Desmond Child, the songwriter and producer behind dozens of Billboard hits including KISS classic "I Was Made For Loving You", Bon Jovi's "Livin' On A Prayer", Joan Jett's "I Hate Myself For Loving You", Aerosmith's "Dude Looks Like A Lady", and Alice Cooper's "Poison", released his first memoir, Livin’ On a Prayer: Big Songs Big Life, back in September in North America via Radius Book Group. The memoir, which includes a foreword by KISS singer/guitarist Paul Stanley, was released in the UK on November 2, published by Radius.
Guesting on Backstage Pass Rock-News, Child dives into his song writing with KISS, and his fiery personality clash with Gene Simmons. Check out the interview below.
Child: "I was having all this success with Bon Jovi and Aerosmith, and his schtick for that record (The Elder) was 'We don't need co-writers. In fact, we paid guards to stand at the door of the studio to keep Desmond Child out.' I read that and was like, 'Why would he slag the person that's put money in his pocket?' Now I understand his humour and kind of think it's funny, but at that time I was very hurt so I called Paul up and said, 'This really bothers me. He's said it in 50 interviews all over the world.' Paul said, 'I can't control Gene. He says whatever he wants to say. I said, 'Well, tell him to go fuck himself.'"
