I swear - Gene Simmons takes a lot of bashing in the bass community and music community in general. But I just got "The Best of Kiss for Bass Guitar" and the bass lines in those songs freakin' groove!

If you're like me and tired of the current crop of rock bass lines in music, check out some old Kiss and Gene Simmons. They are fun to play, he often incorporates nice spacing in the lines, and the bass parts in the songs are a big part of the songs overall.

Only issue I've seen with the book is that sometimes it shows a song to be 1/2 lower (in fact every song is labeled to be 1/2 step down) but the recording isn't. Firehouse is listed a 1/2 step down, but on Double Platinum it's in standard tuning. Other than that minor issue, this is a great book with some very good examples of rock bass.