Insane tales of hard partying and suicidal depression. Read an exclusive excerpt from paul stanley of kiss face the. The other two by guitarist ace frehley and drummer peter. In his recently released new book backstage pass, the followup to the 2014 memoir face the music. Available on kindle ebook and can be read on any device with the free kindle app. Kiss frontman paul stanley is featured in a new careerspanning interview with business jet traveller. He has been awarded the prince of asturias award for literature, the prix medicis etranger, an independent spirit award, and the premio napoli. Listen to the particular excerpt from paul stanleys book.
This is the book for fans who love living large, but also want to take control and. Stanley harvey eisen, better known by his stage name paul stanley, is an american hard rock guitarist, musician, singersongwriter and painter, best known for being the rhythm guitarist, colead vocalist and frontman of the rock band kiss. Paul stanley was born stanley bert eisen, on january 20, 1952, in upper manhattan, new york city, to jewish parents. Had a really wonderful social distancing chat with the great paul stanley who talks about bringing people together, making new music and how family is everything. Paul stanley of kiss released his first autobiography entitled. Rolling stone has posted an exclusive excerpt from stanleys book, face the music. Eddie van halen we use cookies to provide you with a better experience. Nov 15, 2011 veteran photographer neil zlozower and chronicle books take us back in time with this exclusive excerpt of the new book about the man who changed guitar forever. At one of his recent book signings in ridgewood, nj on april 10th, fans waited up to 5 hours to meet the starchild. A life exposed, focusing on the misery he felt during the bands 2000 farewell tour negativity he directs squarely at frehley and criss, and their alleged inability during those dates to play up to kiss usual high standards. When kiss kicked off its european tour in july in barcelona, spain, a number of youtube videos surfaced online of stanley clearly struggling to hit the high notes in many of the bands classic songs. Kiss frontman paul stanley if youre looking for your. Paul stanley predicts a kiss without him in memoir. When general stanley mcchrystal took command of the joint special operations task force in 2004, he quickly realized that conventional military tactics were failing.
Paul stanley of kiss has a new autobiography coming out, face the music. He is the designer of numerous kiss album covers, costumes, and concert stages, in addition to writing many of kisss most successful songs. Paul stanley of kiss is shown performing with the band in 1979. Apr 15, 2014 kiss frontman paul stanley was born with only one ear, had a generally nightmarish childhood by lauren duca west hollywood, ca march 17. Paul stanley reveals the nightmare of kiss farewell tour. Its terrific, but part of thats based upon getting. Paul stanley s backstage pass is coming april 30 th. Linda fairstein, author of deadfall in my fathers house is a critically needed book, at once searing and poignant. Kiss band member paul stanley discusses his new autobiography. The website rockconfidential recently did an interview with english dancepop singer samantha fox. A revealing excerpt from paul stanley s memoir, face the music april 5, 2014 5.
Apr 30, 2019 there was no need to bash peter in that excerpt. A life exposed, being released on april 8 via harperone. Read peter criss insane tales of kiss in new memoir peter. Guess all the money paul has spent on therapy has not totally paid off. Eric carrs ex carrie stevens slams paul stanley, says he is.
Paul stanley was born stanley bert eisen in upper manhattan. Gene simmons may have been your doctor of love, but paul stanley wants to be your therapist. Mar 29, 2018 kiss frontman paul stanley is featured in a new careerspanning interview with business jet traveller. Besides the book includes as a bonus a great color poster in a3 size featuring an unseen paul stanleys live photo from kiss last european tour. The memoir of kiss drummer peter criss is endearingly needy and sleazy. Sponsored content is clearly labeled everywhere it appears, and premier guitar. Kiss frontman paul stanley, who is on a promo tour for his new book face the music. His father, william eisen, was of polish descent, while his mother, eva eisen, belonged to a family that had fled nazi germany during the second world war and moved to amsterdam, netherlands, and then to new york city. The full new paul stanley puma line includes footwear, apparel and accessories covered in eyecatching animal prints and glam rock inspired details. Peter has retired and stayed away from commenting on the current tour. May 31, 2019 kiss paul stanley reveals he pursued fame because of a deformity kiss announce final end of the road world tour in this exclusive excerpt, stanley tees up a future when he retires from the. Get paul stanley setlists view them, share them, discuss them with other paul stanley fans for free on.
