For the hip hop group, see The Cool Kids

The Cool Kids

The Cool Kids is an American hip hop group. Consisting of rappers Antoine "Sir Michael Rocks" Reed and Evan "Chuck Inglish" Ingersoll , the group is based in Chicago, Illinois and Detroit, Michigan...

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Cool Kids is the second album released on Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records

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 in 1983 by the glam metal

Glam metal

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 band Kix

Kix (band)

Kix is an American hard rock/heavy metal band who achieved popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Band members continue to tour, recently appearing at the Rocklahoma festival in 2008 in Oklahoma and the M3 Rock Festival in May 2011 in the band's home state of Maryland.-Formation:Kix was...

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Track listing

1. "Burning Love" (Blue, Knight) – 3:07
2. "Cool Kids" (Golde, McIan, Steele) – 3:28
3. "Love Pollution" (Whiteman, Forsythe) – 4:04
4. "Body Talk" (Gilder, Herndon) – 3:39
5. "Loco-Emotion" (Purnell) – 3:30
6. "Mighty Mouth" (Purnell) – 3:43
7. "Nice on Ice" (Purnell) – 3:25
8. "Get Your Monkeys Out" (Purnell) – 3:20
9. "For Shame" (Purnell) – 3:11
10. "Restless Blood" (Purnell, Whiteman, Forsythe, Chalfant, Divens
    Brad Divens
    Brad Divens was the bassist and lead vocalist for Souls At Zero, formerly known as Wrathchild America. His vocal style often draws comparisons to James Hetfield...
    
    ) – 3:50

Additional information

The album reached position #177 on the Billboard charts

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. The album showcased a slightly more commercial side of the band. The first single released off the album, "Body Talk" (written by Nick "Hot Child in the City" Gilder), was believed to be written to appease the band's label, who, eager to capture some steam at radio, also forced the band into shooting a video for the song which featured the band commiserating with ladies in full-on workout garb. http://myspace.com/kixrox, http://www.sleazeroxx.com/bands/kix/kix.shtml

Personnel

• Steve Whiteman – lead vocals, harmonica, saxophone
• Brad Divens
  Brad Divens
  Brad Divens was the bassist and lead vocalist for Souls At Zero, formerly known as Wrathchild America. His vocal style often draws comparisons to James Hetfield...
  
  – guitars, talk box, backing vocals
• Brian "Damage" Forsythe – guitars
• Donnie Purnell – bass, keyboards, backing vocals
• Jimmy "Chocolate" Chalfant – drums, percussion, backing vocals

• Lynn Dreese Breslin – Art Direction
• Mike Fuller – Mastering
• David Michael Kennedy – Photography
• Steve Klein – Engineer, Mixing
• Jim Sessody – Assistant Engineer
• Peter Solley – Producer