Vinnie Vincent,born Vincent Cusano August 6,1952 in Bridgeport,CN,was hired to replace Ace Frehley in 1982 during the making of the Creatures Of The Night album,after Ace's trouble with alcohol.Vinnie toured with the band in make-up as the "Egyptian Warrior" on the Creatures tour and later co-wrote many songs on the band's first non-makeup album, Lick It Up.Vinnie was a lightning fast lead guitarist.After he was let go in 1984, Vinnie went on to form Vinnie Vincent's Invasion/i> with Mark Slaughter and Dana Strum who later leave to form the band "Slaughter".Vinnie later co-wrote at least 3 songs on KISS' Revenge album.

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