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KISS: Behind the Mask - Official Authorized Biography

KISS: Behind the Mask - Official Authorized Biography

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  • Author：David Leaf
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Summary

After three decades of undying adoration， KISS fans will get their first fully authorized and total access look at the band who loves to "rock 'n' roll all nite and party every day！"
Twenty years ago， KISS officially revealed the faces behind the stage makeup， and fans all over the world got their first look at the band。 Now， in KISS: BEHIND THE MASK， the band's legion of fans and music enthusiasts alike will get to know the men behind the stage personas。 After 30 years as a band， KISS are more than just a rock 'n' roll institution-they are legends。
For decades， they have consistently remained among the most successful acts in the history of popular music。 KISS' legendary stagemanship and extreme theatrics are well known by two generations of rock fans， and they are already pulling in the next one。 Now， through their own words and exclusive material contributed by some of the biggest rock stars in the industry， KISS: BEHIND THE MASK will tell the band's full story。

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Reviews

Dan McDowell ，

This was a fun book into the self-declared "HOTTEST BAND IN THE WORLD， KISS！"I enjoyed learning of the characters and their journeys in KISS。 This was a fun book into the self-declared "HOTTEST BAND IN THE WORLD， KISS！"I enjoyed learning of the characters and their journeys in KISS。 。。。more

Giorgos ，

For die-hard KISS fans， this is an excellent opportunity to find out lesser known details from their early years along with an extensive song by song commentary of their vast discography。 Nice reading in total。

Robert Jackson ，

A must have for all KISS fans！ I don't need to say anymore。 Superb！ A must have for all KISS fans！ I don't need to say anymore。 Superb！ 。。。more

Mickey Tompkins ，

If you're a KISS fan it's a must read， but this is like 2 books in one， which is explained in the beginning。Peter can really brag about how much of a tough kid he was， and was in gangs and he's just a bad ass constantly， and just boring。Then Gene of course just comes down on Ace and Peter all through the book。。。。blah blah blah。It was good to read about the solo albums， different producers， and members of KISS。。。。。。again it's for the die hard fans like myself。。。。。if you're not pass it up。 If you're a KISS fan it's a must read， but this is like 2 books in one， which is explained in the beginning。Peter can really brag about how much of a tough kid he was， and was in gangs and he's just a bad ass constantly， and just boring。Then Gene of course just comes down on Ace and Peter all through the book。。。。blah blah blah。It was good to read about the solo albums， different producers， and members of KISS。。。。。。again it's for the die hard fans like myself。。。。。if you're not pass it up。 。。。more

J。R。 Preston ，

I LOVE KISS BOOKS。 I can't stop reading them。 I was late to the game on this one but。。。 wow。 So much information packed into this thing。 A bunch of stuff that gets printed yet glossed over， Gene contradicting himself and others， salesmen admitting to fraudulent numbers， just a wonderful trip through the Hell that is KISS I LOVE KISS BOOKS。 I can't stop reading them。 I was late to the game on this one but。。。 wow。 So much information packed into this thing。 A bunch of stuff that gets printed yet glossed over， Gene contradicting himself and others， salesmen admitting to fraudulent numbers， just a wonderful trip through the Hell that is KISS 。。。more

Christy ，

I started out being really interested in this and then it just went downhill。 The only band member I didn’t want to smack by the end of the book was Paul。 If I had to hear one more time how victimized Ace and Peter felt I just might have thrown the book out the window。 And Gene Simmons is just kinda gross。 The layout of the book， too， was not ideal。 You can tell many of the interview sections were pieced together and were super repetitive。 Had I just read the first section this would have had a I started out being really interested in this and then it just went downhill。 The only band member I didn’t want to smack by the end of the book was Paul。 If I had to hear one more time how victimized Ace and Peter felt I just might have thrown the book out the window。 And Gene Simmons is just kinda gross。 The layout of the book， too， was not ideal。 You can tell many of the interview sections were pieced together and were super repetitive。 Had I just read the first section this would have had a much higher rating。 。。。more

