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    Kiss & Tell

    Kiss & TellAuthors: Bob McAdams, Gordon G.G. Gebert
    Publisher: Pitbull Publishing
    Category: Book

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    Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars 52 reviews
    Sales Rank: 1027876

    Media: Mass Market Paperback
    Edition: 1
    Pages: 218
    Number Of Items: 1
    Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
    Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.5

    ISBN: 0965879402
    Dewey Decimal Number: 790
    EAN: 9780965879408
    ASIN: 0965879402

    Publication Date: May 1997
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    Product Description
    What's it like to be best friends with a Rock and Roll legend?

    Bob McAdams and Gordon G.G. Gebert have been asked that question more times than they care to remember, each having the dubious distinction of being members of the KISS inner circle.

    People never seem to get enough of all their outrageous stories and finally after re-telling these tales about Ace Frehley and KISS for the umpteen thousandth time - Bob and Gordon decided to tell their stories one last time in "KISS and Tell!"

    This book exposes the hidden reality of some of Rock and Roll's most excessive characters:

    * Gene Simmons * Paul Stanley * Ace Frehley * Peter Criss *

    Boh McAdams became Paul "Punky" Frehley's closest childhood friend around 1963 and remained friends to adulthood where each served as Best Man at each other's weddings.

    Gordon G.G. Gebert became Bob's successor as "best friend and cohort" with Ace in 1985 until Gordon and Ace's controversial falling out in 1993.

    Together, they have put to pen the most fascinating expose' in recent memory, full of candid details surrounding the lives of rock and roll's most secretive band, whose superstar status was perhaps the least interesting aspect of their twisted persona. Yes, it's about the power, fame, money, sex and madness associated with rock and roll and the lives of those who came in contact with these living legends (and everything you'd expect from the world's greatest rock band on the planet.) But better still, there is a comic insanity in these episodes that go beyond cartoon characters or the fictional members of Spinal Tap than actual human beings. "KISS and Tell" is the epitome of the classic cliche "Truth is stranger than fiction!"

    Here is a "behind the scenes" view of KISS with inside stories they wouldn't want you to know.


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    5 out of 5 stars I've re-read KISS & Tell countless times. I LOVE this book!   January 27, 2009
    M. Blaser (New York, NY)
    I bought this book when it first came out years ago and it's been re-read countless times. When friends visit I pull out the book, we flip the pages, stab a chapter and read it and laugh. Each story is better than the last. I'm on my third copy as it inevitably gets "borrowed" and never returned! Totally recommend this book - a must read!
    When you do get it, hide it. You'll never get it back.



    2 out of 5 stars Save your $$ for something better   November 25, 2008
    H. Maldonado (México)
    0 out of 1 found this review helpful

    Dude, I thought this book was going to be cool and is it not. Don't get me started about the poor quality of the editing.
    Come on, even tough english ain't my first language I noticed some words mispelled, unbeliavable in two grown guys.
    Some of the sories were fun but these two bitter men (Gordon + Bob) give authors ot there a bad name.
    This book is not that shocking as some people want you to believe.
    I read it in like one hour LOL so go figure it is not a challenge to read those tales wich are higly suspicious .
    Bottom line, if you are willing to read it, maybe you should try to get it second hand.
    Ps: Nothing written in this book changed the image I had of Ace :) but I don't worship him either.



    4 out of 5 stars Interesting, Questionable and Sad   April 11, 2007
    Dawn A. Ruotolo (Phoenix, AZ USA)
    3 out of 3 found this review helpful

    Being a long time fan of Kiss and especially Ace Frehley I was curious to read it. If all this is true and not embellished, Ace seems to have no respect for friends, family, bandmates or fans. It is hard to believe that someone could live like this and survive. Truth or not it was a good read with lots of laughs. I still enjoy Ace Frehley as a musician and I am sure there are a lot of good qualities about him that did not make the book.


    5 out of 5 stars One of the best books on Ace Frehley and KISS   April 9, 2005
    Kiss Rules (Anaheim, CA)
    6 out of 8 found this review helpful

    Kiss & Tell is absolutely one of the funniest books I've ever read. A guilty pleasure.
    Read Kiss & Tell along with Into The Void... With Ace Frehley and you'll get the "big picture". You'll feel like you're there.



    2 out of 5 stars Friends or Foe?   August 24, 2004
    Lori Fleming (Thunder Bay - Canada)
    4 out of 5 found this review helpful

    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.


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