Bruce Kulick on Final Kiss Show: 'Kisstory Was Not Represented'

[@richhope3043]

Gene, but especially Pauls's ego wouldn't want ANY SPOTLIGHT to be taken off them and of course the "avatar " situation and inviting past band members for even just a last final bow, would have been tragic for Paul. He only wants people to remember the "new" Kiss - certianly not any of the other versions.

[@muziktrkr]

Paul did overpriced paintings of Ace and Peter so I don’t know if he wants to revise history. The CGI people can always change it to Ace and Peter.

[@David-ne6cd]

I have a lot of respect for Bruce. He's always been gracious and never said a bad word about anyone. I think he's the best guitarist Kiss had after Ace. Paul runs Kiss and his fragile ego wouldn't allow him to recognize anyone else who played a crucial part in Kiss's career. They totally went out on a sour note in my opinion. That Avatar crap is going to flop !

[@johnmarshall3903]

Totally agree, Bruce is a class act.

[@themadmattster9647]

If a guy who is normally quiet about matters involving his former band is calling them out especially coming from a stand up guy like Kulick, it means Kiss’s douchiness must be off the charts even compared to how they were in the past nowadays

[@danjohnson4082]

The final show was all about Gene and Paul.

[@radiomindchatter7994]

Bruce took the high road..unlike Gene and Paul.

[@diamondd2778]

BRUCE IS CORRECT! What a disappointing end to their career. Such a shame

[@LadyFairChildVideo]

the fact that they went with impostors for over 20 years was definitely one giant long low point. KISS ended when ace/peter/paul and gene played their last show together.

[@vinniepeters1936]

Two outta of the three greatest guitars solo’s I’ve ever heard in my life are: Bruce Kulick’s Tears Are Falling and Reason To Live. And the third being George Lynch’s solo on Alone Again.

[@julianschulz1620]

One of my all time fave Lynch solo's is on that power ballad, Walk Away. It's got the emption of the Alone Again solo, where George let's the notes sing.

[@Gottoyzforsale]

I ain't gonna lie. Those are some amazing solos, but for me, the solos in Dr Love and Strange Ways are the best KISS solos ever. Pure Magic!

[@VirtualX11]

@@Gottoyzforsale Dr. Love is my favorite KISS solo. I like Vinnies live version almost as much as the original.

[@DragonflyII]

Bruce is the only member of Kiss I've had the honour of meeting in person at his guitar clinic once. He fired all those ripping solos like 'Tears Are Falling' & 'Unholy' within a few feet of distance, even 'Lonely Is The Hunter' after I re-jigged his memory by asking about the solos he played on 'Animalize'. He was a gentleman, chatted at length, took the high road & shared funny stories about every member, even complimented my airbrushed Eric Carr shirt & signed my Union DVD. Was sad the KI$$ biz ruined the Kulicks' brotherhood in the end & they never got the chance to make peace, that will always sit heavy with Bruce now Bob is gone. I was the same as you Dr. Fukk, I could only handle a small dose of the final MSG show live, luckily my neighbour invited me so it was free at least lol It was the most predictable anticlimax we could expect. Kiss Karaoke bullshit. I just remember the good old days now. Cheers for keeping it real ✊

[@muziktrkr]

Bob had issues going on when Stella Stevens had dementia and he had no choice but to put her in the Actors Home, Bob spiraled into depression when the home was closed off during COVID and couldn’t visit her.

[@casonpunk96]

Personally Bruce is my #2 guitarist after Ace. I love his work with KISS.

[@johnmarshall3903]

Totally agree

[@justinfendelet8675]

Dam right even his reworked VV stuff alive 3 ROCKS!!!!

[@zandig666]

Stay heavy !!!!! King Diamond rules 🤟🤟🤟🤟

[@icantintyou]

Bruce is by far the best member of Kiss. no BS with him EVER! absolute class act,

[@kc0lif]

i like the bruce kulick years great guitarist & nice guy too. ace is the man tho.

[@mr.brenman2132]

Bruce no longer has any reason to KISS ass. He's telling the truth.