M。 Wild ，

Kiss is one of the most iconic bands ever。

Erik Dewey ，

Interesting book， I especially liked the first part written in 1979。 The song by song listing was also interesting， although it is always disappointing when you read that an artist didn't care for one of your favorite songs。 Interesting book， I especially liked the first part written in 1979。 The song by song listing was also interesting， although it is always disappointing when you read that an artist didn't care for one of your favorite songs。 。。。more

Elso ，

At the time of reading this bio KISS - Behind The Mask - KISS again plan on touring Australia。 Let’s hope it brings the same elation as 1980。Great read and insight into the early years。 Awesome Album by Album - song by song commentary。

Jon Zittel ，

Just couldn’t get into the book。 First few chapters about the band forming was great。

Giorgio Porreca ，

Una lettura indispensabile per i fans dei Kiss che vi troveranno: le biografie degli artisti， aneddoti， foto inedite e analisi ragionata della discografia della band。 La parte più interessante è quella iniziale dove si ripercorre la carriera dei nostri beniamini dall'adolescenza un po' sfigata， alla giovinezza squattrinata， segnata dalle serate in postacci frequentati da trogloditi ubriachi。 Nel panorama artistico della New York di inizio anni 70 emergono la titanica determinazione e il talento Una lettura indispensabile per i fans dei Kiss che vi troveranno: le biografie degli artisti， aneddoti， foto inedite e analisi ragionata della discografia della band。 La parte più interessante è quella iniziale dove si ripercorre la carriera dei nostri beniamini dall'adolescenza un po' sfigata， alla giovinezza squattrinata， segnata dalle serate in postacci frequentati da trogloditi ubriachi。 Nel panorama artistico della New York di inizio anni 70 emergono la titanica determinazione e il talento del duo Simmons - Stanley che si stagliano a modello per le giovani generazioni di rockers。 Consigliato。 。。。more

Brad Carl ，

What makes this book a worthy read is the section that provides massive details about each KISS album through Psycho Circus。 Speaking of that album， I laughed at how proud Paul Stanley is of HIS songs on that album。 The first part of the book was ho-hum for me。 I’ve heard the KISS story so many times， I don’t need to hear it again， and especially not from Gene and Paul’s perspective。

Daniel Levi ，

Excelente， traz um panorama extenso e completo。

Lnsimon ，

Must read for a Kiss fan because it encompasses the first biographies of the band during the 70's。 Must read for a Kiss fan because it encompasses the first biographies of the band during the 70's。 。。。more

Brentman99 ，

I liked the first part of the book as it seemed to flow pretty well。 However， there were some mistakes that were a bit annoying。 The problems start with part two and got worse going into part three。 There was very little continuity and a lot of repetition。 In fact， if that was really bad， Gene and Paul dominate most of the lines， which made things worse。While I was never a Kiss Army guy， I like a lot of their early music。 What this book desperately needed was more from Peter and Ace and some of I liked the first part of the book as it seemed to flow pretty well。 However， there were some mistakes that were a bit annoying。 The problems start with part two and got worse going into part three。 There was very little continuity and a lot of repetition。 In fact， if that was really bad， Gene and Paul dominate most of the lines， which made things worse。While I was never a Kiss Army guy， I like a lot of their early music。 What this book desperately needed was more from Peter and Ace and some of the other band members that came in and out of Kiss。One thing I did enjoy was insight into how the songs were made。 I never realised how much they were influenced by other artists or how songs were kind of bolted together with many hands working on them。If the repetitive passages are edited out and more stuff added from the other members， this could have been a great， inciteful book， rather than one that is for the Kiss Army fans。So much hope， so much pain to get through the entire book from cover to cover。 In hindsight， I would have started with part three， remove part two and edit part one。 Read it if you are a big fan， pass it by if you are not。 。。。more

Mark ，

This book is awesome for both the big KISS fan or a casual listener。 In addition to learning some great KISStory straight from the people that were involved you also get a breakdown of each album。 I will be reading this book over & over again。

