Frontiers\/BAM<\/p>\n
KIX were in your face Rock\u00b4n\u00b4Roll with more attitude than most back in their heyday. Founded back in 1978 they released their self-titled first album in 1981, but better things were still to come. More albums followed; \u201cCool Kids\u201d in 1983, \u201cMidnight Dynamite\u201d in 1985 and in 1988, things really moved. \u201cBlow My Fuse\u201d went platinum and the ballad \u201cDon\u00b4t Close Your Eyes\u201d paved the way for the band. The follow-up \u201cHot Wire\u201d came in 1991, and they cut a live album \u201cKIX live, on tour in Holland. The rise of grunge was a hard blow for the band, and they threw in the towel in 1995 after their final effort \u201cShow Business\u201d. Or so we thought. The musicians remained active an various bands and in 2000 vocalist Steve Whiteman, guitarists Ronnie Youngkins and Brian Forsythe, drummer Jimmy Chalfant plus new bass player Mark Schenker tested their appreciation locally. In 2008 they played the big Rocklahoma Festival plus Rock the Bayou in Houston, all with flying colours. A new album is in the making, but this live CD\/DVD is the first for the band, so they chose the familiar waters of Rams Head in Baltimore, MD. <\/p>\n
The voice I instantly recognizable, as Steve was in FUNNY MONEY in the interim. The drive in the guitars is enviable, and it seems the band has more material to chose from than I remember. The mix of sleaze with a punky attitude, through to slick refrains for sing-along moments and the ever so contagious hit ballad of theirs is the stuff that magic is made from. Their finest moment to me is \u201cCold Blood\u201d, but \u201cBlow My Fuse\u201d has a dirty approach, and \u201cGirl Money\u201d is straight to the point. The final chat with the audience in \u201cYeah, Yeah, Yeah\u201d is a bit much to stomach at times, but the band oozes happiness on stage. Welcome back, to a perhaps as longish spell in the limelight as the first attempt?<\/p>\n
Track List
\nNo Ring Around Rosie
\nAtomic Bombs
\nLie like a Rug
\nDon\u00b4t Close Your Eyes
\nGirl Money
\nCold Blood
\nCold Shower
\nShe Dropped Me the Bomb
\nBlow My Fuse
\nKix Are for Kids
\nMidnite Dynamite
\nYeah, Yeah, Yeah<\/p>\n
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