Former KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick has reiterated that he wasn’t asked to perform at the band’s final show.
Bruce Kulick opens up on KISS final concert
During a November 2nd question-and-answer session at the Spooky Empire convention in Orlando, Florida, Kulick stated that he wasn’t invited to attend the event, which was held last December at New York City’s Madison Square Garden.
“They missed a great opportunity to mention [original KISS guitarist] Ace [Frehley], to mention [original KISS drummer] Peter [Criss], to mention, of course, [former KISS drummer] Eric Carr, myself, even [former KISS guitarists] Vinnie Vincent and Mark St. John,” Bruce said.
“And I can never allow myself to understand that, that there was any good reason to ignore that. And I don’t need my name mentioned that night, ’cause I know everybody there knows ‘Kisstory’. But this is your final show. Celebrate ‘Kisstory’ — all the 50 years. The fans knew it. They thought about the future, [how KISS will continue as] the avatars. I get that, ’cause that’s, like, ‘Now we are immortal.’”
Kulick also opened up about the technology being used for the KISS avatars, originally developed for Abba’s “Voyage” show in London, which will allow KISS to stay “on the road” in retirement.
The KISS avatars were created by Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) and were financed and produced by the Swedish company Pophouse Entertainment, which is behind “Abba Voyage”.
Using cutting-edge technology, Pophouse Entertainment Group, which was founded by ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus, will create digital versions of KISS. The project was previewed at the final KISS concert in New York in December 2023.
“You have to admit technology now keeps evolving,” Bruce said. “So they’re going with this avatar thing. We’ll see how it goes… But they saw that as their future. And they’re immortal. Because the avatars won’t get old, physically.”
