Including interviews with band members, producers, management, stage and art designers, and rock photographers, an oral history of the legendary rock band offers a behind-the-scenes look at KISS's formative years.

Statement of responsibility on book spine, front of dust jacket and dust jacket spine: "Ken Sharp with Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons".

Introduction -- Meeting of the minds -- Something wicked this way comes -- 10 EAst Twenty-third Street -- Larger than life -- Nothin' to lose -- Queens Boulevard -- Daisy daze -- Lipstick killers -- Gotham City -- Rock steady -- All the way -- On the road to Casablanca -- Three, two, one, liftoff! -- Great expectations -- "Put your two lips together..." -- The great white north -- On the radio -- Kissin' time -- Black-leather barbarians -- Have road will travel -- Rock bottom -- Dirty business and divorce with a bunny -- Road wars -- The "dartboard tour" -- High times, hard times -- Heavy metal masters -- Behind the curtain -- Power play -- Media battles -- Rockin' in the USA -- Critical mass -- On the skids -- The big picture -- Alive and kicking -- The hottest band in the land -- The roar of the greasepaint, the smell of the crowd.