Bruce is a “class act” not only a great guitar player but a great kind human being! Met him a few times and even opened a show for him at Paladino’s in the valley for Union. Also a very smart person. Love you Bruce!
The first time I heard tears are falling....especially the solo, oh my goodness. Such a masterpiece on every front. I love that hidden little bass run during the solo as well, don’t if gene did it, but it’s amazing!
Asylum rules. My first KISS record. Great job on the guitar work on this record, Bruce. And a pleasure meeting you on the Crazy Nights Tour when I was 11 years old.
King of the Mountain, definitely one of my favorites song from KISS and one of my favorites guitar solos is on Tears are Falling. I'm a KISS fan since 1978. Thanks for share those memories with us. Greetings from Puerto Rico.
for me it's the Jungle outro solo on Union's Live in a Galaxy album. Saw him play it live in 98. He made it look so easy and he was smiling the whole time; on cloud 9.
I remember going to my first concert in January 1985, it was Kiss/Krokus on the 'Animalize' tour ( Charlotte NC). We were all expecting to see Mark St.John (rip), we didnt know who the lead guitarist was. I remember really liking the guitars I saw at that gig ( 3 different metallic Charvels, a blue, silver and gold one). I Remember loving the solo in ' Creatures If the night' , he was playing that blue Charvel. I think that is the blue one on the couch behind Bruce in the above video.
Thanks Bruce, One of my all time favorite albums ! I had to run out and get it it the week it was released. I wish there could've been an Asylum 2. As relevant today as it was when it came out.
Bruce has become the custodian of the Kiss that I was introduced to as a teenager. My first experience of the band had a lineup that was completed by Bruce and Eric Carr. The earlier lineups I found out about later. I still enjoy the 1980s period of the band´s history, and probably only differ from Bruce in one area - Asylum has a hideous album cover, front and back. Just my opinion. But I understand him having fond memories of that period, with it being his first album with the band and containing his first three writing credits. Love this channel!
My first KISS show, Asylum tour, Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis with W.A.S.P. opening. My dad was FBI and got 13 year old me Floor Seats, I couldn't see very well but it was amazing. This KISS sign was Huge!
Love this album ... I had it back in the 80's and just purchased it again! Love it - congratulation on your debut recording with KISS ... and excellent recording!
I started listening to KISS in the 70s.. Kiss was always my favorite band.. and when i heard this album, i thought to myself, who is that guitar player? , i was absolutely blown away by your lead guitar playing. Thanks for all your contributions to the band. You are an amazing guitarist.. Thanks again Bruce..
No one is as cool as Bruce...thanks for spending the time to discuss the first CD I ever purchased....saw you and the boys in Philadelphia for my first ever concert on December 17, 1985 with Black n' Blue
Seen and met you on that tour in New Haven, CT. Met you at the New Haven Holiday Inn. We shook hands said hello. I was very fortunate to meet you and Paul that night. Thank you for all you have done and still do. I'm a huge Grand Funk fan too. Seen you guys at Mohegan Sun a few times. You always fill big shoes so well with ease and being humble. You are the best
Your fantastic guitar work made this album very special, Mr. Kulick🎸⚡... Together with Creatures of the night, Asylum is my second favourite lp of Kiss. Btw, great artist Jean Beauvoir also did awesome job on this album as song writer/back vocalist etc.
Omg Best Clip Ever Of Bruce Asylum Era hit The Pause Button on 5:19 Bruce in Sunglasses on Stage During Asylum Show .......Priceless...... I’ve never seen this before..... I purchased the Asylum album In 86 when I was 13 yrs old gr8 Memories for me thank you Bruce & KISS & God Bless The Almighty Eric Carr
In 1985 my family moved from Virginia to Hawaii. I was going into 9th grade. New land, new culture, new school, no friends, (while everyone else been friends 10 years) and the youngest grade of that school. I was an introverted outcast that summer/fall in every sense of the word. Then this album came out and was nice to have something in life that was familiar. Seeing Tears are Falling on Mtv one late night made my day. Especially loved "new guy" Bruce and his inverted fingering guitar solo LOL. Soon after, I met new friends, started playing drums in the band, and went on to have a great time living my high school years in Hawaii. This album was the start of that. Thank you Bruce!
