yeap he is so fascinating that she is an old granny now

Great story!

no surprise.., new haven,ct.s own vinnie "vincent" cusano is an awesome player who was dropping jaws around here before KISS......., ct. has spawned some amazing guitarists ....., chris impellitteri, blues saraceno, chris risola from steelheart, jimi bell from joined forces , house of lords and autograph and david dipietro from TT quick......., all ct. natives , all amazing.., ALL ITALIAN...,, fuckin A.......

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God I miss HeadBangers Ball!

I miss Headbangers Ball! I would stay up late to watch this video. Love both albums from Invasion. This song is my favorite.

Love this song.

griiseknoen yeah my boss did the same thing people think they can use people like garbage then throw them away

That's too bad!

Just listening to this, it's somewhat apparent that VV has some kind of OCD.

He wrote a beautiful ballad called More than Friends on his very first solo record. I couldn't believe it was not George Harrison! Fantastic song writer.

I wonder if Vinnie was far too accommodating with KISS, which made him an easy target for being jerked around. He probably should've politely made his exit, and said "I'm getting on with my life, call me when you're serious." Being too nice does not get you treated well. Just makes you a target for opportunists.

Period. End of story.

There’s a billion great guitar players on this planet. I’ve met 15 year old kids that could play as good as any player I’ve ever known. I quit idolizing these guys because they are not worthy of idolizing if they are crazy ego freak assholes. I’ve met and been around guys like Paul Gilbert and Guthrie Govan and they can play Vinnie under the table and they are nothing but cool, laid back, and very humble and grateful for every bit of success they have had! Don’t idolize some asswipe that played in a band like Kiss, idolize someone worth giving your respect and money to!

Chaotic Scott Paul Stanley said it was like puking

this video at the end is a testament to their badness.

yep....here here

salozmen29 Not anymore

@@angelcrusher420 what are you talking about, he sounds great.

Britney Spears, Mariah Carey, Adele, Whitney Houston, Kelly Clarkson and every twelve year-old girl in the world, has a deeper, huskier more masculine voice than your girl, Mark. LOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😄

I fr thought that was a woman at first😭

I think he also changed his name from Mark to Robert on that last one 🤣

What happened to him? Why did he disappear?

@@sandycis2 He disappeared from the music scene when his second record deal fell through before he could complete his and release his third album "guitars from hell". This was in 1990 or 1991. He disappeared after that but reappeared at a Kiss expo in 1996 and released an EP called Euphoria, which are songs from the guitars from hell session (Perhaps with one new song). He completely disappeared after that and came back in 2018

He did manage to reach a level success that very few people experience. I mean playing for Kiss and then embarking on a solo career and releasing two albums that sold 350,000 copies each.

Lack of empathy.

Thanks for the insight Vinnie 😂

Vinnie's Gonna Fuck Mark....Lol

@Rick Fortine Meaning?

Then why is Mark sitting there in CROTCHLESS women's tights WITH HIS LEGS WIDE OPEN ? He seems rather comfortable to us. Your buddy, Mark, wasn't forced to be there. No. In fact that talentless Loser, Mark, was simply USING Vinnie for an opportunity to get his otherwise TALENTLESS ass, a foot in the music scene. Your buddy, Mark, is a USER.....JUST LIKE ANY COMMON TRAMP TRYING TO MOVE UP IN ANY SOCIETY !!!!!!!!!!! LONG LIVE VINNIE VINCENT, SAVIOUR OF KISS !!!!!!!!!!!

who does not?

Vinnie treated Mark the same way Gene and Paul treated him.

Frrr😂😂😂😂 like wtf is his problem😂😂

Yeah he looks like he's annoyed by mark,almost like he regret it having mark in the band

Chrysalis kinda pushed Mark on Vinessa when Robert Fleischman baled. Mark had "the" right look and did a reasonable Fleischman impression.

Lol

cause slaughter is a. bafoon...he was on that metal show and mark came off way worse of a prick and a dumbass then vinnie.

Metalfan 86 ok....well that's good to know. thought maybe you were hating on his skills. but people need to remember when you join a band with someone name on it...just stfu and sing. vinnie is very calm and discussing and answering questions.

Vinnie tracking Mark was a lie though. Dana asked Mark to come to the studio and ended up having Mark sing some songs and realized that Mark was a better fit than Robert. (I don't know if it was Dana who called Vinnie or if Vinnie was there) but Vinnies first reaction to Mark was "oh he sounds like shit!". The dude was a time bomb who couldn't handle himself.

mrepicchickenman the only reason Mark got the gig wasn't cuz he sang better than Robert.....he looked more glam than Robert, people say Vinnie was all about the music but that just shows otherwise

Vinnie supposedly hated Mark and never wanted him in the band and always treated him like shit. Mark has spoken about it.

