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Peter Criss

George Peter John Criscuola (born December 20, 1945, Brooklyn New York. Better known by his stage name Peter Criss, is a retired American musician and actor, best known as a co-founder, original drummer, and occasional vocalist of the hard rock band [a=Kiss]. Criss established the "Catman" character for his Kiss persona. In the mid 1980s, Peter Criss played around Los Angeles in a band called Balls of Fire with [a=John (JP) Pakalenka], [a=Jane Booke] and [a6855757]. After that, Criss and onetime Kiss guitarist [a520402] formed a new band called the Keep, along with one-time [a144998] vocalist [a1907858] and St. John’s brother [a1907857] on bass. In the first half of the 1990s, Criss formed a band under his own name "Criss" with musicians [a9191233], [a1296863] and [a691638]. Later members included [a1521571], [a423176], [a751054], [a6901593] and [a1440185]. Criss toured extensively and released an EP and an album. In 2014, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Kiss.