it is true what comes around goes around Gene.

  • The best of kiss bears the name eric

  • whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! ERIC YOURE AWSOME x)

  • I remember cn him n KISS(unmasked) bac n 1988 when he had blonde hair!! KISS played @ Backstage Club n Houston TX!! He'z my favorite!!! :oD

  • If Eric Singer is a good enough drummer to be part of Kiss, then he must know what he's doing.

  • I take back all of my negative comments about this joker thinking he is Peter Criss. At first I was really upset that this dick-hole has Peter make up on...which looks really fucking stupid btw. But I just saw the KISS Wal-Mart commercial and I was so impressed with Eric's acting that now I totally love him. Seriosly, he represented Wal-Mart better than Miley Cyrus. You are so gifted. Thank you Eric...for making KISS a super group again. I was really worried there for awhile. Sell out fuck.

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  • This is how you murder classic rock. Thanks Paul. Thanks Gene. So sad : ( KISS were the best band ever. Now they are they best 'tribute-band' ever!! So sad!!! : ( Dead. Guess money is more important than artistic rock. So sad.

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  • Eric Singer's drumming on Alive 3 is simply amazing. wearing peter criss' makeup is something I don't agree with. however people do what it takes to pay the bills. like ice-t the "cop killer" now plays a cop on T.V.

  • Your not a member of KISS...your a member of a KISS tribute band. And, you look fucking stupid.

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  • great drummer period

  • ERIC is really a good musitian !!!

  • saying eric singer is a better drummer than peter criss is like saying yngwie malmsteen is a better guitarist than jimi hendrix. it's plain bullshit. he can shove his technique and flawlessness up his ass. they have as much feeling as a can of crap. look at kiss in 1975, that was pure emotion from all four of them, 4 guys having fun. today its a kid's show and for them its just another day at work. fuck that. i wouldnt pay to see that crap.

  • Eric is articulate and well spoken; plus , he is a hell of a skin basher. I was thoroughly impressed with him on KISS's two most recent tours. He adds an energy and strong backbone to the modern KISS sound.

  • Eric Singer: the most successful tribute act to Peter Criss. Congrats Scab Boy!!

  • I have been a KISS fan since 1977, when i was 6 years old. IMO Both Peter and Eric are incredible drummers. I feel the same way about Ace and Tommy, Both are great. I do think new makeup should have been given to Eric and Tommy and i don't think it would have hurt KISS at all. They still would have made great music and the live show would still blow you away. But when i see the Space Ace and Catman makeup i think of Ace and Peter, its really unfair to Eric,Tommy and the fans.

  • kiss suena bien pero su estilo no es de rock pesado sino de sonido clasico por eso eric no calza muy bien en esa banda pero suena bien le a dado un nuevo significado a la banda

  • You have to give credit where credit is due, Singer  is a really good drummer. He just shouldn't be wearing Peter's make up.

  • God he looks so fucking stupid. He can't pull the look off. So pathetic : (

  • This guy plays drums for the WORST KISS tribute band ever!

  • Another KISS tribute band...for real! Sad.

  • Eric talks about you having to see kiss at least once but they didnt even mention St. Louis during the last tour

  • Eric Singer is best......

  • u know, im dissapointed that ace and peter r gone from kiss but im glad that kiss is around at all. and thats why i dont complain like a little bitch

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  • He sounds like Al Pacino

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  • FUCK HIM HE DOESNT DESERVE TO BE IN KISS!!!!

  • Your sooo awesome!

  • love him<3

  • the Peter Criss make up is a hold back for Eric, Gene should let him stand out as himself, not a Peter Criss look a like. In the early 90s Eric really stood out as the kiss drummer., Now Eric and Tommy will be rememberd as Peter and Ace look a likes, Its disrespectful to Eric, Tommy, Peter, and Ace.

  • Can you imagine if Paul & Ringo got George & John look-a-likes in their own Beatles tribute band? So Sad. Ooh what if Jimmy, Robert, & John got a Bohnam look a-like and started a Led Zep tribute band? I'm sure they would make him have a beard and wear a derby.

  • @atomicozz I am not a fan of the fact that Eric wears Peter's make-up. He is a far better drummer than Peter. If Gene & Paul were smart they would have given him & Tommy new make-up designs. Most of the resentment from fans would accept them a bit more.

