- Born
- Died
- Birth namePaul Charles Caravello
- Height5′ 7½″ (1.71 m)
- Eric Carr was born on July 12, 1950 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Frehley's Comet: Breakout (1987), Kiss: I (1982) and Kiss: Tears Are Falling (1985). He died on November 24, 1991 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Powerful drumming style
- Known for responding to more fan mail than any other KISS member
- Flexible vocal range, ranging from deep and raspy tones (heard in "Black Diamond" and live versions of "Young and Wasted") to smooth and gentler tones (heard in "Shandi" and his re-record of "Beth")
- Died on the same day as Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury.
- Joined Kiss in 1980, and remained their drummer until his death from cancer in 1991, at age 41. His original character in the band (which wore paint and costumes up until 1983) was to be a hawk, but his unhappiness with that look led to it being changed to a fox shortly before he was introduced in a press conference as the new Kiss drummer.
- Playboy model Carrie Stevens was Carr's girlfriend at the time of his death. He also dated Charisse, the drummer for the all-girl thrash metal band Hari Kari (which was managed by Carr in the late 80s).
- Carr was a talented cartoonist and actually had composed some ideas for a possible comic strips or comic book and enlisted Gene Simmons as his agent to pitch the ideas to publishing companies. Unfortunately, there were no takers.
- Though left-handed, he learned to play the drums right-handed just like his idol, Ringo Starr.
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