This is one of my favorite Kiss albums. To bad the pastel colors on the album and some real questionable fashion choices in the music videos turned people away from one of the heavier Kiss albums. King of the mountain, I'm alive, Anyway you slice it are all pretty heavy. Great guitar solos on this album as well. I bought your Hot Licks instructional video after this album came out when I started playing guitar.
Happy Anniversary, sir! I saw 3 shows on the Asylum Tour; Austin Tx (Black&Blue opened), Tucson Az (W.A.S.P. opened) and Waco Tx (Ted Nugent opened). Got to meet you & Eric in Tucson! This is still a powerful album. KISS was showing the world that, while the bombastic shows were indeed something to experience, it was the music that mattered. Thank you for sharing this with us! Be well, stay safe & healthy!
I remember hearing "Tears are Falling" on the radio and I HATED it. Bought the album anyway, though - and glad I did. "Who wants to be lonely, Trial by Fire (so underrated), Uh! All night" made up for it.
That was cool as Bruce definitely by far maybe my favourite album cover. Really all of my favourite albums were the ones with u. Asylum, crazy nights, hot in the shade, revenge. Thankyou for being a HUGE inspiration to me 🤟
This was MY Kiss. I got into them when the makeup came off, and felt it crystallized with you Bruce after the dalliances with Vinny & Mark. I was annoyed when this was jettisoned in favor of the makeup reunion (although I get it from a $ standpoint). Then I was pissed off when you weren't invited back after the reunion stuff fell apart. You should go out and do your own shows, and perform Carnival of Souls in full. ;)
ASYLUM will always have a special place in my heart. My brother bought the album for me for Christmas that year, and on March 20, 1986, he also took me to see KISS in concert for the very first time (Even though I've been a member of the KISS ARMY since 1976), at Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, in Fort Wayne, IN., on that very tour. I love the album to begin with, but I also have a very special connection with it. Thank you Bruce for your contributions to it. :)
Bruce, this was a great video, thanks for doing it. Your era of Kiss has always been my favorite. I guess that’s because I grew up during this era. Crazy nights was my first ever kiss album. Asylum is absolute gold and I love every second of it. I can’t tell you how many times I have listen to this album. Thanks for all the great memories and king of the mountain is one of the best kiss songs ever recorded.
Thanks for this Bruce. Always loved this album, very underrated. Great to hear King Of The Mountain was your first co-write with Paul. LOVE THAT SONG. It kicks major butt, is a great tune and damn fun to listen to. Teetering on the edge of pop/metal but still some heavier songs on this album. Love the guitar sound and always love Eric's drums on every album he was on. Great job Bruce!!!
Hi Bruce, that album was awesome ,I remember I was 19 when it came out and I use to figure songs out on Guitar,oh use play along with Kiss Animalize VHS Concert.I play heck out of it and play along on Guitar,every day Mon -Fri after work and Mom always watch video with me and I Always big fan of you and your playing,Thank you again for your inspiration Bruce.
I love the Asylum album and it is still one of my favorite KISS albums. So many great tracks that are unfortunately ignored by the band since the late 80s. Your work on the album lifted it up over the previous 80s KISS albums.
Great review!! It was amazing to hear King of the mountain and Trial by fire al the kruises!! 🙌 Eric Carr lips in green instead of yellow, the first step to 2001 Eric Singer in Catman makeup.
Really cool video Bruce. This was the first Kiss album I purchased as a kid in 85 when I was 6! It's a shame some of the songs weren't played live during the Asylum Tour. It's really cool hearing the bootleg recordings of "King Of The Mountain" and "Anyway You Slice It". I wish "Who Wants To Be Lonely" would have been played on the tour though. Thanks for keeping 80's Kiss alive. There's a lot of really good songs from that era.
