735 - THE FOX (Eric Carr)

 

 

 

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"“ Born as Paul Charles Caravello on July 12, 1950, in Brooklyn, New York City. In February 1964, Caravello watched the Beatles performance on The Ed Sullivan Show and was immediately captivated by the group, particularly Ringo Starr. He collected several books and pots from the kitchen to create a makeshift drum kit and began teaching himself how to play drums, later purchasing a small drum kit and in 1965 joined his first band, The Allures which only lasted a few months. Caravello then asked his friend in junior high school, Thomas, to join him on bass and shortly after starting high school he met John, who was learning to play the guitar. The three young musicians called the group The Cellarmen because they practiced in Caravello's cellar. However, the band broke up in late 1965. In March 1966, Caravello gathered keyboardist Victor Cohen, bassist Dave Bartky and Guitarist Bob Pryor to reform The Cellarmen which lasted till late 1968. During the last few months with The Cellarmen, Caravello added a second kick drum to his kit. He began exploring heavier music, such as Cream and Jimi Hendrix. Caravello formed a new band called Things That Go Bump In The Night. This band played heavy music, but failed to gain traction in the clubs and soon disbanded. In the spring of 1969, Caravello joined his three former bandmates from The Cellarmen and vocalist Gary Fray in their band, Smack. In the fall of 1969, Caravello left Smack and joined a band called Salt & Pepper. In 1973 the band changed their name to Creation, now performing disco music as well as Top 40, Motown, and funk. In 1975, Creation changed its to Mother Nature/Father Time. In 1979, Caravello sang background vocals and played drums on the record titled Lightning . The Lightning album and their latest album Tiger both failed to chart. Mother Nature-Father Time broke up in October 1979. In December 1979, Caravello successfully auditioned for a four-piece rock 'n' roll cover band called Flasher. Caravello applied for Kiss, submitting a cassette tape of Kiss' current single "Shandi" but with his vocals over the music instead of Paul Stanley's vocals. " Time was short and the band had some trouble coming up with a character persona and a stage name for him before his debut concert. "Paul Stanley alleged that Caravello wanted to use the stage name "Rusty Blade" until Stanley dissuaded him. Caravello decided on "Eric Carr" For his Kiss persona, Carr initially tried "The Hawk"; this concept was apparently very difficult to realize in greasepaint – a suitable make-up design was never created, and the "Hawk" costume was a "bright orange yellow!" The idea was dropped after Paul Stanley mentioned that it looked like Big Bird. Carr came up with the make-up design for the persona of "The Fox Carr's first public performance was with the band in New York City's Palladium on July 25, 1980. On July 30, Carr was introduced to the public on an episode of the syndicated television youth show Kids Are People Too!, which aired in September 1980. This was the first time he wore the makeup that most fans identity him with. His persona remained consistent for three years until the band's well-publicized removal of their stage makeup in September 1983, live on MTV. . Despite replacing an original member, he gained popularity among fans based on his personality and percussion skills. On August 29, 1980, KISS began a European tour to support the Unmasked album. This was Carr's introduction to playing to large audiences, such as the 30,000 fans in Milan, Italy on September 2. Carr's first tour with KISS saw the band play 41 shows in 13 countries. Carr's first album with Kiss was 1981's (Music from) The Elder, which marked a departure for the band toward a mystical art-rock direction. One of Carr's contributions to the album, "Under the Rose". Creatures of the Night was released on October 25, 1982. The heavy reverb on Carr's drums was a unique sound not previously heard on a Kiss album. Besides drumming, Carr also played guitar, bass guitar and piano, and also sang background vocals. His first lead vocal in the studio was a re-recording of "Beth" (a song originally sung by Peter Criss) for the 1988 compilation album Smashes, Thrashes & Hits. In 1989, he recorded a demo with Kiss lead guitarist Bruce Kulick. The song was released as "Little Caesar". . Carr's last live performance with Kiss was November 9, 1990, in New York City, at Madison Square Garden. In his 2014 Kiss frontman Paul Stanley described Carr as a kind and talented, but troubled, soul. Carr was a powerful hard-hitting drummer and one of the first drummers to adopt the classic 1980s snare drum sound: a highly reverberated and low-tuned sound. Simmons has stated that Carr's harder drumming style pushed Kiss into becoming a heavier band than it had been when jazz-inspired Criss was the band's drummer. In February 1991, Carr began feeling ill and was diagnosed with heart cancer. Soon after Carr's diagnosis, Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons replaced him with session drummer Eric Singer to commence new recordings for the band's upcoming album Revenge. After recovering from the multiple surgeries, Carr pressed Stanley and Simmons to let him back in the band. Stanley and Simmons refused; both have stated they repeatedly told Carr to focus on his cancer treatments and they would allow him to return to Kiss once he regained his health. Carr's last public appearance with Kiss was at the MTV Video Music Awards in September 1991. Not long afterwards, he suffered an aneurysm and was rushed to the hospital. Several days later, he suffered a brain hemorrhage and never regained consciousness. On November 24, 1991, Carr died at the age of 41. He died on the same day as Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of the British rock band Queen. "