Order Now: Kix 'Rock Your Face Off'
Wednesday, August 6, 2014 at 12:01AM 
KIX is finally out with their first album of new material in, well, forever. Rock Your Face Off was officially released yesterday and the album is already blowing up the Amazon top seller list! You need to do your part to help KIX too, so make sure you hit up Amazon or iTunes and buy the record - it's like only $8 bucks. I haven't had enough time with the songs to do a proper review, so that will come in due time. For now, you can check out a full album stream on Loudwire.
Imagine my surprise when I saw that Stereogum picked Rock Your Face Off as album of the week. Of course the snobs in the comments section didn't appreciate the pick or the awesomeness that is KIX but I think you guys know what you need to do: get thee to Stereogum and school the hipsters!
Reader Comments (29)
This ain't no "Blow My Fuse". Not even close. There's nothing even remotely as catchy as "Cold Blood".
Is it fair to compare artists to their previous work? Maybe, maybe not. Is it fair to compare it to records put out by artists of the same era and genre? I think so. And I SO wanted this Kix record to be good.
I've been listening a lot to the latest Night Ranger record, High Road. Same era, pretty much the same genre. It blows me away. The new Kix, not so much.
Mike, I hope you enjoy, but it's just not for me.
Mean miss adventure is a kick ass tune also. Dirty Girls is cool tune with funny lyrics. I like how they incorporate backing vocals and lots of great riffs. The songs are very catchy. Brian and Ronny are so good together and I'm sure they had a blast making this new release.
I think it speaks volumes that this album is doing so well on the charts. I know that I'm doing my part, for I bought it on iTunes and plan on getting a hard copy today.
You lost me when you wanted to compare this to AOR Kings, Night Ranger, one of THE Most Boring and Mediocre 80's Schlock Rock Bands of All Time.
This is REAL Rock & Roll, something you are obviously incapable of recognizing.
I gave it a spin. If you like Kix, you'll love it. The single is a good representation of the record. Heavy and it sounds good. The funny thing is, the new bass player does the bulk of the writing. Some of it with the old producer who used to co-write with the LAST bass player.
No Brainer for $7.99
Speaking of songwriting, (or lack of it) Anyone see the story about Pretty Boy Floyd guitarist Kristy Majors getting caught stealing a whole album's worth of material from another band & trying to pass it off like he wrote it? (Something they also did & got away with in 1989)... Pretty pathetic...
http://www.metalsludge.tv/?p=45115
Much congrats to the boys. They DESERVE it!!!!!
Only listened once but there are 4 solid, solid KIX tunes!!
Not defending 'em, but at least with Pretty Boy Floyd, there were some associations between the two bands, as they had many of the same members, though Kerry Doll and Aerial Stiles should have been properly credited.
However, this latest Kristy "Krash" Majors incident, where he blatantly rips off Swingin' Things warrants a psychiatric evaluation.
And the new KIX absolutely frickin' ROCKS BALLZ! I listened to it twice all the way through last night and it is phenomenal!
p.s. Ace, we do disagree, however. Though it is great, Cool Kids is better. That just tells you how absolutely incredible their back catalogue really is!
I know I love the band, but honestly I have paid about $12 for music in last year or so. I bought this record. It helps that it's reasonably priced. Remember value for quality product?
So there u have it. The self proclaimed stuck in the 80's glammer just bought new music (albeit from a 70/80's band ;-) )!!!
As far as Kristy Majors & his penchant for song theft goes, He deserves to have the snot beaten out of him, everywhere he goes! It was a shame that PBF pretty much got away with ripping off Kery & Aeriel in 90, and I'm glad that Paul from Swingin' Thing & his newer band "Suckerpunch", stood up & said something this time. Kristy's entire recorded career is littered with this kind of theft. He did it to Kery & Aeriel on "LBWET", they stole Big Bang Babies "Everybody Needs A Hero" for PBF's "Porn Stars" LP, Kristy stole Backyard Babies tune "The Kids Are Right From Doing Wrong" & just changed the words for his "Kids On Dope".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhjX9r6STrI&feature=youtu.be
see?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZWfhqXw26o&feature=youtu.be
I HATE song thieves!
I think he coulda done the Pretty Boy Floyd with proper credit and still made out but I'm sure he lied along with the rest of his partners in crime that went into PBF.
Ya gotta wonder about Fowley, who supposedly named the band. Surely, he must have known what was going on!
Anything for a buck, these friction' greedy bastards!
Unfortunately, it's a helluvan album, if ya didn't know the RIPOFFS!
With ya on "Show Biz", too. Pretty weak except for one or two, maybe.
p.s. BTW, doncha think WARRANT knocked off Big Bang Babies, "Everyone Needs A Hero" with "Big Talk"? Sounds like a direct rip to me!
"Big Talk" was around lonnnng before the BBB's were ever formed.
Warrant was playing that live in 87, & the Big Bang Babies weren't formed until late 89/early 90.
Also, Jani was always a very prolific writer not only for Warrant, but for other acts like Fiona thanks to his publishing deal. In fact, one of Jani's songs "Life On The Moon" that was on Fiona's "Squeeze" LP is probably my favorite tune he ever wrote.