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| October 25 2008: Ok... my new recording, Deutschland is finished... Should be out in December on Kicking Records.. I recorded this cd with my French backing band... I also have another cd out in November, Palm Trees And Humidity. I recorded this one with my Florida band.. On a 8 track recorder in a garage in St Petersburg, Fl...Its pure rockin roll, no bullshit technology..only overdubs on vocals..I start a German and French tour in March..My book, Adventures Of A Successful Loser will be out also in March with a 25-song best of Kevin K cd...also on Kicking Records...The Tampa Bay Rays in the world series !!...My GO RAYS video has been shown on the jumbo screen at the home games..many plays on Youtube...We'll be posting it in a few days on this site under a new section, I think called Free Stuff . . .Tour dates posted...rock the roll, kevK |
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| June 6, 2008: Well the "Cool Ways" tour to Spain was Great,Great...sold out shows ..I also recorded a new cd "Deutschland" will be out in early December on Rankoutsider Records.This is my David Bowie 'Heroes'.. Iggy Pop "Lust For Life" influenced cd...Lots of interesting moments on this disc... I now have a publisher for my book..Kevin K "Adventures Of A Successful Loser"...Kicking Records from Toulouse ,France will release it with a 22 song Best Of Kevin K cd in March of 2009..I have a new booking agency in Barcelona, Spain..Rockin Roll Circus will be promoting all my shows in Spain now...More tours in 2009 are already being planned all through Europe.. KevK |
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| April 14, 2008: Hi ..Well the German "Hollywood" tour was amazing !!..Thanks to everyone who came to the shows...Berlin was incredible,we had Texas Terri come up and sing..Sonic Reducer and Chinese Rocks..wild night...Vienna show also was great..Stuttgart..wow !!...We did 17 shows...after the first 14 shows we had our first day off..Of course we all get sick...i MEAN really sick...so we get all this German medication, for the next week i was tripping out..Seeing weird things,forgetting what song we were playing...hard...but that's life on the road..I have to say we met the GREATEST band I have seen in 12 years..KIM from Bochum, Germany..These guys have it all,songs,looks, stage show..They will be big..It was really nice to listen to them everynight..They played a SMART short set...no bullshit !!..Almost all the bands that open our shows,always play long,fast...Never good songs..KIM you guys are special...Funny ,the bass player Benny told me ,he saw me play in Kempten, Germany when he was 16 years old......ahhhhhh.....So in May we start the summer Cool Ways tour...4 shows in Spain and 2 shows in France..We also will begin recording the new cd..The plan is to record 7 songs in France..Then Ritchie and I will record the next 5 songs in Berlin in September..This is my tribute cd to Germany..It will be very different sounding..Kind of like a Bowie Heroes..Iggy Pop..Nightclubbing...Zombie Birdhouse. I am always inspired by life in Berlin..So I think its time for this record...Ok have a nice summer,ill see you all somewhere down the road !! KevK |
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| February 22, 2008: Life in the future ... Well the Germany "Hollywood" tour dates are posted ... L ooks great ... All through the holidays i finished writing and demoing the new songs for the next CD. I had no Christmas, no New Years eve. . .The songs are GREAT ... 10 slices of pure Kevin K. The plan is to record in Berlin, this will be a darker sounding CD---I love that city and always am inspired whenever im there in fact im considering calling it, "Berliner". April ill be back to Los Angeles ..just a couple shows..In the month of May I have 4 shows booked, Castellan, Valencia, Madrid and Barcelona. Also to be added a few France shows too. The Cool Ways cd is doing really well in sales..Probably my strongest yet..it has received many great reviews..So all is good ... KevK |
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| November 9, 2007: Hi... Well the show at Knitting Factory Hollywood with Jeff Dahl was GREAT!!! ... Lots of people, lots of good music ... Jeff played a loud,hard fast set ... Tony Fate from Bellrays played a few songs with Jeff. It was nice talking with Mr.Dahl, we had not played on a show together since 1998 at the Continental in NYC ... The Kevin K set also was cool I had Nikki Corvette sing "Boots Are Made for Walking"..And porn star Ashley Blue was there ... On Wednesday I went over to the Virgin Record store on Sunset to meet Kat Von D. from the tv show LA Ink ... So there I gave her the "Hollywood" and "Cool Ways" CDs ... She was GREAT to talk to...REALLY nice and friendly. I would love to have her do a tattoo for me...Very nice time ... Tonight its the Cool Ways CD Realeas Party in Glendale. Were gonna have Tony Fate play some songs with us... Saturday we play in Las Vegas with Jetboy... ok bye KK |
