Year : 2025
Style : Hard Rock , Rock N Roll
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 77 mb
Bio:
Rising Atlanta band KICKIN VALENTINA is creating quite a buzz and has already established a rabid fan base. The band was formed in early 2013 by guitarist Heber Pampillion and drummer Jimmy Berdine. After meeting vocalist Joe Edwards (whose distinctive style has been described as a “diamond in the dirt”), they began writing and rehearsing, then recruited Chris Taylor to round out the lineup. In 2013, their debut performance was in July, followed by the release of their self-titled debut EP on Highway 9 Records in October. The band has been busy in 2014 playing live (with many festivals scheduled for the Summer & Fall), and in June they were nominated for – and won – the 2014 Georgia Music Award for “Rock Band of the Year.”With a little bit of sleaze, a little bit of blues, and a whole lot attitude, KICKIN VALENTINA have secured their place in the Southeast and are quickly gaining attention and traction across the US and overseas. The band has already performed with artists as diverse as Buckcherry, Queensryche, Pop Evil, Fozzy, Eve to Adam, Faster Pussycat, Nonpoint, and Cilver, while their first single “Get Ready” is already a fan favorite on radio stations around the world, and one of the top requested songs on Hard Rock Nights and Canada’s Rock X Radio. Both “Get Ready” and the standout track “Alone” will be featured in the upcoming action horror movie Altered from award winning film director Kely McClung (Summer 2014 release).
Album:
For fans of Guns N’Roses, AC/DC, Hardcore Superstar Bored with the rock music landscape of the time - dominated by overproduced fluff or bro-rock bands - KICKIN VALENTINA set out to play rock‘n’roll the way they wanted to hear it: loud, unapologetic, and 100% live, with no backing tracks and a take-it-or-leave-it attitude.Fast forward to May 2025, and the band is set to release their fifth album, “Raw Trax, B-Sides, and Bootlegs” worldwide via Mighty Music/Target Group. Once again produced by Andy Reilly (UFO, Bruce Dickinson, Cradle of Filth) at Muse Productions in Atlanta and mastered by Joel Wanasek, the album is a collection of unreleased songs, demos, and live recordings from the Bang Your Head Festival in Germany.“We had a few songs left over from the “Star Spangled Fist Fight” recording sessions and knew we wanted to eventually release them,” says bassist Chris Taylor. “We thought it would be fun to package them together with a couple of live tracks and some demos of older songs. I always enjoy when bands release live recordings or demos, where you get to hear the raw, unfiltered versions - what the songs sounded like in the demo stage with alternate lyrics, guitars, etc. I hope our fans will enjoy this as well”, he concludes.Kickin Valentina formed in 2013 and quickly gained attention in the US and abroad. They released their debut EP the same year and later signed with Danish label Mighty Music, going on to release four successful albums: “Super Atomic”, “Imaginary Creatures”, “Revenge of Rock”, “Star Spangled Fist Fight”, and the EP “Chaos in Copenhagen”. Their album “Imaginary Creatures” charted on Billboard, while “Revenge of Rock” reached #6 on the Danish vinyl chart.The band has toured extensively across America and Europe, opening for acts like Buckcherry, Queensrÿche, Skid Row, and Sebastian Bach, while also playing major festivals such as Bang Your Head, Call of the Wild, Nordic Noise, Monsters of Rock Cruise, and Rock Fest. Their music has been featured in prominent European and Japanese publications, including Burrn!, Classic Rock, and Metal Hammer. Kickin Valentina won the GA Music Awards for Rock Band of the Year (2014) and Video of the Year (2015) for their single “Wrong Way”.“Raw Trax, B-Sides, and Bootlegs” will be released on gatefold LP (red vinyl limited to 300 copies), CD and digital on 02.05.2025, via Mighty Music.Date of release 2. May 2025.
Line Up:
D.K. Revelle – Vocals
Heber Pampillon – Guitar
Chris Taylor – Bass
Jimmy Berdine – Drums
Tracklist:
01. Blame it on Rock’n’Roll
02. The Gotaways
03. Wild Ones
04. Sweat (live)
05. Easy Rider (live)
06. Freakshow (lockdown live)
07. War (demo)
08. End of the Road (demo)
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