KIX Signs With LOUD & PROUD RECORDS

April 16, 2014

KIX — Steve Whiteman (lead vocals),Jimmy Chalfant (drums, vocals),Ronnie Younkins (guitars),Brian Forsythe (guitars) and Mark Schenker (bass) — will release its first new album in almost two decades on July 22, thanks to their new partnership with Loud & Proud Records. What makes the project even more exciting and anticipated is that the album features the band's original lineup, with the exception of Schenker on bass.

"The boys and I are so happy that our old friend, Tom Lipsky, has invited us to join the Loud & Proud family," exclaims Whiteman. "We worked with Tom and Madelyn Scarpulla on our last studio album, 'Show Business', and we’re looking forward to working with them again with the release of the first new KIX album in almost 19 years! We'll still be coming to a dump near you very soon!"

Loud & Proud owner and president Tom Lipsky adds: "What I have always loved about KIX is they make rock 'n' roll fun. What I love about their new music is that it’s pure, genuine KIX music, straight-up guitar rock with no compromise. They're not chasing trends or trying to re-invent themselves. They're simply doing what they do best... and now they can do it Loud & Proud!"

Marking the re-emergence of KIX in early-2000s, the band had teamed up a few times a year to test the waters with reunion shows in the Maryland/Pennsylvania, which were very well received. Then in the summer of 2008, KIX performed outside the mid-Atlantic for the first time in 13 years at two of the biggest rock festivals in the U.S., Rocklahoma in Pryor, Oklahoma and Rock The Bayou in Houston, Texas.

As the demand for new music has never subsided, and in fact, has only increased over the last few years, the band decided that they can no longer ignore the overtures from their fans and are currently recording new KIX songs. The new album, due out summer 2014, is produced by Taylor Rhodes, who last worked with KIX on 1991's "Hot Wire". Rhodes has also written hit songs for AEROSMITH, OZZY OSBOURNE and JOURNEY.

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