Black Diamond: The Unauthorized Biography of KISS

Black Diamond: The Unauthorized Biography of KISS
by Dale Sherman

Black Diamond: The Unauthorized Biography of KISS
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Author: Dale Sherman
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-02-01
ISBN: 1894959922
Number of pages: 312
Publisher: Collector's Guide Publishing, Inc.

Book Reviews of Black Diamond: The Unauthorized Biography of KISS

Book Review: This is the good stuff!
Summary: 5 Stars

This is the book for those who want to know the real story when it comes to KISS, not the homogenized, revisionist-history crap that Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley spew at every opportunity. In particular, Simmons is shown as the aggressive, single-minded success-driven money-making machine that we all know he is, and his strong-willed personality runs roughshod over those who don't share his passion for success...namely Ace Frehley and Peter Criss. As KISS's career accelerated and grew, so did Simmon's and Stanley's egos and their idea of what the band should ultimately achieve, at complete odds as to what Frehley and Criss though the band was all about. This growing rift lead to the departure of those two original band-mates, and ushered in a new drummer as well as a revolving door of interchangeable guitarists. By this time KISS should have been known as KISS-Co, or more accurately as Simmons/Stanley Co., as any other members were merely just new 'employees' to be used as any new piece of equipment in the band would have been.
Against most of their critics who claim them to be manipulative jerks who take advantage of everyone they can, Stanley and Simmons should be credited with keeping the myth and legend of KISS alive and well many, many years after it normally would have died a natural death. Clearly, there is no other choice for these guys...what would they do otherwise? Simmons proved in a few films that he cannot and has no desire to learn how to be a 'real' actor, and Stanley only wants to paint and concentrate on his artwork.
Hey, everyone's gotta' make a living right?
Get this book...you'll enjoy it!

Summary of Black Diamond: The Unauthorized Biography of KISS

Updated to include new information about the band from the last 10 years, this candid biography tells the story of Kiss from its formation in New York City in the early 1970s to today. Examining the individual careers of each band member and telling the story of the band as a whole, the book chronicles the struggle to make it, their missteps along the route to stardom, their battle to stay on top, and the problems that led to changes in the lineup over the years. Finally, the circumstances leading to KISS? 1996 reunion?with makeup?are discussed, and the state of the band today is revealed.

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