"Unveiling the Mask: Bruce Kulick Reveals the Hidden Musicians Behind the KISS Albums"
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BRUCE KULICK | Artists On Record
In this eye-opening video, former KISS guitarist uncovers the truth behind the iconic KISS Alive 1 album! Have you ever wondered who was really playing those unforgettable guitar solos and rocking out on stage? Prepare to be blown away as we delve into the mystery surrounding KISS Alive 1 and its true mastermind. Join us as we interview the remarkable former KISS member and discover the surprising talents of the individual responsible for shaping the unforgettable sound of KISS. Was it his brother, a secret virtuoso guitarist, who played the electrifying solos on this legendary live recording? Prepare to have your mind - and ears - opened as we unveil the compelling secrets behind KISS Alive and other KISStory Stories with Bruce Kulick.
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Bruce is a class act, as you wish all musicians could be respectful and humble like him. Bob and Bruce were and are fantastic guitarists !!
Out of all the members Bruce is the only one that's down to earth, level-headed and hasn't lost his ever-loving mind.
Agreed, he is the same as when I met him on the Asylum tour
Ive always Liked Bruce,, But i have also Never heard Tommy Eric singer or Eric car say or do anything Crazy either.
Met Bruce after the show in Erie, PA and hung out at the hotel bar with him and Eric for a while. A totally regular guy. Talked about guitars, rigs, the shows, joking around... I even signed an autograph for a girl cuz she thought I was part of their entourage :) haha! The good old 80s!!
@@mjmsongs Damn. You were in TIGHT with those guys. I'm surprised they didn't recruit YOU to be in Kiss.
@@themasterjinn And you guys hung out A LOT
Bob Kulick's work on Alive II is incredible. 'Larger Than Life' is my favorite of the new tracks, especially the solo. It is one of my all-time favorites to play.
The mere fact that Bruce worked on the writing of ''Sword & Stone'' with Desmond Child (my favorite unreleased Kiss track) is enough to include him in my own Rock & Roll Hall of fame... ( that and his guitar solo in ''Tears Are Falling'').
Bruce is a great guitarist and I saw him live a few times with Kiss. Bruce AND Bob contributed a lot to Kiss and played on some icon songs and albums. God bless Bob and may he R.I.P
Bruce = CLASS ACT! 💖
Bruce Kulick is the best musician Kiss ever had.
is it me, or is Bruce da shit? so authentic. seems so approachable and real and.... grateful
I saw them with Bruce. he was great. really impressed me at the time. made me a fan of him.
Great interview!! The whole interview is amazing. Bruce is so awesome❤❤❤. RIP Bob😢🙏💔
Bob Kulick played on Kiss Hotter than Hell and Kiss Destroyer. I used to hang with those guys all the time. I was roommates with both Stan Penridge and Steve Coronel!
Love the interview with the Awesome Bruce Kulick love Kiss and their music forever RIP Bob 💜❤❤💝
I asked Paul Stanley online why he didn't give more credit to Bob Kulick when he died, he said he will give him credit but sadly he never do it.
Sadly Bob didn'T have the look but he was a great guitarist as Bruce is , and i'm glad Bruce did the dream of Bob to really be in Kiss.
Not one of the original members has ever struck me as someone I'd want to spend any time with but both Erics, Bruce Kulick & Tommy Thayer all come across as very down to earth, humble people.
Bruce is one of the greatest people I have ever met!
Always enjoy listening to Bruce talk about his, and Bob's, KISS involvement. It only occured to me the other day after being a KISS fan for 45 years that there are hardly any songs cowritten by Paul or Gene with Ace or Peter, but they wrote with Vinnie, Bruce, Eric Carr a couple of times, Eric Singer a couple of times and Tommy Thayer
Probably because Ace and Peter were wholly unreliable and unprofessional. Peter wasn't a great song writer anyway. Ace...meh, yeah, on occasion, when he was sober. Wasn't very often.
