Eric Carr
| Eric Carr | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Paul Charles Caravello |
| Also known as | "The Fox", Eric Carr |
| Born |
July 12, 1950 Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| Died | November 24, 1991 (aged 41) New York City, United States |
| Genres | Hard rock, heavy metal, glam metal |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Drums, percussion, vocals, piano, guitar, bass guitar |
| Years active | 1965–1991 |
| Labels | Casablanca, Mercury |
| Associated acts | Kiss |
| Website | ericcarr |
| Notable instruments | |
Paul Charles Caravello (July 12, 1950 – November 24, 1991) better known by his stage name Eric Carr, was an American musician who was the drummer for the rock band Kiss from 1980 to 1991. Caravello was selected as the new Kiss drummer after Peter Criss left, when he chose the stage name "Eric Carr" and took up the "Fox" persona. He remained a member of Kiss until his death from heart cancer on November 24, 1991, at the age of 41.
Carr was born as Paul Charles Caravello on July 12, 1950, to Albert and Connie Caravello. He was of Italian descent. He was born and grew up in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn in New York City. Because his father worked most of the time, Carr didn't see that much of him, and "never went to a baseball game or that kind of stuff" with his father. He spent a lot of time alone in his room, playing with toy soldiers and toy monsters.
Caravello attended the High School of Art and Design. He planned at first to be a cartoonist, then changed his mind quickly thereafter and decided to study photography. According to him, he ended up wasting "absolutely every day of high school. I got no work done, did nothing to further my career, wasted time, and wound up getting drunk in the darkroom with my friends all the time. We never got caught because we could see through the one-way glass whenever a teacher would come. It wasn't like I was getting drunk every day, you know. Half a cup of vodka in those days was enough to get you drunk." However, he has described himself as overall "a real good kid. I didn't do anything to make trouble."
Caravello was one of only two students in his high school who had long hair, mostly due to his love of the Beatles. He recalled that "I used to Dippity-Do my hair down, to make it stay flat. I used to have a Beatles haircut, but my hair's curly, so I couldn't get it to lay flat like the Beatles'. So I'd get the stuff Dippity-Do, drench my hair with it, and I'd take a piece of my Mom's nylon stocking, tie a knot in one end, and pull it over my head like a burglar. I was sleeping like that for probably two years with that on my head every night."
Caravello graduated high school in 1968. At around that time, riots started to occur in New York City, followed by white flight that started to make his neighborhood more predominantly African-American. Caravello stated that this was not a real concern to him, because "I never had any problems with anybody, I had black friends, and I never grew up thinking in those kinds of terms."
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