![]() And guess what, those 14 year-olds grew up and one of them wrote this book. People knew they were fake, except the 14 year old boys they were pandering to I guess, all of who became devoted to KISS despite the mockery and as an act of rebellion began to think of themselves as the KISS Army, kept well supplied with merchandising. I was living in New York when they launched and everyone knew it was a joke. Their first two albums were abysmal the recording quality dire and glam rock was so surely over when they started who was ever going to take them seriously as musicians. My first thoughts on seeing ‘Shout It Out Loud – The Story of KISS’s DESTROYER and the Making of an American Icon’ was why James Campion, why? KISS were never more than an artificial, in your face, money-making machine with lesser skills than most other rock and roll bands in the 70’s. Shout It Out Loud- The Story of KISS’s DESTROYER and the Making of an American Iconīackbeat Books $24.99p - Published October 13th 2015Ī brilliant forensic insight into the making of KISS and Destroyer What you're left with is a KISS fan's paradise of "Destroyer" minutia, sure to entertain those that grew up with all the hype surrounding the band in the mid to late 70's. For musicians, details are included on recording techniques such as mic placement, amps and effects used, etc. I bet there's some stuff in here that the insiders involved didn't even know. I really enjoyed reading the stories behind the recording and production, FILLED with interviews from everyone involved. As an avid KISS fan that grew up with "Alive" and "Destroyer", this book provided an in-depth behind the scenes look at the making of a classic album. Not to mention the title "KISS'S" which should be KISS'.Īs many details as this book has in its' text, you would think they would spend a little more time with the detail of editing. It is quite embarrassing and unfortunately detracts from the overall quality of the book.įor example, on just two pages of the text the author misspells 'Motley Crue' (calling them 'Crew'), Def Leppard becomes 'Def Leopard' in his hands, Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith is called "Brad" and he misnames the KISS compilation "Smashes, Thrashes and Hits", Smashes, TRASHES and Hits. ![]() ![]() Not a whole lot that I can add to the excellent reviews already posted here, but I will say I'm just blown away by 1) the amount of detail, and 2) the overwhelming number of typos! I've never seen this many typos in any professionally published book. New interviews with major principals in the making of an outrageously imaginative rock classic animate this engaging tale. Shout It Out Loud is a serious examination of the circumstance and serendipity that fused the creation of the band's seminal work, Destroyer – including the band's arduous ascent to the unexpected smash hit, Alive!, the ensuing lawsuits between its management and its label, the pursuit of the hot, young producer, a grueling musical “boot camp,” the wildly creative studio abandon, the origins behind an iconic cover, the era's most outlandish tour, and the unlikely string of hit singles.Įxtensive research from the period and insights into each song are enhanced by hundreds of archived materials and dozens of interviews surrounding the mid-'70s-era Kiss and its zeitgeist. But if not for a few crucial months in late 1975 and early 1976, Kiss may have ended up nothing more than a footnote. How does an underground oddity become a cultural phenomenon?įor over 40 years, the rock band Kiss has galvanized the entertainment world with an unparalleled blitz of bravado, theatricality, and shameless merchandising, garnering generations of loyally rabid fans.
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