Bruce & Bobby Kulick are close to my heart for sooo many creative reasons. But for ONLY a handful of reasons to do with KISS. As a fan of KISS since 1975, and as a professional musician ( bass, six-string, twelve-string, percussion & lead and backing vocals for 45 years, DOZENS of groups), AND seeing KISS live more times than I can remember, I can tell you, and believe what you want, but on ALIVE vol. 1, that is UNEQUIVOCALLY, Ace on guitar. PERIOD. That said, I really came to love Bruce & Bobby when BOTH were in Meat Loaf's band touring in support of Bat Out of Hell in '78, after Meat Loaf recorded Free For All with Ted Nugent in '76. If you get a chance, look up Meat Loaf live on Rockpalast in '78 on CZcams, and you'll get to see both Bruce & Bobby side by side playing live during a great creative time period.
Bruce is always a class act. Funny that KiSS Killers wasn’t mentioned though? That’s Bob on the four new track. For the record, Bob stated in a 2011 interview that “nothing he played made it onto Creatures”. Vinnie plays 6 of the 9 solos on the album. Steve Farris is on Creatures, Robben Ford on Rock & Roll Hell and I Still Love You. Funnily enough, Vinnie co-wrote I Still Love You but didn’t get to solo on it. Can’t argue with Ford’s solo, it’s tasty as.
I worked a Kiss show in 1991 which is when Kiss Alive III was being made and the area at stage right was blocked by a curtain and there were two (2) guitarists playing behind that curtain. I can only assume they were playing so that when the artist raised their hands at the audience the music continued.
My first KISS show was also Bruce's first. Stabler Arena, Bethlehem PA
Met Bruce years ago at my friends bar in LI … his buddy was playing there. Really nice guy
You were in TIGHT with those guys. Surprised they never recruited YOU for Kiss
I think Steve Ferris from Mr Mister was also on Creatures.
So was Robben Ford
Yes, he played on the titletrack.
They cut Ace off the Alive 2 but he got last laugh Rocket Ride #39 top 40!!!!!
Whoever started this rumor probably confused Alive with Alive II...Alive is 100% pure KISS.
Paul confirmed it was all Ace on alive 1 few yrs ago
Ive been a BK fan since Paul's solo. "Tonight You Belong to Me" has one of My fav leads of all time!
Met too been a huge BK fan especially since the release of the whopper.
@@jimjim7008 *Impossible Whopper
This guy is all class…has more class and dignity than ALL other past and present Kiss members combined…and of course a spectacularly tasteful guitar player…so glad i got to see him live with them in 95
Bob was amazing.. God bless him.. love that guy's playing
Bruce is a all around good guy
Other than Ace, Bruce was Kiss's best guitar player. I love the Kulick years. IMO.
Some of Bruce's early guitar work was in the band "Blackjack" that featured a guy named Michael Bolotkin on lead vocals. He is now known as Micheal Bolton.
Blackjack was actually a damn good band. They got together after Bruce came off the road from touring with Meatloaf's "Bat Out of Hell" live shows. If you can play Meatloaf songs, you can play ANYTHING.
Its a simple formula: Ace + Peter = 70s era KISS. Bruce + Eric = 80s era KISS.
Yeah - I remember. min 3:40 When I saw this pic in the 80s, I had the same feeling. He did not look right for KISS. He reminded me of Eric Faulkner of the Bay City Rollers.
Bruce is a class act. To me, his era with the band is the best musically. Crazy nights is one of my favorite albums period.
GREAT JOB ALL...THANX 4 MAKING Tee with LIONS NAMED LEO the music worldwide.
LOVE YOU ALL...!!!
Good interview. I was at Bruce's first ever live show with KISS! His brother, Bob, displayed some very odd behaviour towards the end of his life.
According to Paul Stanley no one played guitar on Alive! other than Paul and Ace.