I absolutely love this. Thank you for all the cool backstories to the songs. That artwork is pretty iconic now. Uh All Night is a fun ass Kiss song. Tears video will always be a major part of Kiss history. That girl tearing through the plastic, I don’t know who thought of that, but that had to break teenage boys hearts across the country; it was so hot. I’d love to hear your insight on Kiss Exposed.
Asylum is an excellent album! Bought the remaster vinyl recently, spun it, cranked it up and couldn't help spinning it over again and again and again and... I'm sure we get the idea here... Never Stop Rockin!!!
Bruce, video's like that are gold!!! Very interesting to hear your input on how it was to be a co-writer with Paul and Gene....! I'd tip my hat off but I am not wearing one... ;)
Bruce. I have never had the chance to tell you how much you have meant to my life as a KISS fan. Every since you first popped into the group unexpectly on the "Animalize" tour and the "Animalize" LIVE video! From the minute I saw you perform on that video and that tour for the first time I was hooked. You did Mark St.John's songs and Vinnie's and Ace's parts incredibly well with your own flavor and then proceeded to carve your own style out in KISS for many years. Then the albums and video releases you played on were very much the soundtrack of my teen years! I saw you again on the "Crazy Nights" tour in Merrillville IN True, I began loving KISS at eight in 1980 and saw all of the band changes since "Unmasked" with Ace and Peter leaving, and Eric Carr joining, then "The Elder" with Ace and Eric Carr working together, and then "Creatures Of The Night"(both of which I loved) then the dropping of the make up and all on "Lick It Up" with Vinnie I loved all of the various members, but I truly loved your playing so much when you joined. My two favorite albums you did were "Asylum" and "Revenge" though I loved them all, including "Carnival Of Souls". That would be my third favorite with you on guitar. I am glad to to say I was fortunate enough to meet you on the KISS Convention tour in Chicago 1995 not to long before the reunion era. But you, Gene, Paul, and Eric Singer were so nice to me. You and Eric seemed kind of down and apprehensive about the coming reunion which I still didn't believe was about to happen, though it was awesome. But I never forget your increfible era with KISS. I have stacks of live bootlegs with you too as well. I love every era and line up of KISS including the current one, but I will say, you played guitar in the version of the band that was my entire teenage years. I especially love "Asylum". I love every song on that album! I really love "Who Wants To Be Lonely" and "King Of The Mountain", not to mention the other bigger hits and stuff like "I'm Alive" and "Radar For Love". I loved "Revenge" so much too. "Crazy Nights" and "Hot In The Shade"..
One of my favorite Kiss albums, next to Revenge. My first concert was you guys in January 1985 , where you were the MAN even though St. John (RIP) was in the tour book I bought at the show.... Anyhoo, it was the Animalize tour and it was exactly the same show that's on the DVD, and you rocked so hard... God bless you, Bruce... to a generation like me who was eleven years old at that concert, you were and will ALWAYS be the lead guitarist of Kiss, and the records you did in that wake only served to bolster that notion...
It want a lovely place when jimi moved in. No wonder I love this album like I do that place has major mojo. Eric is (especially) amazing on king of the mountain... Trial by fire demoed on an answering machine..lol. Who wants to be lonely is one of my all time favorites so thanks. Your playing is very tasty throughout the track the space left over lends itself to the solo for sure.
The honor of the first comment! Great retrospective, Bruce! My biggest memory of this album is in Guatemala. We had just moved there from San Antonio, TX, and I always wanted to put music in my dad’s car. I remember that I took the Asylum cassette and put it in the car’s player. “A little bit” too hard rock for my dad’s taste but I still rocked out on it!
Trial By Fire is a great example of serving the song. Even though Bruce wrote it, he showed restraint by not soloing on it. Team Playing 101 taught by professor Kulick.