Vinnie's a loser. Great songwriter/composer, but an irredeemable human being.

Very true 😃

He seems to hate talking about anything other than himself. Anytime he talks about a song, video, tour its all me. He never says we. He doesn't even try to act like it's a band, lol

Vinnie is like cockeyed faced 😬…. Mark knows what’s up and lowers his head. Hahah. Then tries to downplay…. Hahahahha….

And the first time Mark gets to speak Vinnie totally cuts him off and takes over the conversation

If he took his med's it would be more tasteful "LoL" ...he 'had' potential at one time !

hennck u nailed it man

Not true at all at the time.

@@Iceis_Phoenix Vinnie used to rip Mark to shreds before and after shows on the first VVI tour, saying he would fire him for singing so poorly. They hated each other almost from the beginning.

Vinny’s ego is so big, he talks about VVI like they were the first hair metal band to ever play.

Max Headroom his stupid ass crappy solos ruinned the whole album

@@Iceis_Phoenix you are wrong

Vinnie is a female now.

He did come out...literally...now a female

Why do you not like him though?

@@lewhitey2544 Because he was fake and didnt sing as good as Robert thats why.

@@rocknroll6396 fair enough. I do enjoy Slaughters first two albums though.

@@lewhitey2544 ....TBH I liked him in Slaughter being himself. VV put Mark in a weird position having to be fake in the video and then being fake with the look etc lol. So in that way I dont blame Mark. And yes when he was himself doing his own songs it was way better 4 sure.

Lonnie Bean here*

Lol. Have some fun sourpuss.

Listen to some later interviews with Vinnie. It’s like a rambling old lady complaining about the cost of doctor visit co-pays and prescription drugs…

Nitro - Frieght Train : Hold my Beer and My Four neck Guitar.

@@kidwaryodproduction Yeah the 4 neck was pretty satirical.

I went to a VVI show once and Vinnie opened the show with a guitar solo! An absolute nut job but great player and song writer

Respect is something you have to earn and if you look at what Vinnie has done over the years it's not that big a surprise that people have little respect for him. - A Kiss show is a tightly rehearsed event, it HAS to be. So elongating his solos to ridiculous lengths so they were jeopardizing the Timing of those said shows is NOT going to make you any friends with both the band and the crew who are in charge of setting off the pyro and other special effects which are Kiss' bread and butter. - Dana Strum, in addition of being VVI's bass player , was the VVI's behind the scenes guy, he arranged the Contract with Chrysalis records, got Bobby Rock in the band and over saw the recording of that first album. Not nearly three years later in the interview for Kerrang magazine, Vinnie described Dana as being "A Hanger on who doesn't even play an instrument!" - Bobby Rock described recording the drum tracks for the fist VVI album as sheer hell, go here to read why. bobbyrock.wordpress.com/2016/01/08/welcome-to-hell-recording-drums-for-the-first-vinnie-vincent-invasion-album-part-1/ - When he popped up in 1996 at Kiss conventions, he was talking about a CD box set which would have rare outtakes and demos, the fans eagerly ordered theirs in advance. Vinnie took their money and ran with it. To this day, there never has been any box set and it won't be coming out anytime soon. - Around ten years ago Vinnie was arrested for domestic abuse and the police found several dead dogs on his property. - When he emerged at that convention in Nashville that wanted a Vinnie Vincent Invasion reunion concert. They didn't have much money, but they had volunteers, so the deal is, he gets 100% of the door, 100% of the merch and 100% of the VIP packages, but no money up front. He waited until he thought it was too late to cancel and then asked for a guarantee. They thought: 'okay, he hasn't changed, and if we say yes to this, there will be more nonsense', and then they cancelled. - In recent interviews he states that Mark Slaughter ruined the VVI, hold on, this is the guy who enabled the VVI to go on tour in the first place and without Mark, that fabled second album wouldn't have been recorded. Why should I show respect to such a complete and utter ASSHOLE?

I know what you mean. Before Vinnie, kiss was doing songs like Shandi (total crap imho). Vinnie pumped blood into Kiss music

@@RastaSaiyaman The box set scam is what makes me think there's truth to Paul Stanley's accusations that VV stole some equipment right after they hired him, and later sold a generic guitar to a KISS fan for more than it would cost in a store even though he didn't have permission to sell KISS merchandise. I honestly don't understand how his fans can go on defending him knowing what they know: It's one thing to enjoy the music he made a long time ago, it's another thing to excuse acts of theft, assault, animal cruelty, and narcissism.

@@Supertron1 Go and visit the official Vinnie Vincent website, you will find that it; s nothing more than a "Get your autographed Vinnie Vincent guitar here." The guitars them selves are the cheapest variant of Jackson's Randy Rhoads model which because he autographed them all of a sudden must cost five times as much.

