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The Ultimate Kiss Fanzine Phenomenon 1976-2009: Kiss Army Worldwide
Rare book
- GenresMusic
240 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2009
About the author
Gene Simmons
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From genesimmons.com
Gene Simmons was born in Haifa, Israel in 1949, and is the only child of his mother, a German Nazi Concentration Camp survivor. He has always attributed his ethics, morals and drive to his mother's notion's about life. "Every day above ground, is a good day," his mother is apt to say.
He came to America at eight and a half years of age. He graduated State University (NYSU) and City University (CUNY) and got a Bachelor of Education degree. He taught sixth grade in Spanish Harlem in New York City.
He then became the Assistant to the Director of the Puerto Rican InterAgency Council, a government funded research and demonstration project. He worked at Glamour and then at Vogue, as the assistant to the editor, Kate Lloyd.
Gene speaks a few languages: English, Hungarian, Hebrew, German and is getting better at Japanese every day.
Gene Simmons has never been married.He has had live in relationships with Cher and Diana Ross. He has been happily unmarried for 25 years to Shannon Tweed, the mother of his two beautiful children.*
*Simmons and Tweed finally wed on October 1, 2011
From genesimmons.com
Gene Simmons was born in Haifa, Israel in 1949, and is the only child of his mother, a German Nazi Concentration Camp survivor. He has always attributed his ethics, morals and drive to his mother's notion's about life. "Every day above ground, is a good day," his mother is apt to say.
He came to America at eight and a half years of age. He graduated State University (NYSU) and City University (CUNY) and got a Bachelor of Education degree. He taught sixth grade in Spanish Harlem in New York City.
He then became the Assistant to the Director of the Puerto Rican InterAgency Council, a government funded research and demonstration project. He worked at Glamour and then at Vogue, as the assistant to the editor, Kate Lloyd.
Gene speaks a few languages: English, Hungarian, Hebrew, German and is getting better at Japanese every day.
Gene Simmons has never been married.He has had live in relationships with Cher and Diana Ross. He has been happily unmarried for 25 years to Shannon Tweed, the mother of his two beautiful children.*
*Simmons and Tweed finally wed on October 1, 2011
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Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews
May 13, 2021
It's great that this book exists as a document of a unique era, but as a read it quickly becomes monotonous. Basically the book consists of interviews with people who ran Kiss fanzines. It almost seems as if the interviewees have been asked the same questions; how did you become a Kiss fan, when did you start your fanzine and what is your fondest memory.
Some reoccurring themes in the book - Eric Carr was always nice to the fans, Gene Simmons was accessible, a lot of fans seemed obsessed with meeting the band and everyone made a ton of new friends through their fandom.
Some reoccurring themes in the book - Eric Carr was always nice to the fans, Gene Simmons was accessible, a lot of fans seemed obsessed with meeting the band and everyone made a ton of new friends through their fandom.
October 20, 2010
This is an awesome tome covering all of the KISS zine phenom. It has the creators of all the different zines write up memories from when they were publishing theirs. Extensive cover galleries, most from Gene's personal collection. Plus, there's like three huge pages written by one of my guitarists Joe D. talking about his zine "KISS HELL" and when Gene had him head up the Dallas KISS Convention. This book rocks!
March 16, 2012
Great KISSTORY! The early photos of Eric Carr are the best and the many reprints of magazine stories are clear enough to reread and relive. Great collection!
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