Bruce Kulick Interview, discussing the mystery of Mark St. Johns hand ailment. 

saw him on the anmaliize tour - great solos

True. ALL of KISS should have been inducted. Anyone who was ever in KISS who helped Gene and Paul become gozillionaires should have their name on that plaque.

No, he wasn’t.

By "he" do you mean Bruce Kulick or Eric Carr? I can make an argument for either guy.

@@rticle15 Bruce. Eric is a legend.

@@MondoMiami Bruce brought stabilty to that band. He was with Kiss for 13 years. He played on ten of their albums all but one going gold or platinum with ten singles that broke top-40 on numerous charts. He played both bass and guitar on Forever which hit number 8 on the big billboard chart. I get it, he was a hired gun who didnt write a lot. But Bruce filling that role was key to the band's long-term survival. In a four-piece band, I cant think of another lead guitarist with a resume like his who was excluded from their HoF induction.

David Verplank still gets a check.

Oh, Bruce. Everyone loves GFR, but with all your hard work, you deserve way bigger than that!! Ace was amazing, Vinnie filled the slot, and as much as I respect Mark, and wanted so much more for him in 1984 and beyond, not only were you his replacement, but you were the one that worked out long-term, and built quite a great reputation of yourself as well. If I may say, You were the Eric Carr of guitars. You had that nice long involvement in arguably one of the best Kiss lineups, and to the knowledge of your fans, it was just a nice, smooth, problem-free tenure with Kiss. Like Carr, you exuded an air of a humble, reliable, dynamic, and ungodly-talented musician throughout your time with Kiss, and I think most people would agree that there was no better person for the job. (Sorry, Bob.) From the little bit we see of Mark, I must say that I really liked him, saw tons of potential in him, and am very saddened by his demise, and passing, as I would be with the demise and passing of any beautiful creature of this beautiful planet, but as for the most sought after career of axe-wielders worldwide, you picked up the ball, and ran with it. There are thousands of hours of Bruce Kulick guitar playing video and audio out there, and as much as I enjoy Mark's limited content out there, I think you nailed it- You were definitely the better guitar player. I love Ace, I have a little piece in my heart for Vinnie, I am newly on a quest to redeem Mark, YOU are the first one who pops into my head when I think of "Kiss guitarist," Tommy is amazing, and super-underrated, but Bruce, you are THE MAN.

Hahaha!! try again, Ace is the 1 that they all wanted to be, but had to settle for scrapes.

Paul n Gene feeds them Tv dinners as Ace feeds Paul n Gene slabs of his schlong. Lol

@@standingvertical3048 Frehley was an immature child who could come up with a great riff but was hardly a terrific guitarist. A number of solos he was credited for, he never actually came up with nor did was he the one who originally recorded them.

Gene and Paul never even Introduced Him!

I saw them on the same tour & wondered the same thing. I actually had backstage passes met Paul, Gene & Eric before the show but then on stage saw Bruce & was like "Who is that?" I also met Queensryche, what a great bunch of guys back then.

@@asherasator It was really funny when Mark played the first song in Baltimore, lights went out, and then Bruce was onstage. We were in a WTF moment. LOL

I'm pretty sure the killer solos on that album were Bruce. I heard him play on youtube with the same tone as Into The Fire or whatever the first song was on Animalize, in which the solo was epic.

The killer solos were Mark St. John.

+Kilgore Trout .. awesome that he said that

Some people refer to Ace’s makeup “avatar” as “The Space Ace” rather than “The Spaceman.” The latter is the original and most frequently used name. The former was ascribed to Ace’s character on the back of the Psycho Circus album, IIRC.

antonio orduno KISS is a marketing project, not a band. They suck

How about dick wagner

Les Dixon no he doesn't like you limie

G & P didn't screw anything up. I loved the lineup with Bruce but attendance was on a downward slope. The Revenge tour averaged 5,000ish people and being the awesome album it was didn't sell to expectations. I thought it was their best work since Destroyer but they Decided to go another direction with the reunion and sold out every venue they played on that tour usually in hours many times adding more dates. This went on for most of the 4ish years they were together. How is going from a 5,000 seat avg to selling out stadiums and arenas all over the world fucking things up?

