November 30 :
Robert Haglund "Love Gun (duet)" feat. Bruce Kulick From
:
KISS Related Recordings (Thorbjörn Brorsson) Earlier
this year Swedish singer Robert Haglund released a duet version of
the song "Love Gun" as a digital single.
Haglund's cover of the KISS song first appeared on his 2016 album "I
Wanna Be Somebody”, which features Robert singing his favorite
Hard Rock tunes in a jazz style. Just like the 2016 recording, the
2019 version still features Bruce Kulick on guitar and Rudy Sarzo on
bass. The 2019 version is re-done into a duet with the new added
singer Thomas Vikström.
In 2018 Robert Haglund released a cover of the (Vini Poncia, John
Vastano, Michael Morgan penned) song "You
Matter To Me”, which also appears on Peter Criss 1978 solo
album.
Bruce Kulick also played guitar on this cover song.
November 26 :
"Sweet Victory" new remix (feat. Eric Singer - ??- ) From
:
bravewords.com
In remembrance of Spongebob Squarepants creator Stephen Hillenburg
on the one-year anniversary of his passing, a brand new, free
special version of the anthem “Sweet
Victory” will be available as a
tribute to his memory.
Penned by Grammy Award-winning producer / guitarist Bob Kulick
(KISS, Motörhead, Meat Loaf) and celebrated hard rock singer David
Glen Eisley (Giuffria, Dirty White Boy), the song, originally
featured in the 2001 episode “Band Geeks”, is presented as a new
remixed version.
Upon hearing “Sweet
Victory”, Hillenburg was inspired to write the
entire episode around this epic song. Eisley’s passionate vocals
were sung by Spongebob himself, in a football stadium performance at
the Bubble Bowl, starring all the Bikini Bottom characters. The
scene has become hailed as one of the most memorable moments from
the series.
“The episode exemplified Stephen Hillenburg’s talents,” says Kulick,
“so we, the ‘Sweet Victory’ creators, along with Doug Katsaros
(orchestration and background vocals), Katie Katsaros (background
vocals), and Mike Gillies (mixer) humbly present to you this new
abbreviated version (1:54) in tribute to Stephen Hillenburg.”
Debuted almost 20 years ago, “Sweet Victory” continues to resonate
with listeners. In November 2018, a petition was created via
Change.org urging fans to rally behind a Super Bowl performance of
the song in Hillenburg’s memory. Although Maroon 5 did not perform
the song during their halftime set, streams of “Sweet Victory”
jumped 566% after the band included a Spongebob teaser in a halftime
show promo clip on their Twitter feed.
“May you ALL have a happy Holiday season,” concludes Eisley. “May
the new decade find you all celebrating your own ‘Victories’ in your
lives, your hearts & your souls.”
November 23 :
Ace Frehley welcomes Bruce Kulick to new 'Origins, Vol. 2' Album From
:
ultimateclassicrock.com
Ace Frehley and Bruce Kulick are teaming up. The former Kiss
guitarists have covered Jimi Hendrix's "Manic Depression" for
Frehley's upcoming Origins Vol. 2, the follow-up to 2018's Spaceman.
In a new interview, Frehley added that John 5 plays on two tracks on
the album, which is now expected in March 2020.
Frehley broke the news to Eddie Trunk. "I have Bruce Kulick doing a
solo on 'Manic Depression,'" he began. "I have John 5 playing on a
Beatles song, 'I'm Down' and he did one other song, 'Politician' by
Cream. If you listen to the Cream version, (Eric) Clapton does a
double solo, he's playing two solos at the same time. So what me and
John 5 did is, he did a solo, I did a solo, and then Alex Salzman my
engineer we did a crossfade.
So if you listen to the song with headphones on, you hear me going
from one side to the other, and John going from one side back. So
it's a really interesting mix."
Origins Vol. 2 will be the former Kiss guitarist's second album
dedicated to cover songs, with the first volume arriving in 2016.
Since having a big hit with his version of Hello's "New York Groove"
on his 1978 self-titled debut solo album, Frehley has included a
cover song on every one of his solo efforts except 1988's "Second
Sighting", and he told Trunk he has "so much fun" making them.
"The great thing about doing a covers record is, I don't have to
write the songs," he continued. "So all I have to do is kind of make
it my own, maybe change the solo a little, maybe change the
arrangement a little, and then get some guest stars. I can knock it
out in 30 days."
Kulick and John 5 join Robin Zander and Lita Ford as guests whose
participation was announced back in July, with the Cheap Trick
frontman singing Humble Pie's "30 Days in the Hole" and the
ex-Runaways guitarist taking the mic for the Rolling Stones' "Jumpin'
Jack Flash." At the time, he had hoped it would be ready for
October, but now he reveals it's been pushed back twice
"It was finished a couple of months ago, now we're just at the
process of mastering and sequencing it," he said. "Originally we
were supposed to put it out in January, and now the record company
wants to hold the release date until March. I don't know anything
about selling records, I just know how to make them. So if they say
they want to put it out in March, I say fine, the gives me more time
to work on writing new material for my next studio album."
mentioned ACE FREHLEY "Origins Vol. 2" tracks so far :
- Manic Depression (feat. Bruce Kulick on guitar) (Jimi Hendrix
cover)
- I'm Down (feat. John 5 on guitar) (Beatles cover)
- Politician (feat. John 5 on guitar) (Cream cover)
- 30 Days in the Hole (feat. Robin Zander on lead vocals) (Humple
Pie cover)
- Jumpin' Jack Flash (feat. Lita Ford on lead vocals) (Rolling
Stones cover)
- Good Times Bad Times (Led Zeppelin cover)
November 17 :
VINNIE VINCENT "Speedball Jamm" 2020 Re-Release From
:
blabbermouth.net
Vinnie Vincent will re-release his 2002 instrumental album in a
limited edition of 1000 CDs.
