Kiss – Crazy Nights album cover

Kiss – Crazy Nights

Album 1987

The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 1987 album Crazy Nights.

Music from Crazy Nights

Gear Used On Crazy Nights

Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Kiss – Crazy Nights (1987). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.

Guitars used by Bruce Kulick on Crazy Nights

Solid Body Electric Guitars

ESP M-1 Banana

Bruce used this Guitar for the album Crazy Nights by KISS in the 80's.

Solid Body Electric Guitars

LTD Viper 1000 Deluxe

Avg price: $1,480.25

Bruce Kulick playing a LTD Viper White in a concert in KISS Kruise VII (as seen in video uploaded).

Solid Body Electric Guitars

ESP LTD M-1 LIBERTY IN THE SHADE BRUCE KULICK SIGNATURE SUPERSTRAT

A picture of Bruce Kulick with his signature "Liberty In The Shade" Superstrat which he used in Hot In The Shade Tour. It was remade from a natural ash wood ESP M2 which he used in Crazy Nights tour and LP.

Solid Body Electric Guitars

B.C. Rich Gunslinger Bruce Kulick 87' Radioactive

Bruce Kulick prominently used the B.C. Rich Gunslinger Bruce Kulick '87 Radioactive guitar during the Crazy Nights era. A user-uploaded photo provides evidence of this iconic instrument's association with him.

Solid Body Electric Guitars

ESP Horizon-I

Avg price: $5,013.30

One of the most famous Bruce's guitar taken in 1987 during recording Crazy Nights LP by Kiss. He used it in all Kiss albums since Crazy Nights and live. Used in the songs like "Hell or High Water", "Reason to Live", "Turn On the Night", "Let's Put the X in Sex", "(You Make Me) Rock Hard", "Rise to It", "Hide Your Heart", "Prisoner of Love", "Paralyzed" and "Hate".

Effects Pedals used by Bruce Kulick on Crazy Nights

Overdrive Effects Pedals

Boss SD-1 Super OverDrive

Avg price: $64.99

Seen on Bruce’s recent simplified board. Used by him during all of his Kiss and solo career. Also at home practice.

Bass Guitars used by Gene Simmons on Crazy Nights

Electric Basses

Pedulla MVP Custom Paint

During KISS's performance of "War Machine" at The Ritz on August 13, 1988, Gene Simmons played a Pedulla MVP custom paint bass, as seen in the YouTube video from their Crazy Nights tour.

Electric Basses

Music Man Stingray 5

Avg price: $2,274.29

In one of the photos of Lita Ford's "Time Capsule" album cover, you can see Gene Simmons with Ernie Ball Music Man StingRay 5 Ivory White Special, with Roasted Maple Fingerboard. He also played bass on several songs on the album (including "Rotten to the Core", writen by himself for a Kiss album "Crazy Nights"). Perhaps the bass used only in the studio.

Drumsticks used by Eric Carr on Crazy Nights

Drumsticks, Mallets & Brushes

Regal Tip 2B Nylon Drumsticks

Avg price: $17.49

Used in the "Creatures Of The Night" era (1982-1983), "Crazy Nights" era (1987-1988), and the "Hot In The Shade" era (1990)