KIX To Play San Diego, Phoenix For First Time In Nearly 15 Years

April 28, 2009

Reactivated rockers KIX will be heading to San Diego and Phoenix for the first time in nearly 15 years to perform at the San Diego venue 4th & B on Friday, May 8 and KDKB Desert Invasion Festival on Saturday, May 9. At the Desert Invasion Festival, KIX will share the stage with other '80s greats like NIGHT RANGER, SKID ROW and FIREHOUSE.

Upcoming KIX shows:

May 08 - 4th & B - San Diego, CA
May 09 - Desert Invasion - Phoenix, AZ
May 30 - M3 - Columbia, MD
Jun. 06 - Midwest Rock - Wellington, KS
Jul. 11 - Rocklahoma - Pryor, OK
Aug. 22 - Rock Gone Wild - Algona, IA

Fan-filmed video footage of KIX's April 3, 2009 concert at Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut can be viewed below (clip uploaded by Ken Howell).

Four-fifths of the original KIX lineup — frontman Steve Whiteman, guitarists Ronnie Younkins and Brian "Damage" Forsythe and drummer Jimmy "Chocolate" Chalfant — has teamed up a few times a year for the last several years to do KIX reunion shows in its hometown areas of Maryland and Eastern Pennsylvania. It also performed at last year's Rocklahoma festival in Pryor, Oklahoma.

Original bassist Donnie Purnell is not taking part in the reunion and is being replaced by Steve and Chalfant's FUNNY MONEY bandmate Mark Schenker.

Originally calling themselves SHOOZE and eventually changing their name to the GENERATORS and ultimately KIX, Baltimore's favorite hard rock band garnered quite a reputation for themselves as one of Maryland's most exciting live cover bands prior to signing to Atlantic Records in 1981. Led by frontman Whiteman and creative mastermind Purnell, the band hit the club circuit six nights a week for three straight years, resulting in the band cultivating a huge local fan base that led to a contract with the Time Warner affiliate. Releasing their self-titled debut in 1981, "Kix" featured live favorites like "Atomic Bombs", the glorious "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah", and "The Kid". To support the release, the quintet set out to hit every club up and down the East Coast.

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