The week after KISS wrapped up their End of the Road tour at New York’s Madison Square Garden, Gene Simmons hosted fans at Electric Lady Studios, where KISS recorded, to cover a version of “Rock and Roll All Nite” at a cost of under $6000. Simmons posted a video recap and says he plans to do more of these around the country.
In other KISS-related news, former KISS rocker Ace Frehley isn’t above taking some shots at his former band (and vice versa). But now the guitarist is taking aim at his successor on KISS’ strings, Tommy Thayer, following the group’s grand finale last month. “I’ve never had a guitar lesson,” bragged Frehley when asked about his playing style. “I was born with a certain technique that many people, namely Tommy Thayer, can’t duplicate. And with Tommy, yeah… that’s over now. It’s back to the breadline for him!” The opinionated rock star is preparing to release new solo album “10,000 Volts” on February 23rd, which he likens to KISS album “Rock and Roll Over.”
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Former KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick has confirmed he’s left Grand Funk Railroad’s lineup following a December 14th performance in Marietta, Ohio.
“I’ve always loved playing with Grand Funk for all of those years,” said the rocker, who had previously played with KISS. “But all of that travel for most weekends of every month, all year, the time involved became more and more difficult.” But Kulick also let fans know that he isn’t done rocking just yet.
“I really wanted to look at what I wanted to do personally and creatively,” he continued. The guitarist hinted at a potential book collaboration with Ken Gullic and maybe even a tour of his work with KISS. “Every generation going from there, that they haven’t forgotten me at all is wonderful.”