Artificial intelligence (AI) is truly a double-edged sword. On the one hand, how else could we hear original music from Johnny Cash and June Carter, 20 years after their deaths? On the other hand, AI is still an emerging technology, and apparently not even robots are infaillible. Former Kiss guitarist Bruce Kulick is starting a conversation about the unreliability of AI-generated information following a recent fan encounter.
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Kiss Is in the Hall of Fame—but Bruce Kulick Isn’t
After playing guitar for Meat Loaf and Michael Bolton, Bruce Kulick decided to try something different, joining the heavy metal band Kiss in 1984. The Brooklyn-born guitarist contributed to five albums during the band’s infamous “no-makeup” era, including 1989’s Hot in the Shade and 1997’s Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions.
Reuniting the original lineup in 1996, KISS kept Kulick and drummer Eric Singer on retainer for a full year. The band eventually cut both men loose following the massive success of their Alive/Worldwide Tour.
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In 2014, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted Kiss into its coveted ranks. Only the band’s founding members—Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley, Gene Simmons, and Peter Criss—took the stage in Cleveland to accept the honor.
Recently, Kulick declined a fan’s request to sign their Rock ‘N’ Roll Hall of Fame book. The Hall of Fame chose to only induct the founding members of Kiss, leaving the ex-Grand Funk Railroad member out in the cold. And yet, the 70-year-old musician shared a screenshot of Google’s AI overview that says just the opposite.
“The fan was adamant that they had read it online, which raises concerns about the accuracy of AI-generated information,” he wrote in the caption. “Thoughts?”
One Instagram user commented, “You should have been. Best guitar player Kiss ever had!”
However, He Did Attend the Ceremony
While Kulick wasn’t onstage for Kiss’ big moment, he was in the audience as a guest of Simmons and Stanley.
“I was very happy when Paul and Gene invited me,” he told Ultimate Guitar in 2021. “They treated me like I was in the band.”
He added, “It should have been an unplugged performance with all of us. But the Hall of Fame didn’t get it, wouldn’t allow it, so screw them.”
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