Kiss: The Early Years

by Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Waring Abbott

Join Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley as they take you on a wild ride through the early years of kiss with rock photographer Waring Abbott.• With 250 photos of the hottest band in the world!• Rare,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0609810286
• ISBN13: 9780609810286
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA)
• Length: 207 Pages
• Weight: 1.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

To DIE for

This book was really amazing because of its historical and photographic conception. I was really blown away by the quality of this photo book because it makes other bands' books look puny and unimportant. Many times bands put out books that offer either too much boring writing without content or dazzling photos in empty pages. Here Kiss is the focus and the images and content is actually very exciting. It works to their visual appeal and charismatic persona. The quality of the photos is really breathtaking and juicy enough for the viewer to have a glimpse into the backstage lives of America's nuttiest band. Buy this and add it to your collection.

A Must For Any True KISS Fan...

If you love KISS, you'll love this book. Has many pictures that even the hardcores, like myself, have never seen. Alot of stuff from when the band first started out. When they had little money and were struggling to be the topps in NY. Many photos show the true integrity of the band.

The Classic KISS

A fantastic book for any KISS fan. The beauty of KISS is they have always been not only a great band to listen to, but even more so, a great band to look at. This book captures the band on their rise to super stardom and includes pictures from the Elder era when the band were rock Icons on their way down. True KISS fans like myself are always on the hunt for new sights and sounds of the band, and this book delivers many new unpublished photos that everyone will enjoy. From pictures of the band applying makeup, to the infamous Cadillac, Michigan high school event. Fantastic color and black and white photos abound, guaranteed to satisfy all KISS fans. A must have.

Pictures!... pictures!... and pictures!...

If you like quality photography and KISS, you'll love this book! I've been following the band since the 70s and I have never been surprised by so many unfamiliar pictures. Sure the settings and period are familiar, but this book features complete sets of known and not so known pics. It scores higher than Barry Levine's and Chip Rock's. It also has a lot of pictures (the most I've seen) from the Elder era, featuring Eric.