You're great Bruce and Asylum was a great Kiss album I love it. I actually got to see kiss on the Asylum tour at the West Palm Beach Auditorium he was a killer show great memories. King of the mountain awesome.
Thanks for sharing your memories here. Great album and I have great memories of that period. I recall being frustrated as a fan that Mark had to leave because I was ready to welcome him to the fold but while that was unfortunate for him, I'm glad we got to know the great Bruce. Great interview with Eddie Trunk as well. I'm curious about 1 thing in this video, at 6:22, you show a cd of Asylum Expanded Edition, I'm assuming this is a bootleg but does this consist of outtakes, alternate mixes or scrapped songs?
Asylum is my favorite non makeup album and the first Kiss album I have every heard Bruce your solo on Tears Are Falling kills Bruce you where my introduction to Kiss I blast it till this very day
I think you did a fantastic job on Asylum, Bruce. All that flashy yet melodic 80's style guitar, some of it borders on Speed Metal like "I'm Alive" and "Love's A Deadly Weapon", your solo on "Tears Are Falling" is impressive. Then there's Eric Carr's fantastic drumming throughout.
Would love to see a full show from this tour. Fan shot and Bruce' soundboard tapes mixed would be awesome. Only tour I've never seen and the band were on fire at this point
Bruce is cool guy never forgot what he did for me I was front row for this Tour in Toronto's Maple Gardens all the guitar picks were flying over my head Bruce seen how upset I was he looked at me to say wait , then the lights were off and he handed me two of his picks, really classy, to me Asylum is one of my favourites of the KISS 80's era, and for me personally no offence to Tommy , my two favourite KISS guitarist are Bruce and of course ACE,
Bruce is a “class act” not only a great guitar player but a great kind human being! Met him a few times and even opened a show for him at Paladino’s in the valley for Union. Also a very smart person.
Love you Bruce!
King of the Mountain easily one of my all time favorite Kiss songs. Just kick your ass!
My favorite songs from this album are “Who Wants to Be Lonely” and “Tears Are Falling”
My favorite songs from Asylum is Alive and tears are falling
The first time I heard tears are falling....especially the solo, oh my goodness. Such a masterpiece on every front. I love that hidden little bass run during the solo as well, don’t if gene did it, but it’s amazing!
Bruce please write a book! All the other members have! IMO yours would be the most honest and humble off all of them! You are a class act!!!!!!
Asylum rules. My first KISS record. Great job on the guitar work on this record, Bruce. And a pleasure meeting you on the Crazy Nights Tour when I was 11 years old.
I love u Bruce!!! I hope you are staying safe!! Much love from Arizona 💙💙💙
My first KISS tour/concert! Rock On Bruce 🤘
Excellent feedback! Indeed King of the Mountain is kick ass toon ! This song is still played in my car to this very day . Thanks for sharing Bruce !!
Good Album - nice Album cover!
"King of the Mountain" is a fantastic opener🔥🔥🔥
King of the Mountain, definitely one of my favorites song from KISS and one of my favorites guitar solos is on Tears are Falling. I'm a KISS fan since 1978. Thanks for share those memories with us. Greetings from Puerto Rico.
The Tears are Falling solo was your best achievement Bruce.
I love that Bruce tells a story within the story with his solos. He serves the song.
I think what you meant to say, is it was his greatest solo.
Also the acoustic solo in forever
for me it's the Jungle outro solo on Union's Live in a Galaxy album. Saw him play it live in 98. He made it look so easy and he was smiling the whole time; on cloud 9.
I'm so jazzed to finally hear commentary on "Trial By Fire"!! I don't think it gets enough credit for being a straightforward rocker.
35 years, wow! I saw you guys on the Asylum tour, Hara Arena, Dayton Ohio, Dec 13th 1985. Awesome show, I’ll never forget it! Thanks Bruce!✌️🎸
Great Bruce. Love Kiss . Kiss in the 80's was super amazing. Specially with U.
