Nothin' to
Lose: The Making of KISS (1972-1975) 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 rock's most enduring anthems. Drawing on more than two hundred
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 Stanley,
Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley, and Peter Criss, as well as with producers;
engineers; management; record company personnel; roadies; club owners; booking agents;
concert promoters; costume, stage, and art designers; rock photographers;
publicists; and key music journalists.
Many of
KISS's musical contemporaries from the time, most of whom shared concert bills
with the band on their early tours, also lend their perspective via new
interviews; these include Bob Seger, Alice Cooper, and Ted Nugent, as well as
members of Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, Rush, Slade, Blue Öyster Cult, Mott the
Hoople, Journey, REO Speedwagon, Styx, Raspberries, The James Gang, The New York
Dolls, Iggy & the Stooges, The Ramones, Suzi Quatro, Argent, and Uriah
Heep, among others.
The result
is an indelible and irresistible portrait of a band on the rise and of the
music scene they changed forever.
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