A revealing excerpt from paul stanleys memoir, face the music april 5, 2014 5. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. The new book by kiss army spain paul stanley solo tour 1989. Nov 04, 2019 eric carrs ex carrie stevens slams paul stanley, says he is jealous of his dead drummer posted by admin on november 03, 2019 0 comment carrie stevens. Live to win is the second solo studio album from kiss vocalist, guitarist and cofounder paul stanley, released on october 24, 2006. Kiss was inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame this year only 14 years after the tonguewagging, flamebreathing band became. The memoir of kiss drummer peter criss is endearingly needy.
Nov 14, 2018 kiss frontman paul stanley says that he knows he will sound great on the bands upcoming farewell tour. Join songkick to track paul stanley and get concert alerts when they play near you. Im too small to fight but the world sees you paul, insecure fag who is jealous of his dead drummer please do not buy his book to find out this information you can easily find it on youtube i did not mean to hear it. Its also why i want my four kids to read this book someday, despite the fact that the. Paul stanley recalls a painful moment of his that you. Musician paul stanley of kiss appears at a press conference to announce the kiss and def leppard 2014 heroes tour at house of blues on march 17, 2014 in west hollywood, california. Face the music a life exposed by paul stanley is a 2014 harperone publication. The albums title track was featured in the south park episode make love, not warcraft, twenty days prior to the albums release. Id say i was more of a casual fan, but of the four original members, paul stanley was always my favorite. Kiss singer paul stanley weighs in on ace frehley, gene simmons feud. Oct 05, 2018 hey kiss army members all you faithful fans of kiss, take the ultimate kiss trivia challenge and put your knowledge to the test. Paul auster is the bestselling author of winter journal, sunset park, invisible, the book of illusions, and the new york trilogy, among many other works.
Best of all, that smile will remain on my face as i walk off the stage to return. A candid chat with paul stanley of kiss the san diego union. The farewell tour will entail an extensive number of dates spanning the whole year of 2019, with schedules in north america, europe, and oceania. The audiobook was narrated by sean pratt, who has been an audiobook narrator for more than two decades years, having recorded over a thousand audiobooks in almost every genre. In this followup to his popular bestseller face the music, the starchild takes us behind the scenes, revealing what. Rock and roll experience with mike brunn 11,664 views. Every week i was flying back and forth to new york. The new york times bestselling author and front man and rhythm guitarist of kiss grants fans an allaccess backstage pass to his personal life and shows them how to pursue a rock n roll lifestyle of their own, offering hardwon advice from a music legend. Paul stanley has 26 books on goodreads with 11297 ratings. Paul stanley biography facts, childhood, family life. See more ideas about paul stanley, hot band and kiss band. Paul stanley s book seems a bit frilly and a little selfimportant. He also discusses his new book, titled backstage pass as well as the bands end of the road tour.
In this followup to his popular new york times bestseller face the music, the front man and rhythm guitarist of kiss grants fans an allaccess backstage pass to his personal life and shows them. Face the music is the shocking, funny, smart, inspirational story of one of rocks most enduring icons. Kiss frontman paul stanley s new book, backstage pass, will be released on april 30th through harpercollins harperone. Backstage pass was released on april 30, 2019 via harperone, harpercollinss. Paul stanley fin costelloredferns paul stanley is the last member of the original kiss lineup to pen a memoir, but his upcoming book face the music. I have always liked kiss because they are larger than life, fun, and highly entertaining. Genes simmons book is understandably written from him being in the center of everything, because thats what hes like. The new york times bestselling author and legendary frontman and rhythm guitarist of kiss offers grants fans an allaccess backstage pass to his personal life, and shows them how to pursue a royal rock n roll. Paul stanleys backstage pass is coming april 30 th. Face the music is the shocking, funny, smart, inspirational story of one of rocks most enduring icons and the group.
