Review by The Bailey Brothers
neildanielsbooks.com 2015
Paul Stanley is Kiss through and through so it’s hard to imagine him doing anything else. This book
pays homage to his solo work (1978‟s self-titled offering and 2006‟s Live
To Win) and there are also many good reminders in here of why Kiss are a global
brand.
There are interviews
and quotes from the likes of Steve
Buslowe, Alex Gibson, Richie Fontana, Corky James, Bob Kulick, Bruce
Kulick, Don Powell, Kane Roberts which give a good insight as to what it was like
to record, hang or play live with Stanley.
It’s not often you get a negative book foreword but SHANDON
SAHM (MEAT PUPPETS) doesn’t hold back as he fires a few low punches.
As books go it’s probably not as riveting as a biography but as a Kiss fan there’s still plenty to discover about Paul Stanley. Both his solo albums are
very credible but after all this time your prospective on music can change; you
hear some albums and think, “wow did
I used to play that?” So it was interesting
and necessary to have up to date interviews with the musicians who helped
record those songs and hear their side of the story to not make this book one
dimensional.
Stanley comes out as someone who really looks after the artiste he
worked with on the writing and recording sessions, so even if you know the Kiss
history stick with this because it’s like
a good horse, it knows when to canter and went to sprint to the finish line. Paul
Stanley is a rock icon and this book is a fitting account of the solo artiste
behind the Kiss mask.
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