Bruce Kulick goes Back to School

IN 1985, THE FUTURE KISS GUITARIST TEAMED UP WITH MICHAEL BOLTON — YES, THAT MICHAEL BOLTON — FOR SOME HARD-ROCKING TUNES, ONE OF WHICH WOUND UP IN RODNEY DANGERFIELD’S (AWESOME) 1986 COMEDY

- Andrew Daly

BEFORE HE WAS a member of Kiss, Bruce Kulick was a nomad, logging miles with Meat Loaf, Blackjack and the Good Rats, even appearing in the studio with Billy Squier. But the most interesting of all his exploits may be his work with blue-eyed soul crooner Michael Bolton.

Of course, Kulick had worked with Bolton before in the aforementioned Blackjack before the latter jettisoned himself for pop stardom. And while most of Bolton’s exploits are more catered toward mellow nights spent at Grandma’s, one album remains an outlier, 1985’s Everybody’s Crazy.