{"id":147,"date":"2023-09-03T21:42:45","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T04:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeinthepastlane.net\/?p=147"},"modified":"2023-09-04T19:42:24","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T02:42:24","slug":"so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-kix-kix-merriweather-post-pavilion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeinthepastlane.net\/?p=147","title":{"rendered":"SO LONG, AND THANKS FOR ALL THE KIX"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

by Sue Hodges Grant<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forty years ago, KIX performed at a glorious rock \u2018n\u2019 roll dive in Essex, Md., called The Seagull Inn. As a journalism major at Loyola College with the burning desire to become a music journalist, I invited a few preppy classmates along to force them out from under their lite rock boulders.<\/p>\n\n\n

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One Izod-clad friend blathered on about Bryan Adams most of the evening during the forgettable opening acts until I broke down when KIX blasted onto the stage: \u201cSTOP ALREADY ABOUT BRYAN ADAMS! Listen to this band! This is what rock \u2018n\u2019 roll is about. This is down \u2018n\u2019 dirty, in-your-face rock and KIX is the band to put the Baltimore hard rock scene on the map.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That wasn\u2019t just a lucky guess, however, as the band possessed the indisputable musical chops – plus the unbridled charisma of lead vocalist Steve Whiteman – to rock the world. There wasn\u2019t a doubt KIX was destined for something beyond the confines of Mid-Atlantic dive bars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And then suddenly decades evaporated like a momentary fog of warm breath on a winter-frozen glass pane. Time passes in an instant with memories left in its stead, and on Sept. 17, when KIX takes the stage for the final time for \u201cKIX \u2026 Walkin\u2019 Away, The Final Show,\u201d it\u2019s bound to produce the same bittersweet effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the band\u2019s M3 Festival set at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Md., on May 7, 2023, KIX\u2019s frontman extraordinaire shocked fans with gut-wrenching news the band was retiring from live performances. Walking to the stage edge and then crossing back and forth to interact with the audience, he stated, \u201cI wanna make an announcement here, and it’s gonna be probably a little hard to get through, but I wanna do it anyway because we want you all to know. We’ve decided that after 45 years of doing this, I think we’re gonna call it a career. Not tonight. We’re gonna do a show here September 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI know it sucks, doesn\u2019t it? But It\u2019s been a long, long, long road.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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Peering back in the rear-view mirror, in 1981 (about a month after MTV launched its round-the-clock music video format) KIX released its eponymous debut, \u201cKIX,\u201d on Atlantic Records. The band formed about three years prior to the major label signing and were initially known as The Shooze. The name then briefly changed to The Generators (and allegedly they considered calling the band The Baltimore Cocks for a fleeting moment!) before settling on the apropos moniker, KIX. The Western Maryland-based fivesome – consisting of Whiteman, guitarists Brian \u201cDamage\u201d Forsythe and Ronnie \u201c10\/10\u201d Younkins, bassist Donnie Purnell and drummer Jimmy \u201cChocolate\u201d Chalfant \u2013 blasted roofs off regional venues as they toured incessantly along the East Coast, gathering a legion of loyal fans and garnering radio airplay.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The second studio release in 1983, \u201cCool Kids,\u201d included guitarist Brad Divens (Wrathchild\/Wrathchild America\/Souls at Zero) who replaced Younkins in the studio and performed some regional gigs with KIX. Eventually the original guitarist reunited with the band for more constant touring while KIX indefatigably stayed on the road, crushing each club date, and amassing more ardent fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1985: \u201cMidnite Dynamite\u201d brought a return of Younkins into the recording studio. The 10-track album produced by Beau Hill provided a heavier KIX sound with razor-edgy hooks to grab the listener from start to finish. More airplay. MANY more devoted fans. Nonstop touring. MTV put the video to \u201cCold Shower\u201d on its channel (but not in enough rotation!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then IT happened. With the 1988 release of \u201cBlow My Fuse,\u201d the band\u2019s fourth studio album, KIX mined gold (and eventually platinum in 2000) with the 10-track powerhouse recording produced by Tom Werman. This explosive release put KIX on the rock \u2018n\u2019 roll map with singles \u201cCold Blood\u201d and \u201cGet It While It\u2019s Hot,\u201d but the band\u2019s ethereal and emotionally-charged ballad, \u201cDon\u2019t Close Your Eyes,\u201d moved KIX out of sold-out, mid-sized clubs and into arenas befitting a gold-crowned act.<\/p>\n\n\n

