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From: Brave Words / Bloody Knuckles The following is part of a longer interview with Alice Cooper's early Musical Director/guitarist Dick Wagner, which can be found at www.bravewords.com/features/1000431. Dick also played on KISS' Destroyer and Revenge albums, and discusses his involvement on those albums below: ML: Before we get into your whole career with Alice – let me touch upon your involvement with KISS. Again, you replace a rock icon in ACE FREHLEY. We know you're on 'Sweet Pain' from the Destroyer album. Are you on any other songs on that album? DW: "I played acoustic guitar on 'Beth' and I think there was a couple of other songs that I played on, but I'm not really positive. I don't keep track of all this stuff and I don't really remember." ML: When you went in to do the KISS songs – did you go in thinking 'I'm going to lay down my style of guitar playing' or 'I have to try and imitate Ace'? DW: "I just do it my style. Listening to him... why? I'm not going to try to copy ACE FREHLEY. I'm there to lend whatever I have and they either like it or they don't; which they did so..." ML: How did you get involved? DW: "Ezrin called me, so I came over and played. It was as simple as that. I didn't really know Gene and Paul at that time. I got to know them later on and, in fact, I played on the Revenge album as well." ML: The song 'Everytime I Look At You' from what I know. DW: "Right, and Gene was nice enough to mention me in his book actually. I just wrote a book and mentioned them (laughs)." ML: Is the book out? DW: "It's not out yet. I'm looking for a publisher. It's called Not Only Women Bleed and it's memoirs of a rock musician. So look for it!" ML: Quickly – on the Revenge album. How did you get together with the band? Ace had problems in studio (for various reasons), but by '92 KISS had two guys in there that were bang-on musicians in BRUCE KULICK and ERIC SINGER. So, how did it come about that you did the guitars on 'Everytime I Look At You'? DW: "I was in the studio right next door to the studio that Paul was recording in and he came over and said 'Hey Dick want to come over and play on something?' and I said 'Sure'. So, I stopped my sessions, went over, played, and came back." ML: Do you know why BRUCE KULICK wasn't available? DW: "I have no idea. I really don't know." |
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