Shout It Out Loud
eBook - ePub

Shout It Out Loud

The Story of Kiss's Destroyer and the Making of an American Icon

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eBook - ePub

Shout It Out Loud

The Story of Kiss's Destroyer and the Making of an American Icon

About this book

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 merchandizing, garnering generations of loyally rabid fans. But if not for a few crucial months in late 1975 and early 1976, Kiss may have ended up nothing more than a footnote.

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.

Extensive 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. New interviews with major principals in the making of an outrageously imaginative rock classic animate this engaging tale.

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Information

Publisher
Backbeat
Year
2015
Edition
1
eBook ISBN
9781617136450
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Music History & Criticism

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. Introduction
  4. SIDE ONE
  5. “Detroit Rock City”
  6. 1. The Act
  7. 2. Zeitgeist
  8. 3. Wilderness
  9. “King of the Night Time World”
  10. 4. The Show
  11. 5. School’s Out
  12. “God of Thunder”
  13. 6. The Meeting
  14. 7. Boot Camp
  15. “Great Expectations”
  16. 8. Four Dimensions
  17. SIDE TWO
  18. “Flaming Youth”
  19. 9. The Songs, Part One: Origins
  20. 10. The Songs, Part Two: Collaborations
  21. 11. And Suddenly . . . “Beth”
  22. 12. The Palette
  23. “Sweet Pain”
  24. 13. All Right, Campers!
  25. 14. Sessions
  26. 15. Games
  27. 16. Exit Ace—Enter Maestro and the Kids
  28. “Shout It Out Loud”
  29. 17. Black Ties and Tales
  30. 18. The Cover
  31. 19. Finishing Touches
  32. “Beth”
  33. 20. Aftermath
  34. 21. Stratosphere
  35. 22. Legacy
  36. “Do You Love Me?”
  37. Afterword
  38. Acknowledgments
  39. Notes
  40. Selected Bibliography
  41. Permissions
  42. Photos

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