Is Vinnie Vincent a Transgender?

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

Boris2008 wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

He's always looked feminine. This is nothing new. He's just older and fatter now.

Yep, s'what I'm sayin'. He looks pretty much the same as he always did, just with 20+ added years and at least that many added pounds.

None of which explains the ladies pant suit. There is nothing glam rock about a ladies pant suit.  

The buttons are on the man's side of the jacket, no? On a women's jacket, the buttons would be on the other side. It's just tight and ill-fitting and he's fat. Add in his facial characteristics and the heeled boots (which he has always worn) and suddenly it's a "ladies pant suit".

I think we need to lay some money down on this.

Eyesore wrote:

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

Boris2008 wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

He's always looked feminine. This is nothing new. He's just older and fatter now.

Yep, s'what I'm sayin'. He looks pretty much the same as he always did, just with 20+ added years and at least that many added pounds.

None of which explains the ladies pant suit. There is nothing glam rock about a ladies pant suit.  

The buttons are on the man's side of the jacket, no? On a women's jacket, the buttons would be on the other side. It's just tight and ill-fitting and he's fat. Add in his facial characteristics and the heeled boots (which he has always worn) and suddenly it's a "ladies pant suit".

I think we need to lay some money down on this.

Hey, if he comes out later on and says "Yeah, I am a transgender" I will totally eat crow about it. I just think that in today's climate, with it being so common, we may be rushing to assumptions. It's easy to apply a tag...I just don't think it's the case this time.

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

Boris2008 wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

He's always looked feminine. This is nothing new. He's just older and fatter now.

Yep, s'what I'm sayin'. He looks pretty much the same as he always did, just with 20+ added years and at least that many added pounds.

None of which explains the ladies pant suit. There is nothing glam rock about a ladies pant suit.  

The buttons are on the man's side of the jacket, no? On a women's jacket, the buttons would be on the other side. It's just tight and ill-fitting and he's fat. Add in his facial characteristics and the heeled boots (which he has always worn) and suddenly it's a "ladies pant suit".

Mens Jacket



Womens Jacket




Vinnie's Jacket

I stand corrected...

I don't doubt for a minute that's a woman's pant suit. The nicely creased slacks and sporty jacket. He looks like a middle-aged 7th grade English teacher. If that's the looks he's going for, I'd say he nailed it.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

I don't doubt for a minute that's a woman's pant suit. The nicely creased slacks and sporty jacket. He looks like a middle-aged 7th grade English teacher. If that's the looks he's going for, I'd say he nailed it.

I stumbled onto this interview on YouTube from 1988 with Vinnie and Mark. It's interesting and quite comical for various reasons, but at the 10:12 mark, I must have laughed out loud for the better part of a few minutes. It's best if one listens to the whole interview, as the flow is pretty interesting. The Glam discussion is pretty funny as well.

I'm more frightened by that massive mess interviewing him - yikes

metalinmyveins wrote:

I stumbled onto this interview on YouTube from 1988 with Vinnie and Mark. It's interesting and quite comical for various reasons, but at the 10:12 mark, I must have laughed out loud for the better part of a few minutes. It's best if one listens to the whole interview, as the flow is pretty interesting. The Glam discussion is pretty funny as well.

Something about Mark Slaughter's face and hair reminds me of Phil Anselmo from the Power Metal days.

Mglaffas81 wrote:

I'm more frightened by that massive mess interviewing him - yikes

Dude looks like he ate Eddie Trunk.

metalinmyveins wrote:

I stumbled onto this interview on YouTube from 1988 with Vinnie and Mark. It's interesting and quite comical for various reasons, but at the 10:12 mark, I must have laughed out loud for the better part of a few minutes. It's best if one listens to the whole interview, as the flow is pretty interesting. The Glam discussion is pretty funny as well.

What he says about Mark Slaughter in the video is entirely different from what he's saying now.

Eyesore wrote:

metalinmyveins wrote:

I stumbled onto this interview on YouTube from 1988 with Vinnie and Mark. It's interesting and quite comical for various reasons, but at the 10:12 mark, I must have laughed out loud for the better part of a few minutes. It's best if one listens to the whole interview, as the flow is pretty interesting. The Glam discussion is pretty funny as well.

What he says about Mark Slaughter in the video is entirely different from what he's saying now.

PR. You have to put on the face.

Oddly enough, VV got a mention on a local sports talk show this morning. Both hosts are Kiss fans and as they came back from break they mentioned the reappearance of Vincent. One commented that he "looks like a middle aged woman" or something to that effect. Ha.

In any event, his wig is definitely on point with Gene and Paul's stage standards.


Trunk, in his interview, seemed less than enthused about Vinnie's brief acoustic performance. I doubt anything will come of what some took as Vinnie's announcement of a VVI reunion. I really do hope he sees the boxed set through to completion though. Whatever material ends up on there, it will be a cool nostalgic item.

glassprison wrote:

In any event, his wig is definitely on point with Gene and Paul's stage standards.


Trunk, in his interview, seemed less than enthused about Vinnie's brief acoustic performance. I doubt anything will come of what some took as Vinnie's announcement of a VVI reunion. I really do hope he sees the boxed set through to completion though. Whatever material ends up on there, it will be a cool nostalgic item.

Has information been released about the contents of the set

Highway Star wrote:

glassprison wrote:

In any event, his wig is definitely on point with Gene and Paul's stage standards.


Trunk, in his interview, seemed less than enthused about Vinnie's brief acoustic performance. I doubt anything will come of what some took as Vinnie's announcement of a VVI reunion. I really do hope he sees the boxed set through to completion though. Whatever material ends up on there, it will be a cool nostalgic item.

Has information been released about the contents of the set

He was totally winging it...playing songs off the cuff, singing out of key, etc. Robert walked up on stage to sing "Back On The Streets" with him, but even that was kinda "meh"...completely unrehearsed and spontaneous.

A nice letter from Vinnie.

https://www.lakissexpo.com/vinniethankyou

I think its just he's older now. He's always looked feminine.

mikeinfla wrote:

A nice letter from Vinnie.

https://www.lakissexpo.com/vinniethankyou

Wherever he is in his life he has clearly had a rough time and this meant a lot to him as does his time in Kiss so I'm glad that he reconnected with his fans.

The thing is, Vinnie's book will be entertaining.

That said, I don't trust the guy. He ripped off people on his website, sold music
that didn't exist, etc.

He did save KISS, in the eighties.

I don't think his latest outfit will dispel any of these questions, ha.



I do hope he keeps to his word about actually making the boxed set material available, or at least some new merch or something. I don't see the VVI reunion happening, but it would be cool if he and Robert did some acoustic performances after actually rehearsing together.

glassprison wrote:

I don't think his latest outfit will dispel any of these questions, ha.



I do hope he keeps to his word about actually making the boxed set material available, or at least some new merch or something. I don't see the VVI reunion happening, but it would be cool if he and Robert did some acoustic performances after actually rehearsing together.

Pretty sure that video confirms the rumors.

When I heard “ Exciter “ guitar solo - I was like - this is incredible !
Couldn’t believe it was Rick Derringer - a guest appearance.

He does a pretty good Ann Wilson impression these days.

Gene and Vinnie seemed to have a good time at the recent Vault reunion. That said, I really don't understand the point of having guitars if they are not actually going to play anything aside from half a riff here and there.