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       KISS: The Early Years - Gene Simmons & Paul Stanley
       By: Chiprocks1 Date: December 4, 2011, 9:37 pm
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       [CENTER]KISS: The Early Years (2002)
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       When it comes to KISS, I expect certain things, especially when
       it comes to images that will high-lite the formation of the 4
       guys from New York who would rewrite the book on how to create
       self-made publicity for themselves. For a band that made it's
       name on the image it was presenting I was expecting a lot from
       KISS: The Early Years. Although there are a lot of never-before
       seen pics that were new even for me, this book wasn't perfect. I
       have some minor issues with the construction of the book itself.
       When you think of KISS, you think of larger-than-life
       characters, explosions, blood and fire. So a book should capture
       this in a oversize coffee-table size book. Sadly, we don't get
       that here as the book itself is your basic size. Also, making
       the book a soft cover doesn't make it feel like a keepsake. All
       books like this, and especially this one in particular deserves
       a Hardcover bound book.
       Another issue I had with the book is that only Gene Simmons and
       Paul Stanley, along with Photographer Waring Abbott contribute
       any of the text. Although it was cool to get insight from them
       on every image in the book, it would have been so much better to
       get the input of both Peter Criss and Ace Frehley on some of
       their own photos within.
       The book isn't all bad. There are some pretty cool images from
       the early years when they were still wet behind the ears. But
       this wasn't the best stuff actually. It's what comes near the
       end of the book that made me sit up and take notice. Even though
       I am prone to ragging on The Elder
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       />from time to time, this is where this book truly shines. Until
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       got a chance to look through this book, I had hardly seen much
       in the way of promotional images when they were promoting the
       album of the same name. There are some really cool and
       fascinating images here, especially those of Eric Carr.
       This book is definitely a Rent for sure. Only die-hard KISS fans
       with extra cash laying around should buy this one. But if
       someone that already has the book wants to give it to me because
       they need to clean up their room I wouldn't object to keeping it
       for myself.
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