Former KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick played with the group on some of their catchiest and strongest songs and albums in the mid-‘80s and early ‘90s. Kulick has proudly flown the flag for the non-makeup era of the band and will also appear as a special guest with Chris Jericho’s KISS cover band, Kuarantine, at a pair of shows next month.
During KISS’ Madison Square Garden finale last December, the band didn’t acknowledge past members, and Kulick also wasn’t invited to attend. “They missed a great opportunity to mention Ace, to mention Peter, to mention, of course, Eric Carr, myself, even Vinnie Vincent and Mark St. John,” Bruce said during a recent Q&A session at the Spooky Empire convention in Orlando, Florida.
“And I can never allow myself to understand that, that there was any good reason to ignore that. And I don’t need my name mentioned that night, ’cause I know everybody there knows ‘Kisstory’. But this is your final show. Celebrate ‘Kisstory’ — all the 50 years. The fans knew it. They thought about the future, the avatars. I get that, ’cause that’s, like, ‘Now we are immortal.'”
Kulick also talked about the avatar technology which is apparently going to keep the group going in digital form for years to come. “You have to admit technology now keeps evolving,” he said. “So they’re going with this avatar thing. We’ll see how it goes… But they saw that as their future. And they’re immortal. Because the avatars won’t get old, physically.”
Bruce’s Q&A session can be viewed below.
