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Psycho Circus (1998) was idealized – and sold to the public – as the album that would sacrament the triumphant return of classical formation of Kisswith the guitarist Ace Frehley and the drummer Peter Criss joining the bosses again Paul Stanley (voice and guitar) and Gene Simmons (voice and bass) in the studio for the first time since Dynasty(1979).

A meeting tour, which rolled between 1996 and 1997, was a success. The expectations for the new album were high.

However, the final product did not come out well. More people were involved, including hired musicians and even a former member whose participation, at first, was not in the plans.

It is about Bruce Kulickguitarist who entered in 1984 and remained in the band for 12 years, until fired for Frehley’s return. In practice, however, he ended up having direct participation in Psycho Circusalthough the group tried to omit this information.

Kulick told the Guitar player that the internal environment was a mess at the time. Therefore, it was readmitted by Gene Simmons under the cloth to help with the recordings:

“It was a pride because I knew it wasn’t as if I had been fired. They tried to resume with the four original members, but it was good and ironic that I could get involved with them again with such naturalness.”

Today it is known that Bruce Kulick and other hired musicians – Tommy Thayer (guitar) and Kevin Valentine (battery), besides Shelly Berg (Piano) – They played on the album. Kulick’s contributions, specifically, were:

• Solo guitar in the songs “Within” and “Raise Your Glasses”;
• Bass in the songs “Psycho Circus”, “Raise Your Glasses” and “I Finally Found My Way”;
• All guitars and downs of music “Dreamin” “.

Regarding the serious instrument, he stated:

“I played low on some of Paul’s songs. I was excited to be there. They paid me well. They even rented some equipment I had because they were looking for certain types of sound.”

Kiss and “The return of who was not”

Under the marketing of a “return” work of the original formation, Psycho Circus sold a lot, reaching third place in Billboard 200 and ensuring Kiss’s gold disk certification. The quality, however, fell short of the expected.

Bruce Kulick states that Ace Frehley and Peter Criss practically did not get involved with the album and left most of their work on the back of the old colleagues. Criss played only in one song, “Into The Void”while all the rest of his work was performed by Kevin Valentine. Frehley, in turn, touched the same track and “You Wanted the Best” – In the others, Kulick and Tommy Thayer take turns, with the predominance of the latter, who would come to the group in the following decade.

What was supposed to be a big meeting album became a kind of “the return of those who did not.” Bruce reflects:

“I never saw Ace or Peter [nas gravações]. They were just Gene and Paul. So it was an interesting moment. I was obviously flattered to help. Anyway, it wasn’t the “Magic Disc”, but it’s another gold record for me to have on the wall. “

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