In a new interview with Metal Rules, Bruce Kulick hit back at Mötley Crüe’s ‘The Dirt.’
The guitarist has been busy with his memoir nowadays. When asked what made him change his mind about writing a book after saying he never would, he replied, “Yeah, I mean, actually, over 20 years ago—like 25 years ago—I started working on a book with a friend of mine in the industry. He wanted to write it, and I was pretty cool with that. He started doing interviews with people.”
He added, “Fortunately, I still have all those interviews- one of my projects last year—was to digitize them all. My parents, my brother, Bob Ezrin, Eddie Trunk, and even Michael James Jackson—though I didn’t really work with him—were all interviewed. Obviously, having my parents and my brother included is fascinating to me. Carrie Stevens and many other friends and industry folks who were pretty hip to KISS and my career were also interviewed.”
“But here’s what happened. The reason I probably said to you back then that I’d never write a book is because we did start working on it. He even put together some sample chapters—maybe 30 or 40 pages. But the reaction at the time was like, ‘Wait a minute, this isn’t… We’re looking for stuff like Mötley Crüe’s ‘The Dirt.’ You know what I mean, right? But that’s not my life. That’s not my experience,” Kulick shared.
Bruce went on to explain, “I’m more of a musician who was part of a famous band and some of the other groups I worked with are really interesting. A lot of people don’t know much about Meat Loaf and don’t know that much about Michael Bolton, let’s say, or a Billy Squier record. There’s so much about my career that’s unique—it isn’t just one thing. And I was never involved with drugs or wild debauchery.”
Kulick previously shared in an interview that he planned to start working on his autobiography in 2025. The book will focus on his life as a musician, especially his time with KISS, but it won’t be a scandalous tell-all.
