Bruce Kulick leaves Grand Funk Railroad

FORMER KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick has ended his 23-year tenure in Grand Funk Railroad.

Having just turned 70, Kulick says a December 14 show in Marietta, Ohio, was his last with the heritage rockers. Travelling to and from shows on weekends had become draining, he says.

In announcing his decision, Kulick referred social media followers to an article on Ultimate Classic Rock  in which he says he’d like to be involved in any projects which recognise his contribution to the now-retired-from-touring KISS.

“I really wanted to look at what I wanted to do personally and creatively,” he is quoted as saying. “I’ve always loved playing with Grand Funk for all of those years, but all of that travel for most weekends of every month, all year, the time involved became more and more difficult.

“I mean, my KISS fans have been amazing. They love my era. Because certainly, KISS wasn’t [promoting] the non-makeup years. Yeah, maybe on an anniversary, a product came out on occasion, but it’s always been about them in makeup and the vintage years and then the new band really representing those great songs. So in time, you know during the pandemic, how much I was waving the flag of my era.”