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| August 26, 2007: Sizziling summer in Florida...well lets see, The new cd "Cool Ways" is off to the pressing plant..sounds great looks great...12 songs recorded in Los Angeles with my Hollywood Stars band. This will be out in November on RankOutsider Records. I also will have the first draft of my book in a few weeks Kevin K How To be A Successful Loser..The KevinKRock myspace has 65 of my out of print songs each are 99 cents...its a bargin!!...Upcoming shows..August 25 Emerald Bar in St Petersburg, Sept. 28 Pittsburgh..at Moondogs..this is The Paul Shook benefit also with Norman Nardini...Sept. 29 Smalls in Detroit...then November 3 at the Knitting Factory Hollywood..with Jeff Dahl..This will be GREAT..i have not played a show with Jeff in 10 years....November 9 .Its the Cool Ways Record Release Party at the Scene in Glendale also with the Blessings and Prima Donna..be there LA people...Nov 10 The Dive Bar in Las Vegas...February 2008 already 7 shows booked for Germany..this is the "German Hollywood" tour..Feb 13 Kempten, 14 Uster, 18 Reutlingen, 19 Dresden, 20 Cottbus, 23 Schwerin and 27 Koln...probably 10 more shows to be added on...Check out my tour page for all the latest updates to my shows! Nice to talk with you all again..kevK |
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| January 30, 2007: I'm off for the "Rockin Roll Hollywood" tour of Germany and France..Its looking like 15 shows..The new cd "Hollywood" is getting great reviews..The New Toys LP (My first band from Buffalo 1981) on Rave Up Records from Rome Italy is out..sounds great..Maybe in the future a New Toys Reunion in Italy ??.. March is looking like a return back to Los Angeles for a week. .April tentative for Detroit,Chicago and Dayton ,Ohio....May 12. I will be playing in Sweden ,more shows to be confirmed..and finally in June .. maybe a week to Japan..,,I wrote a song "Access Of Evil"..for a French band called Black Zombie Procession ..its on their new cd..They did a awesome job on it...REALLY heavy....And my song "Go Dogs Go",,is on the new tribute cd for the French band the Dogs..that's out ...Just finished registering 210 songs with ASCAP..And My "Joey The Cat" music publishing.....well hope to see you somewhere on tour ...KevK |
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| December 21, 2006: Hello. Okay the new Kevin K cd.."Hollywood"..is on the FullBreach Kicks label from Chicago. Its back to the power pop sound..plus 4 acoustic songs, something that's been missing from the last few CDs..A fine collection of 15 songs. The "Rockin Roll Hollywood" tour 2007 dates for Germany & France are now posted...In March I will be out to Los Angeles again. Probably record release parties in Detroit ,Chicago and Florida in April.. I now have my own publishing company..Joey The Cat Music, already with 185 songs registered..Ok its back to work no holidays for me..Already I'm demoing 8 new songs for future a recording...Merry Christmas...KevK |
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November 16, 2006: Hello. Okay the new Kevin K cd.."Hollywood"..is off to the pressing plant..This cd is back to the pop rock sound. There is 5 nice acoustic songs, something I have be leaving off on the last 4 CDs..also "Hollywood"..has all my band members on it..The Hollywood Stars are on 5 songs...The RealKool Kats 1 song...The St. Pete Allstars.. 1 song. Hopefully it will be out January 2007 to coincide with my German tour in February ..I will be back to Los Angeles to play with Motorcycle Boy at the Knitting Factory on November 16..Don't miss this show !!..I also will be filming a new video for "Life In LA"..I am now a ASCAP member ..Have register 165 songs..and have my own publishing company..."Joey the Cat Music."..It was time for me to find out where all my songs are ..Now i sit back and wait for the big check !!!..Yes ill keep dreaming...In the year 2007 already plans for a tour of Poland,Sweden and Norway..Still am working on my book Kevin K "How To Be A Successful Loser"..Oh and there is a live video at..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGIlS1vmVyQ
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