Wicked Lester Reunion ?
Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2013 1:32 pm
Tony Zarrella (Drummer Wicked Lester) posted this on his Facebook page today 4/12/13:
https://www.facebook.com/tony.zarrella.58
Thanks to FB and all the international KISS & Wicked Lester fans I've connected with the original members & organizing a WL reunion. Thank you all for following & will keep you updated!
Yes we will be performing most of the original tracks recorded at Electric Lady Studio in NYC, including new songs never released before. WL is considering international dates in France & Germany as well as the US......We are very excited about bringing this tour to YOU! ~ and dedicated to original member and good friend BROOKE OSTRANDER (keyboards) who recently past away.....
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicked_Lester
Wicked Lester was a New York-based rock and roll band that would later become known as Kiss. The band formed in 1970, under its original name Rainbow. Notable members were bassist Gene Klein and rhythm guitarist Stanley Eisen, later to be known as Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley. In 1971 the band changed their name to Wicked Lester, and recorded an album for Epic Records, which was never officially released.
The sessions have been released in bootleg form as The Original Wicked Lester Sessions. Kiss eventually released three tracks from these sessions on their 2001 Box Set release. Wicked Lester's music featured elements of rock and roll, folk rock and pop. Simmons and Stanley, feeling that the group lacked a unifying musical vision, began forming a new band in late 1972. With an emphasis on straightforward rock and roll plus theatrics, they became the hard rock band Kiss in early 1973
Paul Stanley - rhythm guitar, vocals (1970-1973)
Gene Simmons - bass, vocals (1970-1973)
Brooke Ostrander - keyboards (1970-1972; died 2011)
Stephen Coronel - lead guitar (1970-1971)
Joe Davidson - drums (1970)
Tony Zarrella - drums (1970-1972)
Ron Leejack - lead guitar (1971-1972)
https://www.facebook.com/tony.zarrella.58
Thanks to FB and all the international KISS & Wicked Lester fans I've connected with the original members & organizing a WL reunion. Thank you all for following & will keep you updated!
Yes we will be performing most of the original tracks recorded at Electric Lady Studio in NYC, including new songs never released before. WL is considering international dates in France & Germany as well as the US......We are very excited about bringing this tour to YOU! ~ and dedicated to original member and good friend BROOKE OSTRANDER (keyboards) who recently past away.....
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicked_Lester
Wicked Lester was a New York-based rock and roll band that would later become known as Kiss. The band formed in 1970, under its original name Rainbow. Notable members were bassist Gene Klein and rhythm guitarist Stanley Eisen, later to be known as Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley. In 1971 the band changed their name to Wicked Lester, and recorded an album for Epic Records, which was never officially released.
The sessions have been released in bootleg form as The Original Wicked Lester Sessions. Kiss eventually released three tracks from these sessions on their 2001 Box Set release. Wicked Lester's music featured elements of rock and roll, folk rock and pop. Simmons and Stanley, feeling that the group lacked a unifying musical vision, began forming a new band in late 1972. With an emphasis on straightforward rock and roll plus theatrics, they became the hard rock band Kiss in early 1973
Paul Stanley - rhythm guitar, vocals (1970-1973)
Gene Simmons - bass, vocals (1970-1973)
Brooke Ostrander - keyboards (1970-1972; died 2011)
Stephen Coronel - lead guitar (1970-1971)
Joe Davidson - drums (1970)
Tony Zarrella - drums (1970-1972)
Ron Leejack - lead guitar (1971-1972)