Producer Eddie Kramer did a TV show called Classic Albums or Ultimate Albums. He talked about recording KISS Alive in 1975. He explained how most of the live recording were not useable and were rerecorded in the studio. He said only the four original members played the songs. You might find it on CZcams.
Great interview actually
I saw KISS live way too many times in the early days. I KNOW personally that Ace could play the stuff, I SAW and HEARD him, before click tracks, recordings etc... Great video!
-and all your snippets are Paul Stanley playing ... clever ;P
Bruce is nice - and played for Andrea True!
Bruce is a class act.
Eddie Kramer once said that Anton Fig played drums on Alive II. Anton denied it.
True. And Gene also confirmed on Eddie Trunk’s show that ALIVE II was all Peter
Keep rockin Bruce!
Vinnie didn’t play the solo for Exciter on Lick It Up, Rick Derringer did. 🤘🏻
Yeah
The main riff for Exciter was recycled from the song the Oath that was on the Elder.
I love the Bruce years !
Da Bruce. Love that man.
Met Bruce after the show in Erie, PA and hung out at the hotel bar with him and Eric for a while. A totally regular, down to earth guy. Talked about guitars, rigs, the shows, joking around... I even signed an autograph for a girl cuz she thought I was part of their entourage :) haha! The good old 80s!!!
Damn. You guys were TIGHT. Surprised Kiss didn't recruit YOU
@@PhilipJohnson-fc9ej Haha, I know, right? Well, I gave it a shot, lol... I met Gene & Paul at the meet & greet, but they didn't hang out in the bar. Bruce said they mostly just go up to their hotel rooms, unless they know someone in that town... and this was Erie, sooo... Good time, though.
Some of the years are off. Amazing guitar player.
The studio tracks on Alive II is the musical direction KISS should have continued with. Bob should have been the musical director for KISS!
Agreed - a whole album of this period material would have been immense!
Ace
I already knew the answer was no, there are tons of very Ace-like mistakes in Alive 1, and I love them, but IMO Bob wouldn't play like that. Bob's guitars on Paul's solo album are legendary. Bruce was amazing in KISS too, lately I listen to 80's KISS a lot and I can say Bruce is severely underrated. Great great guitarist. I will be forever in love with Carnival of Souls and his First Union Album. Bruce brought way more than "stability" to the band, he's too humble
Bruce played a lot of the bass tracks during his tenure.
Met Bruce at the very first Kiss expo in St. Louis about 18 years ago. Very nice man. I always thought they sounded the best live with him and Eric Carr. Don’t get me wrong, I love the original lineup, but the level of musicianship those two brought to it live was top notch. IMHO
You should check out my KISS Alive V. That is an Alive I created that has Bruce on guitar, and Eric Carr on Drums. It has live versions of songs spanning live from Animalize to Hot in the Shade.
I still remember the show in Baltimore when Bruce played half the show and Mark played half 😎 our minds were blown 🤯
I was at that show. Will see them in Baltimore again in November.
"Many lead guitars players play and their sound and the way they play is like a finger print. When Ace Frehley played a solo there was no mistaking his playing. "Ace" played every single track on Kiss Alive 1975. Some of it he had to go back and fix in the studio, but not every song. Bob did play "All American Man, Larger Than Life, and maybe 1 more on side 4 of Kiss Alive 2.
Dick Wagner played one or two solo's on Destroyer, but I believe Ace played all the other solo's. Except for the ones that Paul Stanley played. He's a decent lead guitar player too.
Thanks for uploading this video. I've always thought Bruce Kulick was a class act."
It's funny how it's often mentioned how many times people filled in for Gene in the studio including Ace on Dynasty , Unmasked , and the Elder , Eric Carr on Creatures and Jean Beauvior on Animalize and Asylum.
@@williamnorthrup2335 You're very educated on your "Kisstory" 👍
I love Bruce more than any other guitarist that kiss had including ace.... He is such a special person... Kiss really screwed up not taking him back on... I havent listened to kiss since.. and if Paul and Gene think kiss will go on no matter who is behind the make up, Id put them in the same class as milly and vinilly
There was only one guy more genuine in Kiss than Bruce.
