Vinnie Vincent Announces and Cans New Singer Within a Week

When Vinnie Vincent premiered his long-awaited new album Judgment Day (Guitarmageddon Pt. 1) in Nashville on May 19 and 20, it appeared just like the mercurial ex-Kiss guitarist was lastly able to hit the bottom operating after many years away from the highlight.

And then, in basic Vincent vogue, his plans modified in a flash.

The album listening occasion at Nashville’s Starstruck studio featured a full-band efficiency, with vocal duties break up between authentic Vinnie Vincent Invasion singer Robert Fleischman, who sang on the band’s 1986 self-titled debut and Judgment Day, and newcomer Scott Board, who fronts the hard-rock cowl band Bad Romeo and the unique band No Love Lost. Vincent reportedly launched Board as his new lead singer on the occasion and advised the followers in attendance that the 2 had a lot of thrilling plans within the works. But inside roughly a week, Vincent backtracked on his lead singer reveal and stated he was nonetheless trying to find the appropriate individual for the job.

The confusion was documented in a sequence of posts on the Vinnie Vincent Legion Facebook group. “My moment of happiness was jammin’ it out with my new singer Scott Board in our first studio shred performance on some of my favorite songs,” Vincent wrote on May 23. “For me, the best time playing with a singer I’ve had since Rob and I cut the [first Vinnie Vincent Invasion] record.” He additionally saluted Board, writing, “You da man! My friend, here’s to us! I raise my glass to you. And it’s only the beginning, my friend.”

Shortly afterward, it was additionally the tip.

On May 29 — six days after his preliminary announcement — Vincent (or his staff) issued one other assertion claiming he was not shifting ahead with Board. “Vinnie has not officially chosen a singer at this point and has decided to keep looking,” the assertion stated. “Any affirmative wording regarding a vocalist is misconstrued. Anyone claiming that prized position is incorrect and should immediately cease from promoting that belief and narrative to others.”

Vincent adopted up with the information that he was “auditioning singers for a new tour and record” and inspired hopeful vocalists to submit auditions.

Board addressed the flip-flop in a prolonged Facebook put up on Monday. “As a lifetime Kiss fan, I was very humbled and honored to be asked to join forces with Vinnie Vincent,” he started. “Not only to sing with him at his album listening party last weekend in Nashville but I was also asked by Vinnie to become his new lead singer a few weeks ago after hearing my vocals on a number of his songs along with samples of some of my other performances.”

The singer and guitarist reportedly bonded over their “love of the old blues artists” and “‘old-school’ type attitude,” and Board stated Vincent needed to re-record the Invasion’s 1988 sophomore album All Systems Go with him and collaborate on new materials. The guitarist shared these plans on the Nashville listening occasion, the place he touted Board as his new singer.

Board stated he “really wanted to support Vinnie as a fan and as a friend to help get him back out into the music scene in a ‘positive’ way and felt I could be a good influence.”

Things gave the impression to be wanting up for Vincent and Board, as they “were in contact with each other about plans for me to come out and start re-recording ASG as recently as last week, a day after he released to the press about me being his new singer.” But from that time on, Board stated he acquired radio silence from the guitarist and his camp.

“The next thing I know, I received a message from a friend stating Vinnie had released a new statement that he had not named a new singer and that the prior message about me being his new vocalist was misconstrued,” Board wrote. “I was never contacted by Vinnie or anyone in his camp advising that anything was wrong nor was I ever informed I was no longer the singer for Vinnie. This came totally out of the blue and I’m still scratching my head as to what exactly happened. I didn’t go into any of this blindly or without knowledge of the history surrounding this artist, but I honestly didn’t think this would have happened at this juncture of the journey.”

Despite apparently shedding his lead singer gig inside a week, Board stated he “will continue to wish Vinnie all the best going forward and continue praying for him just as I have from the very beginning and throughout this whole process. I hope my fans and his will do the same. I wish nothing but the best for him. In the end, I look at it as an extraordinary opportunity that I’m very grateful to have experienced.”

In the meantime, Board will proceed to play exhibits with Bad Romeo and is readying the discharge of No Love Lost’s new album, Last Call, in August. Vincent, in the meantime, stated he’ll be sending Judgment Day to the urgent plant imminently. The album options vocals from Fleischman and will mark Vincent’s first correct launch since 1996’s Euphoria EP.