Paul Stanley

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

Pushkin Industries

Music, Society & Culture

4.5 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Today, Justin Richmond is joined by the Starchild himself—KISS co-founder and frontman, Paul Stanley. Born and raised in New York City, Paul fell in love with music at an early age, attending shows at iconic venues like the Fillmore East. Over the course of more than 50 years with KISS, he helped build one of the most devoted fan bases in rock history, turning theatrical spectacle into an art form.

Now that KISS has officially retired from touring, Paul reflects on life beyond the stage. He opens up about what continues to fuel his creativity, and what it means to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the KISS Army. He also shares his personal top five KISS albums—and gives us a preview of KISS: Storms Vegas, the upcoming Las Vegas residency that proves the end of touring doesn’t mean the end of the show.

You can hear a playlist of some of our favorite songs from Paul Stanley and Kiss HERE.

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0:00.0	Pushkin.
0:07.0	Today on Broken Record, I'm joined by a true rock icon, the Star Child himself, KISS co-founder and frontman Paul Stanley.
0:18.0	Paul grew up in New York City where he fell in love with music
0:22.1	attending shows at Manhattan venues like the legendary Fillmore East. Of course, he himself,
0:27.4	as part of Kiss over 50 years, built one of the most fervently devoted fan bases in music history
0:32.7	by turning spectacle into art. Now that Kiss has officially retired from the road, Paul reflects on life after the makeup.
0:40.8	What fuels his creativity these days and what it means to have reached the 50th anniversary
0:45.3	of the Kiss Army.
0:47.3	He also shares his personal top five Kiss albums and gives us a preview of Kiss Storm Vegas,
0:53.0	the upcoming event that proves the end of touring
0:56.0	doesn't mean the end of the show.
1:00.8	This is Broken Record, real musicians, real conversations.
1:08.1	This is an I-Heart podcast.
1:12.7	Hey, this is Justin Richmond from the Broken Record podcast.
1:16.0	Join me this June for a live taping of Broken Record at the Tribeca Festival,
1:19.9	where I'll be in conversation with Infinity Song,
1:22.4	a New York-based soft rock band comprised of four siblings,
1:25.6	who will also be doing a couple of songs for us.
1:28.3	You'll hear the artists in a career-spanning conversation about their inspirations and dynamic styles.
1:34.2	We'll be at the SVA Theater on June 12 at 8.30 p.m.
1:37.5	To find tickets, visit Tribecafilm.com slash broken record, all lowercase.
1:42.7	That's Tribecafilm.com slash broken record.
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