KISS And Sell: The Making Of A Supergroup
By: Lendt, C.K
Published April 1997, 352 pages
ISBN: 0823075516

About:
Great book from a “insider” in the 70′s and 80′s. We get a great look at the business called Kiss. All the ups and downs. This is probably the best historical testament of the band besides Julian’s Album Focus book. I believe his view of the guys are quite objective even after han gung around them for many years. the only problem with the book as most other great books is that it should have been longer. Just from listening to the interviews that at one time was posted on Kiss Otaku you know Lendt has much more to tell than he does in this book.

Verdict: 9/10

KISS And Sell: The Making Of A Supergroup
By: Lendt, C.K (Japanese edition)

About:
Same book as above but in Japanese. I can’t really say much about the text content. But I believe that it is the same as the american edition. But the cover and all the rare color and bw pictures makes the book so much better than the american edition. The Japanese edition is worth buying only for the pictures.

Verdict: 10/10

KISS & Tell
By: Gebert, Gordon G. G. & McAdams, Bobby
Published May 1997, 215 pages
ISBN: 0965879402

About:
Poor little Gordon that got screwed by Ace. I’m almost ashamed that I find this book amusing. And I find It very a lot of fun. But first of all It’s the Bobby McAdams stories that really make this book worth buying. All his stories from the 60′s and 70′s are really cool stuff to read. Specially from a historical point of view. He really should have written his own book as a insider from the 70′s.

The Gordon Gerbert stories reminds me of dumb and dumber. Of course Ace behaves like the creep he is. But at the end of it all I really wonder how much Gordon gained by telling everybody how dumb he was hanging around with “the addict”. But I have no problem believing Ace was an asshole. Most addicts are.

But the book is pretty cool. A lot of funny stories. But the book is quite poorly written.

Verdict: 6/10

KISSTORY
Published March 1995, 440 pages
ISBN: 9994556444

About:
This was supposed to be the “Kiss bible” but It is not (Kiss Alive Forever is). When it comes to the pictures it gets full points. The story in the book isn’t that good or well written. It was of course better in 1995 when it was released. But today It seems quite superfical compared to other Kiss books. And It almost feels like Kiss want to forget the 80′s when you read the book.

Even if I probably seem a little negative about the book it’s a book a Kiss fan must have. It just could have been soooo much better.

But the book is worth getting hold of just for all the amazing pictures and old articles. And believe me the pictures in the book are amazing.

Verdict: 7/10

Kissed
Published June 1993

About:
A book compiled from interviews from the “Kiss this” fanzine and some other sources. At the time I thought the book was pretty damn cool. But then again there were not that many books about Kiss out at the time. So I could be wrong.

Verdict: 4/10

KISS Collectibles Identification And Price Guide
By: Lesniewski, John & Karen
Published June 1993, 176 pages
ASIN: 0380771667

About:
It was a great book when it came out and can still be used as a reference book for some stuff today. But most of the content is quite outdated. Anyway the book is a nice addition to a Kiss collection. I wpuld probably have given the book a much higher garde when it came out.

Verdict: 4/10

KISS: Still on fire
Published 1988

About:
Another book published by Melody Line. It was the most informative Kiss book released at the time. The first time we got a book with the good version of the Kisstory up until that time. There are also a lot of nice pictures in the book.

The last part of the book is about most vinyl bootlegs that existed at the time with great color shots of most of the covers.

There is also a hilarious photo of Johan Falk (Johan Johansson) at the time at his first Kiss concert. Johan has also taken most of the photos from the Asylum period in this book.

A english version does also exist.

Verdict: 6/10