The Eric Carr Story
By: Greg Prato
Published December 2010, 256 pages

The first-ever book about the story of Eric Carr.

When I first heard that this book was coming out I was really excited. Eric’s story is one that really deserves to be told. Especially after the reunion the the bands history in the 80′s seems to be more or less overlooked. When Prato could tell about all list of people that were interviewed for the book like the producers Bob Ezrin, Michael James Jackson, and Ron Nevison, his sister Loretta Caravello,  his girlfriend Carrie Stevens, Kiss ex-guitarist Bruce Kulick and last but probably most important one of the last-ever interviews conducted with KISS’ original manager, Bill Aucoin. One could not help to be excited. There are also a lot of questions unanswered after Eric’s death concerning his place in Kiss and the Kiss organization.

So what was is the book like? First of all. I like the book and think It’s a good book. But not as good as It should have been. The books strength the interviews are also It’s weakness, because that is all there is. It’s a lot of interviews collected in different chapters with different subjects. Sometimes the topics in the interview falls a little outside what the subject in the category is also.

It’s really a shame that the author didn’t build up a ‘frame’ for the book with more information and a little history, because the book really needs It’s. Especially if the reader is not very informed about the history behind all the subjects in the chapters. For a ‘Kiss-nerd’ like me It’s no big problem enjoying the book for what It is. But for somebody else the book must be quite confusing. The interviews in themselves are quite good, and really answers some of the questions I had before reading the book. But is a long way from answering them all. And It really paints a good picture of the great guy we all got to know during his time with Kiss.

Would I recommend Kiss-fans to buy the book?  Probably. But It’s not one of the first Kiss books one should buy.

Verdict: 6/10