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Former KISS musician turned author opens up about his years with the band, sobriety and his relationship with the guys
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I've been approached several times over the years to -- a book is known.
I either wasn't you know mentally ready or -- -- to -- to -- but you know.
Once I got so burned you know the Kabul and start to clear away with such big.
If it became more evident that was something I think -- -- So I got approach listed by -- choose to MTV books and VH one classic.
-- -- -- Second -- -- that the group was on my 2001.
I was replaced by Tommy there.
Was pretty much hired gun you know wearing the costumes and makeup I designed.
I wrote the songs I wrote that apostles is just mimicking everything I did.
And I think the -- to minimize the fact that I had left the group.
I managed to -- phone calls to three years later -- kiss was playing in town so I would say -- can you give me tickets and I'm I'm bend anymore we're now.
Now so is that -- stuff that you know.
-- -- against my grain.
I just felt that you know constantly touring and being.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Like I was in my own identity.
You know because the space -- was attacked I created by you know I wasn't really the space man was just kind of an Alter ego.
When you constantly touring and you constantly recording you know.
All of a sudden I said -- I gotta put the brakes on it it's time for first time for me.
I had -- to Judaism is about five or six weeks ago at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
And we just had a great launch I give him some excerpts from the book and now he saved my life twice from drowning.
What's a -- who wants a bathtub and I'll tell.
So there's good and bad sides you know to the book like everybody else and -- People make me engine has such a love hate relationship by the united news Hezbollah of -- than anything else you know we've just been -- too -- and -- we've created.
You know so much over the years.
On September 15 2006.
You know I finally made the commitment and you know.
I'm going to celebrate or five years sobriety.
And you know we're always sick as our secrets.
You know.
I can't you know bare my soul this book and but the beauty of that is it's it is that kind of a cleansing process.
You know you I have to hide anymore about things I've Donald how I felt on the way I acted you know you know today you know I've I've turned over and relief now.
Move forward with the new album a new book a tour.
-- know the sky's the limit from.