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In February 1989, three months prior to the ballad\u2019s release and subsequent Top 20 Billboard position making KIX a worldwide commodity, I interviewed Whiteman for a ROX Magazine cover story. The ebullient frontman admitted, \u201cThis has been the best timing we\u2019ve ever had with an album. Werman loved the band and said, \u2018If it ain\u2019t broke, don\u2019t fix it!\u2019 So, we said, \u2018Great attitude,\u2019 and we got to make OUR album. I don\u2019t think that we\u2019ll miss this time around. And if this ever does take off, it will be so sweet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the album was gold-certified by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), ROX – once again – spoke with Whiteman about his thoughts on selling 500,000 copies of \u201cBlow My Fuse.\u201d As ever, the humble lead vocalist acknowledged the fans: \u201cIt\u2019s nice to make the hometown proud of you because they\u2019ve been the supporters all these years. It was nice to come home and hold up a gold album and say, \u2018Yeah, we finally did it.\u2019 I know the area was just as thrilled about it as we were. I just wish we could give \u2018em all a gold album.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hometown fans \u2013 and far-reaching devotees \u2013 recognized KIX possessed a fundamental element setting the group apart from the others rocking and ruling the \u201880s. As true today as it was when the band formed, it\u2019s the undeniable chemistry between the members as well as the audience.<\/p>\n\n\n

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In a 1989 ROX interview, Whiteman pinpointed the band\u2019s foundation to rock \u2018n\u2019 roll success: \u201cI think this band just gels. We just get out there and the chemistry just comes together; it\u2019s different. I\u2019ve never seen a band do what we do. I mean every member is into it. There is something special about this band, and the audience gets into that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To this day, zealous fans continue to support the \u201cdirty boys of the underground.\u201d Through Seattle grunge (which served as the death knell for the band\u2019s fifth studio release in 1991, \u201cHot Wire\u201d), the 1996 breakup of the band, and the reformation in 2003 sans bassist Purnell with the addition of bassmeister Mark Schenker, audiences flock to experience KIX\u2019s unparalleled live shows.<\/p>\n\n\n

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From long-ago New Year\u2019s Eve concerts at the famed Hammerjacks in Baltimore to the Sooner State\u2019s Rocklahoma to Rockingham in Nottingham, England, to consistently sold-out performances for the hometown crowd at Ramshead (Were you there in 2009 when Whiteman lost a bet and had to wear a dress for the encore?), the high-octane antics of the frontman with his tangible audience rapport along with the hook-laden, hard rockin\u2019 songs performed by high-caliber musicians, KIX has provided 45 years of balls-out live shows for the fans.<\/p>\n\n\n

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And with seven studio albums, three live releases, compilations, a documentary DVD, re-issues, a boxed set, and \u2013 what might be concluded \u2013 hundreds of thousands of touring miles in over four-and-a-half decades, the rock \u2018n\u2019 roll clock has neared midnight for KIX.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whiteman confesses \u201cmy health is failing.\u201d And with Chalfant\u2019s cardiac arrest during a November 2022 performance in Virginia, he also admits, \u201cJimmy\u2019s health is definitely failing \u2026 So, it\u2019s sad, but it\u2019s just time. You know, you know when it\u2019s time. It\u2019s like an athlete: You know when it\u2019s time, and I think it\u2019s time. I\u2019m tired.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He adds, laughing, \u201cI can\u2019t f*cking do this anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKIX \u2026 Walkin\u2019 Away, The Final Show\u201d on Sept. 17 closes a glorious chapter of the Hagerstown, Md., quintet that never failed to entertain and gave its dedicated fans indelible rock \u2018n\u2019 roll memories. For Whiteman, it\u2019s always been about the fans.<\/p>\n\n\n

