SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT ERIC CARR
ERIC'S FIRSTS
- BAND- THE CELLARMEN (1965-1969)
- LIVE APPEARANCE WITH KISS- JULY 25, 1980 AT THE PALLADIUM IN NEW YORK
- TV APPEARANCE WITH KISS- KIDS ARE PEOPLE TOO
- CAR- 1972 DODGE DART
- SONG WRITTEN WITH KISS- "UNDER THE ROSE" FOR THE ELDER
- RECORDED LEAD VOCALS- "BETH" FOR SMASHES,THRASHES & HITS
- DRUM KIT- 5-PIECE GRETSCH
- MAGAZINE COVER- PEOPLE- AUGUST 18, 1980
INTERESTING TIDBITS ABOUT ERIC
- HE WAS BORN PAUL CHARLES CARAVELLO ON JULY 12, 1950
- HAS TWO SISTERS NAMED LORETTA AND SISSY
- HE AVOIDED THE MILITARY BY PURPOSELY FAILING THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL TESTS. HE WOULD DO THINGS COMPLETELY OPPOSITE OF WHAT HE WAS TOLD.
- BEGAN PLAYING DRUMS AT AGE 13.
- ERIC PLAYED DRUMS RIGHT HANDED EVENTHOUGH HE WAS LEFT HANDED.
- ERIC'S FAVORITE DRUMMER WAS JOHN BONHAM.
BEFORE SETTLING ON ERIC CARR, HE CONSIDERED NAMING HIMSELF "RUSTY BLADE".
- NARROWLY SURVIVED A CLUB FIRE WHILE SAVING A FEMALE VOCALIST IN THE 70'S. THE FIRE KILLED TWO OF HIS BANDMATES.
- SUBMITTED HIS APPLICATION FOR KISS IN AN ORANGE ENVELOPE SO IT WOULD STAND OUT FROM THE OTHERS
- AFTER HIS AUDITION FOR KISS, HE ASKED FOR THE BAND'S AUTOGRAPHS IN THE EVENT HE WOULD POSSIBLY NOT SEE THEM AGAIN.
- ERIC WAS ORIGINALLY GOING TO BECOME THE HAWK
- ERIC PLAYED BASS ON "I STILL LOVE YOU"
- KISS PAID THE ARTIST THAT DID THE SOLO ALBUM ARTWORK TO DO A PAINTING OF ERIC ALSO.
- WHEN ERIC RE-RECORDED "BETH" IN 1988, HE ACTUALLY SAT ON THE SAME STOOL PETER CRISS SAT ON FOR THE ORIGINAL RECORDING IN 1976.
- ERIC CONSIDERS "SAINT AND SINNER" TO BE HIS BEST DRUMMING PERFORMANCE AND "CREATURES OF THE NIGHT" TO BE HIS FAVORITE ALBUM WITH KISS.
- "LITTLE CAESAR" WAS RECORDED ENTIRELY BY ERIC WITH BRUCE ON GUITARS.
- HE HAD HIS OWN PRODUCTION COMPANY, STREETGANG PRODUCTIONS.
- ERIC SANG BACKGROUND VOCALS ON "GOD GAVE ROCK AND ROLL TO YOU II".
- THE NAME "ERIC CARR" APPEARS ON HIS TOMB BECAUSE HIS PARENTS FELT HE WILL BEST BE REMEMBERED AS ERIC CARR.
- ERIC DIED THE SAME DAY AS QUEEN VOCALIST FREDDIE MERCURY.
FACTS TAKEN FROM THE OFFICIAL ERIC CARR TRIBUTE PAGEAND KISS BIO CENTER
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