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Although drummer Eric Singer rejoined KISS in 2004, he was originally a member of the band for only a few years, but was present for the band\'s important early-1990s \'re-focused\' period, when the group set their sights on becoming a true heavy-metal force once more.
Born Eric Mensinger on May 12, 1958 in Cleveland, Ohio, the teenage Eric began learning drums round the time he saw his first rock concert – strangely enough, KISS! – when they played Ohio on one of their very first tours with the New York Dolls. Quickly becoming a powerhouse rock drummer, Eric (who changed his last name to \'Singer\'), landed temporary positions with such hard-rocking notables as Lita Ford, Gary Moore, Black Sabbath, Badlands, Alice Cooper and, perhaps most importantly, as part of Paul Stanley\'s 1989 solo tour of the U.S. east coast.
When long-time KISS drummer Eric Carr was stricken with cancer in 1991 just as sessions were to begin for an album that would prove to be their heaviest in years, Stanley recommended Singer as a fill-in. But when Carr died later that year, Singer found himself as KISS’s permanent drummer. 1992\'s ‘Revenge’ is widely considered by many Kiss fans to be one of their best, strongest, and most inspired releases in years, on the strength of such tracks as ‘Unholy’, ‘Domino’, and ‘I Just Wanna’ (which were all popular MTV Headbanger\'s Ball videos). In addition to ‘Revenge’, Singer appeared on a few other Kiss releases in the 90s – ‘Alive III’, ‘Unplugged’, and ‘Carnival of Souls’: The Final Sessions, as well as the home videos ‘X-Treme Close-Up’ and ‘Konfidential’. But by 1996, Singer found himself without a job when the original KISS line-up (Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley, |
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