BK3 (album)
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BK3 is the third solo album by rock guitarist Bruce Kulick
. It was released by Twenty4 Records on February 2, 2010.
Bruce Kulick has been the lead guitarist for Grand Funk Railroad
since 2001. He was the lead guitarist for Kiss
from 1984 to 1996.
BK3 reached number 12 on Billboard Top Heatseekers. Classic Rock
listed BK3 on list of top 50 albums of 2010. Classic Rock
named song "Dirty Girl" 29th song of 2010.
Bruce Kulick
Bruce Howard Kulick is an American guitarist, musician and a member of the band Grand Funk Railroad. Previously, Kulick had been a longtime member of the band Kiss....
. It was released by Twenty4 Records on February 2, 2010.
Bruce Kulick has been the lead guitarist for Grand Funk Railroad
Grand Funk Railroad
Grand Funk Railroad is an American rock band that was highly popular during the 1970s. Grand Funk Railroad toured constantly to packed arenas worldwide. A popular take on the band during its heyday was that, although the critics hated them, audiences loved them...
since 2001. He was the lead guitarist for Kiss
KISS (band)
Kiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in January 1973. Well-known for its members' face paint and flamboyant stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid to late 1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood spitting,...
from 1984 to 1996.
BK3 reached number 12 on Billboard Top Heatseekers. Classic Rock
Classic Rock (magazine)
Classic Rock is a British magazine dedicated to the radio format of classic rock, published by Future Publishing, who are also responsible for its "sister" publication Metal Hammer. Although firmly focusing on key bands from the 1960s through early 1990s, it also includes articles and reviews of...
listed BK3 on list of top 50 albums of 2010. Classic Rock
Classic Rock (magazine)
Classic Rock is a British magazine dedicated to the radio format of classic rock, published by Future Publishing, who are also responsible for its "sister" publication Metal Hammer. Although firmly focusing on key bands from the 1960s through early 1990s, it also includes articles and reviews of...
named song "Dirty Girl" 29th song of 2010.
Track listing
- "Fate" (Kevin Churko, Bruce KulickBruce KulickBruce Howard Kulick is an American guitarist, musician and a member of the band Grand Funk Railroad. Previously, Kulick had been a longtime member of the band Kiss....
, Jeremy Rubolino) – 3:31 - "Ain't Gonna Die" (Gene SimmonsGene SimmonsGene Simmons is an Israeli-American entrepreneur, singer-songwriter, actor, and rock bassist. Known as "The Demon", he is the bassist/vocalist of Kiss, a hard rock band he co-founded in the early 1970s.-Early life:...
, Kulick, Rubolino) – 4:10 - "No Friend of Mine" (John CorabiJohn CorabiJohn Corabi is a heavy metal singer and guitarist who has worked with such bands as Angora, The Scream, Mötley Crüe, Union and ESP , Ratt , Twenty 4 Seven , Zen Lunatic, Brides of Destruction, and Angel City Outlaws John Corabi (born on April 26, 1959 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a heavy...
, Kulick, Rubolino) – 4:08 - "Hand of the King" (Nick SimmonsNick SimmonsNicholas Adam Tweed Simmons is an American reality comic book creator, musician and television personality.-Early life:...
, Kulick, Rubolino) – 4:55 - "I'll Survive" (Kulick, Rubolino) – 4:47
- "Dirty Girl" (Kulick, Rubolino) – 3:59
- "Final Mile" (Dan LaveryDan LaveryDan Lavery is a professional musician who has been nominated for two Grammy-awards as part of the band Tonic. Lavery joined Tonic after the band had recorded Lemon Parade, and has been a part of Tonic ever since. When Tonic went on hiatus in the 2004, Lavery embarked on songwriting for motion...
, Kulick, Rubolino) – 4:14 - "I'm the Animal" (Tobias SammetTobias SammetTobias Sammet is the vocalist and primary songwriter of the German Power metal band Edguy, as well as the creator of the metal opera Avantasia and a member of the metal project Final Chapter. He also made guest appearances on the Rob Rock album Holy Hell and the metal opera Aina...
, Kulick, Rubolino) – 4:42 - "And I Know" (Kulick, Rubolino) – 3:16
- "Between the Lines" (Kulick, Rubolino) – 3:54
- "Life" (Kulick, Rubolino) – 4:32
Musicians
- Bruce KulickBruce KulickBruce Howard Kulick is an American guitarist, musician and a member of the band Grand Funk Railroad. Previously, Kulick had been a longtime member of the band Kiss....
– guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
, bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments... - Steve LukatherSteve LukatherSteve "Luke" Lukather is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, arranger, and record producer best known for his work with the rock band Toto. Lukather has played with many artists, released several solo albums, and worked as a composer, arranger, and session guitarist on more than 1,500 albums...
– lead guitar on "Between the Lines" - Jeremy Rubolino – bass on "Fate", "Ain't Gonna Die", "Dirty Girl", "Final Mile", "I'm the Animal"; acoustic guitar on "No Friend of Mine"; keyboards on "I'll Survive", "Life"; piano on "Between the Lines"; backing vocals on "Fate", "Ain't Gonna Die", "No Friend of Mine", "I'll Survive", "Life"
- Jimmy HaslipJimmy HaslipJimmy Haslip is an American electric bass player and record producer best known as a founding and current member of the pioneering fusion group Yellowjackets...
– bass on "Between the Lines" - Brent FitzBrent FitzBrent Fitz is a Canadian-born musician and recording artist known best known as a drummer, but also a multi-instrumentalist having worked with Slash, Theory of a Deadman, Alice Cooper, Vince Neil, Union, The Guess Who, Lamya, Streetheart, Harlequin, Econoline Crush, Eagle & Hawk and Indigenous.-...
– drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
on "Ain't Gonna Die", "No Friend of Mine", "Hand of the King", "I'll Survive", "Dirty Girl", "Final Mile", "And I Know", "Life" - Eric SingerEric SingerEric Doyle Mensinger , better known as Eric Singer, is a hard rock and heavy metal drummer for the rock band Kiss and formerly for singer Alice Cooper...
– drums on "I'm the Animal" - Kenny AronoffKenny AronoffKenny Aronoff is an American drummer. He has played drums for many musicians, including John Mellencamp, Bob Seger, Belinda Carlisle, Elton John, John Fogerty, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Meat Loaf, The BoDeans, Gregg Alexander, The Smashing Pumpkins, Tony Iommi, Jon Bon Jovi, Vasco Rossi, Cinderella and...
– drums on "Between the Lines" - Gene SimmonsGene SimmonsGene Simmons is an Israeli-American entrepreneur, singer-songwriter, actor, and rock bassist. Known as "The Demon", he is the bassist/vocalist of Kiss, a hard rock band he co-founded in the early 1970s.-Early life:...
– vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
on "Ain't Gonna Die" - John CorabiJohn CorabiJohn Corabi is a heavy metal singer and guitarist who has worked with such bands as Angora, The Scream, Mötley Crüe, Union and ESP , Ratt , Twenty 4 Seven , Zen Lunatic, Brides of Destruction, and Angel City Outlaws John Corabi (born on April 26, 1959 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a heavy...
– vocals on "No Friend of Mine" - Doug FiegerDoug FiegerDouglas Lars "Doug" Fieger was an American singer-songwriter-musician. He was the lead singer of the power pop band The Knack, and co-wrote "My Sharona", the biggest hit song of 1979 in the USA, with lead guitarist, Berton Averre.-Life and career:Fieger's father was Jewish, and his mother of...
- vocals on "Dirty Girl" - Tobias Sammett – vocals on "I'm the Animal"
- Nick SimmonsNick SimmonsNicholas Adam Tweed Simmons is an American reality comic book creator, musician and television personality.-Early life:...
– vocals on "Hand of the King" - Jeremy Lichter – background vocals on "Ain't Gonna Die", "I'll Survive"
- Wally Wingert – background vocals on "Ain't Gonna Die", "I'll Survive"
- Christian Malmin – background vocals on "I'll Survive"
- Ken Gullic – background vocals on "Ain't Gonna Die", "I'll Survive"
- Cliff Calabro – background vocals on "No Friend of Mine", "Dirty Girl", "Final Mile", "And I Know", "Life"
- Levana Waiche and Neely Waiche - background vocals on "I'll Survive"
- Mark Robertson, Alma Fernandez, Sam Fischer, Vanessa Freebairn-Smith – strings on "Ain't Gonna Die", "Life"
Production
- Bruce Kulick – producer
- Jeremy Rubolino – producer, engineer
- Tom Jermann – art direction, design
- Neil Zlozower – photography
Website Production
- Chris White - technical manager, developer
- Elizabeth White - content manager
Charts
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Billboard Top Heatseekers | 12 |