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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│ + Bruce Kulick - BK3 + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Jan-23-2015 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Hard Rock Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2010 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........12 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.kulick.net ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Bruce Kulick Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : BK3 Label : Frontiers ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Since being unceremoniously dumped from KISS in ║ │
│║ 1996 to make room for original guitarist Ace ║ │
│║ Frehley's return, Bruce Kulick has been quite ║ │
│║ productive musically. After KISS, he formed ║ │
│║ Union with ex-Motley Crue/Scream vocalist John ║ │
│║ Corabi. After three albums, Union disbanded and ║ │
│║ Kulick began playing with former/current KISS ║ │
│║ drummer Eric Singer in E.S.P. Then, in 2001, ║ │
│║ Kulick landed the role of guitarist in Grand ║ │
│║ Funk Railroad. Since 2001, Kulick has also ║ │
│║ released three solo albums, the most recent of ║ │
│║ which is 2010's BK3. ║ │
│║ Unlike Kulick's first two solo albums, BK3 ║ │
│║ features multiple vocalists and songwriters. ║ │
│║ Each track takes on a different personality ║ │
│║ depending on who's singing. (Most of the guest ║ │
│║ vocalists also co-wrote along with Kulick and ║ │
│║ co-producer Jeremy Rubolino.) Appealing to the ║ │
│║ KISS fans, there's a track called "Ain't Gonna ║ │
│║ Die," featuring Gene Simmons in typically ║ │
│║ demonic form. Gene's son, Nick, co-wrote and ║ │
│║ sings on the surprisingly heavy "Hand of the ║ │
│║ King." Tobias Sammet, vocalist for Edguy and ║ │
│║ Avantasia, joins Kulick on "I'm the Animal," a ║ │
│║ stomping, if somewhat generic, rocker. ║ │
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│║ The late Doug Fiegler, former vocalist of The ║ │
│║ Knack, joined Kulick for "Dirty Girl", a ║ │
│║ supremely catchy power-pop number that may be ║ │
│║ the last recording Fiegler appeared on before ║ │
│║ his passing in 2010. ║ │
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│║ Perhaps the finest cut on BK3, however, is the ║ │
│║ song co-written and sung by Kulick's former ║ │
│║ Union bandmate, John Corabi. "No Friend of Mine" ║ │
│║ is a brilliant, uplifting, and thoroughly ║ │
│║ modern-sounding song that wouldn't sound out of ║ │
│║ place in heavy rotation on any rock radio ║ │
│║ station today. ║ │
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│║ Kulick handles the vocals on the remaining ║ │
│║ songs. While admittedly not much of a singer, ║ │
│║ Kulick's voice lends a heaping slab of ║ │
│║ earnestness to songs like "The Final Mile" "And ║ │
│║ I Know," and "Life." The honesty is even more ║ │
│║ prevalent in "I'll Survive," which references ║ │
│║ the 2003 shooting that resulted in Kulick taking ║ │
│║ a stray bullet in his right leg. ("The warm ║ │
│║ smoking gun couldn't take me away / Life was ║ │
│║ spared, I was blessed that day') ║ │
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│║ Aside from vocalists, BK3 includes a number of ║ │
│║ guest musicians as well, including KISS drummer ║ │
│║ Eric Singer, John Mellencamp's drummer Kenny ║ │
│║ Aronoff, former Blackjack bassist Jimmy Haslip, ║ │
│║ and guitarist Steve Lukather, who does a nice ║ │
│║ guitar duet with Kulick on the jazzy "Between ║ │
│║ the Lines," BK3's sole instrumental. ║ │
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│║ Kulick and Rubolino have crafted a great- ║ │
│║ sounding rock record that should generate appeal ║ │
│║ outside the KISS fan base. Sure, there are some ║ │
│║ mindless KISS-type tracks here but there are ║ │
│║ quite a few songs that show maturity in both ║ │
│║ songwriting and performing that go a long way to ║ │