@@xrmarty2005 Before Vinnie KISS did songs like Nowhere to Run, The Oath, Rocket Ride, She, Watchin' You, Strutter, Deuce, before KISS Vinnie did Treasure and Dan hartman.

Mr. VonMarsten also he could've​ had a career in kiss

Mr. VonMarsten Mark Slaughter would have had be in the band in 86 instead of Robert Fleischman, remember the Boyz are gonna rock video?

what are you talking about, Whisper? VV is crazy and just accept it. he wrote some awesome songs but he is his own worst enemy. Vinnie proved that again in 2018 with his awkward cancelled concerts after promising his fans he has changed, blah blah blah

@@justinclark8867 Give me a BREAK! If he's so talented then why did his career flame out in a few years and Kiss is still on the road.

@@whataboutrob442 Lol. I rather listen to Paul's backing track he lip syncs to than Vinnie's guitar playing.

@@ericjohnson2543 I hear ya!

@@whataboutrob442 Justin Clark must have deleted his reply lol

@@ericjohnson2543 I just noticed that.

LoveNotLabels He had to make it sound good to sell them cassettes shooooot

The only issue i see is that there seems to be a misconception that Vinnie singlehandedly saved KISS from making more albums like Dynasty, Unmasked, and The Elder. Paul and Gene came to the realization on their own that they needed to make drastic changes to their sound and fast, and Vinnie was the right guy at the right time. Creatures and Lick It Up would have still happened, but they probably wouldn't have been as good and Lick It Up might have ended up being the last KISS album. Taking off the makeup wasn't enough to revive interest in KISS, it simply drew attention to the album, which Vinnie was a big part of both as a guitar player and songwriter. They say he was terrible, and yet they tried to continue on in that style for Animalize and Asylum. They began to slowly go downhill again starting with Crazy Nights, which was a lot more pop-sounding and nowhere near as good as All Systems Go.

Yep, same here. Fleischman's voice sounded so strained. Mark's a far more natural singer.

WHAT? That music is cheesy AF lol. Horrible lyrics.

If they were that great, record sales and concert attendance would've reflected it back then. It didn't. The band was dropped like hundreds of other going nowhere LA bands. Vinnie was a dime a dozen. Took a shot, not enough people liked his music.

@@monty4336 the band wasn’t that well known and nobody in the band was a success already. They needed a couple records under their belt.

I got to make out with him 😆 weeee

@@Iceis_Phoenix Sure you did! No really??

I see that as well.

he wouldn’t survive a punch with how frail he was

@@SuperFlyingGlydon74lol fr

Hey, that's cool. I saw Slaughter with Dokken, Poison and Cinderella at The (then) Molson Amphitheatre in 2000. Slaughter opened the show and did a great job..

Careless, She's spamming for sex bruh. She never been to a slaughter concert.

No rock n roll or rap in heaven

Glam metal will rise once again!

Oh, you know Brent, great! I've already thought about this. Brent nowadays looks like Vinnie did in his twenties/thirties. Love them both

5:59 omg, this must be Brent

It was, but '88 is about the time when Guns N' Roses flattened glam in one fell swoop.

This interview was obviously BEFORE he transitioned, (or maybe DURING) but yeah!!! 😂😂

That's terrible!

I can't stand him. Great songwriter, but just a shit human being, even to this day. Mark's a great guy.

Dude can talk. Totally interrupts Mark, shuts him down.

So what? If it made him happy who are we to judge?

Yep he is now a she...even here he looked like a chick...

Yes he does.

OLWchips Jackie Lee is not my luvva she's just a girl ...

They have them down at the Sport's Authority, look in the baseball bat section of the isle.

Mike Williams one of the original VJ's on Canada's Much Music ... he was a very knowledgeable and hip dude

MrThomasreed He had the best hair of the band.

Luv it

I wish guys looked cool. Like this now instead of little P-----s! Millenials have made boys into girls.

@@nostalgicyoutuber5684 na Vinnie's was the best, wig or not. Love how they incorporated those extensions or whatever that is in there. He's got it in the videos too. With the makeup he almost looked like Sandra Bullock lol

When Vinnie chose to let Mark and Dana go and then heard they would continue making music without him, i think he thought they would fail. Seeing them succeed probably drove him into denial and resulted in him coming up with the story of how Mark and Dana went behind his back and stole his record deal. The reason their label let Vinnie go is because he burned through the entire recording budget doing dozens of takes and re-recordings (this was also the reason his third album never materialized).

I loved Mark's vocals!

He was definitely jealous, but I can understand how frustrating that situation must of been. He hires these guys, the band doesn't take off as expected and then the guys he hired gets his record deal have a huge hit album.

Vinnie didn't like Mark's singing from the get go

@@Supertron1 The reason his 3rd album didn't materialized was because he was trying to land a better contract with another label and they found out about it.

This interview is very telling.