Years ago, perhaps in 2001, I wound up with tickets to see the Bangles and an annoying girl-group called Dream. My girlfriend at the time had won the tickets, but I had gotten another set for free with backstage passes from a friend, whose father was the keyboard player for the Bangles (Hilfman).
After the show, I hung out with the Bangles and we later moved on to a classic Atlantic City dive, where we talked and drank until the wee hours. Of course, I had my guitar signed by the band. Anyway, we talked about guitar players that we liked and Vinnie's name came up. Actually, I brought it up because I had been planning on asking about the song he had co-written with Vicky Peterson. She told how easy he was to work with and what a surprise and pleasure it had been to work with him.
For years, I have wondered whom I could share that story with and this seems like the most appropriate.
Aside form being a great experience for me, I remember feeling good about hearing such glowing words about Vinnie. Most Kiss fans (of which I once counted myself a die-hard) have negative perceptions due to the persistent bashing by Paul/Gene over the last 25 years (which appears to have waned). I felt proud to be a fan of his (and still do). An interesting aside is that one of the girls mentioned CC DeVille, about whom many nice things were not said (perhaps that will come as no surprise).
In case you are wondering, no, I cannot find the pictures with the Bangles, though I can at least offer a picture of the guitar they signed for me, which - if you can believe it - I continued to play for a few years with their signatures still on it!
In addition to it here, I can pass on cool mention of Vinnie by Vicki Peterson herself here: https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/the ... nderground
A Vinnie Vincent-Related Memory
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Cool stuff! 
And get an Edge wang back on that 550...STAT!
And get an Edge wang back on that 550...STAT!
Promises made, crying in vain, all empty. Never accepting the blame and not letting go of the shame. A river of tears, as months turn to years, all wasted. On someone not willing to change.Now only a shadow remains! 
Re: A Vinnie Vincent-Related Memory
Nice to hear man.
Vinnie really could have been one heck of a writer for others, as well as himself. Imagine all the great songs he has inside him.
Vinnie really could have been one heck of a writer for others, as well as himself. Imagine all the great songs he has inside him.
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Oh yeah, we saw it was an RG 550, and not in playing condition!!! 
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I own a couple of JEMs.
Promises made, crying in vain, all empty. Never accepting the blame and not letting go of the shame. A river of tears, as months turn to years, all wasted. On someone not willing to change.Now only a shadow remains!
