Nothin to Lose: The Making of KISS (1972-1975) chronicles; for the first time; the crucial formative years of the legendary rock band KISS; culminating with the groundbreaking success of their classic 1975 album Alive! and the smash single "Rock and Roll All Nite;" a song that nearly four decades later remains one of rocks most enduring anthems. Drawing on more than two hundred interviews; the book offers a captivating and intimate fly-on-the-wall account of their launch; charting the struggles and ultimate victories that led them to the threshold of superstardom.Constructed as an oral history; the book includes original interviews with Paul Stanley; Gene Simmons; Ace Frehley; and Peter Criss; as well as with producers; engineers; management; record company personnel; roadies; club owners; booking agents; concert promoters; costume; stage; and art designers; rock photographers; publicists; and key music journalists.Many of KISSs musical contemporaries from the time; most of whom shared concert bills with the band on their early tours; also lend their perspective via new interviews; these include Bob Seger; Alice Cooper; and Ted Nugent; as well as members of Aerosmith; Black Sabbath; Rush; Slade; Blue Ouml;yster Cult; Mott the Hoople; Journey; REO Speedwagon; Styx; Raspberries; The James Gang; The New York Dolls; Iggy the Stooges; The Ramones; Suzi Quatro; Argent; and Uriah Heep; among others.The result is an indelible and irresistible portrait of a band on the rise and of the music scene they changed forever.
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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful. The centerpiece of von Balthasars theologyBy David ZampinoThis volume; volume III of "Theo-Drama"; provides the centerpiece of the theological thought of the late Hans Urs von Balthasar. In its pages; he presents; using his concept of a "theological dramatic theory"; his ecclesiology; his Christology; and his Mariology; all of which are intrinsically interconnected.In a review of this sort; it is impossible to fully express the range of what this book covers (much less the totality of von Balthasars thought). However; as a bit of a teaser; (to encourage the review reader toward the purchase of this book); Ill point out a couple of areas which were of great interest to me.One area of interest was in von Balthasars discussion of Christology. Unlike many systematicians who all too often assume that students of systematics already know history (a dangerous assumption; at best); von Balthasar locates his theological discussion of Christology from within the historical controversies of the 4th and 5th centuries.Another area of interest was in his discussion of ecclesiology. In expounding his theology of "Church"; von Balthasar develops his "Christological Constellation" (further expounded in "The Office of Peter and the Structure of the Church") based on the New Testament witness of Peter; James; John; Paul and Mary.A third area of interest was in his discussion of Mariology; which he locates (following Vatican II) in his discussion of the Church. His presentation of Mary is at once theological and pious; without being overbearing. Of special interest in the Mariological section is his discussion of the role of woman vis a vis the role of man in the Divine Plan.If you only read one volume of von Balthasars theology; this would probably be the one to read. I heartily recommend this book.