Ken Paulsen | Staten Island Advance

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — It’s time to get up-close and personal with KISS.

Two founding members of the supergroup famed for their rock anthems, wild makeup and stage antics will appear at the Staten Island Barnes & Noble store Sept. 10 to promote their new book “Nothin’ to Lose: The Making of KISS (1972-1975).”

Fair warning: Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons will sign only books, not memorabilia, according to the store’s community relations manager, Joan Correale. It’s the book’s nationwide release date and a big crowd is expected.

Those wanting to meet Stanley and Simmons will have to buy the book at the store at its $29.99 list price, starting at 9 a.m. They will receive a colored wristband that determines their place in line for the 7 p.m. book signing event, and be given a recommended time to return with their book and receipt. The lineup itself begins at 5 p.m., according to the store.

No word on whether the duo will appear with their trademark makeup. The store does not have any information yet on whether photographs will be permitted.

“Nothin’ to Lose,” written by Stanley and Simmons along with rock journalist Ken Sharp, draws on more than 200 interviews to tell the story of the band’s formative years, building up to their 1975 mega-hit album “Alive” and party-rock anthem “Rock and Roll All Nite.” It promises an “indelible and irresistible portrait of a band on the rise and of the music scene they changed forever,” according to the book’s promotional material.

KISS’ biggest hit was the 1976 power ballad “Beth.” But the act is best known for rockers “Detroit Rock City,” “”I Was Made for Lovin’ You” and “Shout It out Loud,” to name just a few.

Stanley, 61, wears the “Starchild” makeup with a star design over his left eye. Simmons, 64, wears the “demon” makeup.