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Bruce Kulick performs at Glassheim in Jevnaker, Norway on December 1, 2009

Bruce Kulick names 10 guitarists who shaped his sound

By Andrew Daly published

The hard-rock guitar slinger names the unlikely influences behind a number of his best-known Kiss riffs, and the player he likens to "a race car champion with the soul of a great blues musician"

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Photo of Sid VICIOUS and SEX PISTOLS, Sid Vicious performing live onstage at Randy's Rodeo Nightclub, San Antonio, on final tour

“I don’t buy the idea that the bass player is the quiet one”: The 5 most notorious bass guitarists in rock

By Nick Wells published

From Mötley Crüe hellraiser Nikki Sixx to GN‘R’s Duff McKagan

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Gene Simmons (left) and Paul Stanley perform onstage with Kiss in 1984, (from left) Paul Stanley, Mark St. John and Gene Simmons, pictured on the back cover of Kiss's 1984 album, Animalize

Only known Kiss soundboard recording with Mark St. John set for official release this spring

By Sam Roche published

The latest installment of the band's Off the Soundboard live bootleg series showcases their November 28, 1984 set – one of the only to feature St. John on lead guitar – in Poughkeepsie, New York

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[L-R] Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox

Robert Fripp and Toyah are on their usual ridiculous form in this bizarre cover of Kiss's I Was Made For Lovin' You

By Sam Roche published

Watch the ever-intriguing husband-and-wife duo tackle one of the rock institution's biggest hits

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Photo of James HETFIELD and METALLICA and Jason NEWSTEAD and Lars ULRICH and Kirk HAMMETT; L-R: Jason Newstead, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield performing live onstage.

The greatest rock concerts in music history

By Richard Bienstock last updated

From Metallica's Damaged Justice to Ozzy Osbourne's Diary of a Madman tour, Guitar World presents the most incredible concerts and roadshows in rock and metal history

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Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons talk classic Kiss tracks, including the lick they ripped off from the Rolling Stones, and the song they nearly gave to Rod Stewart

By Guitar World Staff published

In this classic 1992 Guitar World interview, Kiss's Starchild and Demon share the stories behind 18 key tracks, including Strutter, God of Thunder, I Was Made For Lovin' You and more

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(from left) Gene Simmons, Vinnie Vincent and Paul Stanley perform with Kiss at Wembley Arena in London on October 23, 1983

Gene Simmons: "Everything Vinnie Vincent did sounded like Yngwie Malmsteen on crack"

By Andrew Daly published

Kiss's always-colorful bassist reflects on how he and Paul Stanley wrestled with the band's identity – and Vinnie Vincent's unorthodox, fleet-fingered ideas – on Creatures of the Night, 40 years on

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Vinnie Vincent performs onstage with Kiss in 1983

Vinnie Vincent's controversial Kiss solos drove Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley mad – watch one of the guitarist's craziest live wigouts

By Jackson Maxwell published

Vincent brought an of-the-moment edge to Kiss's hard-rock sound in the early '80s, but his attention-grabbing antics proved to be unpopular with the band's two leaders

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15 of Kiss's best guitar songs that don’t feature Ace Frehley

By Andrew Daly published

Most of Kiss's biggest tracks feature the original Spaceman, Ace Frehley, on guitar. But there's plenty more six-string ear candy in the band's catalog – some from surprising names…

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Live Photos: KISS, Sydney 26/08/22

By Australian Guitar published

The legendary glam-metallers delivered stacks of timeless hits to their rockin' and rollin' crowd

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