KIX CELEBRATE THEIR LEGACY WITH MASSIVE 8-CD BOX SET
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Maryland hard rock legends KIX are set to release an epic 8-CD box set chronicling their storied career - arriving July 18, 2025! Eight CD collection of KIX’s seven albums, plus a CD of early demos.
From their 1981 self-titled debut to platinum-selling "Blow My Fuse", and all the way to their final live show in 2023, this collection includes studio classics, demos, and live favorites. A must-have for fans of hair metal, hard rock, and high-energy rock 'n' roll.
This collection is completed with liner notes from esteemed rock and metal journalist, Xavier Russell, based on a new interview with KIX's Brian ‘Damage’ Forsythe.
Forming in Maryland in 1976, like many of their hard rock contemporaries, KIX started out as a bar band, playing hard rock covers of the day. By the time they signed to Atlantic Records for their 1981 self-titled debut, ‘KIX’ (CD1), the band had settled on the line-up of Steve Whiteman on vocals, Ronnie Younkins and Brian Forsythe on guitar, Donnie Purnell on bass and Jimmy Chalfant on drums. Produced by Tom Allom (Judas Priest, Black Sabbath), KIX’s debut featured many stage favourites, including the singles ‘The Itch’, ‘Heartache’ and ‘Atomic Bombs’.
KIX shifted away from their earlier, heavier sound, to a more commercial approach, tailor made for MTV with 1983’s ‘Cool Kids’ (CD2). Produced by Pete Solley (Whitesnake, Ted Nugent), Brad Divens replaced Ronnie Younkins on guitar. Perfectly placed to take advantage of the burgeoning hair metal scene, Ronnie Younkins was back for 1985’s ‘Midnite Dynamite’ (CD3). The album saw KIX collaborating with outside songwriters, most notably Bob Halligan Jr., famed for his work with Judas Priest, and Winger’s Kip Winger.
KIX reached something of a commercial peak with 1988’s platinum ‘Blow My Fuse’ (CD4). Featuring the hit power ballad ‘Don’t Close Your Eyes’, the album also featured the singles ‘Blow My Fuse’ and the self-explanatory ‘Get It While It’s Hot’. The band moved from Atlantic to East West for 1991’s ‘Hot Wire’ (CD5), notable for its Hugh Syme (Rush) designed sleeve. 1993 saw the release of the inevitable and much demanded ‘Live’ (CD6) album, featuring the KIX classics, ‘Hot Wire’, ‘Same Jane’ and ‘Rock & Roll Overdose’. ‘Demos’ (CD7) features 'Red Lite, Green Lite, TNT', 'Get It While It's Hot' and 'No Ring Around Rosie'. KIX called it a day after 1995, but thankfully reunited in 2003, eventually releasing 2014’s ‘Rock Your Face Off’ which charted at 49 in the Billboard chart and remained there for three weeks, it was KIX’s’ highest charting album since ‘Blow Your Fuse’ (1988). KIX’s final show took place on September 17th, 2023, at the ‘Merriweather Post Pavillion in Columbia, MD. The band’s impressive career lives on in this eight CD box set.
"Kool Atomic Kix" Includes:
Disc 1 - "Kix" (1981):
01. Atomic Bombs
02. Love At First Sight
03. Heartache
04. Poison
05. The Itch
06. Kix Are For Kids
07. Contrary Mary
08. The Kid
09. Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
10. The Itch (edit/bonus track)
Disc 2 - "Cool Kids" (1983):
01. Burning Love
02. Cool Kids
03. Love Pollution
04. Body Talk
05. Loco-Emotion
06. Mighty Mouth
07. Nice On Ice
08. Get Your Monkeys Out
09. For Shame
10. Restless Blood
Disc 3 - "Midnite Dynamite" (1985):
01. Midnite Dynamite
02. Red Hot (Black & Blue)
03. Bang Bang (Balls Of Fire)
04. Layin' Rubber
05. Walkin' Away
06. Scarlet Fever
07. Cry Baby
08. Cold Shower
09. Lie Like A Rug
10. Sex
11. Scarlet Fever (edit/bonus track)
12. Cold Shower (edit/bonus track)
Disc 4 - "Blow My Fuse" (1988):
01. Red Lite, Green Lite, TNT
02. Get It While It's Hot
03. No Ring Around Rosie
04. Don't Close Your Eyes
05. She Dropped The Bomb
06. Cold Blood
07. Piece Of The Pie
08. Boomerang
09. Blow My Fuse
10. Dirty Boys
11. Cold Blood (edit/bonus track)
12. Blow My Fuse (live/bonus track)
13. Cold Blood (live/bonus track)
Disc 5 - "Hot Wire" (1991):
01. Hot Wire
02. Girl Money
03. Luv-A-Holic
04. Tear Down The Walls
05. Bump The La La
06. Rock & Roll Overdose
07. Cold Chills
08. Same Jane
09. Pants On Fire (Liar, Liar)
10. Hee Bee Jee Bee Crush
11. Tear Down The Walls (radio remix face/bonus track)
12. Tear Down The Walls (LP version fade/bonus track)
13. Tear Down The Walls (radio remix/bonus track)
14. Same Jane (edit/bonus track)
15. Girl Money (AOR video mix/bonus track)
16. Girl Money (Top 40 edit/bonus track)
Disc 6 - "Live" (1993):
01. Hot Wire
02. Same Jane
03. Rock & Roll Overdose
04. Sex
05. The Itch
06. For Shame
07. Tear Down The Walls
08. Blow My Fuse
09. Girl Money
10. Cold Blood
11. Don't Close Your Eyes
12. Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
Disc 7 - Demos:
01. Red Lite, Green Lite, TNT
02. Get It While It's Hot
03. No Ring Around Rosie
04. Don't Close Your Eyes
05. She Dropped Me The Bomb
06. Cold Blood
07. Piece Of The Pie
08. Boomerang
09. Blow My Fuse
10. Dirty Boys
Disc 8 - "Rock Your Face Off" (2014):
01. Wheels In Motion
02. You're Gone
03. Can't Stop The Show
04. Rollin' In Honey
05. Rock Your Face Off
06. All The Right Things
07. Dirty Girls
08. Inside Outside Inn
09. Mean Miss Adventure
10. Love Me With Your Top Down
11. Tail On The Wag
12. Rock & Roll Showdown