The former KISS guitarist's official web site is
accepting pre-orders for this "historic" re-release of
"Speedball Jamm", priced at $250.00 a piece. Each CD will come with
a limited-edition autographed 8x10 photo and a "BIG" guitar pick.
The discs are expected to ship in February 2020.
"Speedball
Jamm - Archives Volume 1" - has been described as "a single
70-minute track of blistering guitarmageddon." According to
Rarebird's Rock And Roll Nest, the song "is divided into ten
not-very-distinct parts. It's a subterranean-sounding recording of
Vinnie jamming endlessly on a lead guitar at high speed, sometimes
solo, sometimes with the accompaniment of bass and drums."
October 5 :
PAUL STANLEY putting finishing touches on SOUL STATION album From
:
blabbermouth.net
KISS frontman
Paul Stanley is putting the finishing
touches on the debut album from his R&B band SOUL STATION.
On Friday (October 4), Stanley shared a photo of him with some of
his SOUL STATION bandmates in the studio, along with the following
caption: "SOUL STATION In The Studio! Home Stretch Now!"
Earlier this year, Stanley told the Real Radio 104.1 radio station
that he wanted to wait for the right time to release the SOUL
STATION LP. "It really deserves full attention and my full
commitment," he explained. "So until we can do great live
performances — the band is amazing live — and until we can promote
it the way we should, it's just going to simmer. But it's really
just mind-blowing good. These are songs that, for one reason or
another, have been relegated to samples on a rap tune. And I don't
wanna hear background music for a rhyme — I wanna hear those songs.'
He continued: "This band is 13 people strong, and everybody's played
with Smokey [Robinson] and Stevie [Wonder] and THE TEMPS [THE
TEMPTATIONS] and Natalie Cole and Whitney Houston, and we knock
those songs out of the park."
Asked if he gets any hate from KISS fans for making an album that is
stylistically far removed from the music his main band is best known
for producing, Stanley said: "I'm sure there are some people who'd
rather me doing a KISS album or something like that, but when you
sign on with me, you understand that we're both in this together,
and sometimes I have to do what I need to do. And that's part of the
joy and the reward for me. So I would rather do a great SOUL STATION
album right now than tamper with KISS or the KISS legacy and do
something that I'm really not feeling at the moment."
A couple of years ago, Stanley spoke to Rock Cellar Magazine about
how the idea for SOUL STATION first came about. He said: "Well, my
roots are much more broad and varied than some people might realize.
This is funny; I was having tea with Jimmy Page in London and we
were talking about this. I said, 'Before I ever saw [LED] ZEPPELIN
or THE WHO or any of those bands, I saw Otis Redding. I saw Solomon
Burke. I saw THE TEMPTATIONS.' So it's very much a part of my DNA.
Motown and Philly soul and Stax/Volt, all that music is really,
unfortunately too nostalgic at this point and used too often for
loops and samples as opposed to hearing a great song. What's missing
nowadays so much is great live performances of that material. What's
being passed off now as R&B is usually a computer and a drum
machine. For a while, I thought about that, and I had an opportunity
a few years ago to put together something that was in essence SOUL
STATION. We did a couple of private shows and we all looked at each
other said, 'Why aren't we doing more of this?' It's great to have
that coming from people who are not only in demand but working all
the time with Stevie Wonder or Smokey [Robinson] or Pink or John
Mayer. These are real crème de la creme players but everybody has
the same passion for this music. To be able to recreate it, not in a
sterile way but with the same passion and intensity that it was made
with is something that we all feel very close to."
Asked what the greatest challenges are that he faces in delivering
this material in a live setting, Paul told Rock Cellar Magazine:
"There's a big weight on my shoulders because I'm singing songs by
some legends, and if I can't deliver them, I shouldn't be doing
them. So if I'm gonna sing Smokey or if I'm gonna sing Al Green or
David Ruffin or Eddie Kendricks, you'd better be on-point or you
shouldn't be doing it, plus the rest of the band is so damn good.
They have played with Smokey, they've played with Stevie Wonder,
with Natalie Cole, they've played with Whitney Houston and John
Mayer and with Carlos Santana; I mean, the list goes on and on. For
us all to be together as peers and be creating something this
exciting, everybody on stage is smiling. We're all just caught up in
the moment. To hear Crystal [Starr] sing 'I Want You Back' is just
mind-boggling. Her dad was a backup singer for Jackie Wilson.
Everybody's got their roots. From the get-go, anybody I ever called
to be a part of this immediately said, 'I'm in!' just to have the
opportunity to recreate and revive these songs; you don't get that
chance."
SOUL STATION made its live debut in September 2015 at West
Hollywood, California's The Roxy Theatre. The ten-piece band also
features KISS drummer Eric Singer.