│║ prove that Kulick is a vastly underrated ║ │
│║ guitarist. He may be compared to Ace Frehley ║ │
│║ because of his former job title but BK3 shows ║ │
│║ that when it comes to versatility, Bruce Kulick ║ │
│║ takes a backseat to no one. ║ │
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│║ Bruce Kulick - vocals, guitar and bass (Billy ║ │
│║ Squier, Blackjack, Kiss, Union, Eric Singer ║ │
│║ Project, Daniel MCCartney, Grand Funk Railroad, ║ │
│║ Meat Loaf, Lordi, Alice Cooper) ║ │
│║ Gene Simmons - vocals (2) (Kiss) ║ │
│║ John Corabi - vocals (3) (M÷tley Crⁿe, The ║ │
│║ Scream, Ratt, Brides of Destruction, Angora, ║ │
│║ E.S.P, Union, Angel City Outlaws, Twenty 4 ║ │
│║ Seven, Tuff) ║ │
│║ Nick Simmons - vocals (4) ║ │
│║ Doug Fieger - vocals and percussion (6) (The ║ │
│║ Knack, Sky, Triumvirat, The Sunset Bombers) ║ │
│║ Tobias Sammet - vocals (8] (Edguy, Avantasia, ║ │
│║ Revolution Renaissance) ║ │
│║ Jeremy Rubolino - acoustic guitar, bass, ║ │
│║ keyboards, piano and background vocals ║ │
│║ (1,2,3,5,6,7,8,10,11) ║ │
│║ Steve Lukather - guitar (10) (Toto) ║ │
│║ Jimmy Haslip - bass (10) ║ │
│║ Kevin Churko - drums (1) ║ │
│║ Brent Fitz - drums (2,3,4,5,6,7,9,11) (Slash, ║ │
│║ Union, Vince Neil, Theory of a Deadman, Alice ║ │
│║ Cooper, Econoline Crush) ║ │
│║ Eric Singer - drums (8] (Kiss, Alice Cooper, ║ │
│║ E.S.P., Avantasia, Lita Ford, Gary Moore, Black ║ │
│║ Sabbath, Badlands, Brian May, Seventh Wonder, ║ │
│║ Gilby Clarke, The Cult, Warren DeMartini) ║ │
│║ Kenny Aronoff - drums (10) (Tony Iommi, John ║ │
│║ Mellencamp, The Smashing Pumpkins, Bob Seger, ║ │
│║ John Fogerty, Melissa Etheridge, Jon Bon Jovi, ║ │
│║ Aldo Nova, Elton John, Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart, ║ │
│║ Alanis Morissette, Joe Jackson, The Rolling ║ │
│║ Stones, Stryper, Michael Sweet, Lynyrd Skynyrd, ║ │
│║ Cinderella, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, ║ │
│║ Puddle of Mudd, Avril Lavigne, Joe Cocker, B. B. ║ │
│║ King, Mick Jagger, Ray Charles, M2M, Alice ║ │
│║ Cooper, The BoDeans, Meat Loaf, Bonnie Raitt, ║ │
│║ Ricky Martin, Santana, Trey Anastasio, GB ║ │
│║ Leighton, Michelle Branch, Marion Raven, Vince ║ │
│║ Gill, Leslie West, Gladys Knight, Aaron Neville, ║ │
│║ Trisha Yearwood, Patti LaBelle, George Jones, ║ │
│║ Conway Twitty, The Buddy Rich Big Band, ║ │
│║ Jefferson Airplane, Jason Sadites, Mary Chapin ║ │
│║ Carpenter, Alex Band, Johnny Cash, Betty Moon, ║ │
│║ Brooke White, Stevie Nicks, Marshall Crenshaw, ║ │
│║ Corey Hart (singer), Brian Wilson, James ║ │
│║ McMurtry, Nicky Trebek, Switchblade Glory and ║ │
│║ Frank Manzi) ║ │
│║ George Kerhulas - Hammond B3 (5) ║ │
│║ Ken Gullic - background vocals (2,5) ║ │
│║ Jeremy Lichter - background vocals (2,5) ║ │
│║ Wally Wingert - background vocals (2,5) ║ │
│║ Cliff Calabro - background vocals (3,6,7,9,11) ║ │
│║ Christian Malmin - background vocals (5) ║ │
│║ Levana Waiche - background vocals (5) ║ │
│║ Neely Waiche - background vocals (5) ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Fate [03:31] │
│ 02 - Ain┤t Gonna Die (Feat. Gene Simmons) [04:11] │
│ 03 - No Friend Of Me (Feat. John Corabi) [04:09] │
│ 04 - Hand Of The King (Feat. Nick Simmons) [04:55] │
│ 05 - I┤ll Survive [04:48] │
│ 06 - Dirty Girl (Feat. Doug Fieger) [03:59] │
│ 07 - Final Mile [04:14] │
│ 08 - I┤m The Animal (Feat. Tobias Sammar & Eric [04:42] │
│ 09 - And I Know [03:17] │
│ 10 - Between The Lines (Feat. Steve Lukather) [03:54] │
│ 11 - Life [04:32] │
│ 12 - Skydome (Bonus Track) [05:19] │
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│ Total Length : [51:31 minn │
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│ ║ Greetings To: ║ │
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│ Too all people who contributes to make this │
│ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │
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