Bored with the rock music landscape of the time – dominated by overproduced fluff or bro-rock bands – KICKIN VALENTINA set out to play rock’n’roll the way they wanted to hear it: loud, unapologetic, and 100% live, with no backing tracks and a take-it-or-leave-it attitude.
Fast forward to May 2025, and the band is set to release their fifth album, “Raw Trax, B-Sides and Bootlegs” worldwide via Mighty Music/Target Group. Once again produced by Andy Reilly (UFO, Bruce Dickinson, Cradle of Filth) at Muse Productions in Atlanta and mastered by Joel Wanasek, the album is a collection of unreleased songs, demos, and live recordings from the Bang Your Head Festival in Germany.
“We had a few songs left over from the “Star Spangled Fist Fight” recording sessions and knew we wanted to eventually release them,” says bassist Chris Taylor. “We thought it would be fun to package them together with a couple of live tracks and some demos of older songs. I always enjoy when bands release live recordings or demos, where you get to hear the raw, unfiltered versions – what the songs sounded like in the demo stage with alternate lyrics, guitars, etc. I hope our fans will enjoy this as well“, he concludes.
“Raw Trax, B-Sides, and Bootlegs” will be released on gatefold LP (red vinyl limited to 300 copies), CD and digital on 02.05.2025, via Mighty Music. Pre-orders are available at this link. It will be followed by a tour in the Spring – dates below.
The first single from the album, “The Gotaways”, is out now and available to stream via this link.
“Raw Trax, B-Sides, and Bootlegs” will be released on gatefold LP (red vinyl limited to 300 copies), CD and digital on 02.05.2025, via Mighty Music. It will be followed by a tour in the Spring – dates below.
Lineup:
D.K. Revelle – vocals
Heber Pampillon – guitar
Chris Taylor – bass
Jimmy Berdine – drums
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KICKIN VALENTINA ON TOUR (all UK dates w/ Sisters Doll):
14.05 – Trillians, Newcastle (UK)
15.05 – Bannermans Bar, Edinburgh (UK)
16.05 – The Waterloo, Blackpool (UK)
17.05 – Corporation, Sheffield (UK)
18.05 – Yardbirds, Grimsby (UK)
20.05 – The Tivoli, Buckley (UK)
21.05 – Cart & Horses, London (UK)
23.05 – Wildfest, JC Spiraal, Geraardsbergen (BE)
24.05 – Vachwerk, Vacha (DE)
25.05 – TBD
28.05 – Sunbea Live, Münchenstein, Basel (CH)
29.05 – Kulturfabrik, Wetzikon (CH)
30.05 – Rock n Roll Rho, Milan (IT)
31.05 – Jonnys Lion Cave, Trübbach (CH)
