Chelsea was an early 1970s band from

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before he joined in 1973. They released one album, the self-titled album ''Chelsea'', in 1970. Shortly after recording their, unreleased, second studio album the band broke up. 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 1972, LIPS was just the duo of Criss and Penridge. They eventually disbanded completely. Their sound has been compared to the

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, and The Raisins, with whom Criss recorded as a guest musician in 1968. In 1973, Pete Shepley and Mike Brand recorded an unreleased album which included post-Chelsea Michael Benvenga, a pre-Kiss Peter Criss, and on two songs

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as session musicians. It was titled Captain Sanity.

''Chelsea''

''Chelsea'' is the only album released by the band. Peter Criss is credited as Peter Cris in the liner notes.

Track listing

#"Rollin' Along" (Shepley, Brand) – 2:34 #"Let's Call It a Day" (Shepley, Brand) – 3:05 #"Silver Lining" (Aridas, Benvenga) – 2:49 #"All American Boy" (Shepley, Brand) – 3:55 #"Hard Rock Music" (Shepley, Brand) – 5:10 #"Ophelia" (Shepley, Brand) – 2:38 #"Long River" (Shepley, Brand) – 6:41 #"Grace" (Shepley, Brand) – 3:17 #"Polly Von" (Aridas, Benvenga, Brand, Cris, Shepley) – 5:01 #"Good Company" (Shepley, Brand) – 1:44

Personnel

*Peter Shepley – lead vocals *Mike Brand – guitar *Chris Aridas – guitar *Michael Benvenga – bass, vocals *

– drums *

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– viola on track 7 and 10 *Steve Loeb – piano on track 8

References

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''Chelsea''

Track listing

Personnel

See also

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