BRUCE KULICK

'Bruce Kulick' (born on December 12, 1953 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American guitarist best known for his work in Kiss.

Contents

Early years

Kiss

Union

Other projects

Discography

with Billy Squier

with Blackjack

with KISS

with Union

External links

Early years

Kulick toured the world on Meat Loaf's "Bat Out of Hell" tour in 1977-78, and was briefly a member of Long Island's Good Rats. He was also in the band Blackjack with Michael Bolton, and also played on several Michael Bolton solo albums. (Bolton later co-wrote the Kiss song ''"Forever"'', from ''Hot in the Shade'').

Kiss

Kulick is best known as lead guitarist for the rock band Kiss from December 1984 to August 1996, replacing Mark St. John. He is the brother of guitarist Bob Kulick, who himself played with Kiss as a ghost guitarist, as well as playing with Paul Stanley as a solo artist.
The song ''"I Walk Alone"'' from '' is the only Kiss track to feature Kulick as lead vocalist.

Union

When Kiss' original members reunited in February 1996, Kulick left to form Union with John Corabi, Mötley Crüe's vocalist during Vince Neil's absence, Brent Fitz on drums and James Hunting on bass. Three CD's were forthcoming: Union, Live in the Galaxy and The Blue Room.
In January 2005 Bruce released the first Union DVD, ''Do Your Own Thing Live''. This DVD contained two full length Union concerts and extra bonus material.
Union played in Japan, January 2005 and Germany, November 2005 without original members Brent Fitz and James Hunting.

Other projects

Bruce appears on the Lordi album The Arockalypse on the song It Snows In Hell, playing lead guitar.
Currently, he is the lead guitarist for Grand Funk Railroad, with whom he has been playing since 2001.
In addition, he has released two solo albums, ''Audio Dog'' in 2001, and ''Transformer'' in 2003. Plans are in the works for a third solo release in early 2007.
Kulick appears on Paul Stanley's recently released album 'Live To Win.'
In 2006, Bruce appeared on the compilation Butchering the Beatles, playing lead on the song 'Drive My Car'.
Bruce also appeared on Eric Singer's solo project ESP (Eric Singer Project) for their only release to date, ESP released in 1999.
Bruce will be a guest star along with Paul Stanley at Rock N' Roll Fantasy Camp in New York City (August 31-September 3).

Discography

with Billy Squier

★ ''Tale of the Tape'' (1980)

with Blackjack

★ ''Blackjack'' (1979)

★ ''Worlds Apart'' (1980)

★ The Good Rats: ''Great American Music'' (1981)

★ Michael Bolton: ''Michael Bolton'' (1983)

with KISS

★ ''Animalize'' (1984)

★ ''Asylum'' (1985)

★ ''Crazy Nights'' (1987)

★ ''Hot in the Shade'' (1989)

★ ''Revenge'' (1992)

★ ''Alive III'' (1993)

★ ''Unplugged'' (1996)

★ '' (1997)

with Union

★ ''Union'' (1998)

★ ''Live in the Galaxy'' (1999)

★ ''The Blue Room'' (2000)

★ ''Do Your Own Thing Live'' (2005)

★ Don Johnson: ''Let It Roll'' (1989)

★ Eric Carr: ''Rockology'' (2000) Produced by Bruce Kulick.

★ Bruce Kulick: ''Audio Dog'' (2001)

★ Bruce Kulick: ''Transformer'' (2003)

★ Kiss Tribute ''Spin The Bottle'' (2004)

★ Gene Simmons: ''Asshole'' (2004)

★ Bruce and Bob Kulick: ''Kiss Forever'' (2005) Kiss Instructional DVD

★ Lordi: ''The Arockalypse'' (2006)

★ Paul Stanley: ''Live to Win'' (2006)

External links

★ Official Site

★ See photos of Bruce live with Union and ESP