He was just a boy from the Bronx with stars in his eyes. But when he picked up his guitar and painted stars on his face, Ace Frehley transformed into “The Spaceman”—and helped turn KISS into one of the top-selling bands in the world. Now, for the first time, the beloved rock icon reveals his side of the story with no-holds-barred honesty . . . and no regrets.

I wanted to read this book for a few years now, since when I was in elementary school and high school I used to listen to a lot of KISS songs, dressed as KISS for countless of halloween growing up so it is safe to say that I was a pretty solid fan of KISS. So of course I needed to read this book at some point. 

This book is very good and interesting to read because it contains a lot of behind the scene information and stories which I personally liked a lot. 

I need to be honest here and say that Ace was always my favorite member of the KISS, and after reading this book I only liked him more. Since he is very honest in this book and tells all the good and bad shit which happened during his time in KISS without posting fingers at anybody and saying “yeah, he is the bad guy here” which happens in a lot of bands where the group splits up or fires someone from the band.

Some of the stories which Ace talks about in this book makes him seem like an ass, but we gotta keep in mind that most of the stories happened when he was addicted to various substances which doesn’t make a human being very likable when they are addicted to alcohol and drugs.

This book also talks about Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley being a little of control freaks when it comes to the band, which I always thought might be true. But the way Ace talks about this aspect in this book, really doesn’t put all the blame on why Ace and KISS split onto control issues which Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley had.  But rather he says that it was necessary for him to grow as a person and as a musician. Which I really liked since the way Ace put it, it seems like there wasn’t a big bitter fight between them and like they might be on somehow good terms after that event where Ace left the band.

As I said above, I found this book to be very interesting and enjoyable to read because I learned a lot about the band which I didn’t knew before reading this book. But also the way Ace have written this book, made it somehow more interesting in a way, because it really felt like the entire book was his perspective on the inside dealing of KISS during his time, and on all the shit he went through like different addictions to substance and car crashes, the now infamous car chase with the police he had in 1982 and other things he went through. 

The writing style in this book was very good, because it really felt like something written by Ace because I felt like it was his style in a way. But also the writing style made the book feel like sitting down with him and having a talk with him because it didn’t feel like reading a book but rather as him telling the whole story to you directly. 

I personally think that if you are fan of KISS or rock n roll music in general you should read it. Because it really shows that most of the time, things aren’t as they seem they are in the music industry and that there are a lot of things fans of a certain band or musical don’t know about. 

I Give This Book 5 / 5