Bob Kulick

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Name = Bob Kulick
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Birth_name = Robert J. Kulick
Born = January 16,1950
Origin = Brooklyn, New York United States
Genre = Hard rock, Glam rock, Shock rock, Heavy metal, Pop rock, Art rock, Experimental rock, Dance, Jazz, Disco
Occupation = Producer, Guitarist, Musician
Years_active = Late 1970s–present
Instrument = Guitar, Bass
Associated_acts = Kiss, Paul Stanley, W.A.S.P., Neverland Express, Meat Loaf, Michael Bolton, Lou Reed, Doro Pesch, Balance, Diana Ross, Motörhead, Tim Curry, Alice Cooper, Mark Farner, Janis Ian, Was (Not Was), Spys, Blackthorne
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Bob Kulick is an American guitarist (best known for his studio work with Kiss) and Grammy Award-winning record producer. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he is the older brother of former Kiss lead guitarist Bruce Kulick, and was the one to suggest Kiss hire him.

He has played (uncredited) on two Kiss albums, being "Alive II" (three of the five studio tracks) and "Killers" (all four new studio tracks). He also played (credited) on Paul Stanley's 1978 solo album and on his 1989 solo tour.

Bob was involved with a project called Skull, releasing one album, "No Bones About It", in 1991. Bruce Kulick co-wrote one song and appeared as a guest guitarist on another track. In 1996 he released "Murderer's Row" with his band of the same name. This group included David Glen Eisley of "Giuffria" and "Dirty White Boy" on vocals.

Bob Kulick has been a member of the Neverland Express, Meat Loaf's touring band, on and off for years, and has appeared on several Meat Loaf albums, most notably on 1984's "Bad Attitude". He also formed a band called Balance, with Peppy Castro, formerly of the Blues Magoos and Doug Katsaros, multi-platinum recording arranger and Broadway conductor. Balance had modest chart success in the early 1980s. Kulick has served in various side projects such as Blackthorne and Observation Balloon. He also produced Motörhead's Grammy Award-Winning Song, "Whiplash" - 2004's Best Metal Performance, produced and played guitar on the theme for WWE Superstar Wrestler, Triple H and has earned 11 Platinum or Gold records working with Kiss and Diana Ross.

In addition, Kulick played on the W.A.S.P. albums "The Crimson Idol" and "Still Not Black Enough". He was only involved with the studio work and never toured with W.A.S.P. or became a member of the band.

Kulick played rhythm and lead guitar on Michael Bolton's 1983 self-titled album.

Kulick played guitar for Lou Reed on his "Coney Island Baby" record.

Kulick also composed, produced and performed "Sweet Victory" with singer David Glen Eisley in the SpongeBob Squarepants episode "Band Geeks." The song further appears on "".

Bob Kulick, has produced or co-produced (with partners Bruce Bouillet, Billy Sherwood and currently Brett Chassen) multiple tribute and original concept albums including "Butchering the Beatles ~ A Headbashing Tribute" (2006), "Spin the Bottle ~ and All-Star Tribute to KISS" (2004), "One Way Street, A Tribute to Aerosmith" (2002), "An All Star Tribute to Shania Twain" (2005), "Welcome to the Nightmare: An All-Star Salute to Alice Cooper" (2005), "An All Star Tribute to Cher" (2005), "Stone Cold Queen: A Tribute" (2001), and others. Kulick and Chassen have just completed work on a heavy metal Christmas album entitled: "We Wish you a Metal Xmas and a Headbanging New Year" (2008) featuring a who's who of rock and roll royalty, including: Bruce Kulick, Ronnie James Dio, Alice Cooper, Tommy Shaw, Lemmy Kilmister, Dave Grohl, Vinny Appice, Chuck Billy and Billy F. Gibbons. The album was created in association with Black Ion Music, a company co-owned by Kulick and renowned talent manager, Wendy Dio.

It is rumored that Bob Kulick once gave a young Jimi Hendrix a spare guitar string when Hendrix broke his during an audition in New York City.Fact|date=March 2008

External links

* [http://www.kissfaq.com/focus/bob.html "Bob Kulick, the 5th Kiss, Biography"]
* [http://www.myspace.com/bobkulick "Bob Kulick Official MySpace Site"]