The Vinnie Vincent Comeback Is Here

Vinnie Vincent performed at the Atlanta KISS Expo yesterday. He was joined by Robert Fleischman (Vinnie Vincent Invasion) for some of the show. Here's a video of the entire performance. I'm going to take this to mean Vinnie Vincent is back - maybe we'll be seeing more of him. I hope so.

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[anonymous]

Social media was on fire yesterday with blistering criticism over his appearance. Ok, so it's more likely that he suppressed his anxieties with chocolate cake than with Oxycodone. He made a comeback and he is still here. So, if I may...Tom Petty's death, while tragic, was not accidental. He was on 'thee" trajectory course of rock legend gone too soon.

Anyway, Vinnie's interview at the KISS convention is fascinating. It is long (about an hour) but worth your time. With my ADHD, I listened/watched it in 4 segments. However, he covers so much history in brutal, sometimes evidently painful, yet respectful honesty to the time he spent in KISS and to his own legacy.

He discusses his songwriting process with Paul and Gene (even at Diana Ross's house), how he eventually became a KISS member, how much money he was making and what ultimately led to his departure- and then his 10 year lawsuit against KISS seeking owed royalties. He also discusses his uphill battle to get to get Vinnie Vincent Invasion afloat and the struggle to keep it going. Amazing stuff. Pour yourself some coffee and enjoy...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JapdnSj7uLQ

[Kixchix]

Huge news for VV fans and Kiss fans. I heard VV on Trunk Friday and I must say VV sounds content, peaceful and happy. Good for him!

Social media was buzzing about all sorts of garbage.

As a casual fan, I’m rooting for VV all the way!!!

[Dj]

I heard the Trunk interview as well and VV does sound happy and content with his life and said that he wants to leave the past behind and move forward. Good for him, it's really sad that for over twenty years people have been wanting him to come back out into the public and the second he finally does he is automatically criticised by his looks. Well, people get older and life changes, he's not going to look like he's 25 forever because nobody does, with quick judgements like that I really don't blame VV for being quiet and on the downlow for so long.
Hopefully we hear some new music and see some show announcements soon because a lot of people would love to see it and I assume he has lots of material due to him writing and recording this whole time. Glad to see him back.

[Badland]

Fan of the first VV Invasion and saw him with Kiss. Hope to hear some new good music. Is it just me or does he look like Hillary in a pantsuit ?

[Metalboy!]

WOW! Even with his voice half shot and no rehearsal, Vinnie just kills it during this performance!

It will be interesting to see if he follows through on his assertion he would like to reform the band for a possible reunion.

I wonder if he would get Strum? Or Slaughter, for that matter. Whichever line-up he winds up with, I’m there!

[Ace Steele]

What Vinnie left out, was he sued KISS 6 times. And he LOST 6 times. Just looking at the albums he was involved with, you can see Vinnie retained his songwriting publishing, so he was treated more than fairly. And $2,000 a week? That double what Ozzy was paying Randy Rhoads at the height of their popularity together.

P.S. Neither Strum nor Slaughter would ever entertain working with Vinnie ever again.

[anonymous]

Ace: Vinnie said his take home pay was $550.00/week? So I'm unsure how this translates to $2000/week? But, I recently read Rudy Sarzo's book, "Off The Rails" and while he doesn't specifically discuss how much he was making in The Blizzard of Ozz Band, he does write that Sharon Osbourne promised him his salary to continue while off tour. However, when he went to Jet Records to pick up his paycheck, he was confronted by Don Arden who said, "I don't care what my daughter promised you, I run things around here and I don't pay anyone If they are not touring, so fuck off".

I have no idea how these musicians actually made a living

[snowflake]

Don Arden=Trump Supporter

[Metalboy!]

And then there’s Metallica who gave Robert Trujillo $3,000,000 dollars when he joined the band.

Check out “Hired Gun”, the oft mentioned Netflix documentary about sidemen and women for more perspective.

[Him]

There are a lot of jokes to make, and quite a few questions to ask, about VV reappearance in the small-ish spotlight.

I suspect there are quite a few people who would start with: where is the stuff I paid for that you promised to provide and never did? Others might ask a few questions about his last brush with the spotlight, all for not exactly wonderful reasons (and filled, no doubt, with some half truths and salacious details that tilted the story against him).

No matter. He probably could tour with Fleischman (who sounded pretty good there). And he could probably do that with or without rehabilitating his image and showing how well grounded he is (now). Heck, he will have to do it without the other guys in Slaughter; that seems like a burned bridge (pun intended).

My question is this though: how frail is he? And how long could it last? He would be stepping out again on smaller stages with limited returns. That strikes me as a delicate balancing act for a man who has proved to be both temperamental and hard to predict.

[fletch]

temperamental and hard to predict? sounds like axl.