I worked for Dick Wagner, there were several tracks that he and Steve Hunter did uncredited lead and rhythm tracks. And that is straight from the source. Some track were credited , but Dick told me there was a lot going on behind the scenes with Bob ezrin, gene and Paul just getting the records done, with or with out ace or Peter......
They didn't work with Ezrin until AFTER Alive ! I came out.
Did Dick really play on Aerosmith's "Get Your Wings" ?
@@MichaelWH Yes. Yes, he did.
Damn! You were right there behind the scenes. I always thought maybe YOU played some of those parts
You don't need Bruce to confirm anything if you just use your ears.... A big reason why Alive is so great is because Ace and Peter are on it... Part of the original band synergy. Nothing could be clearer.
And Paul saying the OL was actually a band the first 3 albums which would mean it's Ace and Peter on Alive. Not so much the next 3 albums which is why we see Bob on side 4 of Alive II
Peter and Ace were lovers. That synergy.
Not true use your ears as you said
I’ve been hearing people claiming to have been the ghost guitar on this or that kiss album for years. Or it was bob. All you have to do is look at the live footage at the time to know it was ace.
I got into Kiss in 1990 because of my age, the first thing I heard was Rise to it, and I have to confess that when I heard the original line up it sounded weak to me. Bruce Kulick is a powerful guitarist and was able to carry on with that Bob brought into the band's sound.
The original lineup made the legacy, but the best lineup was with Bruce and Eric Carr IMHO
It's not always about who the better musician was, there's always gonna be someone better, As a professional drummer myself I'll say this.....Eric Carr was a bad motherfucker, I loved watching those solos of his as a kid in the 80s, and kulick was badass too, however the original lineup is the lineup I choose over any other kiss lineup, the songs themselves throughout the 70s was the best work they ever did throughout their career, they are the strongest songs in their catalog.
@@MysticSpank no question... they were very good
Great!! BK rules 🇦🇷🤟
I feel Bruce Kulick is really a top guy and musician. Although I still can't understand why KISS didn't hire Bruce Kulick to replace Ace after the reunited band once again had to let Peter and Ace go. Tommy Thayer probably already had his foot in the door, as he often stood in and filled in as a back-up for Ace (in full costume and makeup).
Bruce had no interest in wearing the makeup which is why he was never called back to KISS (although he is on good terms with Gene & Paul).....
By then Tommy was the band's butt-boy and tour manager. They knew they could easily control him and that he would be happy imitating Ace, and probably worked cheaper than Bruce.
Bruce was an integral part of Kiss no matter what anyone says or thinks.
While extending no hate towards Eric Carr, Thayer & the rest...
Bruce & Eric Singer made Kiss the best version of itself when they were all playing together.
* & of course it can't be Kiss without Gene & Paul, but, just sayin'.
nothing on alive is live except Peter's drums
That is not true. Peter's drumming was the only thing that didn't need to be fixed. All the other members had to have some stuff redone but primarily the album is live. The crowd sound was layered to give the album more excitement and the downtime between songs was tightened up to keep the pace going. Casablanca was a fledgling company that did not have the budget for a complete album overhaul.
If they haven't already done so, they should stop pissing people off and just come out and say who played what on which album!!!
Its all spinal tap after the elder...musical chairs of guitarists and producers.
All on Gene and Paul.
Revenge went full Circle giving Eric a final real go and getting Bob Ezrin back.
It even got Airplay in the Grunge era, but the 80's filler records mostly didn't...bar Lick it Up a serviceable disposable Anthem compared to their Big Six Classic Albums.
Everyone knows what songs Bob played on. And "Alive" is NOT one of those records. We all knew Bob played on Larger Than Life,
The whispery bedroom voice kind of creeps me out.
