VINNIE VINCENT, WE LOVE YOU
Monday, March 30th, 2009 at 9:54am by Vince NeilsteinVinnie Vincent is something of our patron saint here at the MS Mansion. If ever there was a shredder this side of Kerry King whose solos went absolutely nowhere but GODDAMN did they do it fast, that man was Vinnie Vincent. Matter of fact, there’s a life-size bronze bust of the one-time Kiss axe-slinger that greets Mansion visitors as they step into our front yard foyer bathroom urinal closet.
You shoulda seen the look on Axl’s face when MS Maniac Steve S. sent in this video of Vinnie, well, being Vinnie. Last time I saw Axl get this excited was when MS Mansion Monkey extraordinaire Higgins stumbled upon a website specializing in midget torture porn. True story. But let’s save that one for a different time.
I love how this video is titled “Speed, style & phrasing,” as if there’s one iota of phrasing involved anywhere in this entire clip. After the jump, check out another clip of Vincent doing some intense guitar canoodling live; like everything else the man ever did, it’s completely over the top.
What an atonal wankfest. The live footage could easily be mistaken for the ridiculous guitar solo scene from Spinal Tap. I like.
Vinnie Vincent is awesome!
The speed of Suicmez and the musical sensibilities of someone who is tone deaf
What makes matters even more interesting is the fact that he CAN write good songs. The songs he wrote with kiss are some of their best.
That dual color background in the first video is horribly mesmerizing. The second video reminds me of Jake E Lee’s over-the-top live solos with Ozzy.
I love the VV era of KISS. Vinnie was the strongest songwriter they ever had in the band. And it amazes me to no end that a guy who’s such a gifted songwriter and riff monger is so unstructured and careless with his lead playing. The Invasion album was full of incredible tunes…too bad he ruined them all by soloing over them himself.
He’s also president of the Big Head/Small Body Club.
notice how gene/paul cut off vinnies solo :P
In an interview Gene Simmons said something to the effect of Vinnie played too much with his hands, its like he was kicked out of kiss for playing TOO WELL. Eat shit and die gene you greedy attention whoreing fuck!