  • @atomicozz stupid comparison because Ringo's "not" the Beatles original drummer (google: Pete Best) and If not for Plant, Page and Jones would have done something as Zep, they actually auditioned other singers a few yrs back .

  • I don't really care for the makeup he's wearing, but for the his ability as a drummer. I still will go see KISS just because him and tommy are kick ass players. It's not about the makeup and costumes, it's about the show and music they play.

  • A lot of the comments on here are posted by retards. Eric Singer is a far superior drummer to Peter Criss and I say that as a huge Peter Criss fan. Peter Criss is why I play the drums today. I am a KISS fan from before ALIVE! and I have no problem whatever with Eric taking on the character of the Catman. He does it well and plays the old parts and new parts flawlessly. Yes, I wish this was Peter, but his ego was not in line and to be truthful, his drumming ability was deteriorating.

  • Yes he is far superior to Peter. However, not as good as Eric Carr.

  • @01Spacemanspiff BRAVO, well said !

  • @01Spacemanspiff

    peter criss is superior to Eric Singer. Eric Singer is an impostor who has the makeup of Peter Criss. I saw Kiss with Tommy and Eric and I must say that it is pitiful to see and hear about the internship. For me and yet I am a big fan of kiss since the beginning of the group but the group is finished and the group kiss is just imitation. Long live the time Peter Criss and Ace Frehley.

  • @01Spacemanspiff i agree with most you say but I believe when they replaced Ace and peter it was to fulfill existing contracts, that has since passed and is now a blatant cash grab. Kiss were just as great without the makeup with Eric and Bruce now they are just a parody of Kiss. This comes from a Fan since 1977

  • @01Spacemanspiff I completely disagree. Criss's drumming had style and flare. Eric just sounds like everyone else, and he DOESN'T play the drums parts the same. He 'straightens them up' if you will. All those nice syncopated beats that Peter used, Eric removes.

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  • @01Spacemanspiff Tremendously right...a little bit disappointend they "stole" Peter's makeup but it couldn't have gone to someone's better !

  • Also alot of these people making comments need to actually know their KISSTORY! Know the facts if you're actually a fan. I wish it still the original members too, but yeah Eric is a better drummer. And I love Peter Criss too. I personally think Eric Carr was the best of the 3.

  • i like Eric carr more but he's an excellent drummer. great talent i mean eric singer of course when i say he's got talent

  • i like Eric carr more but he's an excellent drummer. great talent

  • Cleveland ROCK,,, Thanx Eric

  • Eric es el mejor con o sin el maquillaje

  • Eric is in a tough situation for being a drummer for KISS. Peter Criss had a problem drinking and was holding thre band up. Ace Frehley had a drug problem. He looks like hell to this day. Eric Carr died and by no fault of his own...Eric Singer need to pay bills like anyone else and he is a good drummer. Even peter Criss says he isa greeat drummer. If someone doesn't like to see Eric Singer in the band...well that is your own problem. Ace and Peter shot themselves in the foot. Good Man!

  • @zgomer1 - Ace Frehley is a much more talented guitarplayer as Thayer, he left Kiss by his own decision 2001! Drugs and Alc or not, it is the past, Simmons and Stanley wanted him to stay. Saw him live and it was great. And Kiss - saw them at Rock am Ring 2010 - horrible show. Kiss at its best after reunion was in the year 2000...imo. Singer and Thayer just have to do what Simmons and Stanley want, nothing more...they even don't get "much" money like Frehley and Criss in 1996-2001/03. Muppets!

  • @zgomer1

    maybe Ace and Peter takes drugs and drinks as you say but do not forget that Gene and Paul are two ass holes and up to Ace and Peter have done the same thing

  • I really wish tommy and eric had their own look! I love both but its hard to get past Ace and Peter when you see their make up on the "new guys"

  • He looks rediculous dressed up as Peter Criss.

  • it's kinda funny he wears the makeup and costume for the interview. makes me think of "KISS meets The Phantom". I wonder if he sits by the pool all day wearing that too, with a huge silvery-grey robe on?

    "hey dude, what's with the getup?"

    "it's cool man, I'm in KISS"

    "oh, okay then"

  • Full respect to the original Catman, and God Bless Eric Carr, but Eric Singer has done a pretty damn good job for KISS. No problems with him or Tommy Thayer imo.

