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Kix (stylized as KIX) was an American glam metal and hard rock band formed in 1976, that achieved popularity during the 1980s. The band's classic lineup consisted of guitarists Ronnie "10/10" Younkins and Brian "Damage" Forsythe, bassist Donnie Purnell and frontman Steve Whiteman and drummer Jimmy "Chocolate" Chalfant.
Jimmy Chalfant – drums, backing vocals, percussion; Production. Tom Allom – producer; Bill Dooley – engineer; Ed Garcia, Joe Procopio, Mark Ross, Michael O'Reilly – assistant engineers; Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk, New York; Bob Defrin – art direction
Whiteman was recruited to join Kix in 1978 while they were known as "The Shooze". Whiteman and then-drummer Donnie Spence would alternate between who would drum and who would sing until it was decided that since Whiteman could hit the harder notes that he should stay as lead singer, Spence would soon leave in 1979 and be replaced by current-drummer Jimmy "Chocolate" Chalfant.
In 2003, while Funny Money were working on their fourth release, Skin to Skin, Coppola and Stillwell were replaced by former Centerfold guitarist Rob Galpin and Kix drummer Jimmy Chalfant respectively. Skin to Skin went on to become the band's best-selling album. In 2006, Cramer left the band to work with Sebastian Bach of Skid Row fame ...
Formed in February 1967, the group was originally known as The Big Thing and later Chicago Transit Authority, before becoming Chicago in 1969. Initially featuring guitarist and vocalist Terry Kath , keyboardist and vocalist Robert Lamm , drummer Danny Seraphine , saxophonist Walter Parazaider , trumpeter Lee Loughnane and trombonist James ...
First released as "(She Talks) Body Talk" on the 1981 Body Talk Muzik album by Nick Gilder (earlier of "Hot Child in the City" fame), and co-written by Gilder and his longtime musical associate, Jamie Herndon, this song was believed to have been included on Cool Kids to appease the group's label. The band was also urged to shoot a video for the ...
Jazz drummer Born in Chicago Kanye West: Jun 8, 1977: Rapper and producer Grew up in the South Shore neighborhood of Chicago Verdine White: Jul 25, 1951: Bassist and Founding member for Earth Wind & Fire: Born in Chicago Pharez Whitted: Aug 26, 1960: Jazz trumpeter, composer, educator Wesley Willis: May 31, 1963: Aug 21, 2003: Singer born in ...
Chicago's music has long been a staple of marching bands in the U.S. "25 or 6 to 4" was named as the number one marching band song by Kevin Coffey of the Omaha World-Herald, [250] and as performed by the Jackson State University marching band, ranked number seven of the "Top 20 Cover Songs of 2018 by HBCU Bands". [251]