IMHO Bob K is as much of a part of kiss if not more than any guitar player other than Ace
I would swear to it that from listening to Destroyer that Bob had to play on it a little bit, if you listen to Sweet Pain it is difficult to pin Ace to that type of guitar playing.
That would be because it's not Ace, it's Dick Wagner on loan from Alice Cooper. Also Wagner on acoustic recording "Beth".
@@toddcaylor370 WOW! Thanks for the reply, where can I find that info?
Don't remember if I read it in liner notes somewhere(?), or online-- but easiest way is probably to look at the recording process of Destroyer on Wikipedia..
@@jonreid1632 Gene mentioned it in an interview I read back in the '90's. Although the way he said it was something like "many of those solos" on Destroyer were done by Dick- which doesn't make much sense, because there aren't even many proper solos on the album. (Nine songs total, and at least three of them don't have a full-fledged solo.) But I specifically remember Gene mentioning that "Sweet Pain" was not Ace, and it's since been revealed elsewhere that Dick Wagner did indeed do that solo.
@@SecretWeapon62578 Thanks for posting, I looked up Destroyer on wiki and Wagner did record guitar for Sweet Pain and played acoustic on Beth, I knew there was a reason why they never performed certain songs live.
More likely some creatures, yes killers was leftovers which bob is on
Did Bob ever mention who was playing drums on side 4 of alive II? Always wondered who played on Rocket Ride…..It sure isn’t Peter (no matter what hardcore fans say) not his style, not his sound, never sounded or played like this before or after this track. Who was it? Thanks for the great videos Bruce!
I think it's well known that it wasn't Peter Criss but Anton Fig who drummed on that.
Did Kiss play on any of their albums?
No. No, they do not.
Hey got no beef with Bob playing in Kiss nor can i fault Vinnie .these guys stepped into the biggest band in the world .right place right time .wat were these guys super to turn down the gig ? The problem lyed with Paul .Gene with their power struggle to control everything .Ace was the man but go to give it up to these guys walk in those huge shoes right ?
I think that the person who was interviewed mistook Alive II for Alive
No, someone claimed Bob played on Alive.
@artistsonrecord , exactly. It is well kniwn that Bob played on Aluve II, and on Three Sides I think he mistook them
Bob Kulick was one hell of a guitarist. Should have had a much greater career and been center stage. Bruce is a great guitarist too. Though not the most talented guitarist KISS ever had (that honor goes to whack job Vinnie), Bruce was by far the most professional and exactly what KISS needed when they needed him. He is a total class act.
Fast forward to present day and who can still play guitar at a professional level between Bruce and Vinnie?
I agree, as far as overall talent is concerned Vinnie was the most talented, although we'll never know what Mark St. John might have become (RIP). Bruce I feel got the short end of the stick in two ways. One, because he was in KISS, the critics were never going to give him any respect for his playing, and second is that Gene and Paul held him back a little. Honestly, I think one of the biggest mistakes KISS made with both Bruce and Eric at the time was not releasing No No No as a single. I respect Gene and Paul, I had the opportunityt to have lunch with them twice back in the mid-90's, but that doesn't mean I agree with every decision they make, and I feel like they never gave Eric Carr (first and foremost) and Bruce the opportunity to truly shine. Sorry, didn't mean to ramble.
Why do you say Vinnie Vincent was more talented than Bruce Kulick? As far as a guitar player, Kulick could shred circles around Vincent. And it was only because Kulick wouldn’t put the makeup on that he isn’t the guitar player in the band today. Kulick was the most technically proficient guitarist the band ever had. I thought Bruce was also a great metal guitarist at the time, but his versatility is really all encompassing. I thought Vinnie Vincent was a weirdo from the start. He definitely is today.
@@Assimilator702 I'd have to say Bruce though it's been a long time since I've heard Vinnie play. But that's besides the point because it extends beyond when each was in KISS.
