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Message from BRUCE KULICK From: Kulick.net Happy Holidays to you all! I had a very exciting November and December, so here goes with a report on my travels to Europe with UNION and Mexico with ERIC SINGER. We started in a town called Sion, Switzerland which is in a valley of the Swiss Alps where my friend and tour manager Nicolas lives. First time for John Corabi, Fred Coury (Cinderella) on drums and Chuck Garric (Alice Cooper) and they were quite impressed. I have been there so many times it was great to show the guys around. We rehearsed courtesy of our opening act Crystal Dusk. It was very cool to get to hang out in the town, and the guys from Crystal Dusk helped show the guys around. After Sion, off on a regular touring schedule which is very hectic. Off to Zurich for our show at Alpenrock, and we really had a great first show. I love that venue as it is quite unique with its "in the Alps look." Next day off to Germany for our two shows. We had a travel day on Thanksgiving, and a meal that was fit for a king when we finally arrived 6 hours later. Heike the promoter was very sweet to prepare such an amazing feast for us Americans long from home. That night we saw snow, and living in LA of course, I don't get to see it often. My hotel room had a heated water bed!! The next night in the city was show day, but Fred and I got to walk around a bit and see the beautiful German City of Babenhausen after sound check. Bought German pastries and pretzels. They rule! The show was affected by the snow as some fans could NOT get there. First blizzard of the year for Europe and the next day going to Witten, was quite scary. Snow, freezing rain etc., and we got stuck for a while, but by the time we slowly got to the city, it turned to rain. Great show in Witten and the fans kept us warm with their excitement to see us perform. issed the snow again driving to Frankfurt, and then flew into London. I love England, and we were to play three shows. First was in the Midlands and we had a great time with Nick Smith who is a terrific artist. He promoted the show, and we got to give him a cool cake with UNION on it! Thanks Nick for all your support. Next day off to London to play a cool place in Camden Lock Yards area which is where you have great shopping. I had fun looking around and finding vintage Elvis vinyl and cool funny clothing. The show was fun, we were all excited to play in England and John and I did lots of press. The Brits know their rock n roll, so that was insightful. I got invited to the Hard Rock Cafe as one of my vintage KISS guitars is on display, and the bonus was the fact that they have a room called "The Vault" which as you may have guessed has some very famous rare guitars. I PLAYED JIMI HENDRIX'S FLYING V!!! My heart was pounding. I tried on an Elvis Japanese Kimono that RCA presented him, and I got to play to a Gibson SG that belonged to Jeff Beck. Jimmy Page also used to play it. So I was in heaven. Thanks to Mojo magazine's David Berrec Loth for the photos of that night! Back to the Midlands for one more UK show. The British country side is so amazing. We had a wonderful hotel with that huge famous "Full Monty" style breakfast that Americans are so impressed with... (eggs, bacon, beans, toast, more toast, tea, more tea etc.) Off to Geneva for a day off, and that was restful, but traveling is always tough. Fred got to take Nicolas out for Sushi in Geneva! I rested in my hotel as I have been there before. We were off to Copenhagen in the morning and we got in town to do laundry. That was like a Monty Python adventure. Rock band at crazy Laundromat. The venue called The Rock is a great club, and we had a terrific show for the fans. Next morning off to Spain for the first of two shows. Madrid was wonderful. The crowd was so loud, singing songs to us and joining us for the big choruses. Next day off to Bilboa, a really beautiful city in the northern part of Spain. We played at a cool rock club in the mountains almost an hour away. But the next day was the tough travel day. It would take us 12 hours to get to Italy. I promised the promoter Debbie a show from UNION there, so we did our best. Flew to Barcelona, took two cabs 100 kilometers away to catch the next flight to Venice and drove again to the beautiful city of Bassano De Grappa. The club there La Gabbia, is very cool and the band was so happy to be in Italy. We had an amazing meal at the club and then got to shower, do the show, pack and finally make our long journey back to the US. We only got an hour sleep before traveling back to the US, so I must say, on the long flight home, I was nearly in tears over how much my body said what the hell are you doing!!!! And of course if you knew my schedule, I had to rehearse the next few days with ERIC SINGER for the trip to Mexico City! ESP committed to shows in Mexico City. Before I could even adjust to the US time zone, we were boarding a Mexicana flight to Mexico. Kiko from the KISS lounge in Mexico City, and his partner Conrado were very accommodating to us, and after a long sound check we finally checked into out hotel in the city. They fed us great Sushi (!!!funny in Mexico right!!!) and the lunch on the day of our first show was really delicious. They got me a little cake and in the traditional Mexican way, the beautiful waitresses in Santa outfits sang a birthday song to me, and then creamed me with some whipped cream! I was so exhausted anyway of course I was fine with it all! The KISS Lounge is very impressive and the Mexican fans are very passionate. We had two successful shows and we hope to return to Mexico again to perform for the fans. It is always great to play with Eric and the KISS songs really go over great. A big thank you to all my friends and fans in Europe and Mexico who looked after me and supported my difficult journey. I was home in Los Angeles just in time for my birthday and I kept it mellow. Had a nice Italian dinner with some family and friends and was glad to finally be home. Of course now is the crazy season for gifts, parties and traffic. At least here in Los Angeles! I treated myself to a nice birthday guitar that I love. I want to wish you all a safe and cool holiday season, and remember I will be busy all of next year as well touring with Grand Funk again, going to Japan with Eric as ESP in Feb, and doing the Fantasy Camp again like last year. I hope to visit Europe again and make it to Australia as well this coming year. I will finishing up a new CD of my solo music and will have a great new instructional video coming out as well in 2006. So much to do, so keep watching the site for updates. All the best to you all, Bruce PS - More picts from the Europe and Mexico trips will be added to my Photo Album page soon, so be sure to check back! PPS - Special thanks to the following for sharing their photos: Al (Mexico), Sootyade (UK), Anna and Andy Frieemann (Germany), Rose and Santi, Missi Madison, Santy, Johann Kasper, Eija Virtanen, Adriana, Daniel Fiala, Kiko and Conrado from Mexico, and Dean Torkington and Niclas Lidholt. |
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