Kix Tickets - Not the Cereal for Kids

Rather, Kix is a hard rock band from Baltimore, Maryland, and an iconic band at all. Formed in 1978 and made up of frontman Steve Whiteman, creative mastermind and bass guitarist Donnie Purnell, drummer Jimy Chalfant, and guitarists Ronnie Younkins and Brian Jay Forsythe, Kix took the rock 'n roll world by storm when they signed a deal with Atlantic Records in 1981 to do what they do best: hard rock music.

Kix Tickets - The Music of Kix

Their debut, self-titled, was released in that same year and featured some of the greatest classic hard rock songs anyone would ever hear -- like 'Atomic Bombs,' 'Yeah, Yeah, Yeah,' and 'The Kid.' They followed up with a second album in 1983 called Cool Kids with the lead single 'Body Talk.' Believe it or not, though, Kix fared a lot better on that album with the later singles 'Restless Blood' and 'Mighty Mouth.' Everything changed, though, when they came out with their own self-proclaimed favorite record entitled Midnite Dynamite with the hard-hitting singles 'Cold Shower,' 'Sex,' and 'Bang Bang (Balls of Fire)'. All classic good stuff. Even as the arena of hard rock was always changing, Kix was always there to keep playing what they love, releasing yet a fourth effort into the industry in 1988: Blow My Fuse was the name. Some of the singles on that album include 'Cold Blood,' 'Blow My Fuse,' 'Red Lite, Green Lite, TNT,' and 'No Ring Around Rosie.' It became clear, what with all their hard work, that Kix was going to stay for a very long time.

Kix Tickets - The Sound of Kix

As with any '80s metal band, you had the long curly hair, the studded leather, the pale look. Very Metallica, very Motley Crue. And no one could deny that Kix was one of the pioneers of that era that brought that glamour rock into the industry.