Former KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick was recently interviewed by AMFM Magazine and talked about his plans to write his autobiography in 2025, “I amassed a lot of materials from (my) era (of KISS). When I first started a book with a guy in the industry back in ’99, there were a lot of interviews done, and I was able to get all those tapes digitized because that’s important, to spark my memories and stuff. I have notes of subjects.
Kulick added, “It’s certainly gonna be a really in-depth discussion of my life as a musician with, of course, hefty amounts on my KISS years, ’cause I know that the fans are gonna wanna get my thoughts on how it felt and what I did. It’s certainly not gonna be some salacious slam book. It’s not me. But I do have a lot of stories that I never really discussed that I think are gonna be really fun for people to read about and fascinating for them to see.
“Everything was, in many ways, a very interesting journey, and there were many (instances) of where you fall in the ditch, but you’ve gotta pull yourself out — that kind of thing.”
Bruce Kulick joined KISS in 1984 and was their lead guitarist for twelve years, playing with the band on the “Animalize” tour and continuing until the 1996 reunion tour. Bruce is heavily featured on “Kissology – Vol. 2” and “Vol. 3”, the band’s DVDs spanning their historic 45-year career.
In an April 2020 interview with Sleaze Roxx, Bruce said he was “relieved” he wasn’t asked by the band to rejoin after Ace Frehley left for good back in 2001.
“When I had to leave in ’96 after the success of the KISS ‘Unplugged’ performance, people were aware of the musicianship that existed in the band between Eric Singer (drums) and I, but after 20 years of people hearing about KISS in makeup, it was kind of like ‘Star Wars’ when it was rebooted people went to see what it was all about,” he said. “I understood that it was the original guys, they put the makeup on and people were excited to either see it again or see it for the first time. That carried on, then it carried on and it carried on. (Laughs) It then reached a point where Gene and Paul couldn’t continue with Peter so they called on Eric Singer to step into the role and the makeup.
“Eric is such a tremendous drummer. I was genuinely happy for him. I still am. Then when Ace started dropping the ball, it was seamless for them to go with Tommy Thayer who does such a fantastic job as the ‘Spaceman.’
Kulick said he is at peace with the fact that he will never be part of the makeup era of KISS.
“I was relieved (when they didn’t ask me to step in after Ace left). I think if I had been asked and done it, I think it would hurt. I know that Tommy and Eric avoid… I’m close to both but I’m closer with Eric. They avoid reading things online. Their best medicine is to just do a great job every night and not read that stuff. I’m shocked that sometimes someone will leave a snarky comment toward me. I’m, like, ‘Really?’ I don’t get into that stuff and I don’t like anything negative on social media and I never do or post anything negative. I won’t allow anything negative. There’s times I read something and I choose to ignore it. Everyone has a voice these days. They have a laptop, a tablet or a smartphone.”
Can’t wait to read Bruce’s book – it may not be ‘salacious’, but you know he’s gonna break out some great stories! What’s your favourite rock read?
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