The KISS Interviews - Sixteen Revealing Conversations and Articles About the Hottest Band in the World

By Warren Lapine

Book Overview

Go beyond the makeup, pyrotechnics, and larger-than-life mythology of KISS with sixteen revealing interviews and articles about the hottest band in the world. Drawing on his experience as both a professional interviewer and a lifelong KISS fan, Warren Lapine explores the personalities, ambitions, creative decisions, and business instincts behind one of rock music's most enduring bands.

At the heart of the collection are intelligent, candid conversations with Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons. Lapine approaches them with a fan's knowledge but an interviewer's determination, asking the questions devoted members of the KISS Army have always wanted answered. The resulting discussions offer insight into the band's music, image, internal dynamics, extraordinary longevity, and carefully constructed relationship with its audience.

Written for readers who want more than familiar anecdotes and promotional sound bites, The KISS Interviews captures the wit, confidence, contradictions, and relentless drive that helped turn KISS into a worldwide phenomenon. This collection is essential reading for serious fans and anyone fascinated by the intersection of rock music, theatrical spectacle, celebrity, and business.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1934451002
• ISBN13: 9781934451007
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Wilder Publications
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"