  • It may not be the original kiss, but it's a better kiss. Peter and Ace were good for a while, but it was their own fault their not in the band. i mean imaging working with someone doing drugs and someone always drunk.

  • thats not kiss, that some cheap replacement

  • @countbloodula

    I couldn't agree more. Kiss has become "The Gene & Paul Show" featuring their trained monkeys dressed as Peter and Ace.

  • @Tygerhart I could not have agreed more ;)

  • Good drummer but he still isn't KISS. Peter, Ace, Paul and Gene are KISS.

  • @robjimertk I`m sorry but Eric SInger was so special, you just can`t forget him

  • they should of made all for the glory as the song cus eric sings it...

  • i love eric singer. but i think if they come out for a next tour they should get eric new makeup to stop all the controversy plus it was peters. im saying the hawk and hell put tommy in vinnies old makeup. Vinnie was an ass when he was in the band anyway

  • el footage es en argentina

    es el unico pais que grabo el tour alive 35

    aguante eric singer, kiss y argentina

    ojala que este año vuelvan

    por ultima vez seguro

    aguante kiss por siempre.

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  • So sad that Paul & Gene started a KISS tribute band with Ace & Peter impostors. Can you imagine Paul & Ringo going on tour with John & George look-a-likes? ouch.

  • @atomicozz cleary you dont no the full story, so shut your face,

  • @atomicozz I hear ya' I grew up with KISS and still jam them but it is like a kick in the nuts ya' know what I mean?

  • @atomicozz pffff, what a nonsense. I saw kiss live a few days ago. it was the shit

  • eric singer just is fuckin awesome eric singer rules

  • Eric Singer, great drummer!!!

  • Eric rules! "Revenge" is a really great album!

  • Peter and Ace should start a band w/ their KISS makeup and two standins wearing Paul and Gene's facepaint. Call it KISS THIS. I'd buy the album.

  • @ebonics4everyone AMEN!!!

  • Peter Criss loves jazz and he came from a jazz background.

    Eric Singer is rock and more heavy.

    KISS is a rock band. Not jazz.

    Eric singer.

    Let Peter and Ace do their drugs.

  • @raran44 leave Ace out of the drug story... Its Peters stuff... Ace drank too much... just like Paul Stanley did back in the 70's... Peter has and always will be a bad person for me cause he messed up the whole band on purpose in 79... HE killed the original KISS... thats why I loved the line up with Eric Carr and Ace... sadly it didnt last that long... Ace should be brought back... but Eric Singer should stay!

  • @rubenick Dude, Ace was ALWAYS doing drugs. He missed recording sessions from hangovers, he was in car accidents. And Ace doesn't give a shit about KISS. Why do you thing he kept quiting? He pussied out in '82 an then again after the reunion era. Same thing with Peter except he didn't agree with his contract after the reunion era. Both guys really didn't carea about KISS after the destroyer era and they still don't.

  • @raran44 again... Ace did NOT do drugs... drink yes.. drugs no... Ace did care about KISS... he said in a interview that he quit KISS cause he first thougt that KISS was the reason he did all this... but after KISS he still did all the things... Ace quit KISS to save KISS... don't write your own stupid opinions... write FACTS...

  • @rubenick oh im sorry i thought alcohol was a DRUG. Save KISS? horseshit, its because of the current lineup's commitment that their still going. Do you always spaz out on other peoples opinions?

  • @raran44 oh I'm sorry.. do you always spaz out on ppl when telling you the truth??? KISS would still be here and probbably much better if Bruce Kulick was in the band and the make-up was gone... and if Ace would have been in KISS longer than he was in 1982... he would have done the same thing as Peter... destroy the band on purpose... and no.. alcohol is not a drug... dumbass

  • @rubenick quit wasting mytime arguing. we clearly have different opinions. and yes alcohol IS a drug.

  • @raran44 You know what dude FUCK YOU, Ace was thier best guitarist ever! Peter wasnt really that good i will admit, Eric is better. But NEVER diss the all time GREATEST GUITARIST of all time ACE FREHLEY

  • @RockonKISS1122 I'm entitle to an opinion, dude. If it pisses you off that much, then ignore it. Do you always spaz out at people's opinions?