Acknowledgments
Preface
Part One: Gene Simmons, January 28, 2024
Chapter One: The Doctor Will See You Now
Chapter Two: Self-Defense, Girls, and God
Chapter Three: Shut Up and Talk
Chapter Four: So How Do You Guys Get Along?
Chapter Five: Encore! Encore!
Part Two: Peter Hook, August 12, 2023
Chapter Six: Relax, Mate
Chapter Seven: Those Things You Do
Chapter Eight: Don’t Be a Hero
Part Three: Jerry Casale, February 18, 2024
Chapter Nine: Botulism, the Bass, and the Blues
Chapter Ten: It’s a Beautiful World
Chapter Eleven: The Pelvis and Positive Thinking
Part Four: Scott Thunes, October 7, 2023
Chapter Twelve: Background Check
Chapter Thirteen: The ’88 Tour, Part One
Chapter Fourteen: The ’88 Tour, Part Two
Chapter Fifteen: Entropy
Chapter Sixteen: Compliment Me and I’ll Kill You
Chapter Seventeen: Antitechnique
Chapter Eighteen: And Don’t Call Me a Bass Player
Chapter Nineteen: A Series of Idiotic Questions
Chapter Twenty: Songs and Pieces of the Heart
Chapter Twenty-one: Artistry, Craftsmanship, and Low-Grade Moronism
Chapter Twenty-two: Pointillism and a False Ending
Chapter Twenty-three: Knowing When to Stop
Discographies
Photo Credits
