Ken Sharp, author of Kiss book 'Behind The Mask' and 'Starting Over: The Making Of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Double Fantasy', has teamed up with Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley for a new hardcover book, 'Nothin' To Lose: The Making of KISS (1972-1975)'

" 'Nothin' To Lose' chronicles, for the first time, the crucial formative years of the legendary rock band KISS, culminating with the groundbreaking success of their classic 1975 album 'Alive!' and the smash single 'Rock and Roll All Nite', a song that nearly four decades later remains one of the band's most enduring anthems.

Drawing on more than 200 interviews, the book offers a captivating and intimate fly-on-the-wall account of their launch, charting the struggles and ultimate victories that led them to the threshold of superstardom. Constructed as an oral history, the book includes original interviews with Paul, Gene, Ace, and Peter, as well as producers, engineers, management, roadies, costume and stage designers, fans, and musical contemporaries from the time, including: original manager Bill Aucoin, Casablanca Records founder Neil Bogart, rock photographer Bob Gruen, promoter Ron Delsner, TED NUGENT, Dick Clark, ALICE COOPER, Marshall Crenshaw, and BOB SEGER, as well as members of AEROSMITH, BLACK SABBATH, RUSH, STYX, NAZARETH, SLADE, BLUE ÖYSTER CULT, URIAH HEEP, MOTT THE HOOPLE, THE NEW YORK DOLLS, THE RAMONES, and THE QUATTROS, among others. The end result is an indelible and irresistible portrait of a band on the rise and the music scene they changed forever.

The 448 page Nothin' To Lose: The Making of KISS (1972-1975) is due our via It Books on August 14th.