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Formats and Editions
1. Atomic Bombs
2. Love at First Sight
3. Heartache
4. Poison
5. The Itch
6. Kix Are for Kids
7. Contrary Mary
8. The Kid
9. Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
10. The Itch (Edit)
11. Burning Love
12. Cool Kids
13. Love Pollution
14. Body Talk
15. Loco-Emotion
16. Mighty Mouth
17. Nice on Ice
18. Get Your Monkeys Out
19. For Shame
20. Restless Blood
21. Midnite Dynamite
22. Red Hot (Black ; Blue)
23. Bang Bang (Balls of Fire)
24. Layin' Rubber
25. Walkin' Away
26. Scarlet Fever
27. Cry Baby
28. Cold Shower
29. Lie Like a Rug
30. Sex
31. Scarlet Fever (Edit)
32. Cold Shower (Edit)
33. Red Lite, Green Lite, TNT
34. Get It While It's Hot
35. No Ring Around Rosie
36. Don't Close Your Eyes
37. She Dropped the Bomb
38. Cold Blood
39. Piece of the Pie
40. Boomerang
41. Blow My Fuse
42. Dirty Boys
43. Cold Blood (Edit)
44. Blow My Fuse (Live in Japan)
45. Cold Blood (Live in Japan)
46. Hot Wire
47. Girl Money
48. Luv-A-Holic
49. Tear Down the Walls
50. Bump the la la
51. Rock ; Roll Overdose
52. Cold Chills
53. Same Jane
54. Pants on Fire (Liar, Liar)
55. Hee Bee Jee Bee Crush
56. Tear Down the Walls (Radio Remix Fade)
57. Tear Down the Walls (LP Version Fade)
58. Tear Down the Walls (Radio Remix)
59. Same Jane (Edit)
60. Girl Money (Aor/Video Mix)
61. Girl Money (Top 40 Edit)
62. Hot Wire
63. Same Jane
64. Rock ; Roll Overdose
65. Sex
66. The Itch
67. For Shame
68. Tear Down the Walls
69. Blow My Fuse
70. Girl Money
71. Cold Blood
72. Don't Close Your Eyes
73. Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
74. Red Lite, Green Lite, TNT
75. Get It While It's Hot
76. No Ring Around Rosie
77. Don't Close Your Eyes
78. She Dropped Me the Bomb
79. Cold Blood
80. Piece of the Pie
81. Boomerang
82. Blow My Fuse
83. Dirty Boys
84. Wheels in Motion
85. You're Gone
86. Can't Stop the Show
87. Rollin' in Honey
88. Rock Your Face Off
89. All the Right Things
90. Dirty Girls
91. Inside Outside Inn
92. Mean Miss Adventure
93. Love Me with Your Top Down
94. Tail on the Wag
95. Rock ; Roll Showdown
More Info:
This collection is completed with liner notes from esteemed rock and metal journalist, Xavier Russell, based on a new interview with Kix's Brian 'Damage' Forsythe. Forming in Maryland in 1976, like many of their hard rock contemporaries, Kix started out as a bar band, playing hard rock covers of the day. By the time they signed to Atlantic Records for their 1981 self-titled debut, 'Kix' (CD1), the band had settled on the line-up of Steve Whiteman on vocals, Ronnie Younkins and Brian Forsythe on guitar, Donnie Purnell on bass and Jimmy Chalfant on drums. Produced by Tom Allom (Judas Priest, Black Sabbath), Kix's debut featured many stage favourites, including the singles 'The Itch', 'Heartache' and 'Atomic Bombs'. Kix shifted away from their earlier, heavier sound, to a more commercial approach, tailor made for MTV with 1983's 'Cool Kids' (CD2). Produced by Pete Solley (Whitesnake, Ted Nugent), Brad Divens replaced Ronnie Younkins on guitar. Perfectly placed to take advantage of the burgeoning hair metal scene, Ronnie Younkins was back for 1985's 'Midnite Dynamite' (CD3). The album saw Kix collaborating with outside songwriters, most notably Bob Halligan Jr. , famed for his work with Judas Priest, and Winger's Kip Winger. Kix reached something of a commercial peak with 1988's platinum 'Blow My Fuse' (CD4). Featuring the hit power ballad 'Don't Close Your Eyes', the album also featured the singles 'Blow My Fuse' and the self-explanatory 'Get It While It's Hot'. The band moved from Atlantic to East West for 1991's 'Hot Wire' (CD5), notable for it's Hugh Syme (Rush) designed sleeve. 1993 saw the release of the inevitable and much demanded 'Live' (CD6) album, featuring the Kix classics, 'Hot Wire', 'Same Jane' and 'Rock & Roll Overdose'. 'Demos' (CD7) features 'Red Lite, Green Lite, TNT', 'Get It While It's Hot' and 'No Ring Around Rosie'. Kix called it a day after 1995, but thankfully reunited in 2003, eventually releasing 2014's 'Rock Your Face Off' which charted at 49 in the Billboard chart and remained there for three weeks, it was Kix's' highest charting album since 'Blow Your Fuse' (1988). Kix's final show took place on September 17th, 2023, at the 'Merriweather Post Pavillion in Columbia, MD. The band's impressive career lives on in this eight CD box set.
