BRUCE KULICK Interviewed On 'Long Live Rock'

Former KISS and current GRAND FUNK RAILROAD guitarist Bruce Kulick was the featured guest on this past Sunday's (January 17) edition of the "Long Live Rock" show. The chat is now available for streaming using the audio player below.

Kulick will host a release party for his long-awaited third solo album, "BK3", at the Kiss Coffeehouse in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on Saturday, February 6. The festivities are set to begin at 2:00 p.m. and everyone is invited to join in the celebration.

"My fans have been waiting a long time to hear 'BK3'," says Kulick, "so I wanted to hold an event that was open to all. The Kiss Coffeehouse is a very cool place and I'm very excited to be able to meet my fans, and celebrate the release of 'BK3' with them."

Special VIP packages are available via Kulick's web site and include a personal meet-and-greet with Bruce, an autographed copy of "BK3", a "BK3" poster, an exclusive early-admission VIP laminate, and a "BK3" guitar pick.

"BK3" will be released in Europe on January 29 via Frontiers Records. The CD will be made available in North America on February 2 through Twenty 4 Records/Rocket Science Ventures. The first single from the album will be released on January 12. The track "Hand Of The King", featuring Nick Simmons (son of KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons),will be a digital-only release available at all online music stores, including iTunes.

If you ever play Six Degrees of Bruce Kulick, the guitarist's résumé will keep you happily busy for hours. Having been tapped by artists as diverse as Meat Loaf and Kanye West, the veteran axeman's boundless creative energy permeates his third solo LP, "BK3". In the works for nearly six years and produced by Jeremy Rubolino, "BK3" delivers explosive hard rock arrangements and addictive pop melodies that honor both Kulick's singular past and bright future. And then there's the jaw-dropping guest list, boasting members of KISS, THE KNACK, TOTO, MÖTLEY CRÜE and more.

"Bruce was to KISS what Ronnie Wood is to the STONES," says Rocket Science GM & Fanboy Enterprises A&R executive Ken Gullic. "The new guy to one generation, and the long-standing stable horse to another."

After getting his solo feet wet with 2001's "Audio Dog" and 2003's "Transformer", Kulick — the often unheralded driving force on 12 years of classic KISS records, from 1984's "Animalize" to 1992's "Revenge" — assembled his own rock 'n' roll dream team. The roster: KISS icon Gene Simmons and up-and-coming son Nick (each vocally appearing separately),longtime friend John Corabi (MÖTLEY CRÜE, Kulick's own UNION),KNACK mainman Doug Fieger, TOTO axe authoritarian Steve Lukather, EDGUY power metal stalwart Tobias Sammet and even current KISS drummer Eric Singer.

"Many albums lack cohesion with different vocalists, but I know that my guitar playing is the glue on 'BK3'," Kulick says. "There was the clear goal of making absolutely the best record that I could put together. I feel like this is my 'Revenge'."

"BK3" track listing:

01. Fate
02. Ain't Gonna Die (featuring Gene Simmons)
03. No Friend Of Mine (featuring John Corabi)
04. Hand of the King (featuring Nick Simmons)
05. I'll Survive
06. Dirty Girl (featuring Doug Fieger)
07. Final Mile
08. I'm The Animal (featuring Tobias Sammet & Eric Singer)
09. And I Know
10. Between The Lines (featuring Steve Lukather)
11. Life