Bruce Kulick

Bruce Kulick is one of rock's great understated guitarists, and I'll go to bat for him any day. He quietly joined Kiss in 1984 — no makeup era, no fanfare — and spent twelve years being the steady, melodic backbone of a band that badly needed someone to actually play. While the original lineup hogged the mythology, Kulick was out there delivering real riffs on albums like Animalize and Crazy Nights and touring relentlessly. The guy studied at Queens College, comes from a Brooklyn family steeped in music (his brother Bob was no slouch either), and built a career through pure craft rather than spectacle. His post-Kiss run with Grand Funk Railroad showed he could anchor a legacy act without overshadowing it. No Hall of Fame plaque, no flashy controversy — just a guitarist who always showed up and played it right.

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Name (English)

Bruce Kulick

Name (Japanese)

ブルース・キューリック

Reading

ぶるーす・きゅーりっく

Born

December 12, 1953 (age 72)

Origin

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Occupation

guitarist / songwriter

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Snake

University

Queens College

• Official sitehttps://www.brucekulick.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/bruce.kulick/
• Xhttps://x.com/brucekulick
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce%20Kulick
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%96%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q324764

Tags

• New York
• guitarist
• songwriter

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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