Stratosphere,” the obligatory instrumental, provides the after-dinner mint concluding the 10,000-volt feast. Simmons has been the most vocal in discussing his private life with … pretty much anyone willing to listen. Also appearing in

Mark’s stylistic images of Peter would be used for promotional photos and the striking Japanese overlay for the album’s single. He has also had little to say about his father, but even that has changed in very recent times when episodes of his reality series Gene Simmons Family Jewels followed him to Israel to visit his extended family. THThese subjects and more appear in EKISS FAQE ae showcasing the good bad and the weird that has made KISS the legendary ultimate rock-and-roll party band still going strong after 40 years. I can honestly say that, based on the brief conversations that I was lucky enough to have with them, their OWN love and dedication to KISS is greater than we might imagine. Simmons has told variations of how he came up with the name and actually dismisses it as simply one he thought would look good for rock ’n’ roll in his autobiography.

Marty Cetner’s piece in Cashbox ran in the same issue date as Billboard’s (interestingly, in a side piece adjacent to Peter’s, Cookie Amerson’s recruitment by People Tonight was announced). Unfortunately, it included a brutally rude review of the album, but did at least include a wonderful photo of Peter wearing the Frank Sinatra T-shirt, mentioned in several other press pieces. Even the reference guides have had some type of profile of the band members, and certainly a number of fans can rattle off the information in their sleep.

My father, who shipped vinyl records for the local record pressing plant, often brought home freebies, and I requested the KISS album. Yet with allthat has been written over the years, there are subjects that fans have never put to rest when it comes to the “hottest band in the land”: What were the most significant concerts? When it was all over, we agreed to sit through the first two songs of ZZ Top’s set, just to say we were there. As a result, there are less tracks than on previous original Spaceman efforts that sound like filler or undercooked meals. I did it as a KISS fan not even realizing that I would be included in this awesome literary monument to KISS.While he was not likely to listen to hard rock, I think he saw a degree of professionalism, work ethic, and rapport that KISS had that he valued. For anyone who has ever been told that it cannot happen, your band sucks, don’t waste your time, or dream on, there is always hope.

And he was able to talk about how influences such as Gene Krupa, Frank Sinatra, the Beatles or the Ronettes. The first major press concerning his solo career emerged in a piece by Dennis Hunt for The Los Angeles Times (Sept. It’s refreshing from that perspective that Ace remains grounded in current affairs as a source of inspiration and new explorations.But he had me convinced that I could do just about anything just by saying to me, Do it for the band! In such a relaxed atmosphere, fans can also mention KISS albums they love or even dislike with a passion they can’t express with those who are not fans.

Desmond Child I could understand being present, I don’t remember if he remembered to pimp his new book. He dared my mother to take us to see KISS three weeks later in Indy, and she did, and KISS conquered once more. For the feature in the October 11 issue of Australian TV Week Peter noted, “I was proud of the music in the old days. In just 672 words, Peter exhorted the virtues of “Beth,” noted his exclusion from press and attention within Kiss, and exuded a rediscovered enthusiasm for music: “Everything’s happening to me all at once, and it’s all so exciting… I don’t believe my luck, because I’ve had such rough luck in my time” (Yardena Arar, AP, via Charlottesville Daily Progress, 9/26/1980). John, however, the tracks were actually from the Canadian band Zon's 1979 album "Back Down To Earth" that was released on Epic JE-36022.At the end of the road it was imbued with special meaning (clearly there is a disconnect between me/them and opinions no doubt vary). Years later, I would run into people from that era who remember even more details from that marvelous time than I did. I agreed, and we piled into a pickup truck on a cold December night to see KISS share the stage with ZZ Top at Evansville’s Roberts Stadium. I was just an innocent messenger who led a group whose escapades were heard from Indiana all the way to New York City.