1967
     POST WAR BABY ROOM
          Paul Stanley was 15 when he formed this band.
          He had recorded a demo.   It was a project for
          Columbia that fell. Althoug this failure, Paul
          continued writing songs on his own while attending 
          high school. Songs like: FIREHOUSE and
          LET ME KNOW (which was originally written
          under the tittle of "SUNDAY DRIVE".)

1969
     TREE
          Paul formed this band with his best friend
          Stephen Coronel, Marty Cohen on bass and Stan
          Singer on drums. Tree did not last long.

     UNCLE JOE 
          Featured: Paul on lead vocal, Neil Teeman on
          drums and Matt Rael on guitar.
          Curiosity: Stanley had gone to Simmons to rent
          the equipament for his band Uncle Joe, and Gene
          arived the gig, helped set up the equipament and
          stayed to see the band. Was grouwin' up a BIG friendship.

     RAINBOW
          Gene Simmons, Stephen Coronel, Paul
          Stanley decided to give it a try and was
          decided to name the band Rainbow, and 
          other members were quickly added so 
           they could perform live. But it was a band 
           that could not last. 

     WICKED LESTER
          Both Gene and Paul has always frustrated by 
          the fact that they had never gotten the opportunity
           to play their own music, instead by the fall of 
          1971 the new roster included Gene on bass, Paul
          on rhythm guitar, Ron Leejack on lead guitar,
          Brook Ostrander on keyboards and Tony Zarela on
          drums.   Paul and Gene instead of following their
          own instincts.   And did born KISS...but this is
          another history...
          (Go to  KISSTORY)

        These contents are from "BLACK DIAMOND" 
        by Dale Sherman