Paul Simmons was a drummer in the Christian rock band PETRA from 2004 until their retirement in 2005. Prior to joining PETRA, he played with several rock bands, including touring with Black Oak Arkansas during the 1980s. He was playing with the band The Legendary Shack Shakers just prior to joining PETRA. Image File history File linksMetadata Paulsimmons. ... Christian rock is a form of rock music played by bands where the musicians are openly Christian. ... Petra is a Christian Rock band formed in the 70s. ... Black Oak Arkansas, 1972 Black Oak Arkansas is an American southern rock band named after the bands hometown of Black Oak, Arkansas. ...
Simmons started playing the drums at an early age, playing with his brothers Mike (guitar) and Jamie (bass) in several cover bands.
In June 12, 2004, he joined the three original members of Petra in a concert where they played a whole set of old songs from the 70s. June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
In 2005, he participated in the recording of the band's last live album, Petra Farewell. At one time of the show, Bob Hartman broke a string and Simmons delivered an impromptu drum solo. Unfortunately, being a spontaneous thing, the crew didn't get a good take of it so it wasn't included in the album or the DVD. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Farewell is a Petra album released in 2005. ... Bob Hartman (1997) Robert Hartman (born December 26, 1949, in Byron, Ohio) is a Christian artist, guitarist, writer and songwriter. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...
Simmons' first band, Bullfrog Bheer, played a few gigs and made a few recordings in the late 1960s, one of which ("Leeta") was eventually released on the KISS box set in demo form.
In 2005, Simmons was sued by a former lover, Georgeann Walsh Ward, who claimed that he "defamed her in the VH1 documentary 'When KISS Ruled the World,' which 'repeatedly falsely portrayed her as an unchaste woman,'.
Simmons was a guest DJ at WXRK K-Rock in New York during the Fourth-of-July Monster Metal Meltdown in 2005.
Paul's persona in KISS is "The Starchild", apparently a reference to Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, which portrays an astronaut's transformation into a higher being resembling a fetus called the Star Child.
Although Paul's voice is generally very soft and eloquent during normal conversation, he uses a specific "stage voice" which is a mix of quasi-African-American urban patois, faux-drag queen bluster, and yodeling preacher spiel, much like Gene Simmons adopts an animalistic growl on stage.
In his book Sex Money KISS, Gene Simmons admits that Paul was the driving force for KISS during the makeup-free 1980s, while Simmons was feeling lost without his Demon makeup and attempting to launch a film career.
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