Stanley will sign copies of his memoir on april 17 at. Jun 29, 2014 kiss was inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame this year only 14 years after the tonguewagging, flamebreathing band became eligible. An allaccess pass into the starchilds personal life. This book is the exact opposite,its a chore reading this, essentially the world according to paul stanley. Stanley gives his side of the tumultuous kiss farewell tour in 2000. This is the book for fans who love living large, but also want to kick ass at everyday life. Paul stanley predicts a kiss without him in memoir backstage. Apr 02, 2014 rolling stone has posted an exclusive excerpt from stanleys book, face the music. Kiss frontman paul stanley was born with only one ear, had. In his recently released new book backstage pass, the followup to. East coast, where he played uncommon kiss songs many from his 1978 solo set.
As part of the promotion of the book, stanley has announced. An excerpt from the audiobook version of kiss frontman paul stanleys second book, backstage pass, is available below. I wanted to be able to write a book that shows how you can go through unsettling times and turmoil and come out on top. From the new york times bestselling author of my share of the task and leaders, a manual for leaders looking to make their teams more adaptable, agile, and unified in the midst of change. In this followup to his popular new york times bestseller face the music, the front man and rhythm guitarist of kiss grants fans an allaccess backstage pass to his personal life and shows them how to pursue a rock n roll lifestyle of their own, offering hardwon advice from a music. Fox butterfield has written a spellbinding book, brilliant and bonechilling. Kiss frontman paul stanley was born with only one ear, had a generally nightmarish childhood by lauren duca west hollywood, ca march 17. The retired fourstar general and and bestselling author of my share of the task shares a powerful new leadership model former general stanley mcchrystal held a key position for much of the war on terror, as head of the joint special operations command. With all the therapy and self enlightenment, surprised paul could jot say something nice about peter or better yet say nothing at all. Kiss frontman paul stanley announced his second memoir. It is hard to explain how proud we feel in kiss army spain to have released a book which we are sure fans will love it. Read peter criss insane tales of kiss in new memoir. Backstage pass takes you beyond the makeup as paul shares fascinating details about his lifehis fitness routine, philosophy, business principles, how he maintains his inspiration, passion, and joy after nearly 50 years of mega success including selling out tours, 100 million albums sold and an art career that has amassed over 10 million.
Paul stanley predicts a kiss without him and gene simmons in. Stanley last released a solo album in 1978, paul stanley, which was officially released as a kiss album. Kiss is on a brief pause from their final end of the world tour, which will set to resume on the 27th of may for its second leg in europe. Nearly two weeks early, on march 3, 1947, in the maternity ward of beth israel hospital in newark, new jersey, archibald isaac ferguson, the. Paul stanley says frehley and criss autobiographies go from. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Sword of destiny witcher series by andrzej sapkowski.
This is the first real dynasty tourbook, only 16 pages, since this tourbook was sold at the beginning of the tour, it did not include any liveshots yet. We are completely excited to see the actual books because the end result is awesome. Kiss frontman paul stanley spoke to ktla 5 morning news about the bands end of the road farewell tour, which kicked off in january and is expected to last for three years. Backstage pass by paul stanley audiobook excerpt youtube. You can find the list of paul stanley tour dates here. Kiss will be inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame on april 10, 2014. Eric carrs ex carrie stevens slams paul stanley, says he. Whether conservative or liberal, your assumptions about our.
The memoir of kiss drummer peter criss is endearingly. Paul stanley recalls a painful moment of his that you might. There have been a lot of strange dynamics between the band members. Kiss frontman paul stanley was born with only one ear, had a. In this entertaining memoir cum lifestyle guide, kiss singer stanley face the music presents himself as a changed man. Paul stanley says frehley and criss autobiographies go. Paul stanleys most popular book is the magic strings of frankie presto. In this followup to his popular new york times bestseller face the music, the front man and rhythm guitarist of kiss grants fans an allaccess backstage pass to his personal life and shows them how to pursue a. My 19yearold read the book and i got the response i hoped for.
In face the music, paul stanleythe cofounder and famous starchild frontman of kissreveals for the first time the incredible highs and equally incredible lows in his life both inside and outside the band. A life exposed, focusing on the misery he felt during the. Kiss frontman paul stanley if youre looking for your band. Example, paul stanley seems a bit averse to using the notsopretty slang words for sex, etc. It was also during the 80s that stanley nearly produced albums for guns n roses and poison, but for reasons unknown, that failed to happen. Kiss singer paul stanley weighs in on ace frehley, gene.
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