[@berliner0]

Tell ‘em Bruce

[@Blimpus]

Kashing In Since Seventies KISS

[@giraffesareselfish9563]

Saw Kiss 3x with Bruce and Eric Carr, Crazy Nights tour and twice on HITS. Great shows.

[@johndiamond4088]

Heh Ralph I think it's kick ass you headlined a show to over 8,000 people I don't care if it was 1 show that is irrelevant the FACT that your band headlined a show to 8,000 people is absolutely awsome in my opinion man not to many people overall get to enjoy that accomplishment I think it's killer 8,000 fans is quite alot of people thumbs up man

[@almosthuman56]

Thank you! It was amazing!!

[@thunderstruck6585]

I saw kiss on the Animalize and Asylum tours in Buffalo NY. After one of those My buddy and I went to the bar in the hotel that Kiss was staying at. Eric and Bruce came down and Eric sat at the bar the whole time talking to my buddy who was a drummer. Bruce was obsessed with playing bubble hockey and kept calling out to someone for more quarters. I fed him a few quarters and he was nice enough to stop and give me his autograph on a napkin. Eric did too. I kicked myself for not bringing the tour book into the bar. Bruce is crazy tall. I'm 6'1" and he seemed to tower over me. Maybe I was just start struck at age 18 or 19. Never saw hide nor hair of Gene or Paul.

[@Coffeaddictedcinephile87]

I met Tommy Thayer at a Black n Blue show in Portland Oregon like 15 years ago. Gotta say he was very nice. Took the time to talk with fans and take photos. I may not like what he's done in kiss, but he was still a nice dude.

[@Scottocaster6668]

Lmao "Vinnie Vixen" 🤣🤣

[@berliner0]

Final show was horrible I regret even going

[@stevenedwards4470]

There's less profit sharing without Kisstory.

[@Diggerdog2nd]

Being 58 now I was to young back then to go to a Kiss show in the 70's when I loved them basically from the 74 to 78 which makes me really regret not shelling out the money in 96 when I had a chance to see the REAL Kiss. But I did see them in 1986 which is the second-best Kiss band with Bruce & Eric Carr so at least I got that going for me. Great show, W.A.S.P. opened.

[@muziktrkr]

I can see an Ace, Bruce and Gene tour happening, and it would be better than the EOTR shows. The meet and greets would probably be expensive but not as ridiculous as how much the EOTR meet and greets were going for. I think had it been up to Gene, he would have wanted Bruce, Ace and Peter to be there, but Paul felt otherwise.

[@Kinger1625]

This show looked like cold and had no emotion or feeling to me. Sad. All these guys should’ve been onstage! Imho. So many bands should’ve done this when they had the chance…hind sight is always 20/20 and Karma is a bitch! lol. Rock on Ralph! Love this channel!

[@julianschulz1620]

The final show seemed completely uneventful from the set list, to the former members not even being included. I expected something interesting to happen, especially an Ace & Peter cameo.

[@DevilFish69]

8:27 That picture is hilarious.😆

[@Joshua76493]

Funnily enough I click on this and the ad that came on before the video was the McDonalds as with I was made for lovin' you on it.

[@Kinger1625]

Ok. Just paused 5:20 …..what show? With whom? Where can I see this? I’d love to hear it, or see it! Rock the hell on Ralph Schmakamagob!!!!❤

[@DanielFerrellMusic]

Much love to you, my dude! I always look forward to your take on these topics! Hope all is well!

[@almosthuman56]

Likewise!

[@Muh_Username]

Have you ever considered doing another ‘Thrash or Die’ show?

[@collinmadden]

Bruce is smart. He always takes the high road. Look at his career trajectory compared to Vinnie Vincent's.

[@longliverocknmetal]

The bottom line is that those 2 "final" shows in NYC were nothing special! The same cookie-cutter setlists as a night in Canada weeks prior, for example...Zero extra songs. Zero guest performances. The final nights didn't stand out at all. I saw them on this 5-year End of the Road odyssey, but really glad I didn't shell out thousands to go to NY. I missed nothing. Bruce makes some good points. Long live 'Asylum!'

