| Kiss: The Early Years | 
 enlarge | Authors: Gene Simmons, Waring Abbott, Paul Stanley
Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA)
Category: Book
Buy New: £24.95
New (1) Used (7) from £12.04
Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 1359934
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 208
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.5 x 0.5
ISBN: 0609810286
Dewey Decimal Number: 782.421660222
EAN: 9780609810286
ASIN: 0609810286
Publication Date: November 1, 2002
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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
 I fell in love with this book February 19, 2008
I've just been recently given this book being a Kiss fan, and it really blew my mind. The production quality is really amazing: the pictures look superb and you have a bunch of rare one I haven't seen before, most of which with a comment by Gene and Paul, or by their photographer.
Warring Abbot really managed to capture the moment. I got a hold of the book and read it three times, feeling like I was with the band.
It really isn't a biography, but I think you might learn more about how the Kiss life was from 1973 to 82 just by looking at the picture. A truely intimate time with Kiss.
I loved it!
 Great pics but no real substance November 28, 2003
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
If you're looking for some cool pics (some I had never seen before which was a very nice surprise) then this is the book for you. The ones from the very earliest parts of KISS' carreer are great, they look like a different band. Especially when they get put in weird circumstances. As for text, there's little here to capture the imagination. Gene and Paul reminisce a bit about the "good old days" and although they remember a lot (or fake it) it's not the commentary that is the value of this book. KISS has always been a supremely image-oriented band (even when they tried to make us believe they were not in the early 90's) and the photo and video has always been a huge part of their marketing and success. That's why you, as a KISS fan, need this book.
Kiss : The Early Years September 30, 2003
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Be careful when ordering this book. I was pulled in by the 'by Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley' blurb, only to find that it is really just lots of (admittedly very interesting) photographs of the band from '73 up to The Elder. Paul and Gene wrote the captions that go with the pictures, that all!I read the whole thing in half an hour. Great book if you want to see photos of the band applying the make up and walking around Central Park etc, but for an absorbing read forget it.
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