UNION
Promo-Tour Paris 1998
Bruce Kulick and John Corabi were on Promo-Tour in Europe from March 31st to April 10th doing press as follows: Stockholm April 1st, London 2nd & 3rd, Nottingham 4th, Paris 5th & 6th, Amsterdam 7th, Hamburg 8th and Munich 9th.
I had the possibility to go to Paris where I arrived about noon at the Hotel Astoria Opera, the same hotel as they stayed. After a short lunch in a restaurant I went back to the hotel where I met the promoter.
Bruce & John arrived about one hour later than expected. When Bruce saw me he came directly over to me, said hello and presented me to John.
The afternoon was filled with interviews for radio-stations and magazines.
In the evening we went to ALIGRE FM, a local radio-station, where they recorded an interview and a few acoustic songs (what was very funny – John and Bruce know why...). After another interview it was time to go to dinner, for me that was the time I felt to leave them on their own.
The next day started quite well for me as Bruce gave me one of the first UNION T-shirts ever made! He also gave me some UNION guitar picks and a promo poster later that day.
Otherwise this day was nearly the same as Sunday afternoon; interview after interview. Also today I had the possibility to be present all time and get so a lot of information directly from the source about this great new band. One of the major interviews was by HARD ROCK, one of the biggest French magazines.
Among the interviews I had some time to talk to them, taking pictures and just enjoying the time with'em. They both were very nice and signed me some stuff. (As a big KISS-fan and -collector I brought some KISS stuff with me and Bruce was as nice as always to sign me everything.)
About 11 PM we went to a club called 287 ROCK'N'ROLL CAFE in Aubrevilliers (just outside Paris). The French magazine GUITARIST celebrated there their 100th issue with a party. As special guest Bruce and John played shortly after midnight a 20-minutes acoustic set including October Morning Wind, Love (I Don't Need It Anymore), Pain Behind Your Eyes, Beth and You've Got To Hide Your Love Away (by the Beatles). A very nice memory is that, when introducing Beth John presented it to Alexander and pointed on me, Bruce added "Yes, the big KISS collector from Switzerland"...
Could you expect more from a stay in Paris?
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