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Title: Kiss: The Early Years by Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Waring Abbott ISBN: 0-609-81028-6 Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA) Pub. Date: 26 November, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.56 (9 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: ONE OF TWO WORTHWHILE ROCK BOOKS JUST OUT
Comment: I have been a Kiss fan since I was a boy in the mid 1970s and what a trip down memory lane this book was. It was pretty cool to see all these pictures from the early years and hear the stories behind them. I have to admit that I was fascinated to see it all for the first time. But would I still buy a new Kiss album...probably not. It was just a little nostalgia. I recommend this one...but the better brand new rock book I've read is "LAYNE STALEY: Angry Chair" about the Alice In Chains singer who died from a little too much isolation for five years and a lot of heroin and depression.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Must For Any True KISS Fan...
Comment: If you love KISS, you'll love this book. Has many pictures that even the hardcores, like myself, have never seen. Alot of stuff from when the band first started out. When they had little money and were struggling to be the topps in NY. Many photos show the true integrity of the band.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good stuff - the best so far
Comment: This is a great collection of photos - even better than Barry Levine's "The Kiss Years" book. That book merely showcased outtakes from famous Kiss sessions from the 70's. This book feels a little more like a peek into the band's history, crammed full of photos I'd never seen before.
Most of the photos are from the band's earliest years, before they broke into the mainstream. You get to see a lot of backstage and pre-concert stuff, like the band applying makeup and suiting up for a performance. These days, we see Kiss and it's just "seeing Kiss" again, but looking at the pictures from around 1974 of the band strolling around the streets of New York City, you are reminded of how shocking they were in full regalia back then. And that's what made them great. The early tour footage and the Cadillac High School footage are impressive as well.
The big treat for me were the pages of photos from the "Elder" era. This was, for me, one of the band's most visually interesting periods, though because the band treats the period with such disfavor, not many photos seem to exist. Here, finally, are a number of great photos of the band in their most streamlined look - including rare performance footage, a video shoot for "World Without Heroes," and some of the Studio 54 footage.
I give it four stars instead of five for two reasons. One, through no fault of the photographer - whose work is absolutely excellent - there are no samples of the band's "Dynasty" era, their MOST visually stunning. I'm still anxiously waiting for a full book with this kind of quality, but with some Dynasty photos. The other slight drawback is that the photo selections seem to favor - what a shock - Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley. I would've liked to have seen a little more of Ace Frehley and Peter Criss.
That said, this is the best book of Kiss photos that's ever been published. Get it now.
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Title: KISS: Behind the Mask: The Official Authorized Biography by Ken Sharp, David Leaf ISBN: 0446530735 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Kiss Alive Forever: The Complete Touring History by Curt Gooch, Jeff Suhs ISBN: 0823083225 Publisher: Billboard Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Sex Money Kiss by Gene Simmons ISBN: 1893224864 Publisher: New Millennium Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Kiss and Make-Up by Gene Simmons ISBN: 0609810022 Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA) Pub. Date: 22 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Kiss and Sell: The Making of a Supergroup by C. K. Lendt ISBN: 0823075516 Publisher: Billboard Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1997 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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