It's hard not to like Bruce. It's impossible to think of GFR without Mark.

Thayer

lol

It just wouldn't have worked. Tommy looks too much more like Ace. KISS were going for their nostalgia heyday look.

I'd rather them dream up new make up for new members

Bruce in Ace's makeup wouldn't work, the reason they chose Tommy was that he looked more like Ace. His hair and demeanor was closer. But I too would have preferred they get new characters for the replacements.

The problem is on your end. There is definitely sound.

I agree,too bad they dropped him for the reunion tour 🤔

get your facts straight...............

What ended up taking his life was a brain hemorrhage caused by an accidental methamphetamine overdose not heroin, and it could have been linked to his horrible beating in jail. He kept complaining about headaches after and died only several months after the beating. Never heard about the heroin addiction thing. I heard that he formed white tiger soon after he left Kiss however and recorded an independently produced album with them which sold 50,000 copies

Not really...

***** Not Really?

01artist Adam West didn't create the Batman/ Bruce Wayne character, he only played the character and he wasn't necessarily the first person to do so. Idk if Ace officially sold his rights to the character or if he is still making money off it, but it still doesn't feel right seeing Tommy and Eric dress as such. Imposter Ace and Peter.

***** Just think of Ace Frehley as the creator of the Spaceman just as Bob Kane created batman and Tommy as the person wearing the suit. People think that Tommy is trying to be Ace instead of him as the Spaceman. But I see your point. As far as sold his rights, he says he didn't but Gene and Paul says that he did.

I'm gonna see KISS tomorrow night in VA beach. I saw the original 4 back in 2000, and I had to see them for their HOF year! I guess the fact of the matter is that this is the lineup that Gene and Paul want as far as KISS the band is concerned. Peter and Ace are my favorites, and will remain my favorites. It's all good, in the end. Tommy is more than capable of getting the job done, and I've always loved Singer.

Truthfully it seems like an absolute requirement that in order to be in Kiss, you have to have Jewish descent. I am quite certain that all ten Kiss members from past and present have had Jewish descent. Not necessarily one-hundred percent Jewish heritage, but at least some Jewish descent nontheless. I do know that Gene Simmons has Jewish and Arabic descents and that Paul Stanley has Jewish and German descents for example. I could be wrong, but I think their original drummer, Peter Criss has some Italian descent in addition to Jewish from what I read somewhere. ~Dutch

YouCantHoldOnTooLong haha that story means nothing...ace isnt jewish nor peter

i don't think ES is jewish... I met him at the Indy Expo. I commented to him that Bruce was not feeling well and he made a joke about Kulick being jewish and how they complain... Eric didn't say we jews....

I always sensed something jewish about bruce kullick. That explains why he is still theglad tool waiting in a drawer, always ready to do some work for his masters, richer jews.

YouCantHoldOnTooLong Vinnie Vincent is italian, I don't think he has any Jewish ancestry.

Because they stayed with the makeup and Bruce wasn't comfortable doing that.

Bruce was already working with GF and Tommy was already working with kiss

Bruce never really had that KISS look. That's the exact reason he wasn't asked to return and they got Tommy instead. But he fit in with them during the non-makeup years.

timm441 Bruce had the look for the non makeup look but not the makeup look. I see what you mean. Tommy had been in a KISS tribute band before and new how to play the older KISS stuff.I wish ACE would have been as hard and heavy sounding back in the 70's like KISS sounds today.KISS does need to get better song writers. Gene and Paul can't write a song to save their necks. . . .

Really is that what happened? They picked tommy over Bruce? Tommy is a good guitarist and all but his solos are ace frehley rip offs maybe if they got Bruce he would at least be original

Tommy does everything exactly like Ace. H was his tech anyway. Bruce was too different.