[@philipholmes5884]

Paul sounds like an old New York "Yenta" when he sings...

[@kevinbrown1893]

There's just something incomplete about these KISS segments by not mentioning: "PAWL THTANLEY of KITH!"

[@Gottoyzforsale]

Bruce has to be careful about what he says, so he doesn't burn bridges with Paul and Gene, but I'll guarantee you if Gene and Paul weren't around anymore, you'd get the real dirt on what he experienced with his time in KISS.

[@michaelmerrullo2043]

Oh no! Did I miss the last KISS show? 😮😢😅

[@Steambull1]

"Kisstory" will only be represented when they want to sell a re-release of one of their albums.

[@garydicorzo3625]

I have been saying for quite some time now that the only way the I would spend my hard earned money on this”farewell tour was if Pete and Ace were a part of the show and only Cheap trick operenedup for kiss, or if they did some kind of tribute to Eric Carr, I would rather hear robin Azander with a really bad flue sing than listen to a healthy Paul Sthanley of Kithss sin away! Full gene and Paul for giving us the fans a shitty and fake farewell tour!

[@FrostedSeagull]

All the a ss lickers alleging that the Final Show was amazing, fantastic blah blah blah They then mocked Eddie Trunk and by default. . . Ace Frehley. 1 month later . . . We heard about the reality of it all. Yep . . It was lame as lame could be AND that both Thayer and Eric Singer were going through the motions. No surprises there. Last Laugh I saw fake KISS in one of the worst days if my life. It was Friday, the 26th August 2022 and that afternoon my dad was diagnosed with Terminal cancer. He passed 9 mnonths later. Good News I saw KISS in my home city of Sydney Australia 🇦🇺 on that day. People wrote rave views. I didn’t. I wrote an in depth review which was fair, and I believe. . . honest. My review was picked up by a Canadian newspaper and was syndicated. I have mostly forgotten what I wrote, but I remember a few tasty morsels. I wrote that both Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer were going through the morptions. Thayer was doing paint by numbers, and he sounded like a 16 year old who had just learned to play guitar. His solo on Love Gun was partly.souless . It brought a smile to my face. WHY - it helped affect their ticket sales which dramatically slumped. Yep, for those who can remember the KISS " this is it, we are really calling it a day" experienced declining ticket sales in the USA which became of a concern. Im not stupid. My syndicated review alone didn't cause this, ticket sales slump but word got around. Also, there were KZbin videos of Eric Singer especially. . . taking the piss. If you try you can find KZbin vids of Eric Singer singing Beth and he is clearly laughing and talking to someone else. The first time Singer was caughtbdoing this was at the Sidious Australia show on Friday the 26th August, 2022 I love the hypocrisy. Hopefully, this farce truly ends.

[@longliverocknmetal]

The "End..." tour had some really questionable cancellations, even going back to '19 in California. Remember, this tour started very early in '19. I attribute those to lackluster ticket sales, but who knows. Let's not forget how the ENTIRE Vegas residency was scrapped. Poor sales? Me thinks so!

[@aussieboy77]

Bruce is blaming Doc McGee but we all know Paul and Gene have the final say and they disrespected Bruce and all the other former members. Even a video montage would have been something but they did nothing. Very disappointing.

[@markusdickson3615]

Ralph funny as hell Saw kiss everytime they went out on tour at least once a year since 79 83,84 85,and so on sometimes twice on a tour. Bruce was thier best guitarist. Some of thier best was from the 80s What gene and Paul need to do is go back in the studio Take the non make up And whipe that glossy poppy crap off of it ,that alone would toughen it up. And bang bang you and read my body doesn't exist After Vinnie and mark Please be precise You had to be there And gene did the rockets out his guitar in the 80s no ace

[@almosthuman56]

Ace did it on the Dynasty and Unmasked tours. Before Gene

[@markusdickson3615]

Hmm I was 9 in 79 Saw them in fresno I don't remember ace doing that I can't even remember who opened You can catch that show on you tube That was along time ago I do remember universal amphitheater in los Angeles For the creatures Motley crue opened,that you can find on you tube I still enjoy listening to that one, although the one in fresno I listen to recently and I can see why I don't remember ,definitely a bootleg

[@joestpierreart]

Imagine songs like Boyz Are Gonna Rock, Back On The Streets, Twisted, Invasion mixed w Gene/Paul on Animalize!🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@clutch2827]

I thought Bruce was a dick. They were signing my KISS Alive 3 cd and they had been using gold sharpie. Bruce picks up a black one and get ready to sign it. Eric says hey man, it won't show up and Bruce goes oh it doesn't matter and signs it in black.

