It is quite embarrassing and unfortunately detracts from the overall quality of the book. 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. For one album at least, KISS stopped grunting like cavemen discovering fire and aim their sights on artistic integrity and respect.īy the next album - "Rock and Roll Over," released later on the same year as "Destroyer" (1976) - the band were back with the same date they took to the prom, simple three-chord thud stripped of any and all accoutrements. With Bob Ezrin manning the knobs and waving his hands around like he's on the brink of some great discovery, the band pretty near blow Casablanca's entire recording budget (funded in part by the sales of "Alive") on sound effects (like the bash-up at the end of "Detroit Rock City"), strings, screaming children, a children's choir, and some Beethoven piano sonata, throwing everything at the studio wall to see what sticks ("Detroit Rock City," "Shout It Out Loud," "Flaming Youth") and what doesn't ("Great Expectations," "Beth"). Bravo James! I devoured it in about a day and a half. With Bob Ezrin manning the knobs and waving his hands around like he's on the brink of some great discovery, the band pretty near blow Casablanca's entire recording budget (funded in part by the sales of "Alive") on Loved the book but truth be told, "Destroyer" was never my favorite KISS album (some days I think the best thing about it is the cover) and it's mind boggling that James Campion was able to devote 382 pages to the recording of it. Loved the book but truth be told, "Destroyer" was never my favorite KISS album (some days I think the best thing about it is the cover) and it's mind boggling that James Campion was able to devote 382 pages to the recording of it. New interviews with major principals in the making of an outrageously imaginative rock classic animate this engaging tale.more 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. But if not for a few crucial months in late 1975 and early 1976, Kiss may have ended up nothing more than a fo 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. How does an underground oddity become a cultural phenomenon? For 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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