Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley Writing New Kiss Memoir

Jeff Giles | Ultimate Classic Rock

Jason Merritt

Hey, Kiss fans! Have the memoirs from Gene SimmonsPeter Criss, and Ace Frehley (not to mention the band’s official biography) left you kraving more Kisstory? Good news: Simmons and Paul Stanley are writing yet another book.

The new tome, titled ‘Nothin’ to Lose: The Making of Kiss (1972-75),’ is due out on August 20, and will find the duo working with co-author Ken Sharp to compile an oral history of the band’s early years. According to the press releaseannouncing the book, “the 544-page hardcover draws on more than 200 interviews, offering 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.”

The release, which goes on to promise “an indelible and irresistible portrait of a band on the rise and the music scene they changed forever,” also includes an undeniably impressive list of interviewees such as Ted NugentAlice Cooper,Bob Seger, and members of AerosmithBlack Sabbath, and Rush.

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