
Nothin' to Lose
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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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Content
- Intro
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Meeting of the Minds
- 2. Something Wicked This Way Comes
- 3. 10 East Twenty-third Street
- 4. Larger Than Life
- 5. Nothin' to Lose
- 6. Queens Boulevard
- 7. Daisy Daze
- 8. Lipstick Killers
- 9. Gotham City
- 10. Rock Steady
- 11. All the Way
- 12. On the Road to Casablanca
- 13. Three, Two, One, Liftoff!
- 14. Great Expectations
- 15. "Put Your Two Lips Together."
- 16. The Great White North
- 17. On the Radio
- 18. Kissin' Time
- 19. Black-Leather Barbarians
- 20. Have Road, Will Travel
- 21. Rock Bottom
- 22. Dirty Business and Divorce with a Bunny
- 23. Road Wars
- 24. The "Dartboard Tour"
- 25. High Times, Hard Times
- 26. Heavy Metal Masters
- 27. Behind the Curtain
- 28. Power Play
- 29. Media Battles
- 30. Rockin' in the USA
- 31. Critical Mass
- 32. On the Skids
- 33. The Big Picture
- 34. Alive and Kicking
- 35. The Hottest Band in the Land
- 36. The Roar of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd
- Picture Section
- E-book Exclusive: 22 Additional Rare and Never-Before-Seen Photos
- Cast of Characters
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- About the Authors
- Also by Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, and Ken Sharp
- Copyright
- About the Publisher
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