Paul
Stanley
Gene
Simmons & Bruce Kulick
Bruce
Kulick
Eric
Carr
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"Asylum"
was released on September 12, 1985.
"Tears Are Falling"
was the first single off "Asylum" and helped the record go platinum.
During the recording
of "Asylum" Gene Simmons was living in Beverly Hills, CA with
Diana Ross.
Ex-Plasmatics bassist Jean Beauviour played bass on a few tracks and had some writing
credits on some tracks, including "Who Wants to Be Lonely" and
"Uh! All Night".
Simmons also kept busy during this time by producing a number of bands
including EZO, Black
n Blue, Keel, Doro, House of Lords and the late Wendy O Williams.
Although Ace Frehley is considered the quintessential Kiss guitarist by
most fans (after all he was an original member and vital force behind
the bands sound), it was Bruce Kulick who occupied Kiss' guitarist position
for the longest amount of time - 11 years, from 1984-1995. Born in Brooklyn,
New York on December 12, 1953, Kulick discovered music through his older
guitar-playing brother Bob Kulick. Coinsidentally, Bob had tried out for
the lead guitar spot in Kiss back in the early 1970's.
Paul Stanley:
“Three stars. It was an attempt to follow up Animalize, but I don’t think it was as good. Other than “Tears Are Falling” and a few other tracks, I think it was a reworking of past ideas.” -Kiss-Behind the Mask, p. 366
Gene Simmons:
“Two stars. In the same way that Rock and Roll Over and Love Gun were sister records. We were desperately trying to recapture who we were in the ‘70’s but also didn’t want to sound ‘70’s, which was why we got a faster guitar player...”
-Kiss-Behind the Mask, p. 366
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