Chelsea | |
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Origin | New York City |
Genres | Pop rock |
Years active | 1970–1971 |
Labels | Decca |
Associated acts | Kiss, Wicked Lester |
Past members | Michael Benvenga Peter Criss Chris Aridas Mike Brand Peter Shepley Stan Penridge |
Chelsea | ||||
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Studio album by Chelsea | ||||
Released | Late 1970 | |||
Recorded | Early 1970 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 37:54 | |||
Label | MCA Records | |||
Producer | Lewis Merenstein | |||
Peter Criss chronology | ||||
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Chelsea was an early 1970s band from New York City, best known for being the band of drummer Peter Criss before he joined Kiss. They released one album, the self-titled album Chelsea in 1971 and then collapsed during the recording of their unreleased second album.
In August 1971, the band became Lips (a trio consisting of Criss and his Chelsea bandmates Michael Benvenga and Stan Penridge). By the spring of 1973, Lips was just the duo of Criss and Penridge and eventually disbanded completely.
Their sound has been compared to the Moody Blues and Procol Harum.
In 1973, Pete Shepley & Mike Brand recorded an unreleased album which included post-Chelsea Michael Benvenga, and pre-Kiss Peter Criss and on two songs Gene Simmons as session musicians. It was titled Captain Sanity.
Chelsea is the only album released by the band. Peter Criss is credited as Peter Cris in the liner notes.