Bruce, a genius musician, talented guitarrist, awesome writer - another subscription in your Channel!!!!!
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I remember going to my first concert in January 1985, it was Kiss/Krokus on the 'Animalize' tour ( Charlotte NC). We were all expecting to see Mark St.John (rip), we didnt know who the lead guitarist was. I remember really liking the guitars I saw at that gig ( 3 different metallic Charvels, a blue, silver and gold one). I Remember loving the solo in ' Creatures If the night' , he was playing that blue Charvel. I think that is the blue one on the couch behind Bruce in the above video.
Thanks Bruce,
One of my all time favorite albums ! I had to run out and get it it the week it was released. I wish there could've been an Asylum 2.
As relevant today as it was when it came out.
Bruce has become the custodian of the Kiss that I was introduced to as a teenager. My first experience of the band had a lineup that was completed by Bruce and Eric Carr. The earlier lineups I found out about later. I still enjoy the 1980s period of the band´s history, and probably only differ from Bruce in one area - Asylum has a hideous album cover, front and back. Just my opinion. But I understand him having fond memories of that period, with it being his first album with the band and containing his first three writing credits. Love this channel!
My first KISS show, Asylum tour, Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis with W.A.S.P. opening. My dad was FBI and got 13 year old me Floor Seats, I couldn't see very well but it was amazing. This KISS sign was Huge!
Love this album ... I had it back in the 80's and just purchased it again! Love it - congratulation on your debut recording with KISS ... and excellent recording!
I started listening to KISS in the 70s.. Kiss was always my favorite band.. and when i heard this album, i thought to myself, who is that guitar player? , i was absolutely blown away by your lead guitar playing. Thanks for all your contributions to the band. You are an amazing guitarist.. Thanks again Bruce..
No one is as cool as Bruce...thanks for spending the time to discuss the first CD I ever purchased....saw you and the boys in Philadelphia for my first ever concert on December 17, 1985 with Black n' Blue
That was *awesome* Bruce. Thank you! 🎸
Congratulations on 35 years of a masterpiece!
thank you Bruce ...have a great week
Great album, so many memories, takes me right back to highschool!!! Favorite songs off the album is a tie between Uh all night and trial by fire!
Seen and met you on that tour in New Haven, CT. Met you at the New Haven Holiday Inn. We shook hands said hello. I was very fortunate to meet you and Paul that night. Thank you for all you have done and still do. I'm a huge Grand Funk fan too. Seen you guys at Mohegan Sun a few times. You always fill big shoes so well with ease and being humble. You are the best
Your fantastic guitar work made this album very special, Mr. Kulick🎸⚡... Together with Creatures of the night, Asylum is my second favourite lp of Kiss. Btw, great artist Jean Beauvoir also did awesome job on this album as song writer/back vocalist etc.
I own it and love every second of. I'm Alive is without question my favorite song off the record
Such an incredible review
One of my TOP 10 favorite KISS albums ever.
Omg Best Clip Ever Of Bruce Asylum Era hit The Pause Button on 5:19 Bruce in Sunglasses on Stage During Asylum Show .......Priceless...... I’ve never seen this before..... I purchased the Asylum album In 86 when I was 13 yrs old gr8 Memories for me thank you Bruce & KISS & God Bless The Almighty Eric Carr
In 1985 my family moved from Virginia to Hawaii. I was going into 9th grade. New land, new culture, new school, no friends, (while everyone else been friends 10 years) and the youngest grade of that school. I was an introverted outcast that summer/fall in every sense of the word. Then this album came out and was nice to have something in life that was familiar. Seeing Tears are Falling on Mtv one late night made my day. Especially loved "new guy" Bruce and his inverted fingering guitar solo LOL.
Soon after, I met new friends, started playing drums in the band, and went on to have a great time living my high school years in Hawaii. This album was the start of that.
Thank you Bruce!
