KIX IS READY TO “ROCK YOUR FACE OFF” WITH NEW ALBUM, THEIR FIRST IN TWO DECADES, ON AUGUST 5TH
For Kix, not recording any new music for two decades has been far too long. Fans have made it known for years that they want new music. And now, the time has finally come. The Maryland band is primed and ready to Rock Your Face Off with their seventh new album set for release August 5th on Loud & Proud Records.
It’s everything fans know and love them for: a raucous, roaring and real display of rock ‘n’ roll. The first single, Love Me With Your Top Down, will be released to radio and online retail outlets later this month. Eddie Trunk will exclusively world premiere the song during his Friday Night Rocks radio show originating from Q104.3 (heard in New York City, Long Island, NJ and CT) this Friday, June 20th from 11pm-2am ET. It will then air via his numerous North American syndicated affiliates on Saturday, June 20 and he’ll play it on Monday, June 23 during his Trunk Nation with Eddie Trunk show that airs on SiriusXM’s “Hair Nation” channel (39) at 3pm PT/6pm ET.
As guitarist Brian “Damage” Forsythe explains, “When we first played Love Me With Your Top Down live just a few months ago, it went over like gangbusters with the fans. It’s a catchy little tune with classic Kix flavor, a perfect choice for the first taste of the record.”
What makes the new album even more exciting and anticipated is that it features most of the band’s original line-up: Steve Whiteman (vocals), Brian “Damage” Forsythe (guitar), Ronnie “10/10” Younkins (guitar), Jimmy “Chocolate” Chalfant (drums), with the exception of Mark Schenker (bass).
With Rock Your Face Off, Kix stirs up their truest statement to date in 2014. “It’s still hot women, fast cars, and great moments,” concludes Whiteman. “I want everybody to end up on their feet, whether they’re working out or stuck in rush hour traffic. This is a release, something to lift your spirits when you need it. You can party to this one.”
Kix gracefully eased back into the public consciousness in 2008. After sold out hometown gigs, the quintet hit the stage at Rocklahoma in front of over 20,000 people, venturing out of the Mid-Atlantic for the first time in 13 years. The band was hailed by many music websites and attendees as “Best Performance” at the festival, where they played alongside Sammy Hagar, Alice Cooper, Tesla, Queesryche, Ratt, and more. After capturing their fiery reunion on 2012’s Live In Baltimore CD & DVD, the band agreed to enter the studio once again.
“In many ways, this is for the Kix diehards as much as it is for us,” guitarist Brian Forsythe explains. “When we started doing this again, tons of fans came out of the woodwork. They’d show up with their kids, and it was just incredible to see. We had to deliver for them.”
In order to deliver, the band enlisted the talents of producer Taylor Rhodes (Aerosmith, Ozzy Osbourne), with whom they had last collaborated on 1991’s Hot Wire. Also, for the first time in the group’s history, each member contributed to the writing process, fostering an extremely creative and free environment in the studio. A new dawn commenced as they simultaneously harnessed their classic spirit.
“It was more free-flowing because everybody got to write and come up with ideas,” says singer Steve Whiteman. “We encouraged this new freedom within the creative process.”
Here’s the complete track listing of Rock Your Face Off:
1. Wheels In Motion
2. You’re Gone
3. Can’t Stop The Show
4. Rollin’ In Honey
5. Rock Your Face Off
6. All The Right Things
7. Dirty Girls
8. Inside Outside Inn
9. Mean Miss Adventure
10. Love Me With Your Top Down
11. Tail On The Wag
12. Rock & Roll Showdown
Stay tuned for new tour news, but check them out at any of the following stops in the meantime:
June:
21 Idaho Falls, ID Rock The Falls
July:
10 Hughesville, PA Lycoming County Fair
25 Royalton, MN Halfway Jam
31 Leemore, CA Tachi Palace Casino
August:
2 Leonardtown, MD Southern Maryland Brew & BBQ Fest
16 Greencastle, PA Greencastle Legion Grounds
September:
3 Berlin, MD Soundwave Festival at Airlift Acres
20 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live
October:
25 Camp Hill, PA Radisson Convention Center
December:
20 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live (KIXmas)
Kix on the web:
kix-band.com
facebook.com/OfficialKIX
twitter.com/KIXtheband
19 years between Kix studio albums. Any other band have that record beat? (Not sure we’ll ever get another Cinderella studio album.)
The last band in decades to release a CD was Trixter and that was not even close to worth the wait. Hope kix isn’t another 20 year old flop. But not passing judgement till the CD drops.
U should listen to the new winger cd…terrible..
Yeah, Winger can’t play or write songs to save their lives. Sarcasm: on
Are you insane? New Winger is awesome. Same goes for Trixter’s last record.
Totally agree, Winger and Trixter latest albums are good.
These guys are gonna be huge stars again!
Hahahahahahahahaha!!!
I never liked Kix much, but for their fans I hope this album is good for them. However, I hate to say it, but none of these bands are “gonna be huge stars again”. The only people who care about them anymore are the fraction of their former fanbases who are die hard fans. The only bands from the 80’s who have a shot at being truly “huge” today are ones that a)never went away in the first place and retained a solid following through the years, and b) and this is a big maybe, a band that was truly huge back then that comes out with a masterpiece and somehow strikes a cross generational chord among fans. Unfortunately being a “huge” star in today’s world means the flavor of the year popster or rapper, or whatever the corporate marketing machine decides to push, and most of it sucks. Don’t get me wrong, I hope Kix, Tesla, Accept, and any other real rock band (or any new ones for that matter) are able to be successful, and I still buy actual CD’s to support some of them and go to the shows I can, but the majority don’t even notice these guys anymore. I wouldn’t be surprised if mainstream rock radio doesn’t play anything from the new Tesla record, or this Kix record, or if they do it’ll be for a week or two and then it’s back to the same Zeppelin and Hendrix songs. Tesla will still get airplay for “Signs” and “Love Song” but anything new will be out of rotation before anybody realizes it’s new. Sorry for the negativity, I’ve been hearing too much garbage in pop culture lately I guess.
good news. also, Rockcandy Records is set to reissue/remaster their Midnite Dynamite and Blow My Fuse records in July. Can’t wait for those.
Was the guy all the way to the right exhumed for this press photo?