Kiss
Au-delà du masque
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- $32.99
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- $32.99
Publisher Description
« Pour eux, il était dans la nature de KISS d’être à contre-courant, en opposition avec la mentalité mainstream du show-business. Cette musique était à l’image de ses fans boutonneux, bardés de fringues fatiguées, pas marginaux mais presque, et en conflit permanent avec les conventions. KISS représentait des personnages de comics dont le public semblait friand » – dixit Bob Ezrin, producteur de KISS. Cette biographie nous révèle tout du groupe, sur quarante années de carrière explosive et de chansons inoubliables. La vie intime d’un des plus grands groupes de rock se dévore, tableau brossé à grands traits par les proches – producteurs, musiciens et cetera – nos quatre héros, Paul, Gene, Peter et Ace – et les autres. Cette découverte du fonctionnement intime d’un groupe nous révèle les ficelles du triomphe ; la route est longue, jusqu’au succès.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
With its combination of cartoonish monster-movie makeup and oversized costumes, ear-splitting amplification and gleeful songs in praise of sex, heavy metal rock legend Kiss has never been accused of not being excessive, and this book is a great example of why it is still a multimillion-dollar profit-making machine. While this book covers much of the same biographical territory as Gene Simmons's Kiss and Make-Up and Kisstory (the band's self-published 440-page coffee-table sized tome), the authorized bio presents more than enough new material to make it essential for hardcore fans. Much of the book's first half presents a previously unpublished work based on the only in-depth interviews the band gave in 1980. The result is a remarkably humanizing look behind the heavy metal tomfoolery, with Simmons more honestly discussing his Jewish upbringing than he does in his autobiography, and the rest of the band disarmingly admitting to borrowing from the glam-rocker New York Dolls as well as the Harlem Globetrotters. The book's second half, however, is the true highlight for Kiss fans: a comprehensive look at all of the Kiss albums ever made. Among the surprises is the praise of noted producer Eddie Kramer, a close associate of Jimi Hendrix, for the band's no-nonsense work ethic. Of note are Kiss's hilariously guileless quotes, such as the admission that another producer "made a point of trying to get us to stop writing songs about getting laid, which was valid. But he needed to understand that's all we ever did."
