KISS musicians to collaborate on memoir

(CBS) KISS bandmates Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley are working on a book about the band's early years, to be published in summer of 2012.

The "Rock and Roll All Nite" musicians are collaborating with journalist Ken Sharp on the memoir, called "Nothin' To Lose."

According to a report in The Hollywood Reporter, the memoir will cover the years from the band's founding in 1973 to its breakout album "Alive!" in 1975. It will include interviews with Peter Criss and Ace Frehley, the other two founding band members as well as other rock musicians of the era.

Harper Collins' IT Books is the publisher.

The band gained a reputation in its early days for its outlandish makeup, Simmons' antics - which included spitting blood and breathing fire - and their refusal to be photographed without makeup.