Research Catalog

Title

Nothin' to lose : the making of KISS (1972-1975) / Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, & Ken Sharp.

Author

Stanley, Paul, 1952-

Publication

New York, NY : Itbooks, c2013.

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

• Simmons, Gene, 1949-
• Sharp, Ken

Description

550 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some color); 24 cm

Summary

Including interviews with band members, producers, management, stage and art designers, and rock photographers, an oral history of the legendary rock band offers a behind-the-scenes look at KISS's formative years.

Alternative Title

• Nothing to lose
• Making of KISS (1972-1975)
• KISS (1972-1975)

Subject

• Kiss (Musical group)
• Rock musicians > United States > Biography
• Rock groups > United States > Biography

Genre/Form

Biographies

Note

• Statement of responsibility on book spine, front of dust jacket and dust jacket spine: "Ken Sharp with Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons".

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Meeting of the minds -- Something wicked this way comes -- 10 EAst Twenty-third Street -- Larger than life -- Nothin' to lose -- Queens Boulevard -- Daisy daze -- Lipstick killers -- Gotham City -- Rock steady -- All the way -- On the road to Casablanca -- Three, two, one, liftoff! -- Great expectations -- "Put your two lips together..." -- The great white north -- On the radio -- Kissin' time -- Black-leather barbarians -- Have road will travel -- Rock bottom -- Dirty business and divorce with a bunny -- Road wars -- The "dartboard tour" -- High times, hard times -- Heavy metal masters -- Behind the curtain -- Power play -- Media battles -- Rockin' in the USA -- Critical mass -- On the skids -- The big picture -- Alive and kicking -- The hottest band in the land -- The roar of the greasepaint, the smell of the crowd.

ISBN

• 9780062131720
• 0062131729

OCLC

• 852727212
• SCSB-10118914

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library