RockPages.gr is continuing their KISS special feature with the 43rd interview of a KISS-related figure. This week, ex-VINNIE VINCENT INVASION singer, Robert Fleischman remembers his years with Vincent. A few excerpts from the chat follow:

Rockpages.gr: The first Invasion album was one of the best sellers of the year for Chrysalis Record. What do you remember from the recordings of that album?

Robert Fleischman: "I remember the auditions for the other band members. That was when we found Bobby Rock. I thought he would make the group very interesting. As far as wild stories go, yes, there are some...When it was time for me to do the vocals for the album, Vinnie had wallpapered the vocal booth from floor to ceiling with playboy centerfolds. I thought that was pretty funny, I had nicknamed it the 'titty box' and thought to myself, he must have quite a subscription. Also I recall my first day of recording when I walked into the studio and saw Vinnie’s amplifiers. There were about eight Marshall stacks in a circle which looked like Stonehenge…a real scene out of Spinal Tap. Another time Vinnie was doing overdubs and his guitar kept getting out of tune. So after many times of trying to do this one lead, he finally had had it with the guitar’s tuning. He proceeded to throw the guitar on the ground, pulled his pants down, and piss all over it. We couldn’t go into the studio for about three or four days because of the condensation and odor."

Rockpages.gr: Why did you leave almost immediately after the completion of the (first) record?

Robert Fleischman: "I was never fired. Vinnie had a manager whose only experience was being a road manager. The manager had promised Chrysalis that he would tie me up in a contract. So at the photo shoot for the album, the manager came to me with this document as thick as the phone book and told me to sign it, saying 'trust me, it's ok.' I told him that I wanted to take it to my lawyer, a thing that is typical in these situations, but he insisted that I sign it right then and there. So I refused. Obviously I was once again pegged as a 'difficult' person. He went back to Chrysalis and had to tell them that I didn't sign, but he had already led Chrysalis to believe that I will sign. So he was caught in a lie and the shit hit the fan. So then I started getting calls from Chrysalis telling me to sign a deal which would tie me up without any money advances or anything. I said no to them, they threatened me by saying they would take my voice off the album, so I told them to do what they had to do. Obviously taking my voice off would have cost them a great deal more of money, but I never heard from them after that. They found another vocalist to sign apparently and they probably gave him very little money. A few months later I had people telling me to turn on MTV. So I turned on MTV to see the premier of Vinnie's new video 'Boyz Are Gonna Rock' expecting to hear their new singer's vocals. To my surprise my voice was coming out of this guy's mouth as he was dressed in leather pants with panties on the outside. So that was the first Millie Vanillie type situation. Needless to say, there was a legal dispute over it, which I won."

Read the entire interview here.