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       Sealed with a KISS by Lydia Criss (2006)
       By: Chiprocks1 Date: March 23, 2015, 11:29 am
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       Right off the bat, I gotta say that reading Sealed with a KISS
       took a lot longer than I expected. It didn't help my cause by
       also starting up and finishing Joe Perry's book at the same
       time, which made getting through Sealed with a KISS even longer.
       As for Sealed, a lot has been made by KISS fans as being THE
       definitive book to get if you are looking for rare, never before
       published photos of the band in and out of makeup. There are
       fans that have actually said that Sealed is even better than
       Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley's own KISSTORY book. That alone
       made getting this book a priority of mine. It took awhile for me
       to lock down getting a First Printing of Sealed in Mint/Near
       Mint condition and at a price that wouldn't break the bank. I
       manage to do just that. So, after all this time, was it worth
       the effort to get the book? Yeah, I'm very happy with the end
       result and it's a keeper. But the book is not without its faults
       and that's just based on the interior construction of the page
       layouts and not the contents. There are a few instances where
       the color design of some of the pages are too dark and having
       black text on top of that just adds to the problem of reading. I
       actually had to get under a bright light at times and tilt the
       book and read it at an angle just to get through a page. This is
       more work than I'd like to spend reading.
       As for the images themselves, yearh, a lot of stuff that I have
       never seen before. What was fascinating was seeing the behind
       the scenes stuff of the band during their biggest years as a
       band when they were the most famous band on the planet. When
       every kid in America was trying to find out what they really
       looked like, we tended to forget that they are people too and
       have regular lives just like us.....minus the fame and glory and
       money of course. So, to see them as "ordinary" during this era
       was very cool. Since this book is written by Lydia Criss
       (Peter's Ex-Wife), it's really a journey through her eyes and
       what it was like to be married to not only the drummer, but in a
       way to the band as well. Lydia has a lot to say about her Ex and
       the book doesn't paint him in a flattering light. Years later he
       would pretty much say the same thing about himself in his own
       book. So, we know she isn't lying when throwing him under the
       bus. I like the book and I'd recommend this as a Rent for sure.
       But with that said, I do disagree with the notion that this is
       "better" than KISSTORY. I still prefer the former over the later
       for sure.
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