[@icantintyou]

haha

[@mr.brenman2132]

Whine.

[@davegoodwin1848]

IMO Bruce is the best guitarist KISS ever had. Much more technical and knowledgeable than Ace and Tommy, more restrained, theoretical, nuanced and harmonic than Vinnie. Crazy Nights is my favorite KISS album.

[@shawnfranklin9581]

Disagree. COS is one of.my favorite Kiss albums.

[@daveytandtheplacetobe7561]

"Nice guy, until he threw his brother under the bus for G/P" LMAO!

[@franklinfx]

Except Bobs the 1 who turned on Bruce

[@lancecrocket2391]

Good fuckem. Piss would of been better hear on the final show, i like to think of them now as. Miss. Missed opportunities, when they tried to put out a killer recor well. They couldn't hit the side of gene captain calories gut. And paul just being the bands miss stanley

[@eddiecatflap3838]

Dont worry Bruce when they start doing non make up gigs again your phone will ring lol. Last gig/concert/tour my arse

[@mr.brenman2132]

That will never happen. They want to sell out arena's.

[@eddiecatflap3838]

i want them to just f?ck off and il pretend the last 2 decades of utter shit did not happen . @@mr.brenman2132

[@garydicorzo3625]

Bruce it’s actually a good thing that you didn’t get to play with 2 guys that don’t have any thing to offer the fans, Paul Sthanley sucks as a singer and general manager well genérennos riding on Paul’s talent since 1980and on. Bk and Eric Carrrule! Why share a stage with 2 talentless sdick heads you’re so much better those two fucks!

[@justinfendelet8675]

Bruce kulick 4 platinum 2 Gold Thommy Thayer 0 platinum 0 Gold...

[@titaniabell6680]

Gene & Paul's Ego are way too big.....only goes to show the real Mr. Simmons & Mr. Stanley. . Shame on them for zero acknowledgement to the people that got them there.

[@berliner0]

The avatar thing is bull shite 🎉

[@stevemundy9886]

Gene and paul only care about themselves kiss is washed up it’s a joke

[@Goozen12]

HypoKrIϞϞtical band, it's good the music dont talk smack

[@otisdriftwood8469]

They didn't have bruce on the tracks. So no. Clowns.

[@nigeldreiner]

Last show was a complete flop. Have been a fan since 1996 and even understanding the limitations (Paul's voice, age etc) there is really no excuse for how poor the presentation was. Not even a new slideshow celebrating all members. Lying about "anyone could show up" then hearing later no one was invited? Poor form. The post show interviews were pathetic - Gene talking about his kidney stone? Drunk Shannon? I did like the pre-show stuff with their kids... that was probably my favorite part of the entire night. Bruce should have been there, at the very least, interviewed before the show and in the VIP section with his family. Same goes for Peter, Ace and Eric Carr's family? Would they have shown up? Probably not, but the fact they were invited would have shown some sort of class. I didn't expect "UNPLUGGED" level of excitement, but even with my expectations very low - somehow it still let me down. I never feel the need to watch that show again.

[@seangiuliani3825]

Ralph who's your band and what? Tell us more. Do an only news that matters and dedicate it to yourself and KISSTARDS. I love playing. I played a few reasonable sized gigs but 8000 headlining is impressive dude. hey i dont know anything about ya except ur content and the RAMEN HAGAR meme is the best,. laughed foe days. cheers but show us and them wat loving music should b about. not mimes w phyllis diller wigs and too much!!!!!!!!pyro etc. covering?hmmm

[@almosthuman56]

Thanks. My band is called Thrash Or Die