Very cool 😎 Thanks Bruce!
I was 16 when the album was released and by that time, everything in my life was (had to be) KISS related. Thank You for all these great memories!!
Thanks for reviewing Asylum like this, this was fun to watch!
Great Album. This was the first album that I bought myself. I was a fan long before, but listened to my older Brothers and Sisters albums and tapes.
This is one of my favorite Kiss albums. To bad the pastel colors on the album and some real questionable fashion choices in the music videos turned people away from one of the heavier Kiss albums. King of the mountain, I'm alive, Anyway you slice it are all pretty heavy. Great guitar solos on this album as well. I bought your Hot Licks instructional video after this album came out when I started playing guitar.
1985 wadda you want
Awesome! Thanks for sharing.
Happy Anniversary, sir! I saw 3 shows on the Asylum Tour; Austin Tx (Black&Blue opened), Tucson Az (W.A.S.P. opened) and Waco Tx (Ted Nugent opened). Got to meet you & Eric in Tucson! This is still a powerful album. KISS was showing the world that, while the bombastic shows were indeed something to experience, it was the music that mattered. Thank you for sharing this with us!
Be well, stay safe & healthy!
Excellent chronicle!
I remember hearing "Tears are Falling" on the radio and I HATED it. Bought the album anyway, though - and glad I did. "Who wants to be lonely, Trial by Fire (so underrated), Uh! All night" made up for it.
That was cool as Bruce definitely by far maybe my favourite album cover. Really all of my favourite albums were the ones with u. Asylum, crazy nights, hot in the shade, revenge. Thankyou for being a HUGE inspiration to me 🤟
Great video and stories, thanks for sharing Bruce!
Thanks for signing my copy!
This was MY Kiss. I got into them when the makeup came off, and felt it crystallized with you Bruce after the dalliances with Vinny & Mark.
I was annoyed when this was jettisoned in favor of the makeup reunion (although I get it from a $ standpoint). Then I was pissed off when you weren't invited back after the reunion stuff fell apart.
You should go out and do your own shows, and perform Carnival of Souls in full. ;)
ASYLUM will always have a special place in my heart. My brother bought the album for me for Christmas that year, and on March 20, 1986, he also took me to see KISS in concert for the very first time (Even though I've been a member of the KISS ARMY since 1976), at Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, in Fort Wayne, IN., on that very tour.
I love the album to begin with, but I also have a very special connection with it.
Thank you Bruce for your contributions to it. :)
It's always fun to hear your stories of Kiss. Thanks!
Bruce, this was a great video, thanks for doing it. Your era of Kiss has always been my favorite. I guess that’s because I grew up during this era. Crazy nights was my first ever kiss album. Asylum is absolute gold and I love every second of it. I can’t tell you how many times I have listen to this album. Thanks for all the great memories and king of the mountain is one of the best kiss songs ever recorded.
Cheers Bruce - You are The Man ! I've love this LP.
Thanks for this Bruce. Always loved this album, very underrated. Great to hear King Of The Mountain was your first co-write with Paul. LOVE THAT SONG. It kicks major butt, is a great tune and damn fun to listen to. Teetering on the edge of pop/metal but still some heavier songs on this album. Love the guitar sound and always love Eric's drums on every album he was on. Great job Bruce!!!
Hi Bruce, that album was awesome ,I remember I was 19 when it came out and I use to figure songs out on Guitar,oh use play along with Kiss Animalize VHS Concert.I play heck out of it and play along on Guitar,every day Mon -Fri after work and Mom always watch video with me and I Always big fan of you and your playing,Thank you again for your inspiration Bruce.
I love the Asylum album and it is still one of my favorite KISS albums. So many great tracks that are unfortunately ignored by the band since the late 80s. Your work on the album lifted it up over the previous 80s KISS albums.
Thank you for sharing Bruce. Great Album! NY City must have been a real spin out in '85
Great review!!
