Peter Criss
Peter Criss
George Peter John Criscuola, better known by his stage name Peter Criss, is an American musician and actor, best known as a co-founder, the original drummer, and an occasional vocalist of the hard rock band Kiss. Criss established the "Catman" character for his Kiss persona...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDrummer
Date of Birth20 December 1945
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
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Bringing 3-D into the show is a first and we'll have the largest screens ever in history behind us on stage.
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We're much more controlled now. We were kids back then, we each had our own demons. It was insanity.
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I think money, power, fame changes people a lot.
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As busy as I claim to be, I've still got the greatest job in the world.
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Cool things happen. Ace's guitar flies through space, goes through a hole, and blows up. I throw drumsticks and they come flying at you.
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Musicians play music because you love... I loved to play drums since I was five. It's all I ever wanted to do. Rock stars, or as we call them, posers, guys who want to just look great, dress great. They're not musicians; they're looking for the fame.
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We're really in control; that's the difference. We were out of control then.
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I once had money to burn. I'd fly to Barbados for the weekend. I lived in a twenty-two-room mansion and had my pick of four luxury cars.
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Three times during the show the drums are lifted over the audience - I go up and out, right, left and back.
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We're playing the Superbowl this year, we're opening up before the coins drop.
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We were sharing a bottle of cheap sherry wine to get warm. Now I have this great house away from everything in New York, I've got my own little world.
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We don't allow anyone or anything to get into the circle of the four of us, because we realize and appreciate how great we've been.
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I'll always be the catman.
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I finally got a chance to talk to my daughter from my previous marriage. I just got married May 3 to my beautiful wife, but we don't see each other much.