Blow My Fuse

Blow My Fuse is the fourth album by the glam metal band Kix. Released on September 6, 1988, on Atlantic Records, the album features Kix's only hit, the power ballad "Don't Close Your Eyes." The song peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was co-written with Bob Halligan, Jr. and Crack the Sky frontman John Palumbo, both of whom had previously collaborated on Kix songs. The album was certified platinum by the RIAA in 2000.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Red Lite, Green Lite, TNT" (Donnie Purnell, Steve Whiteman, Jon Reede, Marc Tanner) – 3:54
2. "Get It While It's Hot" (Purnell, Philip Brown, John Palumbo) – 4:24
3. "No Ring Around Rosie" (Purnell, Taylor Rhodes) – 4:34
4. "Don't Close Your Eyes" (Purnell, Bob Halligan Jr., Palumbo) – 4:15
5. "She Dropped Me the Bomb" (Purnell, Palumbo) – 3:46

Side two

1. "Cold Blood" (Purnell, Rhodes) – 4:16
2. "Piece of the Pie" (Purnell, Whiteman, Reede, Tanner) – 3:55
3. "Boomerang" (Purnell) – 3:44
4. "Blow My Fuse" (Purnell) – 4:00
5. "Dirty Boys" (Purnell, Palumbo) – 3:42

Personnel

Kix

• Steve Whiteman – lead vocals, harmonica
• Ronnie "10/10" Younkins – guitars
• Brian "Damage" Forsythe – guitars
• Donnie Purnell – bass, keyboards, piano, backing vocals
• Jimmy "Chocolate" Chalfant – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Production

• Tom Werman – producer on tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, executive producer, mixing
• Duane Baron – producer on tracks 3, 5, 6-8, 10, engineer, mixing
• John Purdell – producer on tracks 3, 5, 6-8, 10, mixing
• Greg Fulginiti – mastering at Artisan Sound Recorders, Hollywood
• Bob Defrin – art direction
• John Scarpati – photography

Charts

Certifications

References

External links

• Kix Official Website
• Guitar.com 2014 interview with Kix guitarist Brian Forsythe Archived 2014-12-23 at the Wayback Machine

1. Kix (band)
2. Don't Close Your Eyes (Kix song)
3. Steve Whiteman
4. Hot Wire (Kix album)
5. Bob Halligan Jr.
6. Cold Blood
7. Rock Your Face Off
8. Boomerang (disambiguation)
9. Taylor Rhodes
10. 1988 in heavy metal music
11. Midnite Dynamite
12. Kix (album)
13. Show Business (album)
14. Killection
15. It's Oh So Quiet
16. 1988 in music
17. List of glam metal albums and songs
18. Live (Kix album)
19. Lordiversity
20. John Scarpati