It was amazing to hear King of the mountain and Trial by fire al the kruises!! 🙌
Eric Carr lips in green instead of yellow, the first step to 2001 Eric Singer in Catman makeup.
I've always said that Asylum is Bruce's best lead guitar work. I love those solos.
Really cool video Bruce. This was the first Kiss album I purchased as a kid in 85 when I was 6! It's a shame some of the songs weren't played live during the Asylum Tour. It's really cool hearing the bootleg recordings of "King Of The Mountain" and "Anyway You Slice It". I wish "Who Wants To Be Lonely" would have been played on the tour though. Thanks for keeping 80's Kiss alive. There's a lot of really good songs from that era.
This is great! Thanks, love to hear the inside POW
Great stuff Bruce. One of my fav KISS albums and 80s metal/rock albums. Still play it constantly.
Thanks for the great video!!! Great Album altogether, and one of my faves!!!
Hey Bruce thanks a lot for this special video, I love it, greetings.!!!
I absolutely love this. Thank you for all the cool backstories to the songs. That artwork is pretty iconic now. Uh All Night is a fun ass Kiss song. Tears video will always be a major part of Kiss history. That girl tearing through the plastic, I don’t know who thought of that, but that had to break teenage boys hearts across the country; it was so hot. I’d love to hear your insight on Kiss Exposed.
Asylum is an excellent album! Bought the remaster vinyl recently, spun it, cranked it up and couldn't help spinning it over again and again and again and... I'm sure we get the idea here... Never Stop Rockin!!!
Bruce, video's like that are gold!!! Very interesting to hear your input on how it was to be a co-writer with Paul and Gene....! I'd tip my hat off but I am not wearing one... ;)
Love Asylum. Thanks Bruce!
Bruce. I have never had the chance to tell you how much you have meant to my life as a KISS fan. Every since you first popped into the group unexpectly on the "Animalize" tour and the "Animalize" LIVE video! From the minute I saw you perform on that video and that tour for the first time I was hooked. You did Mark St.John's songs and Vinnie's and Ace's parts incredibly well with your own flavor and then proceeded to carve your own style out in KISS for many years. Then the albums and video releases you played on were very much the soundtrack of my teen years! I saw you again on the "Crazy Nights" tour in Merrillville IN True, I began loving KISS at eight in 1980 and saw all of the band changes since "Unmasked" with Ace and Peter leaving, and Eric Carr joining, then "The Elder" with Ace and Eric Carr working together, and then "Creatures Of The Night"(both of which I loved) then the dropping of the make up and all on "Lick It Up" with Vinnie I loved all of the various members, but I truly loved your playing so much when you joined. My two favorite albums you did were "Asylum" and "Revenge" though I loved them all, including "Carnival Of Souls". That would be my third favorite with you on guitar. I am glad to to say I was fortunate enough to meet you on the KISS Convention tour in Chicago 1995 not to long before the reunion era. But you, Gene, Paul, and Eric Singer were so nice to me. You and Eric seemed kind of down and apprehensive about the coming reunion which I still didn't believe was about to happen, though it was awesome. But I never forget your increfible era with KISS. I have stacks of live bootlegs with you too as well. I love every era and line up of KISS including the current one, but I will say, you played guitar in the version of the band that was my entire teenage years. I especially love "Asylum". I love every song on that album! I really love "Who Wants To Be Lonely" and "King Of The Mountain", not to mention the other bigger hits and stuff like "I'm Alive" and "Radar For Love". I loved "Revenge" so much too. "Crazy Nights" and "Hot In The Shade"..
One of my favorite Kiss albums, next to Revenge. My first concert was you guys in January 1985 , where you were the MAN even though St. John (RIP) was in the tour book I bought at the show....
Anyhoo, it was the Animalize tour and it was exactly the same show that's on the DVD, and you rocked so hard...
God bless you, Bruce... to a generation like me who was eleven years old at that concert, you were and will ALWAYS be the lead guitarist of Kiss, and the records you did in that wake only served to bolster that notion...
