Vinnie Vincent: Heat - Vinnie Cusano in West Coast fusion mode in 1981

Heat -- an early '80s West Coast R&B/rock/fusion collective led by bandleader/principal songwriter Tom Saviano -- are set to release "Heat Revisited" in Japan on July 17. In advance of the release, KissFAQ has the exclusive online premiere for "What Does it Take," an infectious up-tempo rock shuffle dusted off from the Heat vaults. Recorded circa 1981, the track features lead guitar by a then-young hotshot guitarist named Vinnie Cusano, who would later be rechristened Vinnie Vincent in KISS.

Listen to the track HERE

"I thought [Vinnie] played real melodic on this track," says Saviano. "He played like a studio musician."

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