Carter Barley ，

These aren’t your average guys。On January 30，1973， one of the greatest bands in american history performed their first show。 Enter Paul Stanley，the acrobatic Starchild， Gene Simmons， the fire breathing Demon， Ace Frehley， the axe slinging Space Ace， and Peter Criss， The levitating Catman。the band have been together for over 42 years and now they have come together to reveal their story of how the band was created and how they succeeded over the years as a group。The most famous of the band was Ge These aren’t your average guys。On January 30，1973， one of the greatest bands in american history performed their first show。 Enter Paul Stanley，the acrobatic Starchild， Gene Simmons， the fire breathing Demon， Ace Frehley， the axe slinging Space Ace， and Peter Criss， The levitating Catman。the band have been together for over 42 years and now they have come together to reveal their story of how the band was created and how they succeeded over the years as a group。The most famous of the band was Gene Simmons， the fire breathing Demon。 he was born on August 25，1949。Gene was also jewish。 Another fact about him was that he wasn’t alway thin。 Finally Gene always loved comics as well as music。During his long career as Kiss’s bass guitarist he learned how to breath fire from a magician and to this day he has used this trick in every one of Kiss’s shows。Now after 42 years Kiss has been a very successful band and has achieved many goals that they set asa band。Before the band that was going to become Kiss ever existed Kiss was just 4 guys who loved to play music。The band that was going to become Kiss came together in January of 1973。They had to work their way up at the beginning as a band that no one had ever heard of and into the band they are today。They wore different uniforms and makeup than they wear today。One of their greatest achievements that the band achieved was when they played at the academy of music。The band also had many regrets and mistakes that they made when they were together in the band。One of their greatest regrets was when the bands ego’s made them make 4 separate solo albums。One other regret they made and hated for the rest of their live was when the original Catman， Peter Criss left the band。Also the band had some funny moments in their live as the band Kiss。One of their funniest moments was when the Demon， Gene Simmons hair accidentally caught on fire when they opened for the blue oyster cult。Another of their funniest moments was when they would play practical jokes on each other。One of the practical jokes was when Peter put eggs in Genes boots。But since Gene had some humor he was mad at Peter when he found out what he did，One of the things that the band would have were major fights。 One of their fights was Peter’s favorite kind of fight a food fight。Even though the members of Kiss fight at each other，and play jokes on one another but in the end the members of Kiss are just like 4 brothers。If you are a major fan of Kiss and you love seeing them in concert and listening to their CD’s then this is a book that I think you’ll enjoy。Carter Barley 。。。more

Roxanne ，

I love this book and Kiss。 They are just an iconic band。 Shannon Tweed asked Gene can，t you give up touring and stay home more。 Gene said I can，t help it our fans will not go away。

John ，

This book was a lot of fun！ It brought back memories of growing up a KISS fan。 The stories behind the individual songs and albums were very entertaining。 And I was surprised to see the names of other not-yet-discovered artists as co-writers of some KISS classics。 Instead of just being another sex and drugs tell-all， this book focused more on the music and the creative process behind all those songs we love。

Jessica ，

I loved this book。 My wife bought it for me for Christmas the year it came out and I devoured it in less than a week。 I have been a KISS fan since their inception back in the early '70's and have read everything I could get my hands on about them， "authorized" or not。This book starts at the beginning and works its way to the reunion tour that started in 1996。 It has a complete discography， which I loved。 I am getting ready to read it again as soon as I get through some of the recent books I have I loved this book。 My wife bought it for me for Christmas the year it came out and I devoured it in less than a week。 I have been a KISS fan since their inception back in the early '70's and have read everything I could get my hands on about them， "authorized" or not。This book starts at the beginning and works its way to the reunion tour that started in 1996。 It has a complete discography， which I loved。 I am getting ready to read it again as soon as I get through some of the recent books I have bought on my Amazon Kindle。Highly recommended for any KISS fan or lover of 70's and 80's heavy metal。 。。。more