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“We wanted to do this show for our fans,\u201d Whiteman admits. \u201cWe owe a lot to them for their never-ending support over our long 45-year career. It was tempting to just fade away and stop booking gigs and ride off into the sunset, but we wanted our fans to be part of a local farewell show and give them a chance to see the band one last time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Sept. 17, the original band members of Whiteman, Forsythe, Younkins, Chalfant, and longtime bassist Schenker take a well-deserved bow for the band\u2019s swansong performance. Also performing with KIX will be guitarist Bob Par\u00e9, who has been a mainstay while replacing Younkins. And there will be special guests to assist in tearing down the house for the final show. According to an August 29 interview with Whiteman on the Eddie Trunk Sirius XM Show, the frontman acknowledged that Younkins will play three or four songs with the band and \u201cCool Kids\u201d guitarist, Divens, will also join the band onstage for a few songs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whiteman concludes, \u201cI just want everyone to end up on their feet and celebrate all the good times we\u2019ve had over the years. It\u2019s a party and you are all invited!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you, KIX, for the unforgettable rock \u2018n\u2019 roll magic; it\u2019s been one helluva party for the past 45 years!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Sue Hodges Grant Forty years ago, KIX performed at a glorious rock \u2018n\u2019 roll dive in Essex, Md., called The Seagull Inn. As a journalism major at Loyola College with the burning desire to become a music journalist, I invited a few preppy classmates along to force them out from under their lite rock boulders. One Izod-clad friend blathered on about Bryan Adams most of the evening during the forgettable opening acts until I broke down when KIX blasted onto the stage: \u201cSTOP ALREADY ABOUT BRYAN ADAMS! Listen to this band! This is what rock \u2018n\u2019 roll is about. This is down \u2018n\u2019 dirty, in-your-face rock and KIX is the band to put the Baltimore hard rock scene on the map.\u201d That wasn\u2019t just a lucky guess, however, as the band possessed the indisputable musical chops – plus the unbridled charisma of lead vocalist Steve Whiteman – to rock the world. There wasn\u2019t a doubt KIX was destined for something beyond the confines of Mid-Atlantic dive bars. And then suddenly decades evaporated like a momentary fog of warm breath on a winter-frozen glass pane. Time passes in an instant with memories left in its stead, and on Sept. 17, when KIX takes the stage for the final time for \u201cKIX \u2026 Walkin\u2019 Away, The Final Show,\u201d it\u2019s bound to produce the same bittersweet effect. During the band\u2019s M3 Festival set at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Md., on May 7, 2023, KIX\u2019s frontman extraordinaire shocked fans with gut-wrenching news the band was retiring from live performances. Walking to the stage edge and then crossing back and forth to interact with the audience, he stated, \u201cI wanna make an announcement here, and it’s gonna be probably a little hard to get through, but I wanna do it anyway because we want you all to know. We’ve decided that after 45 years of doing this, I think we’re gonna call it a career. Not tonight. We’re gonna do a show here September 17. \u201cI know it sucks, doesn\u2019t it? But It\u2019s been a long, long, long road.\u201d Peering back in the rear-view mirror, in 1981 (about a month after MTV launched its round-the-clock music video format) KIX released its eponymous debut, \u201cKIX,\u201d on Atlantic Records. The band formed about three years prior to the major label signing and were initially known as The Shooze. The name then briefly changed to The Generators (and allegedly they considered calling the band The Baltimore Cocks for a fleeting moment!) before settling on the apropos moniker, KIX. The Western Maryland-based fivesome – consisting of Whiteman, guitarists Brian \u201cDamage\u201d Forsythe and Ronnie \u201c10\/10\u201d Younkins, bassist Donnie Purnell and drummer Jimmy \u201cChocolate\u201d Chalfant \u2013 blasted roofs off regional venues as they toured incessantly along the East Coast, gathering a legion of loyal fans and garnering radio airplay. The second studio release in 1983, \u201cCool Kids,\u201d included guitarist Brad Divens (Wrathchild\/Wrathchild America\/Souls at Zero) who replaced Younkins in the studio and performed some regional gigs with KIX. Eventually the original guitarist reunited with the band for more constant touring while KIX indefatigably stayed on the road, crushing each club date, and amassing more ardent fans. 1985: \u201cMidnite Dynamite\u201d brought a return of Younkins into the recording studio. The 10-track album produced by Beau Hill provided a heavier KIX sound with razor-edgy hooks to grab the listener from start to finish. More airplay. MANY more devoted fans. Nonstop touring. MTV put the video to \u201cCold Shower\u201d on its channel (but not in enough rotation!). Then IT happened. With the 1988 release of \u201cBlow My Fuse,\u201d the band\u2019s fourth studio album, KIX mined gold (and eventually platinum in 2000) with the 10-track powerhouse recording produced by Tom Werman. This explosive release put KIX on the rock \u2018n\u2019 roll map with singles \u201cCold Blood\u201d and \u201cGet It While It\u2019s Hot,\u201d but the band\u2019s ethereal and emotionally-charged ballad, \u201cDon\u2019t Close Your Eyes,\u201d moved KIX out of sold-out, mid-sized clubs and into arenas befitting a gold-crowned act. In February 1989, three months prior to the ballad\u2019s release and subsequent Top 20 Billboard position making KIX a worldwide commodity, I interviewed Whiteman for a ROX Magazine cover story. The ebullient frontman admitted, \u201cThis has been the best timing we\u2019ve ever had with an album. Werman loved the band and said, \u2018If it ain\u2019t broke, don\u2019t fix it!