Kiss star suffering from heart problems

Kiss lead singer and guitarist Paul Stanley had to bow out of a concert because of heart problems before the show.

Band-mates Gene Simmons, Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer played the gig at Soboba Casino, California about 90 miles east of Los Angeles, as Stanley was taken to hospital.

“During sound check, my heart spontaneously jumped to 190 plus beats per minute where it stayed for over an hour necessitating paramedics to start an IV and give me a shot to momentarily stop my heart and get it into a normal pattern,” Stanley said on his website yesterday.

“Not knowing if this episode was life threatening made it even more exhausting,” the statement continued.

It was Kiss’s first appearance as a trio, according to the band’s website.

As famous for their makeup, stage mayhem and wagging tongues as their music, Kiss recorded the 1970s hits Rock and Roll All Nite and Detroit Rock City.

The 55-year-old Stanley, born Stanley Eisen, released a solo album, Live to Win, in 2006.