KICKIN' VALENTINA

KICKIN' VALENTINA returns to Fresno's Fulton 55 with special guests IIIRD STONE!

Bored of the rock music landscape of the time, full of over produced fluff or bro rock bands, KICKIN VALENTINA set out to play rock n roll the way they wanted to hear it…loud, unapologetic, 100% live with no backing tracks and a take it or leave it attitude. In May 2025 KICKIN VALENTINA will release a new 8 song EP titled “Raw Trax, B Sides and Bootlegs” worldwide on Mighty Music/Target Group. The album was once again produced by Andy Reilly (UFO, Bruce Dickinson, Cradle of Filth) at Muse Productions in Atlanta, and Mastered by Joel Wanasek. It’s a collection of unreleased songs, demos and live tracks recorded at 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. We thought it would be fun to package them together with a couple live tracks and some demos of older songs. I always enjoy when bands release live recordings or demos, and you get to hear the raw and unfiltered versions and what the songs sounded like in the demo stage with alternate lyrics/guitars etc, so I hope our fans will enjoy this as well” states Bassist Chris Taylor.

KICKIN VALENTINA formed in 2013, and the band quickly gained attention in the U.S. and abroad. They were immediately picked up by Atlanta based indie label Highway 9 Records and released their debut self-titled EP in October 2013. In August 2015, KICKIN VALENTINA signed with Danish hard rock/metal label Mighty Music/Target Group, and have released three successful full length albums “Super Atomic,” “Imaginary Creatures,” “Revenge of Rock” and an EP “Chaos in Copenhagen” to rave reviews around the world.

FESTIVALS:
Bang Your Head (Germany), Call of the Wild (England), Stonedead (England) Nordic Noise (Denmark), Wildfest (Belgium), Hard Rock Hell Sleaze (England), Monsters of Rock Cruise, Lario Music Festival (Italy), Rocklanta (GA), Rock Fest (WI), Farm Rock (IL, TN & GA), Rock Fest 80s (FL), Soundwave (MD), Rock n Skull (IL), Wolf Fest (CO), Skull Fest (NE), Summer Rock Party (IL), Daytona Bike Week (FL), and Outskirts 53 Music & Bike Fest (GA).

CHARTS:
“Imaginary Creatures” debuted on 5 different Billboard charts (Heatseeker Albums #16, Heatseekers South Atlantic #5, Independent Albums #30, Hard Rock Album Sales #11, and Rock Album Sales #42).
The single “Crazy” reached #15 on the Danish iTunes rock charts.
“Revenge of Rock” debuted at #6 on the Danish vinyl chart.
“Chaos in Copenhagen” debuted at # 27 on Denmark’s top 100 album sales chart.

OPENED FOR / TOURED WITH:
Buckcherry, Queensryche, Nitrogods, Pop Evil, Fozzy, Skid Row, Red Dragon Cartel, Sebastian Bach, Doro, Eve to Adam, Faster Pussycat, Nonpoint, Kix, and LA Guns to name a few.

COUNTRIES PLAYED:
USA, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Netherlands, England, Scotland, Wales

PRESS:
Burrn, Young Guitar, Classic Rock, Sweden Rock, Legacy, Fireworks, Metalized, Aardshok, Metal Hammer, Deaf Forever, Rock Hard, Rock It, Powerplay, and countless online magazines around the world.

AWARDS:
2014 GA Music Award for “Rock Band of the Year.” 2015 won the GA Music Award for “Video of the Year” the single “Wrong Way.”

BAND:
Vocals – D.K. Revelle / Guitar – Heber Pampillon / Bass – Chris Taylor / Drums – Jimmy Berdine

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