\u2019 So, we said, \u2018Great attitude,\u2019 and we got to make OUR album. I don\u2019t think that we\u2019ll miss this time around. And if this ever does take off, it will be so sweet.\u201d When the album was gold-certified by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), ROX – once again – spoke with Whiteman about his thoughts on selling 500,000 copies of \u201cBlow My Fuse.\u201d As ever, the humble lead vocalist acknowledged the fans: \u201cIt\u2019s nice to make the hometown proud of you because they\u2019ve been the supporters all these years. It was nice to come home and hold up a gold album and say, \u2018Yeah, we finally did it.\u2019 I know the area was just as thrilled about it as we were. I just wish we could give \u2018em all a gold album.\u201d The hometown fans \u2013 and far-reaching devotees \u2013 recognized KIX possessed a fundamental element setting the group apart from the others rocking and ruling the \u201880s. As true today as it was when the band formed, it\u2019s the undeniable chemistry between the members as well as the audience. In a 1989 ROX interview, Whiteman pinpointed the band\u2019s foundation to rock \u2018n\u2019 roll success: \u201cI think this band just gels. We just get out there and the chemistry just comes together; it\u2019s different. I\u2019ve never seen a band do what we do. I mean every member is into it. There is something special about this band, and the audience gets into that.\u201d To this day, zealous fans continue to support the \u201cdirty boys of the underground.\u201d Through Seattle grunge (which served as the death knell for the band\u2019s fifth studio release in 1991, \u201cHot Wire\u201d), the 1996 breakup of the band, and the reformation in 2003 sans bassist Purnell with the addition of bassmeister Mark Schenker, audiences flock to experience KIX\u2019s unparalleled live shows. From long-ago New Year\u2019s Eve concerts at the famed Hammerjacks in Baltimore to the Sooner State\u2019s Rocklahoma to Rockingham in Nottingham, England, to consistently sold-out performances for the hometown crowd at Ramshead (Were you there in 2009 when Whiteman lost a bet and had to wear a dress for the encore?), the high-octane antics of the frontman with his tangible audience rapport along with the hook-laden, hard rockin\u2019 songs performed by high-caliber musicians, KIX has provided 45 years of balls-out live shows for the fans. And with seven studio albums, three live releases, compilations, a documentary DVD, re-issues, a boxed set, and \u2013 what might be concluded \u2013 hundreds of thousands of touring miles in over four-and-a-half decades, the rock \u2018n\u2019 roll clock has neared midnight for KIX. Whiteman confesses \u201cmy health is failing.\u201d And with Chalfant\u2019s cardiac arrest during a November 2022 performance in Virginia, he also admits, \u201cJimmy\u2019s health is definitely failing \u2026 So, it\u2019s sad, but it\u2019s just time. You know, you know when it\u2019s time. It\u2019s like an athlete: You know when it\u2019s time, and I think it\u2019s time. I\u2019m tired.\u201d He adds, laughing, \u201cI can\u2019t f*cking do this anymore.\u201d \u201cKIX \u2026 Walkin\u2019 Away, The Final Show\u201d on Sept. 17 closes a glorious chapter of the Hagerstown, Md., quintet that never failed to entertain and gave its dedicated fans indelible rock \u2018n\u2019 roll memories. For Whiteman, it\u2019s always been about the fans. “We wanted to do this show for our fans,\u201d Whiteman admits. \u201cWe owe a lot to them for their never-ending support over our long 45-year career. It was tempting to just fade away and stop booking gigs and ride off into the sunset, but we wanted our fans to be part of a local farewell show and give them a chance to see the band one last time.\u201d On Sept. 17, the original band members of Whiteman, Forsythe, Younkins, Chalfant, and longtime bassist Schenker take a well-deserved bow for the band\u2019s swansong performance. Also performing with KIX will be guitarist Bob Par\u00e9, who has been a mainstay while replacing Younkins. And there will be special guests to assist in tearing down the house for the final show. According to an August 29 interview with Whiteman on the Eddie Trunk Sirius XM Show, the frontman acknowledged that Younkins will play three or four songs with the band and \u201cCool Kids\u201d guitarist, Divens, will also join the band onstage for a few songs. Whiteman concludes, \u201cI just want everyone to end up on their feet and celebrate all the good times we\u2019ve had over the years. 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