Nothin' to Lose: The Making of KISS (1972-1975) - New Release Date - August 20, 2013
By Ken Sharp, Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons
Amazon.com
"Nothin' to Lose" chronicles for the first time the crucial formative years of
the legendary rock band Kiss, culminating with the groundbreaking success of
their classic 1975 album "Alive!" and the smash single "Rock and Roll All Nite",
a song that nearly four decades later remains one of the band's most enduring
anthems. Drawing on more than 200 interviews, the book offers a captivating and
intimate fly-on-the-wall account of their launch, charting the struggles and
ultimate victories that led them to the threshold of superstardom. Constructed
as an oral history, the book includes original interviews with Paul, Gene, Ace,
and Peter, as well as producers, engineers, management, roadies, costume and
stage designers, fans, and musical contemporaries from the time, including:
original manager Bill Aucoin, Casablanca Records founder Neil Bogart, rock
photographer Bob Gruen, promoter Ron Delsner, Ted Nugent, Dick Clark, Alice
Cooper, Marshall Crenshaw, and Bob Seger, as well as members of Aerosmith, Black
Sabbath, Rush, Styx, Nazareth, Slade, Blue Oyster Cult, Uriah Heep, Mott the
Hoople, the New York Dolls, the Ramones, and the Quattros, among others. The end
result is an indelible and irresistible portrait of a band on the rise and the
music scene they changed forever.
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You can pre-order www.amazon.com
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