@@paulscott6998Vinnie was, is, and will always be a weirdo. He has serious mental issues. But his contributions to KISS are undeniable (Creatures, Lick It Up, and Revenge - three of KISS's strongest albums with or without makeup -- would not have happened without him and KISS likely would have done in the 80s). While Kulick lasted far longer, his contributions to songwriting weren't as prevalent. Neither could Kulick shred circles around Vinnie if you're talking when both were in KISS (now, yes).
To my knowin, on COTN Bob play the lead on ”Danger”
It was Vinnie.
Bruce Cool Licks!
No he didn't.... confused w alive two...
I know right? Everybody knows about Alive II but Alive? No way.
From a technical stand point KISS would have sounded a lot better with Bob Kulick than they ever did with Ace (remember Ace beat out Bob in the beginning). But Ace had that attitude and vibe that Bob didn't at the time. Bruce was a true professional and a classy guy.
Kiss Alive 1 was done in a rented theater. Then mistakes were done over in the studio. They were still early in their careers. I doubt that any studio musician was invovled in that era over that of the band.
Wrong. They took the basic tracks from live performances and touched up in the studio. I love how people online just make things up.
@@rmartin7558 Read their books, I did, then comment on this record, you will be better for it.
It's just Kiss Alive.
I could smell BS when that guy claimed Bob played on Alive! Bob Kulick hated Ace and resented him "taking his spot" in KISS and took him down every opportunity he could. If Bob Kulick played on the first Alive! record we would have found out about it long ago, because he wouldn't have been able to keep his mouth shut.
Exactly
nada nuevo bajo el sol
Bruce should have stayed in kiss not Thayer
Where do you get your information from so wrong
No. Bob didnt play on alive 1 or 2. Only on alive 2 a few studio tracks.
you're clueless
Unlike Mark, Bruce DID look right for the band
Vinnie fit way better with KISS than Mark StJohn.....I remember thinking that back in 1984.
They should have just called it a day, at the first member change. They were never all that great to begin with, and if not for the gimmicks, probably wouldnt have gotten far on their songs alone. It was pretty much over, after Alive. They peaked there.
Bob, and Bruce, are both on a much higher level as musicians.
Bruce should have been Hired right after Ace left! Paul and Gene made Horrible decisions with Rotating guitarists. Even though they played good. They all had some health or attitude, but Bruce just wanted to play and have a great time!!!
Kiss was the first band that I was into. I was 13 yrs old, it was 1978 and the visual was very eye catching. But even back then, I knew that the music was crap.
Lol
You don’t know much about music, to say such a thing.
@@edgarbower8089 Stop commenting before you embarrass yourself any further.
should we believe him, just because hes Bruce. I mean, Im sure he isnt "lying" but whos to say he isnt mistaken. Vinnie didnt even come into the KISS radar until late 81 if Im not mistaken. as far as Alive, Its Ace I do believe. sorry but too much he said she said & no body can get stories straight so its like the political thing............we pick which truth we want to believe.
Vinnie was on a Peter Chriss solo album
maybe in the 80s @@nunestunes
Lick it up was better than Elder And Creatures & Unmasked. Lick it up was a damn good Ballsy KISS album with better cleaner production than Creatures. Creatures tends to have a boxy, mono feel to the recording somehow. Still good but L.I.U. was over better imo
Ace Frehley, why would let your band put out albums or songs that you don't actually play on yourself?
It was the record company, and in the contract KISS signed that 3 of the original 4 had to appear on the album. He had no control over his image being used.
From my understanding it's Bob on Danger on the Creatures album. But no to Alive!.
It was actually Vinnie who played it.
Vinnie the he-she it, never played a tasteful solo in his life.....all flash
And speed, no soul or feeling to his
Playing whatsoever.
Exactly
@@johnmarshall3903agree 100% he pretty much sucks in my book
Vinnie's guitar work on Creatures of the Night is superb. The solo to Saint and Sinner is simple but melodic. It explodes out of the speakers from the first note and is one of the first solos I ever learnt as a guitarist.
I thought Paul was the he-she !
Eric carr was their best drummer