Many
books have been written about the band, but author
Dale Sherman’s newest work, "KISS
FAQ: All
That’s Left to Know About the Hottest Band in the Land", delves
deep into the band’s history in a meticulous and unbiased way. No other KISS book needs to be written.
The
author spoke with Rock Cellar Magazine about a wide-range of topics,
including what would happen if he had to make a choice between saving
Simmons’ or a dog’s life.
A few excerpts below:
Rock Cellar Magazine:The first chapter of KISS FAQ delves deep into every band member’s music history prior to joining KISS. How did you find the information for this book?
Dale
Sherman: Research
and some interviews. I wish I could make it sound more exciting than
that, but when it comes to any evenhanded biographical study of
someone or a group, it all comes down to the research. Being a
fan for 30 years helps as well.
RCM: Most Kiss fans would say “What else can be written about KISS that hasn’t been said?” But you put a new twist to things,even critiquing their music videos,which I hadn’t seen before.
DS: Right. As I state at the beginning of the book, I wanted to
talk about those topics KISS fans always discuss when they get
together, but never quite make it into the biographies or reference
books. For example, everyone talks about KISS Meets The Phantom being
a bad movie, but no one really looks at it from the perspective of
how all these rather good elements came together and made a
bad movie! Not to mention, exposing the myth that the movie did
brilliant in the ratings for NBC. It actually did terrible –
contributing to one of the network’s worst ratings for the year.
Read
the full interview here.
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