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Bruce Kulick has been playing professionally since 1975. He first
gained notoriety as a member of the touring band for Meat Loaf's
classic "Bat Out Of Hell" album in 1977, playing dual guitars with
his brother Bob. Shortly after, Bruce formed the band Blackjack with
then aspiring singer Michael Bolton. After the release of two
albums, Blackjack folded and Kulick considered joining Billy
Squier's band after playing on Squier's debut, "Tale of the Tape".
This never materialized, as Bruce was asked to join KISS, where he
remained as their lead guitarist for twelve years, joining the band
for the Animalize tour in 1984 and continuing with the band until
the 1996 reunion tour. Bruce performed around the world with the
KISS and won many Platinum and Gold awards. The amazing relationship
relationship he still has with the KISS Army is a true testament to
his performing and writing abilities shared with the iconic group.
He is heavily featured on KISSOLOGY II and III, the band's DVD's
spanning their historic 35 year career.
After leaving KISS,
Bruce continued his musical development, forming UNION with John
Corabi in 1997. UNION released three albums between 1998 and 2000
before going on hiatus to pursue other endeavors. Bruce and John
teamed up with Eric Singer and formed the Eric Singer Project
(E.S.P.), releasing an album in 1998. Bruce also maintained his
connection to KISS, contributing to their Psycho Circus album, the
Detroit Rock City soundtrack, and both of the solo efforts from Gene
Simmons and Paul Stanley.
In early 2001 Bruce released his
debut solo album, Audio Dog, which was followed in 2003 with
Transformer. Both albums showcase many different sides of Bruce as a
performer, with a great mixture of instrumentals and vocal tracks.
Another facet of Bruce's playing was revealed in 2001 when he joined
Grand Funk Railroad as lead guitarist after receiving a personal
invitation from drummer Don Brewer. Bruce is still touring with GFR
and is currently in his 9th year as their lead guitarist.
Through the years Kulick has been involved with session work,
producing new artists, instructional DVD's, and music compositions.
In 2004 rap superstar Kayne West covered a song from Bruce's
Blackjack days with Michael Bolton on West's debut multi-platinum
disc, "The College Dropout". Bruce's session work with Finland's
LORDI won Kulick platinum awards in Europe.
Kulick has
continued the pleasure of jamming and sharing his experience with
campers at the "Rock N Roll Fantasy" camps that he enjoys being
involved with. His counseling is rewarding for both him and the
campers. Jamming with rock legends like Jack Bruce and Roger Daltrey
that appear at the camps are experiences that make Bruce very proud.
In February 2009 Bruce performed 13 shows with ESP in Europe,
where they played sold out shows in seven countries. The Eric Singer
Project was promoting a live DVD from Australia from 2006, and a CD
they recorded live in Tokyo, Japan in 2007.
Bruce returned
from Australia this past April 2009, where he was doing guitar
clinics for a major music chain. He was promoting a three track EP
from his forthcoming third solo CD titled BK3. The full CD will
feature Gene Simmons, Nick Simmons, Steve Lukather, John Corabi,
Eric Singer, and Doug Fieger from "The Knack". He has been spending
the summer traveling with Grand Funk and will have his BK3 CD
release announced soon. |
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