Bruce Howard Kulick (born December 12, 1953) is an American guitarist and since 2000 a member of the rock band Grand Funk Railroad. Previously, Kulick was a long-time member of the band

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(19841996). He was also a member of Union with John Corabi from 19972002 and

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from 19791980. Kulick has also released several solo albums, in addition to session work with various artists. He is the younger brother of guitarist

Bob Kulick Robert Joel Kulick (January 16, 1950 – May 28, 2020) was an American guitarist and record producer, who worked with numerous acts such as Kiss, W.A.S.P., Alice Cooper, Lou Reed, Meat Loaf and Michael Bolton. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, ...

Early life and family

Kulick was born in

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, New York City and lived in

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for a time, graduating from Newtown High School. He is

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and also went to

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. Kulick's brother, session guitarist/producer

, was influential in his music career. Bob's performance credits include W.A.S.P., Meat Loaf's touring band, and Kiss.

Career

Early projects

Bruce's first band KKB, was formed in 1974. Its other members were his childhood friends Mike Katz and Guy Bois (the other K and B of KKB, respectively) and Kulick likened its sound to that of

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. Kulick found the master tape from those sessions in 2008 and issued it via limited edition CD, available during his appearances at

expos and via his website. In an interview from 2008, Kulick also discussed his lifelong love of ''

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'' and its historical similarities to Kiss. He first began touring professionally with

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and

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Meat Loaf

In 1977, following the release of Meat Loaf's first album '' Bat Out of Hell'', Kulick played rhythm guitar/lead guitar on tour with Meat Loaf's band alongside his brother Bob on lead guitar/rhythm guitar. The success of the year-long tour took the Kulick brothers around the world. In addition to the success of the tour, many famous television appearances were done, such as ''

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'' and '' The Old Grey Whistle Test''.

Blackjack

Kulick was a member of the band

, with

Michael Bolton Michael Bolotin
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, during the band's short existence from 1979 to 1980. He also played on several Bolton solo albums. (Bolton later co-wrote the Kiss song "

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", from '' Hot in the Shade''). "Stay", a Blackjack song co-written by Kulick and Bolton, was sampled by rapper

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for the song "A Dream" off his 2002 album '' The Blueprint 2: The Gift & the Curse'' which reached #1 on the Billboard charts.

The Good Rats

Kulick joined the

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-based band the Good Rats in 1981, and is on their album, ''Great American Music''.

Michael Bolton

In 1983, Bruce was asked to join Michael Bolton as his guitarist for his debut album release tour, after Bolton anglicizing his family name from Bolotin.

Kiss (1984–1996)

Kulick joined the rock band Kiss in September 1984 as the lead guitarist, replacing Mark St. John, who left the band after being diagnosed with

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. Kulick never wore onstage makeup, since the band had stopped wearing it in 1983. Kulick and St. John are the only two members of Kiss never to have worn makeup in the band. He stayed with Kiss until 1996. Kulick played on five Kiss studio albums: ''

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'' (1985), ''

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'' (1987), '' Hot in the Shade'' (1989), ''

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'' (1992) and '' Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions'' (1997); he also appeared on ''

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'' and ''

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''. The song "I Walk Alone", from '' Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions'', is the only Kiss track to feature Kulick as lead vocalist. To this day, Kulick is featured on more than twenty Kiss releases. When the original members of the band regrouped, starting in 1995 with the ''MTV Unplugged'' special that carried over into re-adopting their make-up and costuming for the

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in 1996, Kulick and

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were paid weekly during the tour; while "sidelined" from Kiss, both were allowed to do other projects so long as Simmons and Stanley okayed them. Kulick officially left Kiss in December 1996. When

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again left Kiss (in 2002, after the

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), Kulick was not asked to rejoin, as Simmons and Stanley thought that

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(former

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guitarist and Kiss tour manager) could capture/copy Frehley's persona better than Kulick; however, Kulick continued to work with Kiss after his departure, contributing work to the '' Psycho Circus'' album. Kulick joined the band on Kiss Kruise 2021 and played on 2 songs,

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and Heaven's on Fire.

