Guitarist BRUCE KULICK (GRAND FUNK RAILROAD, ex-KISS) was recently interviewed live onstage at the 22nd annual NY/NJ KISS Expo by the mysterious Maul Stanley (a parody hybrid of Star Wars character Darth Maul and KISS guitarist PAUL STANLEY).

Part serious interview and part comedy roast, the exchange has been transcribed and is now available online.

In the second half of this two-part feature, Bruce discusses his proposed KISS makeup, the future of his band UNION and how it differs from ESP (The Eric Singer Project), despite the fact that they share many of the same members.

An excerpt from the interview follows:

Maul Stanley: After being dropped from KISS, you formed the band UNION with John Corabi, who himself had just been fired from MÖTLEY CRÜE. What originally brought you two together and what is the likelihood that you will record new music as Union again someday?

Bruce Kulick: I already knew who John was because he had been living in L.A. for a while. I also knew him from his earlier band, THE SCREAM. It was actually former KISS manager Larry Mazer who suggested that I get in touch with him. Larry has always been a big Corabi fan and he thought that it might make sense for the two of us to hook up. We ended up having chemistry right away so we decided to form a band together, which eventually became Union. We put out two studio albums, one live album and even a live home video. We don't really have any plans to do anything new as Union, although I do hope to have John sing on my upcoming solo album, which should create something of a Union vibe. Playing with John is always fun and there's definitely still good chemistry between us. So even though there are no real Union plans to speak of, John and I will continue to work together in the future."

The entire interview is available here.