Year : 1991 (Japan Edition)
Style : Glam Hard Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans + Videos
Size : 174 mb
Bio:
Kix is an American hard rock band that achieved popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Band members have continued to tour, including at the Rocklahoma festival in 2008 in Oklahoma and the M3 Rock Festival in May 2011 in the band's home state of Maryland.A new version Kix reformed in late 2003 sans songwriter and band leader Purnell. Kix then lined-up shows for September 2004, the lineup consisting of Steve Whiteman (lead vocals), Ronnie "10/10" Younkins (guitars), Brian "Damage" Forsythe (guitars), Jimmy "Chocolate" Chalfant (drums, backing vocals), and Funny Money bassist Mark Schenker (bass, backing vocals) in place of Donnie Purnell.On August 7, 2012, Frontiers Records announced that it had signed Kix; the band subsequently released a live CD/DVD, titled Live in Baltimore, in September, with a new studio album to follow in 2013.On April 16, 2014, it was announced that the band had signed with Loud & Proud Records, and are scheduling the release of their new album for July 22, 2014, making it the first studio album the band released in 19 years.On June 18, 2014, it was announced that the band would release their seventh studio album, titled Rock Your Face Off, on August 5.
Album:
Japan edition with bonus track.Hot Wire is the fifth studio album by the glam metal band Kix. It was released on July 9, 1991 on East West Records.Hot Wire peaked at number 64 on the Billboard 200 in October 1991.It failed to match the sales of Kix's previous album, Blow My Fuse, selling slightly over 200,000 copies.Producer Taylor Rhodes co-wrote five of the albums' ten songs with Donnie Purnell (the only Kix member credited as a songwriter). At the same time, Crack the Sky member John Palumbo and songwriter Bob Halligan Jr. (Judas Priest, Kiss, Icon, Blue Öyster Cult) got two co-writing credits each.Track 11 is a Bonus Track recorded October 1st, 1989 at the Shibuya Kokaido Hall in Tokyo, Cooperation by TBS.Hot Wire is jumpstarted by the title track, which starts off with a riff that sounds like Ted Nugent’s “Just What the Doctor Ordered”, and ends with a loving homage to “Have a Drink on Me”. The sonic annihilation in between is a whole hell of a lot of fun, and has Kix playing some of the most aggressive music of their career. Steve Whiteman in particular is taking no prisoners with an absolutely electrifying vocal performance that commands attention and respect. The song juggles the head banging verses with a trademark melodic Kix chorus that will blow your mind. Maybe Kurt Cobain was listening to this when his Kurt Cobrains hit the floor in April of 1994. It’s a great choice to open the album with, as it dispels any notion that Kix has become less hungry as a result of their platinum success.Kix follows it up with what could only be described as a tribute to AC/DC’s “Big Balls”, complete with a Bon Scott impression. In lead single “Girl Money”, Whiteman channels Scott while talking about a woman of low moral fibre across the bar. The chorus is an absolute explosion of melody, literally. If you listen carefully, you can hear cannons going from the left to the right speaker after the lyrics “bang boom party”. The attention to detail is not only amusing, but it reflects the sonic identity of the record. The production on this album serves to polish the rough edges while retaining all the sonic power that Kix have to offer. It sounds good, but there are no frills to be found. This is a rock and roll record, and the band is going to treat it as such. No more Cool Kids new wave pandering, the group is out to rock your world. The fourth slot on the album is left to “Tear Down the Walls”, a weak ballad that was probably recorded to capitalize on the success of “Don’t Close Your Eyes”. It’s pleasant enough, but one can’t help but compare it to superior ballads on past Kix records. While it’s not nearly as iconic or enjoyable as “For Shame”, “Walkin’ Away”, or “Don’t Close Your Eyes”, it’s still a much better decision to listen to it than to marry Courtney Love, in my opinion only of course.Kix only has one ballad again, and gets away with it by preceding it with the hook laden “Luv-A-Holic”, which has a similar structure to “Get It While It’s Hot” from the previous record, done in a heavier style that is more representative of the Hot Wire sound. It’s one of the best songs on the album, and the deal only gets sweeter when “Rock & Roll Overdose”, (a song title I believe Kurt took too literally) greets the listener after the lacklustre ballad. One of the heaviest tunes Kix have ever done, it’s a nice ode to rock and roll itself with Whiteman bringing back his powerful raspy vocals from the title track. Guitarists Ronnie “10/10” Younkins and Brian Forsythe really get to shine on this track with each getting a chance to show off their solo chops. It’s much more enjoyable than listening to nursery rhyme melodies over three chord punk songs and pretending like you hate any band that has reached any kind of success, including your contemporaries that praise you.What sinks the album is a sense of monotony. Some of the lesser tunes begin to sound the same, and some of them are lyrically lacking. “Hee Bee Jee Bee Crush”, “Bump the La La”, and “Same Jane” were in desperate need of penmanship reform. There’s also not as much variety as you would normally expect from a Kix album, as they seem to be firmly rooted in a hard rock sound. Choruses lack some of the staying power that they had on earlier albums, and the songs begin to run together.While by no means a bad album, Hot Wire comes as a bit of a disappointment after the quality of the two previous outings. Unfortunately, due to shifting (shitty) tastes, Kix would only release one more album on their major label (1993’s appropriately titled Contractual Obligation Live!) before being pushed to the indie world. The mighty titans would regroup for one more studio album with the original lineup. They disappeared for the better part of twenty years before reemerging with a new bassist as strong as ever. As for Hot Wire…
Line-Up:
Steve Whiteman - lead vocals and harp
Brian Forsythe - guitar
Ronnie Younkins - guitar
Donnie Purnell - bass, keyboards, and background vocals
Jimmy Chalfant - drums and background vocals
Production:
Recorded At – Music Grinder Studios
Recorded At – Sunset Sound
Mixed At – Sunset Sound
Mastered At – Sterling Sound
Pressed By – CSR (2)
Art Direction – Hugh Syme
Booking – Karen Veitch, Phil Ernst, Rod MacSween
Co-producer – Taylor Rhodes (tracks: 1, 2, 4)
Engineer [Additional] – Lawrence Ethan, Neal Avron
Legal – Howard Siegel
Liner Notes – 大野奈鷹美
Liner Notes [対訳] – Hatsumi Sakoda, 大屋尚子
Management – Freefall Talent Group
Mastered By – George Marino
Mixed By – Donnie Purnell (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 9), Eddie DeLena (tracks: 5, 10), Taylor Rhodes (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 9)
Performer – Kix
Photography By – Scarpati
Photography By [Additional] – Mike Hashimoto
Producer – Taylor Rhodes (tracks: 3, 5, 6, 8)
Recorded By – Eddie DeLena
Transcription By – Linda Hennrick (tracks: 11)
Tracklist:
01. Hot Wire
02. Girl Money
03. Luv-a-holic
04. Tear Down the Walls
05. Bump the La La
06. Rock and Roll Overdose
07. Cold Chills
08. Same Jane
09. Pants on Fire (Liar, Liar)
10. Hee Bee Jee Bee Crush
11. Red Lite, Green Lite, TNT (Live) (Bonus Track)
+ Video "Hot Wire" (Official Video)
+ Video "Girl Money" (Official Video)
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