Hot Wire (Kix album)

Hot Wire peaked at number 64 on the Billboard 200 in October 1991.^[5] It failed to match the sales of Kix's previous album, Blow My Fuse, selling slightly over 200,000 copies.^[6] Producer Taylor Rhodes co-wrote five of the albums' ten songs with Donnie Purnell (the only Kix member credited as a songwriter). At the same time, Crack the Sky member John Palumbo and songwriter Bob Halligan Jr. (Judas Priest, Kiss, Icon, Blue Öyster Cult) got two co-writing credits each.

1. "Hot Wire" (Donnie Purnell, Taylor Rhodes) – 5:22
2. "Girl Money" (Purnell, Rhodes) – 3:58
3. "Luv-a-Holic" (Purnell) – 4:39
4. "Tear Down the Walls" (Purnell, Rhodes) – 4:35
5. "Bump the La La" (Purnell, Rhodes) – 3:28
6. "Rock & Roll Overdose" (Purnell, Rhodes) – 4:29
7. "Cold Chills" (Purnell, Bob Halligan Jr.) – 5:19
8. "Same Jane" (Purnell, Halligan Jr.) – 4:33
9. "Pants on Fire (Liar, Liar)" (Purnell, John Palumbo) – 4:12
10. "Hee Bee Jee Bee Crush" (Purnell, Palumbo) – 5:33

Kix

• Steve Whiteman – lead vocals, harmonica, saxophone, acoustic guitar on "Tear Down the Walls"
• Ronnie "10/10" Younkins – rhythm guitar
• Brian "Damage" Forsythe – lead guitar
• Donnie Purnell – bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, mixing on tracks 1–4, 6–9
• Jimmy "Chocolate" Chalfant – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Production

• Taylor Rhodes – producer on tracks 3, 5, 6, 8, co-producer on tracks 1, 2, 4, mixing on tracks 1–4, 6–9
• Eddie DeLena – engineer, mixing on tracks 5, 10
• Lawrence Ethan, Neal Avron – additional engineering
• George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York
• Hugh Syme – art direction, design
• John Scarpati, Mike Hashimoto – photography