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Summary: Ace Frehley's Dirty Laundry
Review: "Kiss and Tell" is one of those books that is a guilty pleasure. It's like a train wreck... you want to look away, but you can't. The authors are both former buddies of KISS lead guitarist Ace Frehley (albeit during different time periods). They were ostensibly "employed" by the band, but were equally utilized as paid social companions. Frehley is depicted as a physically abhorrent slob who doesn't flush toilets, will have sex with anything that moves, has bisexual tendencies, and lies, cheats, and steals from everyone with whom he is associated. Toward the end of the book we learn that Frehley is suing lead author Gordon Gebert, but that does little to discredit the narrative. No one could make stuff like this up. We learn that Gene Simmons loves the women, especially celebrities, but that he doesn't care for drink and drugs. Paul Stanley, though barely mentioned, is painted as insecure in his romantic relationships. Peter Criss is said to have the worst of the addiction problems, besides which fact he is a terrible drummer. The literary form is informal, the structure meandering, the editing terrible, and I really enjoyed this book.
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Summary: I't's not only Ace
Review: People are sometimes outraged that this book makes a lot of not proven bad claims against Ace. Well, maybe they are true (what you turn Ace into s despisable, VERY despisable person), maybe they are not.But, the point is: I think it has become incresingly clear along the years that KISS was only interested in money EVER. Never cared about the fans in a real sense. Their merit was making good rock albums that had enormous influence over a lot of musicians. But the guys in Kiss... Urgh, they all su..k.
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Summary: Great Book For Ace Fans
Review: You get a rare inside look at Ace Frehley that is both entertaining and sad. His drug \ alcohol addiction ruined what would have been a stellar career. Same with Peter Criss. Not too much about Kiss as a whole, but a good look at Ace during the worldwind of fame and how he dealt with it. Worth a read. Don't waste your time with part two of this title.
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Summary: Friends or Foe?
Review: The one thought i had about reading this book is are
these indeed friends of Ace Frehley or enemies?
As friends they sure make Ace out to be a total deadbeat
person and pig of a man. I am sure Ace had some good
points and positive sides to him. These so-called friends
of his only wrote about the down-side of Ace Frehley.
I would of enjoyed to hear the good and the bad, not
all the disgusting aspects of his life.
Therefore i think the authors of this book only concentrated
on the bitter bad side of Ace to make their story more
interesting to market instead of showing an honest view
of Ace Frehley. I am sure that with the bad comes some good
in the man we know as the SpaceMan. I have faith in that.
Rating:
Summary: Great Book For Ace Fans
Review: You get a rare inside look at Ace Frehley that is both entertaining and sad. His drug \ alcohol addiction ruined what would have been a stellar career. Same with Peter Criss. Not too much about Kiss as a whole, but a good look at Ace during the worldwind of fame and how he dealt with it. Worth a read. Don't waste your time with part two of this title.
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Summary: Cheese and Rubbish
Review: This is a very sad book. Do not make the mistake I did by buying it. Borrow it from someone or check it out of the library. If, after that, you feel it is something you want in your collection, you can go out and buy it. Yes, there are some pics that are nice to have, but you can probably find them on the net and download them just as easily. The quality of the printing and editing is almost as annoying as the absurdity of the unsubstantiated claims with which the two writers fill page after page. And I am not merely talking about typos. The editors apparently do not know the difference between "there", "their" and "they're" or "its" and "it's", "bear" and "bare". Very sad, indeed. In some places, the typeset is so atrocious that it makes reading the book a chore. Plus, we are treated to little cheesy cut-out pictures of the writers' heads at the beginning of their respective paragraphs (and these two men accuse Ace of being unattractive; clearly a case of the butt-ugly pots calling the kettle black). So, why did I buy the book in the first place? Well, I find Ace Frehley to be a very interesting person, and I guess I just find myself pulling for him to beat everyone's expectations and keep his life on track. Having only just recently gotten into Kiss/Ace, I was hungry to read just about anything. Sadly, Kiss and Tell was one long tale of misery and absurdity. The two writers clearly have no sense of propriety and even less of integrity. As the saying goes, "With friends like these, who needs enemies?" Still, their credibility is so marred by their insistence on lambasting Ace at every turn that after a while, the reader begins to grow bored. The language is also atrocious. It's as if the insertion of profanity is supposed to somehow lend credence to the writers' sense of outrage over how Ace supposedly mistreated them. In fact, I felt that these two got their fair come-uppance; justice was served when Ace severed ties with both men and warned his fans about Mr Gebert's underhanded dealings. No wonder they are both filled with bitterness; years of bandwagoning, and what did it get them? Their just desserts. At the end of this book, an even-keeled reader will come away actually feeling sympathy for Mr Frehly for having been so short-sighted as to have ever associated with the likes of these two nut cases (men who did nothing but perpetuate the very lifestyle for which they condemn Frehley). Once again, borrow or check the book out of the library before buying it. These two men do not deserve to make money off such a piece of rubbish. It's too late for me . . . I already put the money in their pockets. But you have the chance to spend your money on something more worthwhile . . .
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Summary: ... - but it's admittedly fun to read.
Review: Ace Frehley, if this book is to be believed, is quite a bad seed. Fan of KISS or not, the book is a good read. Why? Because we love to read .... Tabloid articles and gossip rags make big money. So, if you want a lot of unsubstantiated dirt on Ace, pick this book up. Personally, I think the authors forget how bad they make themselves look by writing the book. They come off as whiny and childish. What do I care if Ace treated you like dirt? You hung around with him for years so you must have liked him a little. Anyway, it's a mindless, fun read.
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Summary: Interesting but Unbalanced
Review: This book is an interesting look into the life of Ace Frehley and his KISS bandmates. The book is written by Frehley's self-proclaimed best friends over a period spanning thirty years, 1965-1995. The stories of excess are great; however, the book is written with an outright purpose to slander Ace, and the offered opinions are often biased. Ace is portrayed as a terrible person by these so-called friends. No one is perfect; and a person who has made such beautiful music can be forgiven for any shortcomings.
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