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Paul Stanley: Face The Music - A Life Exposed (2014)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: May 7, 2014, 9:14 pm
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[center]Paul Stanley: Face The Music - A Life Exposed
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Trailer
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Yes, there's even a Trailer for the book!
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Paul Stanley: Face The Music - A Life Exposed immediately
differentiates itself from Gene Simmons KISS and Make-Up
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/>and Ace Frehley's book in a few ways. For starters, Face The
Music is actually a book about self analysis, reflection and
empowerment. I've literally been following Paul's career for
pretty much my entire life and this book was an eye opener in
how candid and revealing he was when it came to talking about
the fact that he was born without a right ear, leaving him deaf
on that side. He goes into great detail about how he chose to
hide that from pretty much everyone for years. He also talks
about his home life growing up and why he eventually became a
rock star as he was looking to fill a void that he wasn't
getting at home. Not a happy home life for sure. Whatever you
may think of KISS or Paul Stanley, reading the book does offer
something for everyone. I found that I related to a lot of what
he has been through and for that, the book was worth it.
With that out of the way, of course Paul is going to talk about
KISS and the members that have made up the band for 40 years. He
does dish on everyone, but it's not as salacious as you might
think it would be, or hope it to be. He does have his harshest
criticism for Peter Criss. If there was anyone in the book that
got bashed the most, it was him. He literally paints him as a
sad, illiterate loser that can't do anything right but complain
about anything and everything. Gene and Ace also get into Paul's
cross-hairs, and was very open in his disappoint in Gene taking
advantage of Paul just to promote the "Gene Simmons Brand".
The book is not perfect and the main reason why I couldn't give
this book a full 5 Stars is that it felt like Paul was holding
back (possibly saving the real dirt for a follow up book. I know
I would). I bring this up because the book is over 450 pages
long and I still felt like there was a lot of stuff left out of
the book, especially stories regarding Vinnie Vincent and Eric
Carr, the two things I was look forward to the most regarding
KISS-related stories. They were kind of just glossed over. The
other thing that knocked the rating down was that by the tail
end of the book, it kind of loss steam, much like Ace's book (No
Regrets
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/>Speaking of Ace, Paul may have called him lazy a few times and
a
wasted talented, but I think he got off light compared to Peter,
which leads me to believe that Paul may in fact be handling him
with kid gloves in the event that Ace does rejoin KISS at some
point, even if Paul states in the book that the current version
of KISS is the one he wants to retire with. For me it's a Buy
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/>for the music lover or one looking for a good read, it's
definitely worth a Rent.
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Re: Paul Stanley: Face The Music - A Life Exposed (2014)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: June 2, 2014, 9:57 am
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[center]KISS Expo Indianapolis 2014: Full Paul Stanley Q&A
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What the hell! I never thought a Q&A could make me cry, but
that's exactly what happened here. I defy anyone that watches
the little 10 year old girl talk about her mother not to cry,
especially after she's called on stage and Paul talks to her, to
reassure her and comfort her. Fantastic, heart-felt moment. I'm
only 20 minutes into the video and it's damn funny too. Paul is
on fire. Looking forward to watching the rest of it.
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Re: Paul Stanley: Face The Music - A Life Exposed (2014)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: June 2, 2014, 10:08 am
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Man, this really is damn funny!!!!! Was not expecting to laugh
as much as I have been. Paul is AWESOME!
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Re: Paul Stanley: Face The Music - A Life Exposed (2014)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: June 2, 2014, 4:21 pm
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Nice bonus seeing Bruce Kulick crashing the Q&A session.
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Re: Paul Stanley: Face The Music - A Life Exposed (2014)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: June 2, 2014, 4:28 pm
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[center]KISS' Paul Stanley with Aidin Vazari (April 25, 2014)
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This came into my YouTube feed this afternoon and had to watch
this as well. It's not a fan Q&A in the same sense as the
previous video. This is more typical of a standard Book Q&A with
a moderator in front of a live audience. Paul is just as funny
and the crowd is definitely into it. It's both a Book review as
well as hitting on other topics not associated with the book.
It's a great hour of hearing someone dishing on everything. He
talks about growing up as a kid, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
debacle as well as stories about Gene, Peter and Ace. This one
is a keeper. Not sure Gene could get away with doing something
so intimate because he is always playing a caricatures of Gene
Simmons and I'd feel we wouldn't get the real person behind the
persona. In this one, it's definitely the real Paul Stanley.
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Re: Paul Stanley: Face The Music - A Life Exposed (2014)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: June 3, 2014, 12:52 pm
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[center]Paul Stanley of KISS interview on "Home & Family"
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Interview today. Paul is getting a lot of post-Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame face-time.
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Re: Paul Stanley: Face The Music - A Life Exposed (2014)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: July 3, 2014, 12:17 pm
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[center]Paul Stanley Says Face the Music is the Most Honest KISS
Autobiography Ever Written
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Re: Paul Stanley: Face The Music - A Life Exposed (2014)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: January 14, 2015, 5:07 pm
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[center]Joe Rogan Experience #562 - Paul Stanley
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Joe Rogan is a fan of KISS so I imagine this was a true honor
for him to get Paul Stanley on his show. But I question what he
does at times, especially when they are talking about File
Sharing. He was borderline antagonistic in trying to justify how
File Sharing should just be accepted as it's a way of life now.
I'm surprised that Paul didn't get up and walk out of the
interview when Joe kept harping on it. Overall, this was a good
interview. It was fun to watch.
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Re: Paul Stanley: Face The Music - A Life Exposed (2014)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: June 13, 2019, 6:11 pm
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[center]Paul Stanley's Life Advice And 99-year Old Father
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I had no idea that his father was still around, let alone 99
years old. Impressive. BTW, why is Paul wearing Ace's shoes?
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