Bruce Howard Kulick (; born December 12, 1953) is an American guitarist best known as a former guitarist of the band

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(19841996). He was also a member of Union with

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from 19972002,

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from 19791980 and

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from 20002023. 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 (band), Kiss, W.A.S.P. (band), W.A.S.P., Alice Cooper, Lou Reed, Meat Loaf, and Michael Bolton. He w ...

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.,

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'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 Andrea True.

Meat Loaf

In 1977, following the release of

'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 ''

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''.

Blackjack

Kulick was a member of the band

, with

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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 ''

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''). "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

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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

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, who left the band after being diagnosed with

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. St. John later confessed that this medical condition had been a cover story, saying "The arthritis thing was really a cover up for the other reasons, you know what I'm trying to say?". Kulick, who remained with Kiss until 1996, and St. John are the only two members of Kiss never to have worn makeup or costumes in the band, although it is rumored that Gene Simmons’s step-niece has come up with unofficial designs for both of them which have garnered approval. Kulick played on five Kiss studio albums: ''

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'' (1985), ''

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'' (1987), ''

'' (1989), ''

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'' (1992) and '' Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions'' (1997); he also appeared on '' Alive III'' 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. 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 as 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 Kiss Farewell Tour), 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 briefly rejoined the band on Kiss Kruise 2021 and played on 2 songs,

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and

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Union

Soon after leaving Kiss, Kulick formed the band Union with

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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 was the lead guitarist for

from 2000–2023. Kulick had originally met Grand Funk Railroad drummer

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when Brewer was performing with

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during the 1983 tour with Michael Bolton. Following their December 14, 2023 concert in

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, Kulick departed Grand Funk Railroad.

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 (

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): ''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 " It Snows in Hell". Kulick appears on

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's 2006 album '' Live to Win'', 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

On October 16, 2003, Kulick was shot twice by stray bullets on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles California. Bruce is married to Lisa Lane Kulick. They met in 2008, and were married in 2014. They often perform together at events and online. In his spare time, he's been working on an autobiography that he says will offer a "really in-depth discussion of his life as a musician."

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

*''

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

with Kiss

*''

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

'' (1985) *''

'' (1987) *''

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'' (1988) *''

'' (1989) *''

'' (1992) *'' Alive III'' (1993) *''

'' (1996) *'' Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions'' (1997) *'' Psycho Circus'' (bass on " Psycho Circus", "Raise Your Glasses" and " I Finally Found My Way", lead guitar on "Within" and "Raise Your Glasses", all guitars and bass 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

*'' Animalize Live Uncensored'' (1985) *''

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'' (1987) *''

'' (1988) *'' X-treme Close-Up'' (1992) *'' Kiss Konfidential'' (1993) *'' Kiss My Ass: The Video'' (1994) *''

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'' (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 keyboar ...

'' (2001) *''

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'' (2004) *'' BK3'' (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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– '' Rockology'' (2000) Produced by Bruce Kulick. *A Tribute to

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– ''Metallic Assault'' (2001) *

– ''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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– ''

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

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– '' Numbers from the Beast'' (2005) Guitar on

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. *

– ''

'' (2006) *

– '' Live to Win'' (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) *

– '' Babez for Breakfast'' (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 (2015) Guest on ''En tu piel'' *

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– "

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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) *Dario Imaz - Vox Popurrí, Vol.I - lead guitar on "Ciudad Tóxica" (2023)

References

Bibliography

External links

*
See photos of Bruce live with Union and ESPBruce Kulick Kiss Song Guitar Lessons
* * * ;Interviews
Bruce Kulick Interview
with Guitarhoo! 2008.

at Confessions of a Pop Culture Addict
Bruce Kulick Interview
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