Peter Criss announces new solo album with special guests

The original Kiss drummer Peter Criss, who was also the vocalist on many hits of the band like “Beth”, “Hard Luck Woman” and “Black Diamond”, announced a new solo album. The title was still not revealed but will be his first record since “One For All”, released in 2007.

Some of the special guests of Criss’ record are the bassist Billy Sheehan, guitarist John 5 and pianist Paul Shaffer. He talked about the upcoming album in an interview with Mike Brunn.

“Yeah, I’m excited,” Peter said. “I got great players on it. I got Billy Sheehan, Paul Shaffer, Johnny 5, Michael, my guitarist, [and] I got Piggy from Rob Zombie. So it’s like a dream team band. And it’s a real Peter Criss album. It’s an album I always wanted to do. And hopefully the fans will like it,” he said (Transcribed by Blabbermouth).

The next album by the 79 year-old Catman will be released next fall.

Peter Criss

Peter Criss was part of Kiss from 1973 until 1980 when he was fired, returning from 1996 to 2011 and 2002 to 2004. The band did their farewell show back in 2023 at the Madison Square Garden, the only two original members were Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, who were part of the band during the 50 years they were active.

During his solo career, Criss released five studio albums: “Peter Criss” (1978), “Out of Control” (1980), “Let Me Rock You” (1982), “Cat No. 1 (1994) and “One For All” (2007).

In Kiss he was part of:  “Kiss” (1974), “Hotter than Hell” (1974), “Dressed to Kill” (1975), “Destroyer” (1976), “Rock and Roll Over” (1976), “Love Gun” (1977), “Dynasty” (1979) and “Psycho Circus” (1998).

Peter was born in 1945, which makes him six years older than Paul Stanley and four years older than Gene Simmons and Ace Frehley.