We love you Bruce
I was fourteen when Asylum came out. I had just started ninth grade. Absolutely loved that album.
It want a lovely place when jimi moved in. No wonder I love this album like I do that place has major mojo. Eric is (especially) amazing on king of the mountain... Trial by fire demoed on an answering machine..lol. Who wants to be lonely is one of my all time favorites so thanks. Your playing is very tasty throughout the track the space left over lends itself to the solo for sure.
Beautiful job you did!!!! Love this album and specialy Paul´s songs
That was great! Thanks for sharing Bruce!
The honor of the first comment! Great retrospective, Bruce! My biggest memory of this album is in Guatemala. We had just moved there from San Antonio, TX, and I always wanted to put music in my dad’s car. I remember that I took the Asylum cassette and put it in the car’s player. “A little bit” too hard rock for my dad’s taste but I still rocked out on it!
Trial By Fire is a great example of serving the song. Even though Bruce wrote it, he showed restraint by not soloing on it. Team Playing 101 taught by professor Kulick.
Congratulations Bruce!!!
Thanks for this celebration Bruce... Love the channel...
Thank you Bruce 🤘🏼
Killer riffs, killer leads, killer tones. You rock, Bruce!
What a great first album Bruce, You are a phenomenal talent my friend, Thank you for many years of great music.
Deserves to be in the Hall of Fame!
You're great Bruce and Asylum was a great Kiss album I love it. I actually got to see kiss on the Asylum tour at the West Palm Beach Auditorium he was a killer show great memories. King of the mountain awesome.
Thanks for sharing your memories here. Great album and I have great memories of that period. I recall being frustrated as a fan that Mark had to leave because I was ready to welcome him to the fold but while that was unfortunate for him, I'm glad we got to know the great Bruce. Great interview with Eddie Trunk as well. I'm curious about 1 thing in this video, at 6:22, you show a cd of Asylum Expanded Edition, I'm assuming this is a bootleg but does this consist of outtakes, alternate mixes or scrapped songs?
This is fantastic, Bruce. Thanks for doing this video ❤️
Congrats Bruce, it is such a great album! I haven't listened to it a while but I think tomorrow I'm going to blast it on an electric unicycle run.
Love this! Thanks so much 🙏🏼
Hey Bruce, great video. Always like your insight.
Youre great Bruce i also play guitar as hobby your really inspire, also i love esp guitars
Asylum is my favorite non makeup album and the first Kiss album I have every heard Bruce your solo on Tears Are Falling kills Bruce you where my introduction to Kiss I blast it till this very day
I think you did a fantastic job on Asylum, Bruce. All that flashy yet melodic 80's style guitar, some of it borders on Speed Metal like "I'm Alive" and "Love's A Deadly Weapon", your solo on "Tears Are Falling" is impressive. Then there's Eric Carr's fantastic drumming throughout.
Thanks Bruce, first record I ever bought👍🤘8 years old😁
One of my all-time favorite rock albums . . .
Thanks Bruce, very inciteful. I really lovelistening to you talk about all the albums you've worked on and others. Keep up the good work.
Would love to see a full show from this tour. Fan shot and Bruce' soundboard tapes mixed would be awesome. Only tour I've never seen and the band were on fire at this point
Awesome album. Some great solos from you, Bruce. I think your cowrites are the best songs on the album.
As always... I LOVE IT!
I'll have to check out this album, thanks Bruce.
Bruce is cool guy never forgot what he did for me I was front row for this Tour in Toronto's Maple Gardens all the guitar picks were flying over my head Bruce seen how upset I was he looked at me to say wait , then the lights were off and he handed me two of his picks, really classy, to me Asylum is one of my favourites of the KISS 80's era, and for me personally no offence to Tommy , my two favourite KISS guitarist are Bruce and of course ACE,
Continue doing this videos!! It's amazing!!