Greg Renoff ，

Loved it， and regularly go back to it and re-read it。

Debbie ，

I've been a Kiss fan since the 70's， and though I know lot about this band， there was a lot I didn't know。 I particularly liked the band members critiquing the records track by track。 Wish there was more from Ace and Eric Carr。 And my opinion of Peter Criss took a dive。 I thought Gene Simmons was self centered， but Peter Criss is worse。 I've been a Kiss fan since the 70's， and though I know lot about this band， there was a lot I didn't know。 I particularly liked the band members critiquing the records track by track。 Wish there was more from Ace and Eric Carr。 And my opinion of Peter Criss took a dive。 I thought Gene Simmons was self centered， but Peter Criss is worse。 。。。more

Gisele ，

Ótimo livro！ Recomendo para quem curte Rock！

Alex Suslin ，

Interesting， very interesting。 It shows the Demon's vision of the group with all his ego-centrism。 I wish every member of that great band wrote such a book。 Interesting， very interesting。 It shows the Demon's vision of the group with all his ego-centrism。 I wish every member of that great band wrote such a book。 。。。more

Jamie Schoffman ，

Didn't love how this book was put together。 Two different authors， split into three different parts。 The last section was an album by album， song by song， breakdown。 It was difficult to finish。 But I still love KISS。 Didn't love how this book was put together。 Two different authors， split into three different parts。 The last section was an album by album， song by song， breakdown。 It was difficult to finish。 But I still love KISS。 。。。more

Samantha ，

Overall， I'd give this book 3。5/5。 I really enjoyed it， but I have a few problems with it。 My main issue is that the concept was originally David Leaf's， and then Ken Sharp came along and read the manuscript and wanted to collaborate。 The final product， although it was Leaf's original concept， is 1/3 Leaf and 2/3 Sharp。 Section 1 is David Leaf's original manuscript （with spelling corrections and whatnot）。 I thought this was the best section of the book。 Definitely 4/5 stars just for this section Overall， I'd give this book 3。5/5。 I really enjoyed it， but I have a few problems with it。 My main issue is that the concept was originally David Leaf's， and then Ken Sharp came along and read the manuscript and wanted to collaborate。 The final product， although it was Leaf's original concept， is 1/3 Leaf and 2/3 Sharp。 Section 1 is David Leaf's original manuscript （with spelling corrections and whatnot）。 I thought this was the best section of the book。 Definitely 4/5 stars just for this section。 It was really cool reading about '70s KISS， since I was born 2 decades later。 Reading their thoughts and seeing their camaraderie （for the most part） was so interesting and gave a new dimension to the band to me。 Section 2 is Ken Sharp's rendition of post-breakup KISS， after Peter and Ace left。 The section is inconsistent with the first section of the book format-wise， which bothered me a bit。 It didn't flow as well and read more "interview-y" and less "storytelling-y。" The chapters were significantly shorter as well （with the exception of chapter 16， which spans 60 pages）。 I give this section a 3/5 at best。 Section 3 is also a Sharp-composed section with a run-down of all the albums with interviews on what different members， managers， co-writers。。。you name it。。。discussing their thoughts on each song/album。 This section is very interesting， a 3。5/5 for me， but I feel like it could have been its own book altogether。 KISS has been my favorite band since I was a child。 I grew up listening to my dad's records。 They hold a very special place in my heart。 This book， while full of incite， could have been better。 I still really enjoyed it。 I'm going to settle with 3/5 stars， even though the book is more of a 3。5/5 in my opinion。 。。。more

Du ，

For what it offers this was fine， just an oral history of kiss。

Sissy Johnson ，

This should be considered the Holy Grail for any KISS fan！

Kellee ，

A lot of good information， just presented poorly。

Serge Pierro ，

This is a fascinating look at the history of the band。 What is nice is the first half of the book was written in the late 70's and well before the KISS merchandising machine became bigger than the band。 Interesting insight into both the band's rise and its members。 This is a fascinating look at the history of the band。 What is nice is the first half of the book was written in the late 70's and well before the KISS merchandising machine became bigger than the band。 Interesting insight into both the band's rise and its members。 。。。more

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