Union

Soon after leaving Kiss, Kulick formed the band Union with John Corabi,

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, and Jamie Hunting in 1996. Corabi and Kulick wrote what would become the first album, the self-titled '' Union'', which was released in 1998. They proceeded with a nationwide acoustic tour to promote the album, featuring just Corabi and Kulick (both on guitar). Soon the full band went on a world tour headlining small venues in support of the album. Their second album 1999's ''Live in the Galaxy'', was a live recording with two acoustic tracks recorded in a mobile studio. The third Union album was '' The Blue Room'' (2000).

Grand Funk Railroad

Kulick is the lead guitarist for Grand Funk Railroad, with whom he has been playing since 2000. Kulick had originally met Grand Funk Railroad drummer Don Brewer when Brewer was performing with

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during the 1983 tour with Michael Bolton.

Solo work

Kulick has released three solo albums: ''Audiodog'' in 2001, ''Transformer'' in 2003, and most recently ''BK3'', which was released on February 2, 2010.

Other work

Kulick earned a writing credit on the song "Never Let Me Down" on the 2004

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album, ''

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''. Kulick has also appeared on all album releases by Eric Singer's solo project ESP ( Eric Singer Project): ''Lost and Spaced'' (1998), ''ESP'' (1999), and ''Eric Singer Project: Live in Tokyo'' (2006). Kulick also appeared on the DVD ''Eric Singer Project: Live at the Marquee'' (2006), which was filmed live in Australia. Kulick appears on the

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March 2006 album ''

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'', playing lead guitar on the song "

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". Kulick appears on

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's 2006 album ''

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'', playing bass. Kulick cut a guest guitar solo for the track "The Edge of the Razor" (featured on the album ''Emotional Coma'') by Swedish metal group

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Personal life

Bruce is currently married to Lisa Lane Kulick. They met in 2008, and were married in 2014. They often perform together at events and online. They have no children.

Discography

with Mike Katz, Guy Bois

*''KKB 1974'' (2008) *''Got to Get Back'' (2015)

Rosetta

*'' Where's My Hero'' (1980)

with Billy Squier

*'' The Tale of the Tape'' (1980)

with Blackjack

*''

'' (1979) *''Worlds Apart'' (1980)

with The Good Rats

*''Great American Music'' (1981) *''Tasty Seconds'' (1996)

with Michael Bolton

*''

Michael Bolton Michael Bolotin
, The Jewish Historical Society of New Haven, 1998. (born February 26, 1953), known professio ...

'' (1983) *'' Everybody's Crazy'' (1985) *'' The Hunger'' (1987)

with Kiss

*''

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'' (lead guitar on "Lonely Is the Hunter" & "Murder in High Heels") (1984) *''

'' (1985) *''

'' (1987) *''

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'' (1988) *'' Hot in the Shade'' (1989) *''

'' (1992) *''

'' (1993) *''

'' (1996) *'' Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions'' (1997) *'' Psycho Circus'' Bass on ("Psycho Circus" title track) backwards guitar intro and solo (on "Within"), rhythm and bass guitar (on "Dreamin'") (1998) *Music From the Motion Picture ''"Detroit Rock City"'' (bass on "Nothing Can Keep Me From You") (1999) *'' The Box Set'' (2001)

Kiss Video albums

*''

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'' (1985) *''

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'' (1987) *''

'' (1988) *''

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'' (1992) *'' Kiss Konfidential'' (1993) *'' Kiss My Ass: The Video'' (1994) *'' Kiss Unplugged'' (1996) *'' Kissology Volume Two: 1978–1991'' (2007) *'' Kissology Volume Three: 1992–2000'' (2007)

with Union

*'' Union'' (1998) *''Live in the Galaxy'' (1999) *'' The Blue Room'' (2000)

with ESP

*''Lost & Spaced'' (1998) *''ESP'' (1999) *''Live in Japan'' (2006) *''Live at the Marquee'' DVD (2006)

Solo

*''

Audiodog ''Audiodog'' is the first solo album by former Kiss guitarist Bruce Kulick, released October 23, 2001 by Perris Records. The album was produced by Bruce Kulick and Curt Cuomo, and features Kulick on bass, guitar and vocals, and Cuomo on keyboard ...

