![]() The coda of the book was that the album eventually became a massive hit (up to four million sold) and put KISS on the map for the next forty years. ![]() ''Author, James Campion, spoke to pretty much everyone involved in the production side of the album from Ezrin himself to engineers, managers and Ken Kelly he cleverly puts multiple accounts of certain stories down which sometimes conflict but leaves it to the reader to decide who they want to believe. From the drinking and drug use of two members and the unexpected tea totaler to the songs that made it to the album, Campion writing and history will capture any fan's attention.Shout It Out Loud is an excellent look at the evolution of one of the most recognizable bands in rock history.'' -Evilcyclist's Blog ''The making of Destroyer reveals much about the band and its members. And if you heard KISS growing up and still remember shrink-wrapped albums and cover art worthy of a wall, it's about you.'' - Vincent Czyz - Art Fuse Magazine It's a testament to music, how it's engineered, and how social phenomena crystallize and snowball it's about youth, collective archetypes, and tapping into them it's about America the Disaffected, entertainment, pop culture, and escapism. ''Shout It Out Loud begins as a forensic examination of KISS's Destroyer, but it ends up as more than a book about an album, KISS, or even the metal tributary of '70s rock. Just think of what Campion could do with Pet Sounds.'' - Sam Hawksmore, And by the end you know exactly why he has a 382 page book, because that it what it takes to get it all down, every last nuance, every fact checked in the making of an iconic album. You are there in the studio, at the control board, fiddling with the amps, placing the microphones, hunting for a calliope, dealing with massive egos. ''Shout it Out Loud by James Campion is more than a record of a moment in rock and roll history, it is a brilliant apprentice handbook on how to handle a rock-band, build a recording career, create a particular sound and all the necessary elements that are needed to do that. It's a hell of a read.'' - Eddie Trunk (Trunk Nation Sirius XM/ Founder and co-host of VH1's That Metal Show) What Shout It Out Loud does so well is it covers everything from the record jacket and cover to hearing from the people who worked on the artwork the detail James Campion paid to this is really remarkable. ''If you are a hardcore KISS fan like myself, this book is a must, because there is not a stone unturned capturing this era of the band. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. New interviews with major principals in the making of an outrageously imaginative rock classic animate this engaging tale. 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.Įxtensive 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. ![]() ![]() But if not for a few crucial months in late 1975 and early 1976, Kiss may have ended up nothing more than a footnote. How does an underground oddity become a cultural phenomenon?įor 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. ![]()
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