Former Kiss guitarist Bruce Kulick nearly became the next great rock tragedy, while walking with a friend on Sunset Boulevard.
Two stray bullets came within a couple of inches – or less – of killing him on Oct. 16, 2003, striking Kulick in the leg and head. “I was in shock, as it sounded like a car backfiring and felt like a hot poker went through my leg,” Kulick wrote on his website. “I didn’t know what happened until paramedics told me.”
Kulick had just seen Vince Neil perform at a club near the Rainbow Bar and Grill in Hollywood, where a fight had left one man drunk, angry and holding a loaded 9MM. He started shooting wildly, and bullets ultimately struck Kulick’s right thigh and grazed his temple. One other person was shot in the foot.
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The head wound was easily treated, while the medical team told Kulick the other bullet hit only flesh and muscle, not bone or arteries. By the time he got home, the news was all over CNN, MTV and wire services.
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