'' (2001) *''

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'' (2003) *''

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'' (2010)

Other work

*Michael Wendroff – ''Kiss the World Goodbye'' (1978) *Stevie – ''Gypsy!'' (1984) *

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– '' Unfinished Business'' (1987) *

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– '' Let It Roll'' (1989) *Skull – ''No Bones About It'' (1991) *Guitar's Practicing Musicians – ''Vol. II'' (1991) *Blackthorne – ''Afterlife'' (1993) *Tribute to

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– ''Dragon Attack'' (1997) Lead guitar on "Save Me" *Mark Mangold – ''Mystic Healer'' (1998) *

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– '' The Day I Went Mad'' (1999) *Shameless – ''Backstreet Anthems'' (1999) *Boot Camp – ''As You Were'' (1999) *Shameless – ''Queen 4 a Day'' (2000) *Tribute to

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– ''Little Guitars'' (2000) Produced by Bob Kulick. *

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Tribute – ''A Tribute to Ozzy: Bat Head Soup'' (2000) *

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– ''A Salute to

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: Show Me Your Hits'' (2000) *

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– ''

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'' (2000) Produced by Bruce Kulick. *A Tribute to

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– ''Metallic Assault'' (2001) * Meat Loaf – ''Bat Out of Hell'' (re-issue; 2001) guitar on bonus live tracks. *Pink Floyd Tribute – ''An All-Star Lineup Performing the Songs of

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'' (2002) *

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– ''Re-Mixes'' (2003) *Kiss Tribute – ''

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'' (2004) *Chris Catena – Freak Out (2004) *

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– '' Asshole'' (2004) *Bruce and Bob Kulick – ''KISS Forever'' (2005) KISS Instructional DVD *Tribute to

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– ''

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'' (2005) Guitar on

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. *

– ''

'' (2006) *

– ''

'' (2006) *

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– '' Doctor Doctor: The Kulick Sessions'' (2008) *Led Box – The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Tribute: '' Dazed & Confused'' (2008) *''We Wish You a Metal Xmas and a Headbanging New Year'' (2008) *Balance – ''Equilibrium'' (2009) *Chris Catena – 'Discovery (2009) *

– ''

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'' (2010) *

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– ''

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'' (2010) *Avantasia – ''

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'' (2010) *

– ''Unfinished Business'' (2011) *Avantasia – ''

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'' (2013) *Michael Jackson Tribute – ''Thriller: A Metal Tribute to

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'' (2013) *Tomas Bergsten's Fantasy – ''Caught in the Dark'' (2013) *H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society – ''Dreams in the Witch House – A Lovecraftian Rock Opera'' (2013) *Mocassin Creek – Friends of All Kinds (2013) *DJ Peace – Do You Love Me? (Tribute to KISS) (2014) *Randy Rhoads Tribute – ''Immortal

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: The Ultimate Tribute'' (2015) *Paco Ventura Black Moon – ''En tu piel'' (2015) * Lita Ford – "

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"- "Rotten to the Core" (2016) * Avantasia – ''

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'' (2016) *ColdTears – "Silence Them All (2018) Lead guitar on "Miracle" *

– '' Origins Vol. 2'' – lead guitar on "

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" (2020)

References

Bibliography

External links

*
See photos of Bruce live with Union and ESPBruce Kulick Kiss Song Guitar LessonsCareer Retrospective Interview from July 2015 with Pods & Sods

Interviews

Bruce Kulick Interview
with Guitarhoo! 2008.

at Confessions of a Pop Culture Addict
Bruce Kulick Interview
with Australian Rock Show Podcast 2017 {{DEFAULTSORT:Kulick, Bruce Living people Musicians from Brooklyn American people of Russian-Jewish descent Eric Singer Project members Union (band) members American heavy metal guitarists American rock guitarists Jewish rock musicians American male guitarists Neverland Express members Grand Funk Railroad members Jewish heavy metal musicians Kiss (band) members Lead guitarists Guitarists from New York (state) 20th-century American guitarists 1953 births